https://www.osha.gov/StopFallsStandDown/

 

I'm in the elevator industry, as a constructor (union,) and just this past week, there were 3 accidents in the NJ/NY area.

 

First accident cost us a USAF Iraq veteran, who fell to his death in midtown Manhattan.

 

Second accident, an asbestos abatement contractor fell to his death in Newark.

 

Third accident, (still being investigated,) a worker fell 2-4 floors and was rescued by FDNY, and at the time of this posting, was expected to survive.

 

I know people who would have died if they weren't wearing their harnesses, and weren't hooked up.

 

Please take a few minutes to discuss this with your coworkers.

 

Work safe.

Fortunately my harness never "saved" me, I always wondered if it might actually break my back. I always kept the line barely long enough to go over the side.

 

One of the places I worked was on 10' diameter round top tanks. And I mean round top. And I didn't work on the top, I worked on the sides of the tank just over the edge. For me it was very unnerving. Sometimes I would get there and they didn't steam the ice off of them, and I would tell them to get bent.

I used to be a broadcast radio engineer, and I believe the tower maintenance people are in the top 5 riskiest jobs in the country.

 

I only went up a few feet a number of times, and my knees turned to jelly. Not for me.

I've been up radio towers in a war zone. Now, these where exposed but had stairs. I wasn't using ladders or anything. Nothing scary at all about the heights. Until the wind got that sucker swaying 10' to the left and 10' to the right it seemed. I froze in my tracks and could barely put one foot in front of the other for a while. Can't imagine that on a ladder. It would take me a while to get used to that.

I have over 20 years in EMS with quite a bit of that time in Atlantic City.  I have seen a few elevator shaft falls, they are always bad and survivors suffer life-long injuries.  Koontz is right, use the safety gear or I get to see you naked. 

Sucks to hear bout those guys...conversations about heights and work always make me think of this vid...crazy stuff

 

I do tree work. Less as i get older and i am always tied in two places It takes more time but worth it. Being 50-100' up put a whole new perspective on life. Especially when the wind gets going. I dont have a bucket truck so when i climb. I climb safely. As much as possible. Its a thrill.

Sucks to hear bout those guys...conversations about heights and work always make me think of this vid...crazy stuff

 

My palms actually started sweating watching that again.

Always hate to hear about that. My dad was an elevator mechanic, and now I ship parts to elevator companies in the NYC metro area. We never like to hear about any accidents with or because of elevators.

I'll get a few pics going

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incase something goes wrong

 

Building the comcast building

 

I look for some bad one

F. That.

What's in the escape pak? 

Watching that video brought back the sweats from my younger days.

The former family business did televisions and related systems and hardware for the hotel industry.

My most terrifying (but necessary) climb was at the Lord Baltimore Hotel during its renovation in the mid-80's

Elevator to the top-most floor, staircase one floor up to the elevator equipment floor, then straight up a vertical ladder in the middle of the room

Three stories straight up through a 2ft square hatch in the 8ft square roof to where the TV receiving antennas (the old fashion analog type) were masted.

Once up there, it was a beautiful view of the entire Baltimore area.

But the first trip up that ladder was scary as hell !

 

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What's in the escape pak?

Air supply

 

I told my wife a parachute

F. That.

i with ya......

 

I always ware one when hunting from a treestand. That's one place a lot of guys think it's not a big deal. But a 15' to 20' fall when you nod off is a hell of a wake up. A few guys die each year and more are severely injured as a result. When it happens the anti hunters celebrate! It's pretty sick actually. I won't ever give them a reason to throw a party when I eventually fall off my platform. Always strap in with my Hunter Safety system.

I'm harness off whenever I'm staying in the same area. But a lot of times I'll climb to the top of a pipe rack and walk a pipe to where I gotta go. Nothing to harness to in that situation.

Holy #^%^&$t.....

 

I'm pretty sure that big red bag he was hauling up was actually where he kept his gigantic balls.

 

unreal.

I like the part where he says Now for the tricky part.

Sucks to hear bout those guys...conversations about heights and work always make me think of this vid...crazy stuff

 

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I just lost about a gallon of sweat through my palms.

I just watched it again and I'm pretty sure it was scarier the second time.

I do tree work. Less as i get older and i am always tied in two places It takes more time but worth it. Being 50-100' up put a whole new perspective on life. Especially when the wind gets going. I dont have a bucket truck so when i climb. I climb safely. As much as possible. Its a thrill.

My parents witnessed a guy killed doing that recently next door to a cousin's house. Not pros. They were acting like idiots trimming a tree and one guy got his chest stuck when a partially cut branch slumped. Uninjured, suffocated to death right in the tree.

I'm usually not afraid of heights but I almost $hit my pants watching that video.

I am an insurance agent, people wonder why workers comp is so expensive....

 

I honestly couldnt even watch that vid...

I just lost about a gallon of sweat through my palms.

 

Way too much information.

I am an insurance agent, people wonder why workers comp is so expensive....

 

I honestly couldnt even watch that vid...

WC is cheap. I guess I'm not looking for a new agent

Once you understand that a 6' fall can make you just as dead as a 1300' fall, it's all the same (at least in my opinion)

Once you understand that a 6' fall can make you just as dead as a 1300' fall, it's all the same (at least in my opinion)

Falling 6' gives you less time to think about your mistake.

Once you understand that a 6' fall can make you just as dead as a 1300' fall, it's all the same (at least in my opinion)

Amen!