can you walk across this?

[vash]

for the first time i got creeped out. this girder is about 30 feet in the air and you can see the tripping hazards. you can tie off on that cable, but it is at your feet and adds to the tripping potential (i did). i almost locked up halfway across. i cannot wait until the effen contractor finishes that walkway. the part you need to walk across is about 25 feet. i didnt stop to measure.....

[concentric]

Do it, sure.
Like it, probably not.

[Simon S]

i'd haveta be pretty drunk first..

[RoninLB]

AFAIK a fall from 30ft is like getting hit by a car doing 60mph. If you survive brain damage is common.

[juanbenae]

cake, i say cake. i used to walk on 2x4 walls that high in the air while building custom homes in the hills. trick is to not look down, and have your bags full of nails. i found that i could not do half the high wire walking back in the day had i not had my tool bags on. lower center of gravity,, grasshopper.

[TimT]

I do this for a living.. Heights have never bothered me..I was assigned to a tunnel job a few years ago... I lasted a few days.. just couldnt deal with being a few hundred feet underground..

Those wide flange beams are like runways till they shoot the studs.... then you need to tip toe to get around. I can tell the formwork isnt done oin that pic, and they are using the forms as access... yes more safety lines are needed

Also having a slack cable at your feet to tie off to is worth a fart in a high breeze..If you tie to that, your 6 foot lanyard that stretches to 7-8 feet when it unzips plus the slack you took out of the safety line during your fall you will be hanging below the girder...OSHA field day there LOL

Been there do that

this is me in the late 80's ontop of the Manhattan Bridge,

Ive made a career out of working on the bridges in NYC..

[Superman]

I don't like heights at all. One of the big head-scratchers of my career was the fall protection regulations we passed here roughly ten years ago or fifteen. The biggest opponents of fall protection rules was......The Iron Workers. Go figure. Sure, it's manly to walk high steel with no net, but it's still not okay.

In Washington State, our goal is not not kill anybody at work. Sure, we miss that goal each year by roughly 100 workers, but it's still our position. We understand that it takes a little more time and costs a little more money. We accept that. You're not allowed to die on the job here. You can get into a lot of trouble for that.

[kmhemi]

No way man..you guys are nuts. I'm stayin on the ground. That's 10 times worse than Fear factor.

[304065]

Tim, that is one of the greatest pictures I have ever seen. That is AWESOME!

I am buying you a beer at the track just for posting that. NIAGW.

[widebody911]

I agree - that is a cool pic!

[Dantilla]

As an ex-framer, I too am used to walking on 2x4 walls.

When insulation requirements meant 2x6 walls, it was like a freeway.

The biggest problem was when Superman's new regs came to be. I cant tell you how many times I almost lost it because of the bulky fall protection gear on commercial sites when I was painting military hangars.

Super, I truly appreciate your efforts to save my life. I hated the rules, and I feel they are far from perfect, but I still appreciate the effort.

[vash]

hey, timT we should take each other on tour! i posted this before though:

[TimT]

Vash.....Nice pic!!!

John C WTF is "NIAGW"??

Also I havent heard from the other John C. inre: Sebring transport

i cannot wait until the effen contractor finishes that walkway.

Vash... I dont know your position but being proactive, and involved with a project helps tons.. Sometimes just a hint to a foreman will get all traps and falls taken care of..otherwise go up the ladder...

I prefer to settle things on my level .. instead of going up the chain

LOL

[blogic]

vash that picture is AWESOME!

[A Quiet Boom]

Originally posted by RoninLB
AFAIK a fall from 30ft is like getting hit by a car doing 60mph. If you survive brain damage is common.

Last summer I fell 15 feet from a ladder and landed on my shoulders, neck and head onto my gravel driveway. I was cutting some branches on a tree near the house and one branch fell funny and knocked the ladder out from underneath me. I am VERY lucky to be alive let alone walking. I visit a sports masso-therapist every saturday and do exercises to regain the strength in my middle back. The pain after that fall was almost unbearable and I have a high pain threshold. The worst part of this whole story is that I used to own a tree-service after high-school, all of my safety gear including helmut and harness where safely stored at my father's house. I wound up with a gash in my leg and head and severely torn back muscles. The doctor told me that had I not been a weight lifter with decent muscle tone or been a little heavier I would have broken my back instead of just tearing muscles. The point is be safe and if you can't be safe then don't do it.

[M.D. Holloway]

You guys must get some sick hazard pay - do you make more for every foot over a certain distance? Then again, at those heights you do it for the rush don't you! Admit it!

Thats gota rank in the top 5 most dangerous jobs next to steel mill worker, offshore oil rig roughneck or alaska crab fisherman.

Next time you are in Dallas/Fort Worth or Texas Motor Speedway, look me up - I owe you both mega rounds!

[david c.]

Who the heck took those pictures? Superman? Dikembe Mutombo?

[Joeaksa]

Worked SW and Ham radio for many years now and still look back at climbing on the radio towers as high as 100 or 150 feet tall as a young pup.

Did not bother me then and really does not bother me now but now I know how much it would hurt, that is if I survived!

Its a different world up there in the air, swaying with the breeze. Enjoy it but my hats off to you guys who do it for a living!

Joe A

[RickM]

Originally posted by vash
i cannot wait until the effen contractor finishes that walkway.

Sheeooot....the walkway looks just as bad as the girder.

Cool pics!

[rcecale]

Originally posted by Superman
I don't like heights at all.

Yeah, right...Superman is afraid of heights. Now I have indeed heard it all. (just kidding! )



Where on earth is your Safety-net?????

Randy