WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE...?

[COYBL25]

I was originally on the flat roofing mate, I remember doing a school roof, H&S fella came for a visit and came up onto the roof, came over to us and asked why we weren't wearing hard hats, we were like "because we're on a roof with no chance of anything falling on our heads" we also tried to explain that because we're bent over the majority of the time a hard hat would just keep falling off, he was having none of it, stopped us working until we had hard hats with chin straps on site. He was a right tit, also kicked off because the pole ladder we were using was tied to the scaffold with ropes and not fixed with scaffold clips.

Slightly different, but still just as mad.

A lad I drink with is a flagger, mainly stuff for the council / other councils.

They have to wear plastic full high viz keks and vests at all times.

In the heat wave a few weeks back, they were all cooking in the plastic high viz gear, so asked if they could wear normal keks instead of the plastic ones.

No way, rules are rules, so they all stripped down to their billies and socks, put the plastic keks/ vests back on and worked in just their billies for over a week.

The world`s gone mad.

 

[COYBL25]

It's weird that, I've worked in the building game, was a flat roofer for a fair few years so heights not an issue, but I get that urge to jump feeling you're on about mate, I can be standing somewhere high up, then I get this weird feeling to jump off, you can just feel your body wanting to do it, it's a strange one. My missus used to say it's a shame that I only get the urge too jump!

It`s bizarre isn`t it, almost overwhelming, which is why I never ever go near anything high, even balconies.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Evidently now 2 hours is the maximum length of time you can work off tall ladders according to the guy who repaired my sky dish .....

I once had to gone on a ladder safety course.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Slightly different, but still just as mad.

A lad I drink with is a flagger, mainly stuff for the council / other councils.

They have to wear plastic full high viz keks and vests at all times.

In the heat wave a few weeks back, they were all cooking in the plastic high viz gear, so asked if they could wear normal keks instead of the plastic ones.

No way, rules are rules, so they all stripped down to their billies and socks, put the plastic keks/ vests back on and worked in just their billies for over a week.

The world`s gone mad.

It was a while ago now, but I remember reading about some schools stopping teachers using steps to reach high shelves etc because of health & safety, but allowed them to use chairs to stand on instead.

 

[PhilM]

It`s bizarre isn`t it, almost overwhelming, which is why I never ever go near anything high, even balconies.

Slightly different I know, but I had a friend who was in the Paras and somehow ended up teaching how to do static jumps etc. at Brize.

Only thing is that he’s absolutely petrified of heights - worse job ever for him! We went to the top of the Cathedral and he was all the place.

 

[Joey66]

In 15 minute bursts with a 10 min rest between goes

Also a cup of tea in between

 

[zebedee]

It was a while ago now, but I remember reading about some schools stopping teachers using steps to reach high shelves etc because of health & safety, but allowed them to use chairs to stand on instead.

Four fixed points is better than step ladders which can slip... Trouble is you can't look up the fit teachers skirts at that height