Almost got killed this evening

[creaturecat]

i have witnessed a few deaths on film sets. All in Vancouver.
I have also seen Production Managers freak out about the loss of production time, due to having to clean up the mess.

My wife is permanently disabled, due to a generator operator's haste.
i.e. : too lazy/tired/stupid to hook up the generator grounding rod.

[Tobra]

My friend, I am pleased to see you are not dead.

What did your boss(D.R.) have to say about it?

[kach22i]

Glad to hear you are okay Hugh.

I don't think a hard hat would have helped.

At the steel mill I worked at in 1979 somebody accidentally drooped a tool from the top of a three story coke oven.

Hit the door cleaner on the head standing just below, he was wearing a hard hat and other safety equipment, it didn't save him.

Served as a story to scare us new guys to be careful, all the time and not just some of the time.

Where was the "safety steward", or is that your job too?

[Hugh R]

I'm the Safety guy, but had only been on set a few moments. I have a dozen TV shows in Los Angeles, I can't be on all of them at once. The 1st Assistant Director is responsible for safety on the set, but in reality that doesn't happen for small details.

[black73]

Like Jr., my first thought was TOOL LANYARD! As Safety Guy, do you have the authority to require they be used? That could have ended badly. Glad you're OK.

[island911]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

good one.

Glad it missed you, Hugh.

[Hugh R]

Yep, I'm going to be working on tool lanyards, and a policy for not working under people up high on Monday. Too many people doing too many things with too little time.

[Hugh R]

I just googled tool lanyards, they're dirt cheap.

[URY914]

Hugh, surprised you couldn't see that coming with that nice transit of yours...

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

Yep, I'm going to be working on tool lanyards, and a policy for not working under people up high on Monday. Too many people doing too many things with too little time.

Glad you have this figured out. This is the right approach to safety.

[black73]

Yep, I'm going to be working on tool lanyards, and a policy for not working under people up high on Monday.

Yes, red DANGER barricade tape is even cheaper than tool lanyards. Good policy, IMHO.

[oldE]

In the long run tool lanyards are cheaper as there is less time lost and fewer damaged tools.
Win-win

Best
Les

[LeeH]

Originally Posted by oldE

In the long run tool lanyards are cheaper as there is less time lost and fewer damaged tools.
Win-win

Best
Les

I was thinking the same thing. Seems like anything that could come down should be tethered.

Mentioning falling objects made me think of this video from a couple of days ago. THAT was a close one!

[red-beard]

Your industry is not OSHA regulated? That was a serious near miss and is reportable.

[intakexhaust]

Whew! Makes one think, just like that could be game over. I'm quite surprised that union doesn't run a tighter ship. Someone is responsible. Construction trade unions used to be quite strict from equip. operators to carpenter, plumbing, electrical.

I've throttled back big time on jobs and really infuriated on what's happened though in the building trades. Since the lack of jobs, the union guys have invaded in the private sector and non-union projects. No one heeds safety, no union supv. its a free for all at job sites. The illegal alien workers have also mixed in and often chaos. Nobody cares anymore including the trade unions. I hate them all. They only care about extortion dues.

Had a project I walked away from. Get this.... a G.C. was having HIS own new home built. I bid the framing job but was too high. He ended up hiring a Mexican illegal crew. They messed up everything, from walls not square or plumb and the worst.... the second floor elevation was off!

The builder / owner finds out and decides to call me and help out. I agreed and straightened out some of the inside walls and build the stairs. But he kept the Mexicans on board and had them frame rafters, sheath and shingle the roof. They destroyed and burned out their compressor and then plugged into mine. I was borderline OK in allowing them to do so. Next, they borrow some of my tools and the end of one day, loaded their van up with my tools! Good thing I took a break at that moment and caught them.

But the last straw was when I was cutting in the basement lower level stairs three floors below, these clowns just kept on working on the roof directly above. I repeatedly told them to move elsewhere and work on the other side of the dwellings roof. They just didn't get it and later on a long length of 2 x 6 fell within inches of me. I blew the stack, packed up and phoned the G.C..

Azzholes builders deserve a crappy built America. Its drives me absolutely crazy to see the millionaires having multi million dollar homes built by illegals and they are schit built!

[berettafan]

you can get killed walking your doggie!