Working at height

[Harry Cleary]

😮 😮 Having been born on a ladder (my dad was a painter and decorator as wel as a signwriter) I have completely lost my nerve at heights and that doesn’t help! 😀

[Gary Birch]

quote Harry Cleary:

😮 😮 Having been born on a ladder (my dad was a painter and decorator as wel as a signwriter) I have completely lost my nerve at heights and that doesn’t help! 😀

My trouble is Harry I just aren’t built for working at height. Especially when new ladders/steps have a max weight limit 😳 :lol1:

[Martin Pearson]

Some of those old photos are brilliant, if half the health & safety we have in place today had existed back then half the major American cities wouldn’t exist :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

You also have to admit some of those ideas are quite ingenious :lol1: I think the one with the 2 forklifts is great 😮 😮

[Harry Cleary]

quote Gary Birch:

My trouble is Harry I just aren’t built for working at height. Especially when new ladders/steps have a max weight limit 😳 :lol1:

😀 😀 That’s why I lost my nerve…a wee fella like me would blow away at that height! 😀

[Martin Cole]

Why can’t I look at those pictures without my palms going all sweaty 😮

Seen a few before but some real corkers, my fave is the guy up on the window ledge..is he a window cleaner?? what the hell is he doing 😕

[Gert du Preez]

At least half those pictures was met by a "so what" response here at work 😮

We are catching on w.r.t. safety, but mostly….let me say my European friends will faint at what we do!

I only realised how slack Health and Safety implementation was in this country after doing some work on the uranium mines in Namibia. They conform to ISO 2000 and something. A real pain. So many do’s and donts, you hardly can get your work done 😀

No pictures, but our last similar insident was a month ago. We manufactured a 8 story garbage chute in 2m sections. Saving on crane costs, we installed the topmost one with threaded bar and chemical anchors. The crane left. Our guys were inside this frame (2000 x 1200 x 600mm) with a pulley system, pulling up the other frames. Once the frame was pulled up to butt against the top one, the guys climbed down into the 2nd frame to attatch it to the wall, with the frame suspended by the rope alone…..

The safety officer for the site was happy. Our guys had hardhats, safety shoes, and harnasses (atatched to the frames that were going up)

Africa is no place for sissies 😉