Not idiots, folks that DO SOMETHING in the Real World(tm). Maybe the Camera man was a bit of a dummy but the repair and construction folks HAVE to do things like this every day.
For the record Farmers and Lumberjacks have it worse per the insurance stats.
No doubt WC knows this better than I (given his background), but when walking along a very narrrow path like that one, looking DOWN will seriously mess with the sense of balance. I avoid doing that like the plague - hell, even looking down to follow footprints in the snow will screw me up. Now maybe the cameraman just aimed the camera down and kept his head up, but if not, he was really asking for trouble.
OSHA allows the guys who put up and take down the scaffolding to do things nobody else does. The scaffolding doesn't just appear, somebody has to build it without tie off points above them.
When I was in my early thirties I worked for a short time on permit for a buddy who was an ironworker foreman. He used to tell me it's mind over matter, you'd have no problem walking on that H beam if it was on the ground, now it's just a bit higher! And yeah, don't look down!
Carpenter for 40 plus years. Yeah, when you're building scaffolding, you don't have a safety net. And carrying a scaffold buck around the building like that, just the slightest bit of out of balance is bad news.
Related, I used to have to pick up an Iron Worker and bring him to work every day. I had to stop at the first beer store and let him get a six pack to start his day. Hell of a worker, but if you didn't let him have his morning six pack, the SOB wasn't worth shooting.
Search for Youtubes of Fred Dibnah putting stuff up the sides of chimneys. He was a real working class North of England character. Very clever and self taught. He had a simple way of demolishing chimneys as well. The camera man must have been trusting.
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ReplyDeleteNot idiots, folks that DO SOMETHING in the Real World(tm). Maybe the Camera man was a bit of a dummy but the repair and construction folks HAVE to do things like this every day.
ReplyDeleteFor the record Farmers and Lumberjacks have it worse per the insurance stats.
Not for love nor money.
ReplyDeleteBoth of my feet stay on solid ground.
Terra firma, and all that.
He has his hard hat on so alls good!
ReplyDeleteThat's hard for me to watch.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt WC knows this better than I (given his background), but when walking along a very narrrow path like that one, looking DOWN will seriously mess with the sense of balance. I avoid doing that like the plague - hell, even looking down to follow footprints in the snow will screw me up. Now maybe the cameraman just aimed the camera down and kept his head up, but if not, he was really asking for trouble.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reason they say don't look down. Keep your path in the bottom of your vision, but don't focus down.
DeleteBeaners are expendable. New one's are a taco a dozen at the border.
ReplyDeleteOSHA would require a safety line and harness tied off to somewhere up above.
ReplyDeleteNFW
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your work and reap the benefits from it. Thrill seekers need not apply.
ReplyDeleteReally, this is no worse than the photos from the 1930's of all those iron workers sitting high up on a beam having their lunch.
ReplyDeleteI'm not acrophobic but I still couldn't do either one.
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OSHA allows the guys who put up and take down the scaffolding to do things nobody else does. The scaffolding doesn't just appear, somebody has to build it without tie off points above them.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in my early thirties I worked for a short time on permit for a buddy who was an ironworker foreman.
ReplyDeleteHe used to tell me it's mind over matter, you'd have no problem walking on that H beam if it was on the ground, now it's just a bit higher! And yeah, don't look down!
It's a big world and people do what they have to to do.
ReplyDeleteNope, nope, nopity-nope, nope, nope.
ReplyDeleteCarpenter for 40 plus years. Yeah, when you're building scaffolding, you don't have a safety net. And carrying a scaffold buck around the building like that, just the slightest bit of out of balance is bad news.
ReplyDeleteRelated, I used to have to pick up an Iron Worker and bring him to work every day. I had to stop at the first beer store and let him get a six pack to start his day. Hell of a worker, but if you didn't let him have his morning six pack, the SOB wasn't worth shooting.
someone has to build the scaffold & take it down....same goes for tower cranes, the pins dont drive themselves out
ReplyDeletethere's no app for that
Why did that fucker have to look down...
ReplyDeleteI feel deeezy.
ReplyDeleteSearch for Youtubes of Fred Dibnah putting stuff up the sides of chimneys.
ReplyDeleteHe was a real working class North of England character. Very clever and self taught. He had a simple way of demolishing chimneys as well.
The camera man must have been trusting.
It's not that fall that scares me....it's the sudden stop.
ReplyDeleteWith my balance the way it is these days, all I can say is, "NO FUCKING WAY!"
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