foxhole Joined 14 Mar 2006 Messages 23,088 Reaction score 3,349 Location Essex coast Country 14 Dec 2011 #16 He would have been ok he has his safety boots on.
J joinerjohn 14 Dec 2011 #17 Ahh but,,, He didn't have a hard hat on.!!! (which as we all know could save your life) (according to the HSE)
Ahh but,,, He didn't have a hard hat on.!!! (which as we all know could save your life) (according to the HSE)
L LooPrEvil 14 Dec 2011 #18 No he wouldn't have survived if he had fallen. Its all well and good wearing safety boots and a safety helmet, but without safety glasses, they count for nothing.
No he wouldn't have survived if he had fallen. Its all well and good wearing safety boots and a safety helmet, but without safety glasses, they count for nothing.
N Norcon Joined 17 May 2008 Messages 8,416 Reaction score 1,130 Country 14 Dec 2011 #19 Its the way you fall that matters and luck plays it part too. I was on a roof with a mate once and he fell about that height unto concrete blocks with only a bruised hip. The younger you are the better obviously.
Its the way you fall that matters and luck plays it part too. I was on a roof with a mate once and he fell about that height unto concrete blocks with only a bruised hip. The younger you are the better obviously.
C cotswoldbuilders Joined 22 Sep 2011 Messages 784 Reaction score 168 Location Gloucestershire Country 14 Dec 2011 #20 Its not the falling that hurts, its the landing.
Corgigrouch Joined 13 Dec 2007 Messages 4,009 Reaction score 661 Country 14 Dec 2011 #21 LooPrEvil said: Surely rather than taking photographs, it would have been better to go and educate these people about the possible dangers? Click to expand... Gerroff...... If he'd have fallen, the video would have been worth £200 on "Builders do the funniest things"..
LooPrEvil said: Surely rather than taking photographs, it would have been better to go and educate these people about the possible dangers? Click to expand... Gerroff...... If he'd have fallen, the video would have been worth £200 on "Builders do the funniest things"..