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sandoz posted:if you've never sawed through a power tool's own cord, this might not be the right thread for you I live my OSHA fantasies out in this thread because the biggest risk I have at work is that my office chair isn't supportive enough. Yet somehow my job got a 5k OSHA violation when the HVAC broke down because the portable AC units were "blocking the emergency exit" (it totally wasn't lol)
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Apr 24, 2019 14:15
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sandoz posted:if you've never sawed through a power tool's own cord, this might not be the right thread for you i've done the "cut through my own cord with hedgeclippers" before e- also the "stand on no-step" before also the "while in ceiling, suspend self from beam and use legs to move the ladder along"
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Apr 24, 2019 14:20
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Wanna see an OSHA field operative creatively kill himself with a portable AC unit placed in relation to a door. No fine for me, but was told to remove a coffee brewer placed in the printer room, for being a fire hazard. The brewer had a 30min automatic power-off for its heater element, which was not in direct contact with flammable office paper all day, while the printer filament did not, was, and therefore wasn't removed for fire safety. To this day noone has explained this mystery to me.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:22
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Had a meeting with OSHA officials yesterday at the Department of Labor. Made a joke about West Virginia. They sighed and chuckled knowingly. That state has a reputation.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:23
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I stood on the railing of my deck without a harness yesterday to spray some wasps trying to start a nest. I didn't fall, it was actually kind of fun, especially when the wood rocked back and forth a little.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:32
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chitoryu12 posted:Had a meeting with OSHA officials yesterday at the Department of Labor. Made a joke about West Virginia. They sighed and chuckled knowingly. I would imagine once you need a handful of oxys just to get level, they don't help much with pain.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:40
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Ha ha "Kermit"
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Apr 24, 2019 14:51
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Nocheez posted:My automotive electronic days are decades ago, but I would fill a butt connector with a little silicone grease, crimp them properly and heat shrink tube followed by a bunch of electrical tape. Stagger the butts so they don't have a big egg right in the middle of the repair. They make butt connectors with hat shrink in either end. And when you shrink the shrink it fills the entire connector with silicone adhesive. They're for marine use but I'd rather spend the extra 3 cents per connector and get something waterproof.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:03
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Powershift posted:I would imagine once you need a handful of oxys just to get level, they don't help much with pain. I'm at the point after seeing a bunch of people like this that I refuse any and all pain killers unless I'm actually dying.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:11
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How have you guys never heard of a western union splice? But connectors are garbage for anything with any kind of movement or mechanical load.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:16
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Guyver posted:I know a few people that have problems with pills and they don't, it makes it worse. After a certain point all your aches and pains are magnified. Sure for the first hour or so after you take something it all goes away but as it wears off everything just falls on you like a sack of potatoes and what used to be some aggravating back or knee pain is debilitating. I've heard the opposite from people (Including someone who does brain stuff and pain studies at a uni). That if you don't take pain meds when suffering pain, your body and brain literally grow *more* receptors for pain so you feel it more.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:24
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Sex Skeleton posted:They make butt connectors with hat shrink in either end. And when you shrink the shrink it fills the entire connector with silicone adhesive. Good to know! I bought hundreds of connectors years ago, I'll probably die without using all of them.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:25
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Cojawfee posted:Look at this guy, actually remembers to put on heat shrink on the cable before soldering. Oh trust me, I screw that up more often than not. I did a 12 conductor wiring harness repair on a boat where I wasn't looking, and after the awesome soldering/shrink tubing job was done, realized I'd made the connection over a safety rail, not under it. I've been eyeing these things that FB has been throwing in my face every morning: https://awesales.com/products/nec-waterproof-solder-wire-connectors?fbclid=IwAR0bjH8JPtk9NnLJ7vDELt3E5yTiiDv15Q7A93DTqFVhN7PCIIwqAucmPPg There's an old WWII design that basically uses the same principle for field telephony wire repair. A tube of copper, a blob of solder, and a thermite charge to heat everything up. Dunno, I may spring for the cheapy assortment, and see how they do.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:30
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Cojawfee posted:Look at this guy, actually remembers to put on heat shrink on the cable before soldering. Look at me wanting to make my cheap soldering iron safer with an in-line switch. Hmm, now I've cut this cable and temp fixed the switch....how am I going to solder the joints? Back to the store I was literally at 5 minutes ago!
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Apr 24, 2019 15:36
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Karate Bastard posted:Wanna see an OSHA field operative creatively kill himself with a portable AC unit placed in relation to a door.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:43
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Tashilicious posted:I've heard the opposite from people (Including someone who does brain stuff and pain studies at a uni). That if you don't take pain meds when suffering pain, your body and brain literally grow *more* receptors for pain so you feel it more. Long-term and with abusive use of current typical painkillers you get hyperalgesia, which is an increased sensitivity to pain, sometimes causing sensations of pain even with just normal stimulation. But pain is complicated and there could also be similar problem with an opposite approach, so I'm not necessarily saying that you're wrong, just confirming the issue with the first case.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:43
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glynnenstein posted:Long-term and with abusive use of current typical painkillers you get hyperalgesia, which is an increased sensitivity to pain, sometimes causing sensations of pain even with just normal stimulation. But pain is complicated and there could also be similar problem with an opposite approach, so I'm not necessarily saying that you're wrong, just confirming the issue with the first case. So if you don't take pain meds for chronic pain, you get more pain. If you do, you get more pain. excellent
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Apr 24, 2019 15:47
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Humphreys posted:Look at me wanting to make my cheap soldering iron safer with an in-line switch. Hmm, now I've cut this cable and temp fixed the switch....how am I going to solder the joints? Back to the store I was literally at 5 minutes ago! Make another quick connection for the iron, set it on highest setting for a couple of minutes, cut the connection and make the joints with the iron's residual heat. Maybe use a hairdryer for a while on a joint wrapped with cold solder. Stick it in the oven! So many options if you're creative and don't mind the occasional fire.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:49
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Guyver posted:I know a few people that have problems with pills and they don't, it makes it worse. After a certain point all your aches and pains are magnified. Sure for the first hour or so after you take something it all goes away but as it wears off everything just falls on you like a sack of potatoes and what used to be some aggravating back or knee pain is debilitating. Pain pills don't make it worse, you just forget about all those little aches and pains, so when they wear off(which happens faster when you have a tolerance/are abusing them) you now feel everything since you can remember how great you felt before. I am just lucky that despite having had a bit of a pill habit when I was young, I was able to walk away from them when I realized what was happening. Most of the people I knew at that time weren't so lucky and are most likely either dead or in jail at this point. Unless you have a very addictive personality and are legitimately worried about developing a habit, just take the pain pills when you need them. My mother in law screwed up her recovery after having her knee replaced since she didn't take the painkillers like they told her, so she was in too much pain to move enough. Even despite my history with painkillers, I still take them when necessary. Thankfully doctors are getting better about not prescribing a 30 day supply of oxys for anyone saying they have back pain.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:50
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Tashilicious posted:So if you don't take pain meds for chronic pain, you get more pain. There's lots of non-opioid pain meds as well (APAP, NSAIDs). They're not as strong but they do work and most of them actually fight the problem rather than covering it up.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:57
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slurry_curry posted:Pain pills don't make it worse, you just forget about all those little aches and pains, so when they wear off(which happens faster when you have a tolerance/are abusing them) you now feel everything since you can remember how great you felt before. I am just lucky that despite having had a bit of a pill habit when I was young, I was able to walk away from them when I realized what was happening. Most of the people I knew at that time weren't so lucky and are most likely either dead or in jail at this point. yeah now they'll give you a non renewable seven day script once a decade. To fight the scourge of addiction.
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Apr 24, 2019 16:02
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zedprime posted:The coffee maker ban is a little excessive, but the printer has been FMEAed to hell and back to prove it's not going catch on fire automatically or spit toner into your mouth without major user error. Oh yeah? Well I'm still upset about not getting my coffee <  >
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Apr 24, 2019 16:34
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zedprime posted:The coffee maker ban is a little excessive, but the printer has been FMEAed to hell and back to prove it's not going catch on fire automatically or spit toner into your mouth without major user error. How much is the option to have it spit toner into my mouth?
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Apr 24, 2019 16:53
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I'm convinced that bastard printer has ruined more working days than a simple office fire anyway.
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Apr 24, 2019 17:09
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slurry_curry posted:Pain pills don't make it worse You’re very misinformed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid-induced_hyperalgesia
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Apr 24, 2019 17:33
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zedprime posted:The coffee maker ban is a little excessive, but the printer has been FMEAed to hell and back to prove it's not going catch on fire automatically or spit toner into your mouth without major user error. paper dust can be explosive, so can toner i mean yeah that seems excessive, but that's the reasoning
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Apr 24, 2019 17:42
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chitoryu12 posted:Had a meeting with OSHA officials yesterday at the Department of Labor. Made a joke about West Virginia. They sighed and chuckled knowingly. When the river through the state capitol is deemed unfit for human consumption and the response is "Woah woah woah, you're not planning on punishing a business, are you?" WV's priorities are clear.
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Apr 24, 2019 17:43
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I'm waging a grim extermination campaign against naked-rear end wire nuts used to join sensing wires on top of tanks of nitric, or on 600 F autoclaves full of lye. I've got heat-shrink with hot-melt inside.
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Apr 24, 2019 17:48
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Tashilicious posted:yeah now they'll give you a non renewable seven day script once a decade. To fight the scourge of addiction. when i got my wisdom teeth pulled they wouldn't give me a prescription for pain meds and told me to take naproxen and ibuprofen together at OTC strengths. to their credit, they were right. that knocked the pain out just fine. for anyone with more serious issues, i don't even know. i don't feel your pain.
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Apr 24, 2019 17:50
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slurry_curry posted:Thankfully doctors are getting better about not prescribing a 30 day supply of oxys for anyone saying they have back pain. Yeah for backpain you can just get a MMJ card in most states for little or no effort or proof anyway
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Apr 24, 2019 17:56
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Cojawfee posted:Oh barf, this building aesthetic or whatever you would call it instantly reminded me of my days when I worked for a certain DoD organization in my air force days. I cropped this pic pretty severely because it had identifying info in frame, but this building is really nice in person. I just happened to shoot with a really bland background and not one that included the  graffiti murals.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:38
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tangy yet delightful posted:Since Amazon decided to one day ship me a new plug here's some pics of my extension cord electrical tape repair from ~7 years ago. Dropbox didn't auto upload the final pic of the new plug so you'll just have to pretend I did a thing. Stagger your splices for a better grade next time. 😊
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Apr 24, 2019 19:55
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I do wiring like that all the time. Just twist that poo poo together. I avoid shorts by, like mentioned, staggering the location of the splices so if the wires do get a bit loose and touch, they won't probably short! Luckily it's not osha because I'm working at 3v, it's just messy and bad looking.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:01
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ABC News posted:A Pennsylvania woman died on Monday after falling into a meat grinder at a food processing company. https://abcnews.go.com/US/pennsylvania-woman-killed-falling-meat-grinder-work/story?id=62589777
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Apr 24, 2019 20:08
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Humphreys posted:Look at me wanting to make my cheap soldering iron safer with an in-line switch. Hmm, now I've cut this cable and temp fixed the switch....how am I going to solder the joints? Back to the store I was literally at 5 minutes ago! GE has UL-listed single-outlet switches that I use for stuff like this rather than cutting an AC line to install an inline switch.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:32
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Croatoan posted:https://abcnews.go.com/US/pennsylvania-woman-killed-falling-meat-grinder-work/story?id=62589777 Strong avatar/post combo.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:40
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Croatoan posted:https://abcnews.go.com/US/pennsylvania-woman-killed-falling-meat-grinder-work/story?id=62589777 Wow, they are already making a The Jungle 2?
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Apr 24, 2019 20:57
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I guess that is a better headline than "Person missing at meat processing factory" ???
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Apr 24, 2019 21:18
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Croatoan posted:https://abcnews.go.com/US/pennsylvania-woman-killed-falling-meat-grinder-work/story?id=62589777 I guess she got a little behind in her work. Disaster.
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