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[Spark123]

When you read these forums it gives you an idea of some of the constraints people have to work under.
I think some of the safety measures on large sites is way over the top anyway. On one site near me a guy was crushed in a trench and the site closed for a year.

I bet his family didn't think this way. Did he survive?

No.

How does this make you feel, like his life was an inconvenience to work or something?

 

[Bigburn]

spark 123 wrote

How does this make you feel, like his life was an inconvenience to work or something?

No, he was no inconvience to my work at all. The accident that took his life happened a year before we arrived on site. Apparently he was operating in a trench with no shoring.
Ive seen this happening a few times myself. We dont use any shoring ourselves so you have to be extremely vigilant and always on the look out for your work mates and of course your self.
When we got the news of what had happened we were apprehensive about doing the job at all as we had a suspicion the safety officer would be pretty strict.

 

[mo2]

Spark 123 wrote

It may suprise you if you should ever end up in court for your part killing someone

It wouldnt suprise me at all. We had a close shave a couple of months ago when a fly jib collapsed and nearly dropped 2 tons on a guys head.

How does this make you feel, like his life was an inconvenience to your work or something?

The safety officer was an inconvience to my work and I ended up injured because of his incompetance. Thats why I walked off the site.

So what was the point in wearing a safety harness if there was nowhere to attach it??

Exactly.

Are you trained in the use of harnesses?

Yep.

Did you know a shock absorber needs something like 2 meters to be effective?

Yep. I knew it but the safety officer didnt. As I said before I would have wrapped the harness around his neck and throttled him after I fell of the ladder , had I been fit.

Did you take this up with the site safety advisor or just carry on regardless?

You bet I did. But it made no difference.
Prior to falling off the ladder a workmate was thrown off the site for not wearing his harness.
Again he was not operating in a dangerous area and was issued with a harness which was designed for roof top operations.

so you made a fuss, AFTER you injured yourself

 

[Bigburn]

mo2 wrote

so you made a fuss, AFTER you injured yourself

Managed to struggle on for a few days just to finish what we had started.
With the benefit of hind sight I could just have lay there and litigated for a payout but thats not the way I operate.
At least I was alive after my accident, the other guy was'nt so lucky.