Unsafe working conditions

[PCLoadLetter]

Tell your story or post videos of unsafe working conditions.

Inspired by this thread: http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?54214-India-s-Pimp-My-Ride...Oh-fail...EPIC-FAIL!

The dudes who were spraying the car without respirators and the discussion about unsafe work reminded me of the video below. I work with presses very similar to the one seen here and my god...anyone not ready for the cycle would become a pancake.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-LLsODnuHI

[Mitchell3]

:chuckle Working with my grandpa always comes to mind. On more than one occasion I felt uncomfortable doing some of the tasks. Ya know sitting on a wobbly picnic table while being lifted up by a forklift to get on the roof wasnt really my thing. I like ladders. Long story short, I stopped working there shortly after I got a nailgun to the finger. :( I'll admit to it being partially my fault but I was holding to pieces of lumber together at eye level while the other guy nailed and I decided to look away when he shot so I didn't get splinters in my eye or who knows. I should have been thinking to see where he would nail. The other guy didnt think anything of the position of my hands either and shot through the wood into my finger. and If your wondering why the nails go right through both pieces of wood, thats the half ass job my grandpa will do on stuff hes not selling :chuckle

Awesome guy just cant work with him!

[Lummix]

In one of the buildings i used to work in, a former co worker decided that she didn't want to ruin her work boots while stripping a floor. So she went barefoot.

She also came to the conclusion that the ammonia based floor stripper wasn't strong enough, so she proceeded to pour a small cup of muriatic acid into the mix. Enough to make a small amount of mustard gas and proceeded to knock her self out. Luckily a co worker was in the same area and was able to get her out of the room. Then called 911, resulting in the fire department shutting down the building for the night. Costing us thousands of dollars in lost rentals, classes etc...

[The Wolf]

I used to frame houses and that was dangerous on a daily basis. The boss didn't provide safety harnesses and I was too young to care. One day I was sheeting a roof in Guelph. It was HOT (35+) and we were rushing to get done. I hadn't taken a break in a couple hours and obviously hadn't had enough water. I got light-headed, and passed out seconds later and began sliding down the second storey roof. Luckily, I regained consciousness as soon as I fell, and my co-worker saw the whole thing and caught me by my toolbelt. I'm still not sure how he (175lbs) was able to catch me (210lbs) and hold on with one hand.
These kinds of things happened regularly, haha. I saw my co-worker fall off the roof twice in 5 years. Once breaking his ankle from landing on the ground, and another time hitting a beam on the way down and breaking his femur. Another guy fell off a wall and suffered an exposed compound fracture in his forearm.

[JaYson]

lmao i feel bad for the big guy under the press.

and lmao at the chick that mustard gassed herself while barefoot hahahhaahah

[BMWWW]

^^
Terrible experiences I bet!

I've painted for 3 years, and did underpinning last year.
- asian boss, jewish boss, italian boss

To say that there were budgetary-shortages resulting in less then comfy-conditions would be an understatement. Combine that with a ill-advised 'god-complex' that all young guys have.. stupid decisions were made.

I enjoy walking from one 30ft ladder to another, to save the arduous climb up/down,
I enjoy hanging off metal and black shingles to paint soffits
I enjoy running boosts to reach from the second to third story roofs
I REALLY enjoy moldy-ass bathroom demo's with $1 respiratory masks
I enjoy being chased down said 30ft ladders after unknowingly using power tools around nests of stinging insects
I enjoy drinking on jobsites, and the subsequent ill-advised decisions, and the resulting conundrum: "I've risked my ass too much today, time for home or another drink so I don't think about what I'm doing dangerously"

They say what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, right?
-- I'm aiming for Iron Man status. ;)