/diy/ - Do It Yourself

please remember to wear eye and ear protection anons

Today I spent two minutes looking for a fire extinguisher in the building and didn't find one.
two minutes is a long time when something is on fire

dont use metal cased 60 yr old power tools

>>1478597
>drill into your weak point for critical damage

>>1478597
>Pi

>>1478597
I quite simply don't care

do not use a grinder on something you are holding in your hand

carry a gun when you drive a popsicle truck

https://www.youtube.com/user/WorkSafeBC/search?query=Graphic+Content!+

>>1478716
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4S0rAZypzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY0-5oU4POE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4kxQqBu3ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOZIBZGsjsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJOiKuVeXA0

>>1478623
Yeah, but you'd be looking faster if something was on fire

>>1478708
Also, when something you're grinding on slips out of the vise, just let it fall instead of trying to catch it while one-handing a spinning 7" grinder.

>>1478613
Ear protection, yes. Eye protection... the only thing that gets in your eye at my work is dust and all eye protection does is make it harder to get dust out of your eyes. And wearing goggles all day is impractical.

I second that fire extinguisher thing
Was welding in a bank under construction. wall lit up, fire watch asleep. Fire extinguisher empty, ran to truck to get one awkward half run half walk back to bank because I didn't want anyone to see me running with a fire extinguisher. Fire watch had already pulled own the wall section and was dragging it outside. we stomped it out in the mud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z77oztO6UQ

>>1478597
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN2gpRcFKAQ

>>1478597

WEAR YOUR PPE.

>be me
>2010
>build church
>shit breaks
>fall 8 feet
>land just right
>metal plate and 8 screws in my ankle
>hurts 24/7 365
>arthritis at 24
>can't take meds because of work
>limp bad and old vets ask me if i got hurt over sees
>nope, explain
>...oh, i see...
>blue collar with the hardest of them since 13
>can hardly stand drinking a beer for an hour now.


Use your fucking ppe. My story is one of thousands and not uncommon at fucking all.

>>1478597
If the chisel / knife is moving towards your other hand, STOP, use a clamp / vice.

>>1478597

PROTIP: Nemisis safety glasses. Best sunglasses i ever found. Relatively cheap so you can toss when they get scratched. Just so happen to wrap around your eyes and safety rated. On my face or hat if im awake.

Toss em on jumping cars, hammering shit, grinding, airing up tires, etc...

Pretty much if you consider maybe you need safety squints take the 2 seconds to throw em on.

Used to work with a guy that had one eye. You get shit in your eye driving your're dicked. Hell anons, try closing one eye and driving down the highway.

Depth perception rekt!

If you're a fatheaded fuck like me they may be a little snug and give you a headache. Just wear them intermittently or switch between face and head and grab a fistful of advil. I dont ever notice it after a day or 2. It's fucking worth it.

Shitloads of colors available and like 5 bucks a pair on ebay. I think they even have pink for u faggots and ladies

>>1478597

>>1478704
F

>>1478708

THIS! it's desciving but one gentle nudge with a fucking grinding wheel will slice your shit to the bone or grind a nice deeo pouch. Bonus points for the fiberglass or whatever in it being kindly deposited into your skin

>>1478787

KEEP THE GUARD ON HRINDER ALWAYS.

Tfw split your belly open

I put a small screwdriver through my finger today. Tiny pinprick entrance, tiny pinprick exit, but holy goddamn hell this is the most painful injury I've had in years, and I've had 3rd degree burn. maybe it scraped the bone on its way through. It didn't even bleed hardly at all.
All because I was being a lazy dumbass and couldn't be bothered to get up and look for the right tool. If it doesn't hurt less by monday I'm seriously going to fall behind because I work slow as balls because of the pain.
If you ever find yourself saying "itll probably be fine", do yourself a favor and stop to think a minute.

>>1478597
Anything that the OHS guy can't see is fair game.

>>1479395
Just did this on leg. Grinded a nice road rash looking cut right through my pants

>>1478710
Why?

>>1479400
>>1479395
>>1478708

story time
>yesterday
>bought my first grinder
>realize i don't need the cut off wheel right now, just a wire brush
>grinding an oil pan for a mower
>holding it
>one hand on the grinder
>grinding towards myself
>wearing button down shirt
>autism kicked in
>Shirt got ripped into the grinder, thankfully it turned off by itself
>little scrapes on my belly
imagine if i was using a cut off wheel.

>>1479031
It depends on what you're doing.
When I work on cars.. no. But I keep my safety glasses next to the skilsaw.

>>1479385
Fuck anon I have the arthritic joo in my hands at 23 I'm starting to notice. I've been working with my hands since I was 15.

>>1479806
Glorious guts

>>1479806
A cut off wheel might not have grabbed your shirt and probably would have hurt less.

>>1478708
Posted this before but
>making big brass engraved plate look pretty
>need to smooth off sides since casting leaves them pretty rough
>sanding belt is taking forever
>boss comes over and fishes a grinder from God knows where with an old frayed looking disc of some kind
>plonks the plate on the table, holds it with one hand, and starts grinding away the edges, who needs ear and eye pro anyway?
>finishes, looks at me, pauses thoughtfully
>"hmm. Don't ever do what I just did"
Absolute madman

>>1479854
>I've been working with my hands since I was 15.
Everything I've ever been remotely good at needs fine motor skills. I think when I get arthritis or shakes or terrible injury or lose that capability in any way, I'm going to eat a bullet because I don't know what else I could do.

>>1479664
T
H
I
S

everyone thinks the trades are ran by uneducated drunks.

It is...

But thats because they tried, got nowhere, got hurt or seen some shit, and if you dont have a boss that gives a shit or one at all and a few beers take the edge off, its easy to become a functional alcoholic. The problem is tho, this often leqds to becoming a nonfunctional alcoholic

>>1479672
You are under 25 years old. Be honest. Im not talking shit. You kids are superman until it is too late.

>>1479677
Been there more than once sadly. Will probably be the cxause of my death. I get drunk with my bros and build shit.

Just a matter of time.

It's odly comforting tho knowing i might just bite it.

I've wanted to ewt a shotgun for years and can't seem to ever be able to fix it.

The meds numb me to the point i have to walk 7 miles to work monday ceippled and cant be assed to walk half a mile today to borrow an air bubble.

Its like the drugs make deoression worse but kill myself less of an option.

Hobestly wonder if antidepressants arent a "tool of the devil." They dont help shit. Just prolong the suffering

>>1479806
ITT anon learns a lesson.

Yeah bro. Even being careful u can get fucked. I had a 1 inch angle grinder with a little cupped wire brush about chest high cleaning slag off welds for a dump truck. Someone lit me on fire dicking around with a shot of moonshine (burns off before it catches but heat and a big flame is distracting. It hopped and caught my shirt. Handle slipped out of my hand and in a panic i death gripped the on switch while flailing at the wire cup with my hand until it had a sufficient grip on my clothes and mantitty.

Looked like i took a rubber bb grnade on jackass. Once it stoped and bound up i was able to se wtf was going on and just let go.

You can get seriously hurt on accident or because coworkers suck.

>>1479854
Better quit soon. Wtf u doing? Keyboards or manual labor? You may he able to switch jobs and lessen the impact. Anti inflammatory pills are supposed to help.

I cant take those because of stomache problems or pain killers because of work. So, i am huddled in front of a heater freezing my ass off with my foot in a tub of hot water and Epsom salt drunk as shit...

>>1479868
True.

Or split his leg open an inch or two...

>>1479903
Fuck...

At least he knows.

My dad always used to say do as i say not as i do and then i can now recall decades of him using safety squints and hitting a chisel so hard if he misses he loses fingers.

I took it to heart.

Still got crippled but dad is right 99% of the time. Hes 63 and im 32 and I STILL try and prove him wrong.

I fucking swear he is a mind reader.

The crippled old bastard and me hobble over to the truck for a beer brake and he tells me wtf i did wrong and helps me fix it. Like fucking clockwork.

If he beats me to the grave im selling my shit and buying a new car.

I wont even check my tires.

>>1479959
I know what you could do. I thought the same until i was laid up for a year.

Study personal finance and investing.

Start with rich dad poor dad.

I am soon to be rich and can barely walk...

There's always a way

>>1480037
What would I want with money? The only thing I want that costs a lot of money is land, and that's so I can build a house on it.

>>1480026
Not him but I don't understand how so many of you have had so many accidents. Been working for my dad going on 10 years and there's no safety precautions there. Once needed a taller ladder, stuck the ladder on top of trashcans instead and climbed that.
Never have i used a guard on a cut off wheel or grinder, I use both daily.
We have a pair of safety glasses in the shop, but I've never known where they are.
Only safety equipment I can think of that I use is a welding mask and that's necessary for the work anyway.
I've used an acetylene torch in fuckin shorts and sandels.
Have every limb still, eyes work great, never been seriously burned.
My dad works the same way, and hes never had a serious accident either after 50 years in the business (mechanics).
I get the feeling you people are just seriously accident prone/clumsy fuckers

>>1480032
What job can deny you work for rxd painkillers? I'm pretty sure that'd be a wrongful termination lawsuit waiting to happen

>>1479031
maybe uvex sky-guard could work for you
they have a rubber/foam seal at the rim of the glasses.

>>1479355
waited the whole thread for this

>>1480093
i think jobs where you have to operate machines or heavy equipment.

>>1480046
BASED

>>1480046
>Have every limb still, eyes work great, never been seriously burned.

For now...

We may he accident prone but it's like riding a bike. You already been down or you gonna go down.


Fuckin crashed one of them and almost died with no ppe also.

I am a dumbass

>>1479385

Lol just stand on your other leg like wtf

>>1478639
Throw back to previous thread,
Nice.

>>1479031

Being blind is impractical, anon.

>>1479672
Safety is not a joke.
Don't become a statistic.

>>1479031
I had same problem and use these, they do steam up occasionally but you can't have it all.

Don't wear gloves around tools with spinny bits. I've been so close to losing fingers and mangling my hands thanks to getting them caught in bench press drills and miter saws. Keep an eye on your sleeves around table saws also. Shit doesn't grow back if you fuck up.

>>1480961
See here's something funny about me. I have never and will never ride a motorcycle. I think they're simply dangerous without any benefits over a car or truck. If I ever did I would wear the safety equipment (I ride atvs, never without a helmet).

I'm not the type that'll make fun of someone using safety precautions, heck I'm not even proud of my habits like some people are. I know I'm playing with fire and my son definitely won't share my irresponsible attitude.
Its just mind blowing to come into these threads to hear people talk about the multitude of accidents they've had.

>>1481470
I'm assuming that people who didn't have any accident don't normally post in this type of threads. At the very least it's true for me, I normally only lurk them to get my fix of confirmation bias.

>>1480046

>I've used an acetylene torch in fuckin shorts and sandels.
>Sandals

Are you some sort of cuck or something?

>>1481470
Good idea. Bouncing down the highway with an old inline 4 cylinder on top of you is even less fun than it sounds.

Everyone pretty much just does wtf they want until the one time it bites them in the ass.

Mostly laziness or being rushed on a job.

Just running up and clearing a conveyor belt is a lot easier and faster than lockout tagout and harness up.

However, we still have about 15-20 deaths a year and with the coal mines firing back up it's likely to be higher this year.

>>1481018
>yet.

Still tho. Ball and seats for pumps. Gotta wire wheel the steel ball. Sure is cold. I'll just be reall careful and wear my gloves today.


F

>>1480994
Nah bro.

They make mini goggle like for swimmers for bike riders. They are actually pretty comfortable and while i got made fun of at our dust manufacturing facility i was happily giving my self silicosis while my co workers did the same. But also they talked shit and rubbed their eyes whike doing it.

>>1480979
I do.

I'm 32 years old and probably getting a fake knee in the spring because of it.

You take shit for granite until you dont have it.

>>1480328
Any job really. I am fortunate enough to work in a non-right to work state. I can be fired because my boss doesnt like my hair color.

It's pretty fucking awesome. Not only can i not take any meds to help with the pain, but i get to make it worse by working blue collar shit.

Would be nice if i could at least smke half a joint at the end of a long day and relax without being worried of a fucking random.

>>1480325
I had good luck with motorcycle riding glasses. Not sure if safety rated. Impossible when your sweaty tho

>>1480093
Door greater at walmart and burger flipper at mcdicks around here.

>>1481565
>You take shit for granite until you dont have it.

based autocorrect

>>1478684
Under rated

>>1478623
That's why you ask for the location of the fire extinguisher before you do something.

>>1479031
>>1478613
If I’m sawing a board, should I?
I never had a problem before but all those particles flying in the air can’t be good for my eyes, right?

>>1481621
Sawdust in the eyes fucking hurts

>>1478597

>Using an angle grinder at work a few years ago
>Wearing ear pro, safety glasses, and a grinding shield
>Still somehow get something in my eye
>JUST

>>1481947
i feel you bro i used to wire wheel on turbines all day, i still have a few burrs in my cornea

>>1481621
Sawdust in your eyes sucks but getting this shit stuck in your lungs is worse.

>>1481575
Kek

>>1481621
Yeah man. Always eye pro. Make it a habbit. Cannot shill Nemesis enough. If i am awake i got em on

Was dremeling with my chink dremel a few years back using pic rel tip and suddenly whack, that mofo wasn't tight enough and wacked me straight into the safety glasses in front of my right eye, thank god for that piece of plexy, and fuck that sanding bit tryna make me a pirate.

>>1479031
I find it to be the opposite if I have ear plugs or muffs on and someone tries to talk to me I have to take them off

Do not cut any branches from your trees while standing on a ladder. If you're using the ladder while cutting, you certainly don't have the experience to ensure that it does not get kicked out from under you. And chaps are cheap.
Just stay away from chainsaws or actually read the little books that come with every saw and every bar and every chain that you buy. Unrelated to the thread: don't refer to the guide bar as a blade. It's a bar.

>>1482503
I watched my neighbor almost kill himself a few months back doing this, and he was real close to landing on his kid too. That guy is a dumbass.

I try and cut smaller branches a few feet out if I’m doing it on a ladder. But I’m also always ready to throw the pole saw, bail, and jump.

>>1478623
Amen to that. Had the same situation yesterday.
Figured, "Hmm, I've got some time, why don't I bolt the fire extinguisher to the wall as I've been meaning to for quite a while now".

Looked for close to 10 minutes...finally find it behind a door I'd leaned against a shelf last week.

Bolt your fire extinguishers to the wall someplace obvious, lads. Otherwise you're just going to bury it in seven shades of debris and die in a fire.

>>1478597
Best friend was killed at work, please be safe anons for your familys sake.

>>1482626
>Otherwise you're just going to bury it in seven shades of debris and die in a fire.

Boss always smokes when working on table saw, jointer, etc, layers of saw dust everywhere, flammable liquids sitting on shelves all over the place, shitty unsave wood stove, wood leaning on every wall.

Two small extinguishers buried behind wood and old doors somewhere in the shop.

>>1482724
Do they not have fire safety codes in Russia?

>>1482729
Germany, anon

We do, all work safety codes here are pretty strict and idk how this is still going on without him getting a bad time.

>>1478720
Third video could've been me earlier today.

>>1482505
Spend $200 on a basic weaver harness and an arborplex rope. Learn to tie a blake's hitch. That's about the cheapest way to climb up into a tree, and it works.
I've seen your fishing gear. You can afford it.

>>1479392
I wear regular glasses because I'm a nerd, will Nemesis glasses fit over my glasses?

>>1480046
This. I literally cut my stomach open with a katana every day at work and have never had a problem. Everyone ITT is a huge fucking pussy. Fuck you.

>>1478730
Underrated

>>1479385
>be my dad in his 20s
>do maintenance work in a petrochemical plant
>has to do some shit with a multimeter in a weird location at a tower at height
>no harness
>whoops
>falls about 3 stories
>lands square on his ass, does not die
>pelvis shattered in four pieces
>full body cast from chest to feet, catheters for waste, the works
>bedridden for 3 whole months
>breathing itself is painful
>constantly pleading my recently-married mother to grab his uncle's revolver and put a bullet through his head, he can't take it
>if there's metal detectors involved now he has to explain why it goes off and do a pat-down/xray

Don't fuck with gravity.

>>1482724
https://youtu.be/wE8rVNMKL04

>>1482339

Get electronic earpro so you can just flip a switch when someone tries to talk to you. I use electronic ear pro for shooting and whenever i'm working on a tablesaw with someone.

>theater company uses big semis full of gear and deploys a stage, packs it back up later
>takes a ton of people, I-beams, hydraulics, it's actually a sizable construction
>work set-up and tear-down
>loading I-beams onto truck with other guy, two person job
>we have the pile of i-beams
>he wants to rotate one
>I rotate it, he wasn't ready
>fractured, if not broke his thumb
Whoops.

>>1480030
The biggest lesson here, is don't work with assholes that might set you on fire intentionally. You being unsafe isn't the largest factor in this story

>>1484161

you literally cut your stomach open every day with a katana? What the hell kind of job do you have?

>>1481562
>r, we still have about 15-20 deaths a year
15-20 deaths?! Are you working in china?

>>1482503
I would rather not see -you- operating a chainsaw ever whether you've read the instructions or not, holy shit.

>>1482656

I saw an accident on the highway today and there was an ambulance.

I am so scared. Should I seek counseling?

>>1478708
So much this.

>>1484157
Get a pair of prescription safety glasses with polycarbonate reaction lenses
They turn to sunglasses when you’re outside but don’t work in a car

>>1484868
Would they work with a hard hat?

Respirators are not a joke when working around volatiles, isocyanides, or anything that gives off invisible fumes. Dude at my work thought he’d be alright after mixing HCL into a wastewater sample that reacted and now his voice sounds like shit- all because he underestimated the toxicity. Wear your PPE people!

>>1478639

Those newfangled 3 prong tools are such a pain. Good thing they make these handy adapters for my completely ungrounded outlets.

>>1478597

>>1485018

Well, if I'd post the right picture anyway.

>>1480026
How I used to believe it couldn't happen...

Until a coworker gets flattened between two rollers and another cuts off a finger. Then a guy has a piece of pipe fall 100 feet and impale a guy on a forklift.

This is why I don't work blue collar anymore

>>1479852
A teacher of mine in highschool was working on his breaks and a spring shot out and gouged/deflated his eye. He had to have surgery to get they eye setup for a glass eye, tldr always wear safety glasses.

The problem with bright ass safety clothing- it gets dirty so fast.

>>1480046
good for you. hope your luck holds.

if it doesn't, you will be sorry the rest of your life you didn't take one little precaution.

in the meantime, pre-select your new nickname. maybe "Lefty", "Stumpy", or "One-Eyed Jack"

>>1485018
cool old saw.

put it in the memento display case where it belongs, and buy a grounded double insulated one.

>2 days ago
>36hp lawn mower ran out of gas in the trailer
>cranking it 100 times is killing the battery
>brake cleaner can be used as starting fluid in a pinch, all I had, had to do it before once or twice
>spray it in the intake, nothing
>use a shitload more
>starts
>let it warm up for 5mins
>go back to trailer and nostrils are on fire like nothing I have ever before

Protip: use non-chlorinated brake cleaner. Apparently the chlorine is not only used to make it less flammable but, when burned, makes chlorine gas. That chlorine gas also bonds to water in the air and turns to hydrochloric acid when it condenses.

Only buy non chlorinated brake cleaner.

>>1485205
For the 3 times a year I use a jig saw, it's not happening. The chassis ground continuity and mains insulation are still just fine on it.


>>1485211
Even nastier than Chlorine, it makes Phosgene gas.

h w a t

>>1485215
Fucking wonderful.
Reenacting WWI.

>>1485215
>mfw thinking of all the times I did brake cleaner flamethrowers as a kid

>>1485211
Non-chlorinated doesn’t work as well.

Instead maybe use starter fluid as starter fluid. Brake cleaner is meant to be used as a hand cleaner!

>>1485637
Bullshit. It works great until your hands dry and crack.

Nobody take advice from a tripfaggot.

I shouldnt have even responded desu

>>1485635

>as a kid.

Literally yesterday.

Pic related also. Pics dont do it justice. Yellow bottle of heat (methyl alchahol) and a bottle of ant and roach killer (100% boric acid if possible.)

Eyeball a 50/50 mix and have fun.

Get a new pack of lithium batteries and a little pipe cutter from the plumbing section. Wear safety gear so it doesnt catch fire and get u. Mix that in place of boric acid for red fire

>>1485172
ALWAYS.

Protip: Nemesis look good AND double as safety.

Cannot shill them enough.

>>1484912
Worse. Silicosis factory. Mining. At least in China you get to see the sun once a day

>>1484911
Hes obviously a ninja

>>1484909
>tfw asshole co workers like to spray brake cleaner on you and light it.
>thw payback is a bitch
>descides soak one down while he is busy.
>19 layers of clothes so he not get hurt.
>go to light and see boss drive by
>act busy
>another anon has the same idea and didnt see me do it 4 seconds before
>says he sprayed about twice what i did and lit it.
>OH SHIT BIG FIRE!
Throw random metal object into vice and fire the grinder up.
>Anon u in fire!
>huh, must have been the sparks
>tfw 3 fire extinguishers but they empty because fuck that place, let er burn

>>1484285
Youch. I too get accosted and TSA groped because of metal plate.

That's okay tho. I bought an electric wheelchair to pimp out bigtime. Going to hide a lithium pack in the seat. Under the seat where batteries go is now an insulated cooler. Building a big box on back with a bolt down lid. It's also a cooler with a hidden latch.

>auxilarybatteries.jpg

"Oh uhh, yeah, that's so it doesnt die driving all over this place you know these things are fucking heavy. Hate for yall to have to lift it and me somehow and load it in my car."

"Move along sir."

I'll pay 50 bucks to canp and 80 bucks for a ticket but fuck you for a 12 dollar beer. Eat shit and die.

Gonna try and just do like that other kid did. Go a month ahead of time and bury some booze. If its all locked uo just dig from the outside and shove it in under the fence.

Step 1. Bury booze
Step 2.
Steo 3. PROFIT!

>>1478597
>prepping grilled onions for work
>grill is hotter than normal
>burn my hand while it's over it
>wrap hand in rag
>no pain
>co worker gets pissed because he can hold his hand over the stove and i can't

imagine

I use gloves, painter's coveralls, goggles and dust mask when cutting and installing insulation batts.
In confined spaces that shit gets all over your skin and clothes otherwise.

>>1480038
Hookers & blow.

Always use protection for your feet.

Was in a chemistry college class, a huge ass steel stool fell on my foot. Would've broken my toes had it connected, but I was wearing steel toes. People before made fun of me for being that guy who autistically wore steel toes, then they realized the reality of gravity.

>inb4 steel toes will cut off your toes.
Anything heavy enough to cut off your toes will turn your toes into powder regardless.

Dont use gloves while operating machinery

>>1486896
Depends on the machinery. If getting caught is the main concern (lathe, drill press, etc.), no gloves. If sparks, heat, or vibration are the main concern (grinding, welding, etc.), wear gloves. Gloves are usually preferable for hand-held power tools.

>>1486759
>get covered in shmoo at work
>get shit for having a change of clothes
>can't hear you over my balls being dry

>>1478613
Speaking of, not DIY but general work question, I work next to a cardboard baler which is loud as fuck and I really have no idea what kind of decibels that thing is putting out. I've asked my managers a couple of times and specifically said that it might be a hearing safety issue, but they just ignored me.

What do?

>>1486941
Call osha if you want your shop shutdown for several weeks otherwise but some hearing protection. It's not very expensive. Islets not like you're out of pocket for $400 laser safety goggles or something. Just some $.01 ear plugs

>>1486957
I'll talk to some people about it and worst comes to worst I will call, because it's not just me but like a dozen plus other people too.

Don't put your hands places they don't belong.

>>1486969
And don't cut them with hacksaws.

>>1486969
>>1486970
Is this man an actual retard? As a tradie your hands are literally everything to you

>>1482656

F

:(

>>1486957
The ONLY reason you should call osha is to thank them for being pussys and not MSHA

>>1487128

Looks like he was trying to make brass knuckles out of it and got stuck.

>>1487676
>Homemade knuckle dusters
top way to shatter your hands there

>>1486941
This it is an osha requirement that your plant tell you what your time weighted hearing exposure is. If it's over a certain decibel they need to mitigate it with either engineering or with ppe. I would recommend that you first ask your manager to buy disposable ear plugs to use. And if they refuse contact osha. Nothing like a 20k fine for a annual expense of 100 dollars for ear plugs.

>>1484911
he's obviously a tester in a katanas factory

>>1481568
Sounds like TN, lol.

>>1487167
Mountain states health alliance?

>>1478623
>be teacher
>at work
>class is quiet so the door is open for ventilation (this was in summer)
>weird whining noise from the hallway
>???
>sounds like broken vacuum

>teacher from neighbouring class comes out
>scratches her head
>lightbulb.png
>"anon its the fire drill, we gotta evacuate"
>evacuate our classes to the rear parking lot
>kids are happy
>"that doesn't look like all of them"
>do a headcount
>only our two classes are here

what actually happened
>headmaster decided to have a fire drill
>notified only her friends among the staff (apparently I'm not one of them)
>notifies janitor
>janitor flips siren to "on"
>nothing happens, its broken
>btw its the same siren thats also supposed to ring when there's some sort of national emergency, like a "the russians are coming" scenario

>not to worry
>janitor has back-up, hand-crank siren
>its not very loud
>this fat guy now has to run through the hallways while cranking the siren
>that was the "vacuum" we heard

>half the classrooms never even heard the siren
>janitor also forgot to go to the art class in the subbasement
>they had no chance
>of those who did hear, most decided to ignore it

so many kids "died" that day

>>1479385
Your'e an idoit and do not know how to take a fall.

>>1479664
Just put some tape on it and you will be fine. stitches what are those

>>1479903
thats some shit I would. Bought grinder first thing i did was remove the fucking god aweful saftey gaurd.

>>1488114
From a risk management point of view, a safety net is significantly more effective than "just fall right" you fucking retard, people like you are the reason why people die at work
>muh anecdote
At yhe very least have the decency to shut your trap and only leave yourself at risk instead of actively encouraging others to take the same risk too

>>1486941
iirc the level at which 8hrs of exposure will start to damage your hearing is about 80db, if you know someone with the equipment you could test it, and at the same time, get your own hearing checked, at the very least you'll have a baseline reading for in the future if you start to have some hearing loss, test your hearing every year, and also if/when you leave the job, and finally buy some earmuffs and as an added bonus wear them when you mow your lawn
A good employer would test the level of your exposure to noise, if the level was above the threshold for posing a risk then they would test your hearing regularly, and they would provide noise mitigation of some sort, plus they would give you some ppe ie earmuffs

Saw a guy unloading a compactor off the back of a truck the other day, the road had a bit of a crown so he was parked on an angle, and as they drove the compactor backwards, the whole thing slid sideways and then tumbled off the side of the truck, the driver leapt for safety
Nobody was hurt but fuck me I thought I was going to see somebody die as I was walking along there

>>1485175
It truly does, and the reflective tape fukken dies hard too, commercial laundries always use chemicals that are too harsh on the tape, apparently there's modern washing chemicals that don't rek reflective tape, but I don't think they are in widespread use

>>1488105
Hope you reported that cunt of a headmaster

>>1488296
for what.
The siren being inoperable? The whole point of a drill is to find out about such things. And fix them. Which we are in the process of doing.
Because she told some of the staff, but didn't tell me? Technically noone is supposed to know about it in advance, but what you gonna do?

my today I learned about safety(from someone who had fucked up their finger as an apprentice) was:

if you can't be bothered to screw down the vice on a drill press then stick something through the hole so it does whip around on you and cut your fingers

>>1485018

>using a plug
>not just using matchsticks to jam the loose wires into the socket

you really don't get the 60s mentality at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWcFAJ1_bok

>>1488501
>so it does whip around on

*so it doesn't

>>1488261
>iirc the level at which 8hrs of exposure will start to damage your hearing is about 80db
Ahh, I don't get quite that much so it's probably fine. I don't think it's much higher than 80db but I think it might be around there and I don't get that much exposure.

Still want them to respond to me when I ask about it though. Having an employer who doesn't give a fuck when you ask legit safety questions is super frustrating.

>>1488590
I get pretty worn down by health and safety stuff desu, be assertive, but realise that health and safety is just one thing that's pulling on your employer's attention
Also there's noise and there's noise, loud sudden bangs and continuous noise are different things, are measured differently, and have different effects on your hearing
And you'd be surprised what 80-odd dbA sounds like, decibels are on a log scale so 90db is "ten times as loud" as 80db, and the same for between 80db and 70db, 70 and 60 and so on, noise can really sneak up on you, at my plant I was really surprised by the results of the noise dosimetry that we had done, and the hearing tests resulted in quite a few people being referred to specialists for their hearing loss
That said, the average age of my workers is about 45, so it's hard to determine exactly how much of it was potentially caused by working here, and how much is just age/life related
If yourn employer isn't coming to the party then do yourself a favour and buy some earmuffs anyway, noise induced hearing loss is permanent and cumulative, wear them at work, and at home when you're using a lawnmower, power tools, your weed whacker, etc

this thread is full of pussys

there are a lot of times I wish I could still ride the ball its a pain in the ass climbing icy and mossy 2x6s that are 40+ years old

>>1488105
Holy shit

>>1488662
Do you climb that without a harness? Only a pussy would wear one, after all

>>1488472
for having one siren. fire and Russians attacking warrant different responds.

>>1488681
yea for the most part

when I do my daily inspection walks of the rides i rarely actually use my harness

>>1478708
>do not use a grinder on something you are holding in your hand
I get my stitches out today
Its one of those things I always promised myself I wouldn't do, but it was just a little piece and it'll only take a few zips across it and...

yeah, I'm a fucking idiot

>>1488702
For your sake I hope that you never regret that decision
About a third of all deaths in the construction sector were due to falls, 384 in 2016, I wonder if they even had time to regret not being more careful on their way down

>>1488770
most of those falls that kill were also under 10ft

>>1488773
I wish I'd have landed on my fucking neck than my heel

>>1488702
F

>>1488702
>can't be assed to wear ppe
>trust our lives that he did his job properly

WELP. NO MORE COASTERS FOR ME...

>>1488773
It's not that falls under 10ft are more lethal, it's just that there's a lot more falls of distances under 10ft than over

>>1482896
I use a circular saw rarely and i have never tought about this.

Good videos!

>tfw all of the things anons are posting about are things I do every day
I grind things I'm holding, use the concrete saw right next to my boot, I've never worn a harness, I climb the scaffolding because sometimes there's no ladder.
Can't tell if the company I work for doesn't give a fuck, or if you're all pussys

>>1488937
Honestly you can go ahead and call me a pussy, people die regularly in my industry, good people, one of whom I knew, I'd rather not join him

PPE always...

>>1484934
yes check out peltors by 3m, mine use 4 aaa batteries and the boss pays for them

>>1488682
>weee-ooooo-weeeee-ooooo
means fire
>whooooooooooooop (pause) whoooooooooop
means something else
>continuous tone
means yet another thing

>>1488937
huuurrr safety is for pussies

you remind me of some dumb cunt that cut cement sheet wall panels with his circular saw with no dust mask/respirator or vacuum system
he got some lung disease a little while down the track

>>1488120
hope a cut off disc shatters when youre using one next time you dumb cunt

>>1489541
if your putting yourself in line with the wheel you are using a grinder wrong and face shields actually encourage you to do it because your face is not getting hit with hot sparks at natures way of saying stay back

>>1486941
When I was in high school a buddy and I were working in the receiving area of Walmart. He was standing next to the baler while it was doing its thing and the baking wire snapped and the end popped about an inch into his arm. Hilarious, but those things are loud and dangerous.

>>1489081
Don't forget owo - I notice your bulge

>>1489801
Baking wire? Do you mean baling wire?

>>1478710
>>1479693
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvfkRbFaRpg

>work on board tanker ship
>company bought old second-hand ship that previous owner and crews couldn't be arsed to maintain properly
>both deck and engine are a mess, rust, holes and leaks everywhere
>it's up to us to fix her up to a certain degree to save the company money at upcoming dry-dock
>everyone is tired as fuck

This is a reminder to always think before you do something, and if your brain is too foggy to concentrate on a job, it's better not to do it than risk life and limb.

>electrical officer and pump man are working on a part of cargo line piping with a hole in it
>to fix it they need to drill it throughout
>they fashion a super long drill bit out of a steel bar
>no fucking surprise it wobbles like a motherfucker
>ETO gets the fine idea to use his hands as a sort of bearing to the drill bit so it doesn't wobble
>pumpman is fine with it
>drill bit catches on electrician's right glove, twisting it and literally tearing his index finger off from the knuckle joint along with it.

I wish I had the picture but I forgot to take it from the onboard PC.
Don't do stupid shit while at work.

>>1491163
reminds me of something my dad told me

>be dad inna navy, ca '72
>refueling american destroyer on it's way to the baltic
>ships are tied together at the bow, fuel lines hoisted over
>all this while under way
>typical north sea weather (i.e. shit)
>ships are parallel
>wind goes in between, creates a jet effect
>this means that the air going in between the ships sucks them together, because physics
>crunch.mp4
>tender and destroyer collide at the stern (? back of the ship)
>line connecting the bows is taut
>cant just undo it because massive tension
>2 not exactly small ships doing a tug-of-war with their bows
>some crewman has to go and cut it
>goes and axes the line
>rope takes off like a massive whip
>US ship sounds like a big bell when whipped like that apparently
>luckily no seamen on deck at that time, rope would've cut them in half
>fuel lines r.i.p.
>minor oil pest
>lol its the 70s, noone cares
>both ships gotta go to the shipyard for repairs

>>1491163
>let me hold the drill bit

>>1491170
you have to wear the right gloves that are not going to snag I did similar shit all the time removing rusted bolts from old wood you get the old bolt spinning with an impact then push it back into the hole when you get space under the head and washer you stick your fingers in and pull the bolt out while its spinning in the impact. goatskin gloves work good for it ive watched dumb ass people wearing synthetic gloves try the same move after i tell them not to and it grabs every time and crushes their fingers

>>1491165
lel 0 fucks given
Shipping was fucking crazy back then. Now we have to fill out Work Permit forms to take a fucking shit.

>>1491173
I don't know about goatskin gloves but the guy that got his finger torn off wore cow skin ones iirc. Still got snagged.

>>1491184
goatskin gloves are smooth cowskin have lots of tiny little fibers hanging off that can get caught

>>1491189
I see. Although I doubt the guy in my post knew the difference and we aren't provided goatskin gloves anyway. If you don't have the proper ppe for a certain job there's a chance you'll get rekt

>>1491195
>>1491189
>>1491184
>>1491173

ranchers use em for roping and handling for exactly this reason. pigskin works too.

Take the FUCKING key
out of the FUCKING CHUCK

>>1491173
>grabbing a drill bit is fine because I can pry a screw from a hole
You're just pretending right?

Be mindful of reflected light when around welding. Even concrete walls can reflect enough to cook your eyes. Also be very mindful of the length of chain in a chain vise when you throw it over.

>>1490395
oh....

>>1491315
a 5/8th bolt is not much different than a drill bit

>>1491303
What if hydraulic chuck?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noFCekWiUGE

>>1492858
Lol I wonder what hilarious accident will happ-
>that scream

>>1492858

>>1488472
No, the point of a drill is to test the people, the alarm equipment is tested on the weekly alarm test.

>>1479693
>working cash business with basketball Americans around

>>1493182
>the alarm equipment is tested on the weekly alarm test
well, apparently not

>>1492858
good stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jLGkmOVtnI
I screamed internally

>>1493294
The best part is the fact that clerk didn't give a fuck in the third one.

>>1488773
Maybe because workers above 10ft are more likely to wear a harness?

>>1485202
How does Health-ee sound faggot

>>1491326
In high school welding class, whenever we had a substitute teacher we would watch welding videos, sub teacher would always fall for the "Hey we need our masks on to watch this!"

>>1495950
kek

>>1491173

>putting gloved hands anywhere near high torque tools.

>putting said hands literally on spinning workpiece.


Anon, you should know better.
It's not a matter of IF you get hurt, it's WHEN.
There are tools build for this purpose, like a prybar.
Please keep your hands out of danger, you need them for your livelihood.

>>1478597
watch out for terminator pouring oil over your ladder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFosP29qB6A

I got a union Aerospace job and those fuckers free-hand MPK solvents.
told me latex gloves good enough protection.
after an hour my damn hand was white from the solvent eating the fat layers off my skin.
Don't get me wrong, boomers are cool to work with; but their safety standards are non-existent.

somewhat related...I purchased a heap of 2nd hand power tools today for cheap. One in particular is a table saw thats missing its guard.
I live alone with no pets - is the blade guard that important if im following other safety procedures? (no gloves, push stick, grippy boots, tight cloths, etc).

Also, What can go wrong if NOT using a push stick and just using both hands? as loon as i dont fall into the blade i should be fine?

>>1499390
I used a non-guard table saws for a long time.
if you use proper technique you'll be fine.
however a guard doesn't hurt.
takes a bit longer to setup and use, but being part of the 10 finger club is important.

>>1499406
cheers, ill try find a guard for it...

how important is a push stick compared to sober hands?

>>1499406
does it mean you have no fingers on your hands

>>1499409
Just go get a push stick.
Or make one.
If your piece grabs mid cut, it'll pull your hands with it much faster than you can pull them back.
It's really not worth losing a digit.

A table saw is one of the most dangerous tools you can operate. A quick Google search turned up:
>Every year more than 4,000 Americans suffer amputations — get their hands mangled using table saws. Upwards of 30,000 people wind up in emergency rooms with lesser injuries.

Please don't become a statistic, anon.

>>1499390
https://youtu.be/5c23SqUxDg8

>>1499412
He means having all ten fingers intact

>>1499501
>>1499503
Thanks anons, had no idea about kick back.
will find a cover and push stick

>>1499753
Those tines that are on the gaurd are super important for reducing kickback

>>1488105
Now i'm imagining this heroic janitor going around town with his hand-cank-siren warning everybody about the russians and preventing an invasion.
-He should have a statue

>>1488105
>>janitor also forgot to go to the art class in the subbasement
>>they had no chance
And nothing of value was lost.

>>1479031
I know a lot of people who don't do ear protection, but few who do ear protection but don't do eye protection. You're weird.

>>1485208
Theres nothing unsafe about this.

>>1500019
This is why falls comprise about 15% of workers comp claims

>>1478710
And just like that, I'm wishing I was playing Twisted Metal circa '97 with dad

>>1480325
>>1480986
>>1480994
>>1500005
I'm a programmer, but if you guys insist I'll wear safety glasses today.

>>1478597
https://youtu.be/9z77oztO6UQ

>>1500022
So there's an 85% less safe thing out there?

>>1500097
I see mathematics isn't your strong suit

>>1500096
>>1478597
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/6493303/Fork-lift-drivers-warehouse-disaster-video.html?fbclid=IwAR18NzoIvoNVoLJPJ1t1FTR9KppH7nBEhh4YCbQGeVFGe4vtSldRYU235i4

>>1500241
15 + 85 = 100

>>1500022
No, you're a fucking idiot. That table is firmly grounded and he has 3 other people holding him down.
>b-b-b-but the manufacturer said the legs could only touch the ground, and if it touches anything else its like lava, and you'll die
Again, you're a fucking idiot.

>>1480028
Anti depressants are the favorite tool of the Jew

>>1500447
Like I said, people like you are the reason why so many people fall and hurt themselves at work
Just use a bigger ladder, don't rely on an elaborate secondary support system made of fallible people

>>1500477
Again, you are a fucking idiot.

>>1500477
>>1500481
U boff dum

>>1500481
Whatever, I'd rather not prop my own ladder up on anything, but you can go ahead and do that with yours, maybe you'll be lucky, maybe you won't, no skin off my nose either way

>>1478682
Trepanning is a real thing for treating excess cranial pressure. Normally doctors won't do it because it compromises your blood/brain barrier, so of course there are guides to DIY.

>>1485215
Also don't burn dustoff, for the same reason, basically feels like what I assume grinding glass dust into your lungs would feel like, 2/5, would not recommend. I don't know how I didn't kill myself as a kid, though to be fair, I suppose I still am one...
>>1486759
>made to cut your toes of so you can pull your foot out from the heavy thing, which is somehow better for you
>still have the matter of leather to somehow deal with
Not implying you were saying this, I just hear it way more often than I'd like. Also, get composite toe, much less fatiguing, and they don't get cold in the winter.
>>1486915
>>1481018
I know a guy who learned this the hard way when he decided to get into a boxing match with a spinnamfying dado blade. Shit was not pretty.

>>1500477

Agreed.

There is nothing so urgent that it can't be done safely.
Do it right, don't be lazy.

>>1500637
Uh, you telling me you've never been caught without a condom with a bar skank?

>>1500907
What's that? Never heard of it.
.
It's like wearing a spacesuit to the beach .

>>1500907
I have, the power of my boner commanded I fuck her anyway, I count myself incredibly lucky not to be a father thanks to that, never again

>>1492952

I made this face

>>1497301

Klaus's ghost is back for revenge

>>1484916

You make a joke about it but this happened once when I was in England.

Some small rear end bumper scratch and the ambulance was there putting someone on a stretcher with a neck brace and all the 3 other people in my car were depressed for a couple days.

What the fuck is wrong with first worlders?

>>1501164
They have to play it up for the lawyers so they can sue and absolutely ruin peoples lives. That kind of greed and such is completely common here

>>1500586
>be me
>read your post
>discover dado blades
>get on google images
>fuck! These are perfect for my shredder idea
>see hand mutilated
>close amazon app order

...cannot unsee

>>1500095
DO IT FAGGOT!

>>1500092
Fuck man. Now i gotta go find an emilator

>>1500005
Tell them faggots to get pligs or shooting muffs. Even the good electronic ones are cheap.

You dont know annoing until you get tinnitus

>>1499753
Oh yeah man. ALWAYS push stick

>>1499370
Its from a lifetime of habbits and OSHA overregulating everything to the point of being retarded cocksuckers.

Osha causes more harm than good

>>1496304
Not him but if i built an attachme t for a suicide wheel i could run a loader with nubs.

Surely not fun tho.

Kek

>>1495950
AHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

that's fantastic!

>>1495939
I fell 8 foot and can hardly walk with a plate bolted to my foot.

Safetly aint a joke anons. No matter wtf your faggot coworkers say or make fun of you for.

A decade ago i laughed my ass off at an old faggot that had ear muffs hanging from his hardhat.

After 10 years of being balls deep in a crushing plant i wish i would've listened to that old faggot

>>1493294
THE FUCK...!

NONONONONONONOOOOoooooo!

Cannot unsee or hear.

The guy blowing his shit up and falling 10 stories tho.

>call an ambulance!

Uhh...why? The got a necromancer on board?

>>1491326

>MUH DICK!
>REEEEEEEEEE!

been there about 6 times.

Mutherfucking oilfield pump shop repair.

The guy i worked with did it twice in 2 days and wore a fucking cuo from then on.

Kek

>>1491303
I don't see how the fuck there isnt a fail safe so they won't start with it in

>>1490395
AHAHA!

>>1490395
Feels like 1999 again

>>1501672
Cowboy detected

>>1480046
>Seat belts are useless. I've been driving for 20 years without seat belts and I've never injured myself. Never been in an accident tho.

>>1500447
When I was in fifth grade, I saw a sturdy-looking metal chair break under a kid by the weld. What guarantees that the same thing won't happen to a table that isn't even rated to hold a person's weight to begin with?

>>1488114
Taking an 8 feet fall when you jump on purpose and taking one when it just happens while you're doing god knows what are not the same thing.

>>1501663
Too late, it's Thanksgiving. I have a real job, so I'm off for the next week.

>I have a real job

Did the Egyptians have programmers?
Or the Greeks?
Or the Roman's?

Did they all have tradesmen?

Interesting.

>>1488114
>how to take a fall

man how retarded are you?

>>1501817
It's not unreasonable, but it's how to take the sawzall falling on top of you that I have trouble with.

Don’t work in maritime.

Everything wants to kill you. Books are cooked. Boat just failed inspection. Unnecessary rushing from officers. Having to make due with lack of shit. OSHA would shit bricks.

Wear your goggles lads.

>>1501882
Yeah, I was thinking that about some fucking gronk 'learning to fall' and then now grasshopper, you learn to fall with a running chainsaw

what face shield do you guys recommend?

>>1501973

Fiber metal. Pic related.

>>1501666
Right you are, Satan. Thought I was a rock star in my earlier years, wish I wore ear protection at those shows. I know it's not very related but I browse this board to learn things from those who know more than me

>>1501711
No. I fucking hat cows and I'm not wearing a fucking life jacket to walk in 2 inch deep water.

FUCK OSHA

>>1501742
Dude i know got crippled from a lap belt and then later died in a wrek without 1

>>1502515
The best thing i ever did was to start studying how other people fucked up.

I stand to be very rich soon.

>>1502548

>I've never been hurt, therefore I don't need safety regulations.

>I dont need safety regulations, therefore no one needs safety regulations.

We dont all wear spandex and have catlike reflexes like you, superman.

There are rules in place to make sure that you go home from work every day in the same condition you arrived.
All accidents are preventable, and it's people like you who ignore the signs that cause them.

>>1502597

>>1502757

I'm not sure that's relevant,
But it's a funny cartoon!
Nice find!

>>1502769
Old boomers find any excuse to slow or stop work.

>>1502772
Agreed,
Not a boomer, but I won't sacrifice personal safety for company efficiency.
If it takes a little longer to get set up,
That's how long the job takes.
Complacency in the workplace is a killer. For example, just because you climb a ladder, or use an angle grinder every day, doesn't mean that it doesn't deserve your full attention.

Things like 3 points of contact, 4 to 1 ratio, dont lean off a ladder, dont step on the top 2 rungs, ect. These are all in place because someone got hurt.

If you're working at height, tie off.
Better believe it's going to cost your company a lot more money if you get seriously Injured or killed because you " didn't want to waste time with finding a harness "
.
Granted, the system is abused as a " get out of work free " card, but it is there to keep you safe and whole. It is the bare minimum required by law, you owe it to yourself and your family, both today and down the road, to take care of yourself and watch your own ass.

tl;dr
Safety isn't a joke.

Got my left hand between the steel backstop of a splitter and the log being pushed into it. Split it like a vertically sliced hotdog, somehow got away with 12 stitches and a nasty scar. The mistake I made was letting my coworker rush me into making sloppy moves, so yes it was avoidable. These days I try to limit myself from activities that, if you make one misstep, will maim or end you.

Unironically I feel safer working with electricity, sheet metal, and at height than I did working in a wood yard.

I used to work as a welder in a freight train repair shop

>fresh out of school
>promised myself I'd always wear my PPE
>second day
>foreman asks me to go do some work on top of a tank car
>because they sit on 6 feet tall jacks, the top of the car is almost 20 feet high
>I ask for a harness because I dont want to break my legs or my neck
>storeman gives me this old fucking harness who's all burnt from welding sparks
>not only is it basically falling apart, they don't have any lifelines
>''you only need to wear the harness for OSHA reasons, you don't need the lifeline''
>''what's the point of wearing a harness if you don't have a rope that prevents you from falling?''
>''stop worrying so much, you dont even have to wear it if you dont want to, nobody cares''
>proceed to borrow a lifeline from a coworker who told me that if you wanted one, you had to buy it at your own expense
>nobody has a guard on their grinder except for me
>guys give me shit for it
>some old timer who was two months away from retirement cuts his left hand in half
>foreman calls a meeting and orders everybody to put a guard on their grinder and that if he catches someone without it, they go home and lose a day's pay
>one week later, it's like nothing ever happened and everybody has removed their guard
>foreman doesn't give a shit

>>1503198
get out of there before you die or report them to OSHA

>>1478597
I dropped a manhole cover on my foot 3 months ago. It still hurts. It landed sideways on the top of the "palm" of my foot. I went to the doctor, nothing broke. It didn't hurt the next day, but it was swollen and looked bruised like a dead man's foot. Started hurting a week later. Idk guess it was like Tom and Jerry were the cat didn't feel it till he saw it. It still has a faint mark on it from were it fell on it. 10/10 would not reccomend.

>>1478730
Kek

>>1478623
Just wear a fire extinguisher. Prep-h.

>>1502757
That is germany (europe) today.

Always remember to read your SDS.

>>1492944
>>1493294
Leafs don't pull any punches in their safety materials.

>>1480026
>was 24 at the time, doing a routine job I've done probably a thousand times before
>working with a guy who is absolutely pissing me off, new hire, laziest fucking cunt you can ever work with
>normally when I do this I contemplate every step in my head, watch where I'm going, have a 2nd guy to help me
>new guy wont help cause he's lazy, he's the kind of guy who goes YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS and won't listen to anyone, end up trying to move a bin sweep by myself ((also working a on a "farm owned" operation so zero safety in place))
>end up focused on how much I fucking hate the new guy and while moving the bin sweep I step directly into an auger
thank fucking god the auger was ready to be replaced (that's why we were cleaning everything out) and the belts were almost totally worn off, it sucked my foot in and twisted my foot a bit but the auger was worn enough that my foot stopped it and burned the belts off. Came out with some nerve damage and I can't feel one side of my foot but that's a fuck of a lot better than losing a leg to a grain auger.

Moral of the story is always take your time, even if you've done something a million times something can go wrong. Even something as simple as taking your mind off the job for a second and thinking "Holy shit I fucking hate this guy" is enough time to step a half an inch too far one way and completely fuck something up.

>>1503659
>losing a leg to a grain auger.
The really big ones don't stop at the leg, those and unguarded PTO's are really the only things that seriously scare the shit out of me when they're on.

>>1503664
Pic related is basically what I put my foot into except 3 holes instead of 2 and zero safety guards. It was for sure wide enough that it would have taken my whole leg had it been in better shape. A local farmer actually with the exact same bin and auger stepped into his just weeks after I did except his was brand new, took his leg up to the knee before someone shut it off. Literally a matter of seconds and one of those things can eat your leg right off.

I used to be against the OHS stuff but I am 100% for it now. Don't care if you think it's bullshit, maybe I am a fucking retard, but even retards deserve to go home at the end of the day.

Hardest part was working for a boss who was super anti OHS and going from 100% agreeing with him to saying we need to get shit fixed. Worked for an operation like I said that was "farm run" so nothing was up to standard, now a huge multi billion dollar corporation runs us and says they dont have the money to fix problems (for example many sections of railing 40-50 feet off the ground have no railing, you have to walk across tin roofing about 30 feet off the ground to access some ladders, sections of railing are so poorly tack welded on that if you actually lean on them you will break the railing ((someone leaned on one having a smoke and the railing broke off, they managed to catch themselves and didnt fall)). I want to quit but I'm basically at a point where they cant fire me now so I'm slamming them with inspections/paperwork saying the entire place is unsafe and isnt up to code and waiting for it to either get shut down or fixed before I do anytthing.

>>1478597
Saw a guy try to stop a hydraulic hose pinhole leak by grabbing it with his hand once; this was at work. It proceeded to pump his hand up rather like a basketball. He went to the ER and ended up fine. Same guy (this was the 70's in rural Kentucky, and he was over 60 then) painted his car with rattle cans and a roller, and it could have looked worse. At one point his fuel pump died, so he ran his windshield washer line to the carb, filled it with gas, and went down the road pumping his windshield washers like crazy. He'd also jump his car by pulling up to the donor car until the bumpers touched, then he'd short the hot battery posts with the jack (not a scissors style, it had about a three foot "backbone" to it). Crazy old dude. I never thought about until now, but his is the face a equate with oldanon from here. Hmm.

>>1503675
It basically comes back to 'shit mangers' as someone has quoted Bob Customer x = amount of money to do a job
At some point they've done an assessment on how many man hours it takes to do the job, then you do your risk assessment which means working at heights, underground, hiring a crane, poking a sleepy bear or whatever the fuck the job entails. That factors into your man hours when people are doing some kind of potentially hazardous activity as they're gearing up, getting tied off and all that shit = final quote

You want to quote lower and risk making a lower profit, that's great but know you probably won't and tough shit. Be a better fucking manager and get your shit together on quotes.
I've liked some companies I've worked for in the past, but none of them enough I ever figured sending someone to their death or dismemberment for because they're just some cunts in it to make a buck and listen to shareholder whining. Sooner young fellas come to terms with that no job is worth your minimum wage, insurance premiums and other bullshit, the less hassle it is for everyone as we're all on the same level-
>no one gives a fuck

Even the hard faggots who claim to be tough and shit, they won't remember your dead name in a months time and its up to you to make sure you don't die or get wrecked. Someone tells you to go climb a grain silo with no harness or down in a pit with live wires, tell him to go fuck himself. Because if they don't give a fuck, neither should you.

>>1503683
This guy gets it!

>>1503679
>washer reservoir gas tank.

What a fucking legend

>>1503675
Bro get coworkers on board and record every fucking bit of it


Nail their cuck asses to the qall

>>1503220
Anon get that shit xrayed. Fucks around here send people away with broken shit all the time

>>1502757
Well they did pay into it. But now we are the ones suffering

>>1503701
I got it x-rayed. They're wasn't anything wrong with it. Maybe a tiny chip the doctor said but it looked ok to him. I didn't go to work med because I was afraid of getting in trouble, plus I had Medicaid so yeah. I don't think they would have lied to me, I saw the x-ray myself, and besides excellent bone structure, there was nothing note worthy.

>>1478720
I could sweat they're playing the DOOM soundtrack

>>1501672
unbelievable how many bootlickers are in this thread.
Yeah, fuck OSHA for valuing workers safety over your profits.

>>1503683
pretty much all this. your job isn't worth your life. If a manager is sending you to your death call him out, call safety, call OSHA, just do anything but your job.
It's far too easy for the faggots in ops to push everyone to work excessive overtime, neglect weekly maintenance, and refuse to pay for PPE. They just look at at the money going in and the money going out and think it's ok for everyone to be using sub-par safety equipment. Sure you can call them out for being retards when shit goes down and they have OSHA breathing down their neck but that doesn't undo the poor sap who got maimed.
This shit also starts at the ground level too. Been working at a military contractor for only 5 years and issues that have happened at the plant
>moving several ton hardware, some bitch walks into the line of fire. Only two of 3 spotters were there and they didn't even see her
>gets her non-steel toed foot run over and crushed

>coworker checking on an automated cleaning system, a low claxon alarm is going off because the safety doors are open
>some jackass working next to him walks over to the control panel and starts pushing buttons trying to silence the alarm
thank christ the panel locks when the safety locks are disengaged, he could've cut that dude's hands off of sprayed acetone straight into his face.

>couple of retards are PMing a scissor lift with a central hydraulic piston
>retard leans THROUGH THE SCISSORING SUPPORTS and disengages the hydraulic piston
>his less retarded coworker is fast enough to pull him out so instead of decapitating himself he just gets scalped

after the amount of idiocy I've seen in this place I'd be perfectly comfortable letting these wastes of chromosomes remove themselves from the gene pool, but more often than not they're threatening the safety of everyone around themselves when they pull shit like this.

>>1503112
Great post but doing hazardous shit comes with the job.

>>1504062
It's not about never taking a risk, if you adopt that mindset then you won't even leave the house, you can't live like that
Being safe is about managing risks, so that's identifying risks, eliminating them where it's possible, and reducing them where it's not
What's reasonable and what's practical should govern what you do about a risk, you don't need twelve spotters for a small forklift in a warehouse if you think having two is a reasonable way to address the risk
I don't even know why I'm telling you this, you probably already drive below 240mph on dirt roads and wear a seatbelt, you already do this stuff every day

>>1478639
why not?

>>1504185
>anon cuts his cable
>anon is now holding a large conductor connected to mains power

>>1504081
>he doesnt go 240mph on dirt roads without a seatbelt.

Filthy fucking casuals.

Kek. Why am i not dead? Then again i don't break 40mpg on them anymore so...

>>1504056
Kys anon. I refuse to put on a life jacket to hop a fucking 3 inch deep 12" wide waterway.

>osha guy looks up. Gets mirror. No cover plate 30 feet in the air on some electric shit.

"A mouse could get up there and chew on wires and start a fire."

Got a fine because i calles him a fucking idiot and held a bic lighter to the wall and then the ground.

Metal shop, dirt floor. Is he gonna turn into thermite faggot?

And whi the fuck is sleeping in the shop, unable to escape one of 6 fucking doors or god forbid just go full koolaid man.

Fucking idiots. It aint about safety now that everyone is pretty safe. Its a fucking money grab.

Just like the dot cucks making me tag my 1 ton.

>>1503740
I see. Well, good luck then bro

>>1504209
Those things are earthed for a reason, chances are you'd either leave the whole thing floating or blow a breaker/fuse, it would be very unlikely to cut off the ground wire but cause the live to make contact with the ground wire on the grinder's side. Cut a cord with a 240V hedge trimmer once, didn't even blow the breaker and those blades are metal, so I imagine it's not easy to get a short by doing so.

>>1504229
>reddit spacing

>>1504288
How often do you test your ground wire anon? There's a chance it may not even work, the chassis is the earth in many cases, which would turn whoever is holding it into the earth too, in the unlikely event of a short
But then it only has to happen once at least RCDs are cheap, I keep one in my away tool bag

>>1504229
>these general safety regulations dont apply to my specific job task waaah

Is it easier to follow the rules?
Or get in arguments with inspectors?

Man, just do it.

>>1504290
>test your ground wire
I know it's connected because everything I own with a metal chassis never undergoes vibration that could unstake a connector. And by everything I own with a metal chassis I mean a toaster and a sandwich press. The rest is all double-insulated.

>>1504230
Thanks man

>>1504185

Put a guard on that thing bro, damn

>>1497301
Jesus murphy, I know this was scripted but I seriously hope there was a safe way for him to get down from those hangs.

>>1504229
I hope a worker dies under your employ so you get sued into oblivion you greedy jew. Workers have the right to a safe workplace. If your way of sticking it to big gov is by putting a hardworking man's life at risk, you deserve everything you get.

>>1504815
You're hoping some innocent man dies to spite a stranger, don't be that guy, if anything just wish bodily harm on unsafe operators for poetic justice, they are more likely to do it to themselves anyway

>>1479031
Depends on what you do...
I'm always "lucky" to take a hit right in the fucking eye whenever I end up using tools with spinny bits involved, so I wear the light goggles (they look like sunglasses, but clear), as they're quite comfy and cheap, so I don't mind the $3 when I have to replace them when they end up being scratched.

>>1500095
I don't know why you'd think you need hearing and eye protection at your job, is it really loud? Are there spinning bits of metal that could break apart in your workplace?

>>1478597
I literally wear an insulation mask for 10 hours straight..
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