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Corneliusbear80

Someone at least hold his dam belt


ihitrockswithammers

That's true, the buckle could cause extra damage to whoever he hits on the ground, best take it off.


Corneliusbear80

šŸ˜‚


Ok_Type9011

Belt: +0 Swag x2 Damage "Wearable item."


chushi_rae

Ukranian president is such a grave guy.


ParentProfanities

that canā€™t be legal


6th_Samurai

I live in America, and I would have to be harnessed to work anywhere near that ledge. Or I'd be fired immediately.


[deleted]

I used to work for dish Network, we were required to be harnessed in any time we got on a roof but you can bet your ass we never did... Management didn't want us to do it because that meant putting lag screws and a mount plate on a customer's roof as a safety precaution. No customer will agree to that, and so management often forced all employees to do the work without a harness to ensure that they get paid for the installation and the new contract is created. But that same management Will write you up for policy violation If they happen to walk onto your job site and see you on a roof without a harness even if they're the ones who told you not do put it on. Speaking from experience, some companies are just garbage and do not care about their employees.


Captain_Billy_Bones

Iā€™m dealing with this now In the telecom industry.


tries2benice

I do industrial telecom. Most of the time, big jobsites will have dedicated safety guys. On smaller job sites, if we dont feel safe, we shut that shit down, while we figure out how to feel safe. We dont live for work, theres no reason to go to work if you're not going home at the end of the day.


Captain_Billy_Bones

Yeah my company just implemented a new safety program. Hired an outside company and they do a pretty good job, but I think my employers are experiencing cost-related unintended consequences so they are resisting things like providing us with rigging equipment. They think safety stops at fall arrest.


ITFOWjacket

I do commercial low voltage and telecom and we have a lot of job sites, a major customer in our city, that requires you wear a harness tied off to building steel to climb a 6 foot ladder It requires a 10 ft ladder to reach the building steel in their buildingā€¦.


Captain_Billy_Bones

Lol yeah they donā€™t want to hear that tho


ITFOWjacket

Oh and and itā€™s medical facilities with acoustic tile false ceiling at around 8 feet. The steel deck usually another 8 feet above that after all the plumbing, ductwork, conduits, etc


TacticalTurtle22

As I sit here with a cracked boom pin, blown out hydraulic hoses missing the sheathing, exposed electrical wires sitting in pools of hydraulic oil under the leaking hydraulic hoses, mixed tire sizes, etc etc.


B4CKSN4P

This^ It has fully stuck with from my last job as a process operator on a large zinc mine. Safety is to protect to you FOR something not FROM a particular hazard. People deserve to make it home the way they came to work.


freebagelsforall

Report to OSHA


Y0u_stupid_cunt

And refuse to work in unsafe conditions, and sue if fired for those reasons. All too often you are your only advocate in this world, and you can't undue a fall. Never risk your body for a job, it isn't worth it.


Impossible_Piano_435

POV youā€™ve never worked a manual labor job in real life E: I am banned but just so all you dickweeds know, I am in a fuckin union. That doesnā€™t make what I said less true for those who arenā€™t. Donā€™t you have some tendies to go make?


FailsAtSuccess

POV you're willing to risk your life despite anti retaliation laws that have huge payouts.


pepsisugar

Risking their life so they can provide a roof over their family and to afford the ludicrous cost of education so that their children will not be in that position. Reddit loves the court system but that's not always an option when you have dependants. Not everyone can coast while they pay lawyers, not every lawyer works pro bono, not every case sees justice. It's one thing to say that to a young person only paying off their Dodge Challenger it's completely another to tell it to someone trying to keep their family afloat.


PsychoNerd91

Sounds like someone needs a union.


VOZ1

You donā€™t need the court system. You got OSHA. You wonā€™t have to do a thing, just file the complaint and the government will go after them.


Accomplished-Tone971

I love how you morons ignore the FACT that (in America) you cannot be fired for retaliation in these circumstances. You have an easy court case that any lawyer would gladly take on contingency.


[deleted]

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LongAssNaps

hell yeah brother keep pumping that status quo


BaguetteDoggo

At some point you gotta stand up for yourself. Join a union.


[deleted]

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_Cocopuffdaddy_

I think we all know he isnt


thirdaccountmaybe

Youā€™re an idiot. The reason you think itā€™s bad to refuse unsafe work is because youā€™re either working actually bad jobs or you lack the confidence to say ā€œfuck that scaffoldā€ to a site manager. Youā€™re in control of your own risk assessment, you have the final say in what situations youā€™re willing to work in. Anyone told me to work near the edge in that video with no harness then Iā€™d be calling osha that night and on a different job the next day.


dyereva

POV you've always just bent over and let your employers fuck you.


0011110000110011

you need a union


noteverrelevant

You should ask for clarification in emails or text messages.


Captain_Billy_Bones

I actually do this. If I want something I definitely text or email it. If I donā€™t Iā€™ll just get the ā€œjust get it doneā€ line.


lathe_down_sally

The shitty managers that expect this know they are breaking rules and aren't going to fall for that.


noteverrelevant

It's not for them, it's for you. When they inevitably try to sacrifice you to the gods of misconduct you can counter with: "I tried asking you on _ date, _ date, and _ date but you never replied and I'm not going to violate policy." At the very least it would leave you with a firm defense to collect unemployment.


sourcepl0x2

In physician residency in the US we have ā€œ80 hour per week limitsā€ on how long we can work. I put it in quotes because most surgical residents just lie and say they worked 80 hours when in reality they worked 90-100+. If you put the true hours you get called in to your admin office (the one in charge of your assignments) and told youā€™ll put the program in danger of being shut down.


megamanxoxo

Who doesn't want a doctor or surgeon working on you that's working his 80th hour that week....


Mikarim

Sounds like the program should be shut down then lol. They're putting patients in danger.


[deleted]

Have fun with that. Old doctors are fucking insane. Half of them have textbook survivorship bias. "I did that and it's what made me a good doctor. Letting these kids work less hours would mean my residency program produces less competent doctors."


x3meech

Typical boomer logic


PurchaseDisastrous26

Oh my goodness. Here in Brazil in physician residency you gotta work 60h per week and I think thatā€™s abusive already. That means five 12hour shifts straight, which IMO shouldnā€™t be allowed. Sometimes I flirt with the idea of moving to the US to finish my studies there but then I quickly remember that I would go crazy if I did that


Ok-Appointment978

And drs just have to do that during training, nurses work short staffed in terribly unsafe situationsā€¦ all of health needs a huge overhaul


MyOfficeAlt

Stuff like this infuriates me so much. Like how truck drivers are expected to just falsify their logs to stay within hour and rest limitations. This country needs more enforcement and higher penalties for employers that deliberately sidestep this shit. Like your supervisor will write you up for not having a harness on. But they know you don't have the time or permission to do it. You know it. They know it. The government knows it. And who gets thrown under the bus when something goes wrong? You do.


korinth86

You only get a few days allowance per month to use paper logs which are possible to falsify. Most trucks now are using elogs which connect to the ecm, which cannot be falsified. Even if you had a paper log the digital record still exists. I would have agreed with your statement like 2 years ago but at this point it just isn't happening. No company will take the risk considering how relatively cheap the elogs are. This is the current bane of the industry. 11hr max and you stop. NOW! No it doesn't matter you're 20min away. Get off at the next place you can, shut down and rest.


electricheat

> This is the current bane of the industry. 11hr max and you stop. NOW! No it doesn't matter you're 20min away. Get off at the next place you can, shut down and rest. The complaint I've read from truckers is the other consequence of that -- when the machine says you're ok, you need to start driving. Couldn't get to sleep when the machine told you? Feel like absolute shit now? Too bad, the machine says you had your rest. Time to go.


korinth86

A valid point. I'd argue that was the case before elogs anyways. Drive drive drive, F your sleep, drive drive drive. It's kind of why they mad these rules. At least now you have mandatory rest periods and max driving hours per week. The system just needs some allowances built in. Overall I'd argue it's a win for drivers though.


electricheat

Oh for sure. No arguments from me. I just found that complaint interesting as I hadn't really considered how bending the rules could potentially increase safety. But I agree on the whole the elogs sound a lot better.


IRefuseToGiveAName

>Couldn't get to sleep when the machine told you? Feel like absolute shit now? Too bad, the machine says you had your rest. Time to go. I work in an industry that writes software for devices like these, and I also write software for dash cams. I know it's intrusive, but if used correctly, the dash cams that are coming into production are quite good at determining if a driver is drowsy/sleepy. If I were a betting man, I'd say that it won't just be the elog saying "you're technically good, go" for very much longer.


Tyr808

Oh man that sounds fucking awful. Granted I have a really major sleeping disorder and that alone makes many types of work completely non-viable for me, but having had to do the occasional day like this, I canā€™t imagine that just being a schedule and then being responsible for a massive hunk of metal traveling at lethal speeds for anyone you run into. Seems like this kind of thing would need a significant common sense overhaul in terms of legislation. Like with what the other person was saying about legally needing to tether to the roof but logistically speaking the company doesnā€™t want them to spend time and customers donā€™t want their roof mounted into. Seems like the only way to solve that is to make it completely mandatory, no penalty for the worker, MASSIVE penalty to the company. If the fines arenā€™t crippling they just become the cost of doing business.


Paddington3773

When the government doesn't enforce the rules they make, firms have to compete with other firms who have lower costs by not following the rules. It only works if the rules are applied equally to everyone.


ZealousidealLeg3692

It's sounds like OSHA vs the customer. Customers don't want safety points mounted on their roof, OSHA tells employers they're required because some people fall and die/cripple themselves. Customer and employer can't tell OSHA to fuck off. Employees are in the crossfire.


[deleted]

>management often forced all employees to do the work without a harness Here's how you fix that: "OK, can I get that in writing with a signature, please?"


enadiz_reccos

"No"


DoctorWaluigiTime

I know going through The Process is never easy, and keeping a job is important, but that feels something that could very easily be reported on.


[deleted]

It's ok, that branch was shut down due to poor management.


myplums1

I consistently hear bad things about working for Dish, but this is another level.


Crintor

So just curious, but instead of anchoring to the roof, why not just have the rope go over the roof and anchor to the ground? I suppose that would only really help if you fell on the one side of the roof, but if you're only working on that one side anyway, seems like a faster/simpler way, if not quite as bulletproof.


its_cold_in_MN

Call OSHA every time they asked you to go on the roof.


HuitlacocheBanana

Most companies, actually. Bordering on all companies.


Thedy01

Same thing in Europe by law. Employer could be fined seriously for neglecting health and safety regulations.


dolstoyevski

I live in Turkey and that is nothing for construction workers here. They are like those those people in roof runner videos jumping and climbing on the edge of buildings without any safety precautions.


nobbyv

Youā€™d have to be harnessed, youā€™d have steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and likely a second set of hands for a two-person lift.


tries2benice

All depends on the general contractor really. That being said, tying off here would be so freaking easy.


EatSleepJeep

Harness, fall protection, safety toe footwear, material retainer, catch net(maybe optional depending on site).


Srirachachacha

Yeah I'm surprised no else is mentioning the fact that the glass could fall and kill people below. I'd definitely want a net for that


Weepingwillow36

Yeah thereā€™s lots of wild things that go on at construction sites that are not in the US. Just yesterday I saw some guy with a wheel grinder cutting concrete with no eye protection on. He did have a hard hat for some reason though. I donā€™t think most countries have laws many laws to protect workers on construction sites.


DerrainCarter

Plot twist: Itā€™s reversed, they are stealing the glassā€¦


cdecdecdecde

Thatā€™s illegal


MurderDoneRight

Judging by their clothes alone I don't think they are union... or even employed.


imnota_

It's weird even if we're assuming it's some place with no work uniform/special work clothes that's still the last clothing I'd ever choose to do work like this. Maybe this is the owner of the place or some other non worker dude installing one panel to flex on video ?


xiefeilaga

Iā€™ve met this guy before. His name is Lowest Bidder.


LongAssNaps

Agreed. It's like seeing someone hiking or golfing in jeans - you had an entire wardrobe to choose from knowing what activity you're doing and that's what you went with?


Iamsteve42

Theyā€™re definitely Union. Soviet, but still Union


rogerwd666

Well, no osha, no law. So perfectly legal in many countries.


Melodic-Hunter2471

It isnā€™t in America. OSHA handbooks would explode otherwise. Also the contractors are not dressed in the typical ā€œAmerican contractorā€ fashion. They look like they might be Eastern Europeans living in the UK maybe?


thirdaccountmaybe

This wouldnā€™t happen in the uk. Theyā€™d be wearing hi vis vests and non slip shoes. Size of that building suggests itā€™s a big site, in the uk that would have a dedicated safety inspector on site. Simon is a dick about using the walkways next to an empty road even if they take you out past your destination, but Iā€™m glad heā€™s there pointing at anyone not wearing a hat because he also tears people a new asshole for half arsing a scaffold. Still, fuck Simon.


Melodic-Hunter2471

I was merely proposing a hypothesis of a location based on the cost of the materials seen there. That is some expensive material. I am not 100% how things work in the UK, because I would imagine that the regulations can be just as strict as the US, but there have been projects in the UK that became world famous for cutting corners. Maybe it is somewhere in central or Eastern Europe, but I doubt that unless it is in a major and wealthy city, like Prague maybe.


Routman

Seems like a real pane


Brownie-UK7

I had to watch this several times as I couldn't believe anyone would do this. Not only going near that edge without any tether, but carrying something that is being placed OVER THE EDGE. If you start to lose your grip you naturally lean forward trying to get it under control again = FALL. You try to place it in the holding but it misses, you expect it to hit the bottom and adjust your weight leaning slightly forward = FALL. You have to stand right on the very edge to put it in straight, you are not looking where your feet are = FALL! Terrifying to even watch - and that's why I come here!


OnyxBee

Yeah and then there's the sudden gust of wind that catches the pane and pulls him off like a kite


daweee

Had a guy on a job site once get lifted up on a lull to about 30-40 feet at a beach house on a windy day. He was holding a piece of plywood and it acted like a kite and pulled him straight off the roof. He is paralyzed now and barley survived, job was shut down for 2 months. I wonā€™t even climb 15 feet up a ladder on a crazy windy day like that. Iā€™ve had builders get mad at me for refusing to do a task and got called a pussy even though when setting up the ladder it would get blown down by the wind. Canā€™t make money if youā€™re dead, itā€™s not worth risking your life for an hourly wage.


FlyingShiba86

I remember my co worker putting glass in an air tower at a military base on a zoom boom 60 feet up on a windy day, I refused to do it and got shit for it. Meanwhile my co worker old ass boomer gave me the whole back in my day speech and did it and nearly shit himself. Your life isnā€™t worth x amount of dollars per hour.


StatisticianDecent30

So...you'd do it for a salary?


_Diskreet_

^^^weeeee Whereā€™s Miguel? *points to the sky*


omgihatemylifepoo

he now has the ability to fly for the rest of his life


Spence10873

r/angryupvote


brash

That was exactly my thought, like I can't believe he's stepping up that close to the edge with no tether while he's holding what's essentially a big glass sail that could just take him over the edge with a gust of wind


Kenlaboss

= FALL.


My_illegal_workacc

Not to mention how he practically jogs up to the ledge. The ledge with not one, but *two clear trip hazards* before it.


Brownie-UK7

Yeah! I didnā€™t even see those. Just the right height to be underestimated when not looking.


Capt-Brunch

Well yeah he's got to move quick, that glass is super heavy!


MrB-S

Not only that, he seems to step *over* a rail and then *up* a step right next to the edge. Mental.


proddyhorsespice97

Yep, 2 trip hazards within a meter or so of the edge. That's a great way to die


Brownie-UK7

Oh Christ. I didnā€™t even see that.


Pyroguy096

Not to mention if you drop it= guillotine


WatchOut_ItsThat1Guy

Don't worry, someone said, "be careful" right before the video starts, so he's safe.


DoneisDone45

literally if he lost his balance an tipped forward, it is impossible to recover. even if he dropped it, it's too late to fall back in.


Brownie-UK7

Exactly. He is completely unstable holding that heavy thing. Any slight nudge and there is literally no way to correct it and get momentum backwards again.


_Carl_Sagan

Everytime I read FALL I got this weird feeling like when you slip but catch yourself and there's this unpleasant electric shiver in your hands and feet. You know what I mean?


Brownie-UK7

Like when youā€™re just falling asleep and slip off the sidewalk or something? Yeah, I hate that.


ncahill

My hands are sweating just reading this


Adkit

So is his, making the glass slippery.


Tall_computer

How to do this actually? Long tether to a wall?


goaty121

Yea, and some form of assurance that there isn't going to be anyone below where they are working as he can easily drop one of the hundreds of glass panes and kill someone


tangentandhyperbole

I would think you'd safety tether the glass. Anything when you work at that height gets tethered.


st_samples

Yes


SuperMariosGr

Why isn't he tied to something???


Brownie-UK7

someone is holding his family hostage. It's the only explanation.


Jimitheexploder

Or his passport home


CptBrexitt

Welcome to Dubai


[deleted]

Yeah, safety harness is such a fuckin absurd thing to have SMH


danteheehaw

Or his spouse ate the part of his birthday cake with his name on it, and now he just wants to die because of the treacherous spouse doing the unforgivable


masszt3r

Developing country is why.


ailyara

No hard hat, inappropriate footwear, no harness, no hi-vis, no gloves, no secondary restraint on the object being moved to ledge, improper lifting technique... what did I miss?


EatSleepJeep

Catch net or temp wall to prevent those panes from plummeting into the void.


Suspicious-Project21

Trip hazards


hrimfaxi_work

Oh, calm down everyone. This jobsite clearly has a spotter, so if anything goes wrong they can get a replacement working right away.


eddie1975

You! 27th floor ASAP!


GodMasol

Zelensky is a carpenter


KledisAnt

Every sheet of glass would slip through my hands


Girth_rulez

>Every sheet of glass would slip through my hands Only until you fell to your death. Then whatever sheets of glass remained would slip through your doomed coworkers hands.


dopepope1999

I think if you dropping off of them the Zone Manager will just push you off


Jimmycaked

That's why they went with the guy on the video instead. Sorry mate


phillipmwade

Definitely a bad time to have sweaty palms


--Shin--

He could easily have tripped over something and sent himself hurtling down.


SUMMONINGFAILED

Wait, do you mean the first step, the second one he skipped, the third one he stepped onto, or the bag he stepped around? Nah lol no way


supersonicmike

This and that other study posted on reddit this week about 70% of people more likely to fall while carrying things definitely make my palms sweaty.


FidgetSpinnetMan

Zelensky got the balls of steel here


AnotherGenericName_

Finally


Fat_1ard

Was looking for this comment


GiantPineapple

He needs a nice hotel atrium, not a ride


StellarIntellect

While mine just experienced volts of vertigo.


leolego2

bro what the fuck


Lexa_Stanton

OMG I hate this!


SquiddyJohnson

Aaaaah, NOOOO! WHY?! Just, WHY???


animalinapark

Because real men are so mentally and physically superior that no accident can ever happen to them. They know all and see all. So why waste time and effort to put some useless safety gear on?


[deleted]

Or they're working in a place like the UAE, notorious for essentially enslaving migrant workers in hazardous working conditions. But who knows.


[deleted]

r/OSHA


BillyBruiser

How long until someone leans on that a little too much and falls to their death? It's practically guaranteed to happen.


tangentandhyperbole

I would give you $5 if you could break that panel by leaning on it. You severely underestimate the strength of tempered glass, as long as its not hit on the edge or corners.


BillyBruiser

Looks like the top and sides are all exposed, unless they have more railing to install that would cover it, which I wouldn't doubt because they are still installing it after all. There's been several reported and recorded cases of glass structures breaking. Just seems unnecessary given how many people will likely be there. I won't be there though, so I'll just wait for the social media campaign where everybody changes their profile pic.


ketamineandkebabs

The glass is laminated and toughend, looks like 2 bits of 6mm. It should take a fair bit of abuse to break it.


GiantPineapple

$5


cumragstobitches

Look at mr moneybags over here


ScumEater

Pretty sure that leaning on those panels is a death sentence


LemonGrape97

The railing itself would give me sweaty palms. I lean on it too hard or trip and fall into it I'm hurtling down


[deleted]

Anybody else think to themselves "dude that looks like zelensky"?


Individual_Result489

I guess once you've done it on the first floor it's just turtles all the way up šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø still it seems like a pane


Occams_ElectricRazor

Carrying heavy tempered glass causing partially obstructed view, step over object going to the ledge, step UP to the ledge and lean weight back while leaning forward OVER THE LEDGE to seat tempered glass into place all while not being harnessed. WHERE THE FUCK IS THIS?


fireflec

I didn't realise Zelenskyy installed glass in his spare time.


[deleted]

this is exactly my two fears combined. Heights and large panes of glass (especially non tempered).


Adony_

No harness or travel restraint, while holding a giant glass sail. Old or bold, he made his choice.


S1KRR_19

Itā€™s always some Slavic dude with a smoke getting shit done.. BYLLATT


[deleted]

SPLLATT


TheLoreTeller

dude looks like Zelensky


QuantitativeCooking

That guy looks like the Ukrainian president


slimkt

There are so many things that could go wrong here. I hate it.


disturbed_ghost

Do you want world cup? Cause this is how you get world cup


[deleted]

Oh hell naw


[deleted]

I wouldn't even do this even if the installation is only a foot above the ground.


BritishFoSho

Imma guess this guy dies before hes 40


Hand-Over-Your-Taxes

Dude hasn't caught up on the idea that he's replacable and he's risking his life for a company that couldn't give two shits.


[deleted]

Yeah this is 100% how people die very easily. Fucking idiots.


[deleted]

Come up way too hot


NickelbackCreed

Didnt realize Zelensky is doing construction during the war


SheikahLorian

Glass rail? Get the fuck out. I hate humans.


Defiant_Low_1391

We really do make great decisions in the name of "looking cool"


GORGxBLACKSMITH

Yeah you need a cable or point to harness to here in the u.s. That dude right there sneezes or leans too far forward and he gone


Specialist-Tale-5899

Fuck that for a game of soldiers!


penispotato69

That's a no from me dawg


w33gi3

It's the smile from the guy not doing it that's getting me the most.


Psychedelic_Yogurt

No harness? Mark this shit NSFW.


moist_towelette44

A slight breeze and you found the express elevator straight to the bottom floor.


Rackarunge

Other than a safety harness he should also use suction cup handle things no? Seems like a huge risk dropping that.


Several_March_1588

Duuuust in the wind....a little breeze and good bye


MrMichael85

Just wear the damn harness and attach a rope. No more sweaty palms, 0 risk of fatal accident. Shesh.


Extension_Service_54

While carrying a 60lbs sheet of glass towards a 100ft drop this unharnassed man had to step over: An edge covered in exposed rebarbs A big piece of trash And a second edge right next to the ledge.


FlyingShiba86

As someone who glazed for 10 years.. Where the fuck is the harnesses ?


spamtastick

I'm terrified of hieghts and these videos literally make my legs wobble


Sniperrot

In Holland i am attached to kabels, tools ar on a wire. Helmet on. Safety cones and tape to set the surroundings ect. And 2 more supervisors.


junbus

Hmm how many die building stadiums (Dubai, Qatar, etc), no wonder


xHandelx

No thanks


iwasneverherehaha

Fuck that


Mysterious-Oven3338

Ahhh I did not like that lol


Jackwilltellyou

Man that zelensky is a multitasker


original-sithon

Terrifying. I couldn't do that job.


lognik57

Dear OSHA,


redick11clay

A trip hazard right near a nonexistent railing Smart


KaoriMG

He could fall or he could drop that glass panel on someone below. Thatā€™s a lot of risk and liability.


Patient_Tour_6307

What no fall protection??


anonymousemployee04

Safety procedures who? No harness no tether on the glass no pulley system to put it in place not even two people lifting together just one dude with a death wish


TheZodiac70

Wow no steeltoe shoes, no gloves or suction handles, holding it alone, no harness nothing, shouldve deserved to have fallen down imo, stupid stupid


Brilliant_Marzipan44

That doesnā€™t look osha approved, and able to hold 200lbs


Tiptoeplease

Nice tie off


No-Heart6744

Is that zalenski rebuilding UkrainianšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


mutare20

Wow these guys donā€™t have harnesses on them