del949:
Got to wonder why, in todays environment, anyone would chance turning up without PPE and risk being turned away.
Got to wonder too, why if he had the PPE with him he would choose not to wear it.
Also wonder why anyone working under a crane etc would not wear a hard hat.
Perhaps because the person choosing not to wear the ppe understands that as little as 10 years ago he/she wouldn’t have been killed by not wearing it.
Perhaps because the person choosing not to wear the ppe understands that wearing ppe is less to do with their personal safety and more to do with corporate box ticking and arse covering.
Perhaps the person choosing not to wear the ppe has enough sense to not believe all the bollox sprouted by the self serving H&S industry and is capable of making their own grown up decisions.
Oh, and while I’m at it; as a rule anything carried by a crane cannot by its very definition be carried by a man and so is usually technically termed as “bloody heavy”, so what do you reckon the net result of something “bloody heavy” falling from height would be on man wearing hard hat versus man not wearing hard hat?
I think the Hard hat would look like hundreds and thousands sprinkled lightly over the pavement Pizza making it look more appetizing.
Back in the 60s I used to deliver to a warehouse in Oldham. It was a converted mill about five stories high. My stuff was stored two floors up and the crane was a steel girder that poked out through a wooden door.
When I was parked underneath, I would climb up the iron ladder that was fixed to the wall, and while hanging on with one hand, thump the door until someone heard. Then I would stand at the bottom and sling the stuff while they hoisted it up. No hat, no boots, no vest, no sense.
Santa:
Back in the 60s I used to deliver to a warehouse in Oldham. It was a converted mill about five stories high. My stuff was stored two floors up and the crane was a steel girder that poked out through a wooden door.
When I was parked underneath, I would climb up the iron ladder that was fixed to the wall, and while hanging on with one hand, thump the door until someone heard. Then I would stand at the bottom and sling the stuff while they hoisted it up. No hat, no boots, no vest, no sense.
On thursday and friday I took 2 loads of 20’ containers to a building site, not far from Scarborough, ,was just getting out the cab and putting my hi viz coat and hard hat on when the site agent said get that jacket off now, so i did and then asked him why, seems the local resident crow doesnt like hi viz of any colour and swoops in to attack you when he sees someone in one
how i laughed when one of our other drivers who always wears his hi viz even in the cab got out when he arrived about 20 mins later and was swooped on by said crow
Santa:
Back in the 60s I used to deliver to a warehouse in Oldham. It was a converted mill about five stories high. My stuff was stored two floors up and the crane was a steel girder that poked out through a wooden door.
When I was parked underneath, I would climb up the iron ladder that was fixed to the wall, and while hanging on with one hand, thump the door until someone heard. Then I would stand at the bottom and sling the stuff while they hoisted it up. No hat, no boots, no vest, no sense.
Anything bad happen?
Would this be where " Blooming heck" got killed when a bale fell on him, I can’t remember his proper name , but we called him Blooming heck because under no circumstances could you get him to swear. His name was John?? and he drove for Blue dart in the 60’s.
