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Synthbuttrange posted:I'm impressed at how much worse he made a bad situation. One bad decision deserves another I always say.
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so whats exactly going on I can't really see. Looks like he's either grinding the cylinder or using a torch on it but unaware if it has anything in it or not. Then of course doing it next to a bunch of equipment instead of in the open away from anything else that may be flammable.
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Jun 25, 2019 19:11
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On thing this thread has taught me is that if something is on fire, kicking it will almost assuredly make the situation worse. Kicking: Not a good way to fight fires.
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Jun 25, 2019 19:19
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I just had this terrifying thought that the guy kicking a tank on fire is not the worst employee they got. Imagine if this is the guy that always has to go "Step away, you guys don't know how to do anything"...
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Jun 25, 2019 20:02
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Bronze Fonz posted:I just had this terrifying thought that the guy kicking a tank on fire is not the worst employee they got. He probably isn't the one who has to but I guarantee he's the one who does.
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Jun 25, 2019 20:48
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When I was like, 15, I volunteered at a summer camp. We were supposed to be watching kids with the supervision of older, paid, employees and of course we were put to work doing things that we certainly should not have been doing, like roofing, or in this case knocking down an old barn. Surprisingly we did not die, however while at about the midway point, we were about 12-15 feet up taking out these huge crossbeams. None of us had any safety gear on and mostly were just using hammers and prybars to take these huge nails out of the beams. I rest my hammer on the beam next to me for a moment, forget about it and about 10 minutes later we are pulling that beam out. At the exact wrong moment another "worker" of the same age is walking below (Why he would walk through the barn instead of around it while it was actively being torn down is another question) and the beam shakes a bit as we wiggle it loose. The hammer falls and i'm not exactly sure what hits him, i assume the handle as he doesn't die but does go down like a sack of bricks. Queue wailing and cursing at us as he assumed one of us threw it at him (I don't believe he was well liked so its plausible) and actually manages to pick himself back up and stagger off. He was carried out later in an ambulance I'm sure with a concussion and we didn't really see him again there. No one actually saw what happened but i am glad he was mostly alright. Technically it was my fault but as a kid with no experience or any sort of training I'm just surprised someone didn't die or become seriously injured. For those wondering about the camp it was a religious oriented camp and from what I could tell cutting corners like that to save money was pretty normal and I believe the camp no longer exists.
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Iringahn posted:Technically it was my fault but as a kid with no experience or any sort of training I'm just surprised someone didn't die or become seriously injured. For those wondering about the camp it was a religious oriented camp and from what I could tell cutting corners like that to save money was pretty normal and I believe the camp no longer exists. If it had hung on longer, it could have become a “conversion therapy” camp and raked in the cash.
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Iringahns post reminds me of working in a Chinese foundry installing handling equipment. My translator/minder was our saleswoman in China, so was always trying to look her best in a pretty rubbish environment. We go to a customer site where the entire production line, including our robots, is being installed all at once, as was customary for these Chinese govt projects. I have overalls, face mask, hard hat, gloves on. Sophia the translator has a cocktail dress and high heels on. She has an iPod as a gift for the guy who got our equipment approved. She doesn't need safety gear, she tells me. A 2-3 story metal framework is being erected around one of our robot handlers, to keep the foundry dust somewhat contained. It's being welded by guys with stick welders who have climbed up and are hanging off the structure. As we are talking, a worker clips his welding torch to one trouser pocket, his hammer on the other, and starts to monkey climb up one of the vertical beams of the structure, till he's 2-3 storeys up. The hammer becomes unclipped and spins and falls, putting a decent sized hole in the concrete right next to Sophia. "Will you wear a hard hat now Sophia?" "No don't be silly, I don't want to mess up my hair".
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BigHandsVince posted:Iringahns post reminds me of working in a Chinese foundry installing handling equipment. My translator/minder was our saleswoman in China, so was always trying to look her best in a pretty rubbish environment. She's a real man.
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This year's fire crop seems to be coming in nicely. https://i.imgur.com/npG0Kty.mp4
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Jun 26, 2019 04:15
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I didn't know Tesla made self-driving tractors.
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Jun 26, 2019 04:30
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Trogdor the Trailer, burninating the countryside.
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https://twitter.com/s_crawford/status/1143721488534708224?s=19
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Jun 26, 2019 06:38
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They told me to mark the day of first use on the helmet because they deteriorate over time. So my hard hat says THURSDAY on the inside.
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Jun 26, 2019 06:41
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Jerry Cotton posted:They told me to mark the day of first use on the helmet because they deteriorate over time. So my hard hat says THURSDAY on the inside. Funnily enough a few mines I worked at said we cannot write on our helmets because the ink will eat the plastic. Also no stickers. Hmmm, the high Vis reflector stickers are fine but oh no those nasty Union ones!
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Jun 26, 2019 10:05
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Supposedly the stickers thing is because they might be hiding cracks but that's dumb because if it's cracked you could check from the inside. We did have one guy who decided to drill a bunch of holes in his lid for ventilation and, yeah, safety guy wasn't too thrilled.
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Jun 26, 2019 10:22
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Megillah Gorilla posted:This year's fire crop seems to be coming in nicely. how in the gently caress did they contrive themselves into this situation
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Jun 26, 2019 10:38
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My hardhat is 17 years old. Covered with stickers, and a couple melt marks on the brim.
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Jun 26, 2019 12:10
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BattleMaster posted:how in the gently caress did they contrive themselves into this situation With an errant cigarette butt and a panicking brain that prioritizes getting out of a burning tractor over shutting off said tractor first
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Jun 26, 2019 14:37
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Megillah Gorilla posted:This year's fire crop seems to be coming in nicely. G-G-G-GHOST TRACTOR!
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Jun 26, 2019 14:40
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wesleywillis posted:My hardhat is 17 years old. Covered with stickers, and a couple melt marks on the brim. But were you wearing it when you whupped batman's rear end?
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Jun 26, 2019 15:02
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Jerry Cotton posted:They told me to mark the day of first use on the helmet because they deteriorate over time. So my hard hat says THURSDAY on the inside.  They say the same thing about motorcycle helmets. Maybe it's true, maybe they are just trying to get you to buy a new one more often. But when it comes to my brain I'm willing to spend the money.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:G-G-G-GHOST TRACTOR! Probably just a real estate developer driving down property values.
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deoju posted:
Hard hats are made of a plastic very similar (in feel) to garden furniture and I know for a fact that those can't stand sunlight ON ACCOUNT OF HAVING SAT THROUGH SEVERAL OL_D CHAIRS. Dunno about MC helmuts.
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Yeah UV light will degrade high-density polyethylene. The ones at my work have use-by dates on them, so you just grab another out of stores when you need one. Fun related video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwRKNO2Tuvs
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Memento posted:Yeah UV light will degrade high-density polyethylene. Yeah but I'm not a bougie gently caress so I have a YELLOW helmet 
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The only downside to frequently replacing your hard hat is losing your safety training stickers. Or even worse, showing up to a job site with a pristine, virgin hard hat.
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Explosionface posted:The only downside to frequently replacing your hard hat is losing your safety training stickers. Or even worse, showing up to a job site with a pristine, virgin hard hat. I used to put the stickers on the inside of my lid so nobody would ask me hard questions.
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Explosionface posted:The only downside to frequently replacing your hard hat is losing your safety training stickers. Or even worse, showing up to a job site with a pristine, virgin hard hat. I've never shown up to a job site with my own lid, they give me a new one. I have my safety training patches on my lunchbox, that seems like enough to blend in with the miners.
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I work in a construction industry, but I'm in IT. I haven't ever been to a jobsite. I have a hardhat - I mostly use it to cover my eyes when I'm taking a nap in the server room.
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Mimesweeper posted:Supposedly the stickers thing is because they might be hiding cracks but that's dumb because if it's cracked you could check from the inside. i think you meant to say the safety guy wasn't too drilled *rimshot*
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Explosionface posted:The only downside to frequently replacing your hard hat is losing your safety training stickers. Or even worse, showing up to a job site with a pristine, virgin hard hat. I tell my new guys to go scuff up their hardhat a bit if they want to be taken seriously onboard the ships.
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Lou Takki posted:I tell my new guys to go scuff up their hardhat a bit if they want to be taken seriously onboard the ships. Last year I was on a site for 2 weeks and I had to get a new hard hat early on so I could fit my fat head, a balaclava, and a coat hood in the stupid thing. I pulled in the parking lot and realized what I had in my hand, so I ran it through the rocks and dirt for a minute to give it a little bit of experience. For the record, I'm an engineer for a company that doesn't typically have to show up to an active construction site (it was also my first experience needing hi-vis). My equipment was just ready for commissioning and the customer wanted us to move on it ASAP.
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Explosionface posted:Last year I was on a site for 2 weeks and I had to get a new hard hat early on so I could fit my fat head, a balaclava, and a coat hood in the stupid thing. I pulled in the parking lot and realized what I had in my hand, so I ran it through the rocks and dirt for a minute to give it a little bit of experience. Good choice. You can always tell the desk jockey thats going to ask you to do something awful or completely unreasonable, or bitch that things aren't going fast enough by how clean his poo poo is. Shiny white hat walks on site? Awwww ffffuuucckkk.
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Antioch posted:I work in a construction industry, but I'm in IT. I haven't ever been to a jobsite. I have a hardhat - I mostly use it to cover my eyes when I'm taking a nap in the server room. I work in a lab, but sometimes have to walk across warehouses or *gasp* outdoors and have collected three hardhats now. Thanks to Australia being the skin cancer capital of the world, management makes everyone wear these:  I wanted to order one of these, but chickened out: 
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Megillah Gorilla posted:
I work in Alberta, the lovely Texas of Canada. There are so many of these hats. Our poor Safety Coordinator has a shitfit every time she sees one. I'm waiting for some dumbfuck redneck to dent his skull wearing one so they can be officially banned.
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Antioch posted:I work in Alberta, the lovely Texas of Canada. There are so many of these hats. Our poor Safety Coordinator has a shitfit every time she sees one. I'm waiting for some dumbfuck redneck to dent his skull wearing one so they can be officially banned. Are they more dangerous in some way than the regular ones with the same rating? I can imagine they'd "catch" something more than a rounded one, I suppose.
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if something lands in the center crease i imagine the force will be helpfully directed downwards into your neck
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Antioch posted:I work in Alberta, the lovely Texas of Canada. There are so many of these hats. Our poor Safety Coordinator has a shitfit every time she sees one. I'm waiting for some dumbfuck redneck to dent his skull wearing one so they can be officially banned.
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Mozi posted:if something lands in the center crease i imagine the force will be helpfully directed downwards into your neck
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