A worker wearing fall protection falls. Despite wearing fall protection equipment, the worker tied off to a guardrail which is not an acceptable tie off point.
When it’s 30 feet to the floor and your safety harness has a 31 foot tether. Holy cow! Thanks everyone for the comments and likes. Had no idea that such a short ignorant comment would spark so much discussion.
In spite of all the mistakes made here, it looks like the tie off gear did help in this situation. Not enough information here on the status of the worker after the fall.
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SRL's have shock absorbers built into the device itself which is the main thing he is using here. Leading edge devices have separate shock absorber packs near the snaphook at the back
You NEVER attach and external shock absorber to an inertia reel, The vibration from the deployment turns the brakes off, If it is part of the inertia reel in manufacture then is designed for that
@@Eskay1206 Completely false. LE reels have them built in, and until recently even external non-factory shock packs were approved for use to accomodate leading edge work in a reel otherwise not rated for it. The recent change is due to red tape liability in that there isn't a single manufacturer to blame in the event of injury, not any material reason. There is zero difference in how an LE reel and non-LE reel operate aside from the integral shock pack. Shock packs will not disengage the locking pawls in a retractable, and even if you somehow bounced hard enough to do so it'd just relock at the same or next pawl immediately after.
Given the relatively short distance he fell he may have actually met the ANSI force criteria for class 2 retractable ( or maybe even class 1 although he didn't anchor overhead). I wouldn't be using a shock pack in this situation personally either, especially given the obstacle below, further to fall can kill you more easily than a higher shock load in many cases
@@Eskay1206 find the brakes work all to well and all the effing time when the hands are full ,then peaple are like whys that guy always swearing lol beats goin in the hole just about never have a tie up overhead
DO NOT cut trees on a ladder with a chainsaw. My neighbor died like that cause the chainsaw got pinched in the tree and kicked him off the ladder. Just trying to save lives out here.
no body besides a casual would do that. we have spurs that we wear when we cut trees down. we climb up and limb the tree first and then cut down in sections on the way down. i cant imagine how using a ladder would even get anything done
@@jonnysnipes3123I tried gaffs, but was going to take me too long to learn them well. I put large lag bolts into the tree (to stand on), used a safety harness, good ropes, and delimbed the tree before dropping sections of trunk. The gear cost some money, but I took it down safely and saved money. I did use a ladder to get a start because I’m out of shape. No damage from a tree towering over my two story house, but it was a lot of work! That gear and some other is going into a project on my roof.
In France we have a slight nuance between retention system and anti fall. Anti fall requires 3.5m depth so that elements can deploy and absorb. Chock absorbers may add 2m more. If you dont have 3.5m below you must use fall retention. If your feet slip, it shall keep you at your altitude and must prevent your head ( after fall ) going below your feet ( before ). Whats shown here does not strictly comply to french security. Even if he was not enjured, i have been trained to find safer ways to anchor.
I've had a friend who knew a worker who died wearing fall protection. He had the proper tie-off point, but the gear was faulty even with it being overhauled the same day, so he went splat off the rafter. Instant death. This was directly next to him while at work too.
First mistake connecting to a guardrail that will hold 550 newtons, a rated anchor should be able to hold 15000 newtons, If that was a straight drop the guardrail would have let go. 2nd ,using an inertia reel at 90 degrees to the anchor, it should be above or directly behind at no more that a 39 degree angle. This shows importance of training. Im glad he is ok, this could have been much much worse
That's no training in the world that's gonna move the only anything to tie off to any closer ,they will replace you before anything is engineered or rigged up to support a overhead perfect scenario...hope he is ok .not trying to criticize but those tie off points are far and few between
I occasionally had to wear fall protection and other ppe at the company I used to work at. We were “exempt” from certain other osha regulations because the facility manufactures advanced systems for military satellites and thus we had a pass to do whatever we wanted. If an osha guy showed up and started doing a safety audit, a few phone calls would be made and he would quickly leave after apologizing for the inconvenience. The safety factor for everything was at least doubled so there was little risk of an accident, (ex. we had 20 ton overhead cranes that were proof loaded to that, but we weren’t allowed to lift more than 10) but I’ll never forget standing under an enormous weldment and taking photos of it while it was proofloaded with 8,000 lbs. It was engineered and built to safely support 16,000, but holy moly watching it flex will make anyone pucker.
If they’d have put scaffolding as handrail / guardrail behind the worker on the open side of the pit this wouldn’t have happened . That’s how it would be done in the Uk and Europe by law and someone would have had a serious ass kicking from the health and safety for this. Also he should have been wearing a restraining harness with a shorter lanyard to keep him away from the edge and reduce the falling distance in the event of a fall. He’s also clipped onto handrail that they are in the process of removing so the whole area should have been scaffolded out properly to provide railings / guardrails to replace the handrail being removed to stop people being able to go near the pit and the scaffolding needs to be strong enough to clip the workers lanyards onto near the pit and all scaffold boards need to be fastened down to avoid movement and trips that result in falls like this. Hope the guy was ok.
Handrails are NEVER to be used to tie off fall protection devices. The tie off point must be able to withstand 5k of force. NO serious training at this plant such as we do in the oilfield.
He swung the distance he was from the tie off, and into whatever down below at speed. Imagine 15feet of body weight gaining momentum in a swinging arc. He definitely received damage below. Maybe not fatal, but he out of work for awhile. Not to mention if the distance between floors is 15~20 ft and his tie off is 15 feet away, he hits the deck within 7ft away from where he fell (straight down line) and then back towards tie off. Chances are hit hit the deck somewhere between straight down from fall point, and back towards tie-off IF…….15ft. If 20ft fall, he’s going to be swinging and hitting deck below tie-off if he’s over 5ft tall. Remember fall softener doesn’t work on linear falls because it’s not sudden enough of a stop that never happens. They’re designed for straight down drops to deploy properly (the fall softener). Fall softeners also add apx 5ft to the fall from lanyard to lifeline when deployed. The only reel tie offs in this scenario that would have stopped the fall quickly and with minor damage, would be TWO reels, one each side to eliminate swing and drop distance. And that set-up would require a double lanyard on safety harness.
Your guess about his injuries appears to be wrong. Several people have posted that they were aware of the accident and he was not seriously injured. But if his equipment had been correct, he may not have been injured at all
When you’re working at a height like that, it’s obviously cumbersome with all that equipment. However, if you’re struggling, you need to stop and figure out a way where you will not struggle but execute the task without any risk.
3 things that could have prevented his fall, 1: he should have been standing at the end of the guard rail he was carrying not next to it, and 2: the helper on the other end should have taken his time trying to remove the rail and 3: the platform he was standing on should have been one flat surface not 2 different heights. Just a few things I noticed.
I used to work for a company fitting TV aerials and satellite dishes. They were hot on H&S - we were properly trained, had all the kit and they used to check on us regularly, but some of the old school fitters just never used their fall arrest stuff. One day, an employee fell headfirst off a bungalow roof and ended up in a coma. When he woke he had life limiting brain damage. His family took the company to court for compensation but got nothing in the end as he'd completed the pre-job safety check and signed it off, but actually not bothered to use any safety kit at all. When the Health and Safety executive checked previous jobs, he'd either not bothered or had likely just put his harness on to make it look like he was using it (there were no tie-in holes in the brickwork). The only ones where he'd used it were the ones on the days booked for random checks.
he fell because of the fall protection prevented him from getting balance. Look closely at the attachmen t point on his back, it pulls on him and he loses balance because the harness didnt allow him to reposition his foot to a better stance (i could be wrong tho)
I worked in the roofing business for about three years. After moving on to a new career, I found out that OHSA requires roofing workers to use fall protection. Oops.
When I started my career in construction OSHA was only 4 years old. That safety talk was left at the door of the trailer and fall protection was decades away! But I got real Brave once I had one of those harnesses on, if I didn't trip over the damn thing!
I worked on swing stagings for 40 years. Luckily no falls. There’s a saying for people who work up high, “ It’s not the fall that hurts….it’s the sudden stop.”
I bought a fall arrest harness while fixing my roof after a windstorm. I'm always careful with everything I do...but I almost slid myself off my own roof because I was so eager to get the job done. My feet were literally hanging off the the edge. I didn't fall...but if I had screwed up slightly worse.....I would have been laughed at by passers-by while hanging off my own roof...but I would have been otherwise fine. The roof is about 25 feet up. That harness was almost asked to save my dumb ass that day. Money well spent.
I fell off an MD11 tail wearing a harness. Didn't hurt a bit, those things do their job. However I wouldn't have fallen if it wasn't for that stupid inertia reel. Never used one since.
This was at the plant I work at. He survived. Minor injuries. All of our fall protection gear was removed completely and are told to pay attention instead.
If he ended up suspended inches above the ground after falling like that youd think there was a ton of stress to his neck area after seeing that, if not even his lumbar zone, im amazed it was only minor injuries cause while that would have been a fatal looking fall without his harness, he walked away from this
I recently found our fall arrestor ropes laying on the ground in oil. I told my boss they were compromised and needed to be replaced. He looked at me like I was from another planet. I refuse any job that requires that equipment and they can't work out why.
The attachment point should have been above his head. The inertial reel would stop his fall in around 200mm deployment (plus any slack). He shouldn't have fallen past his knees and certainly should not have been able to "pendulum" from one side to the other. Safety gear isn't much use if its not used correctly.
The site manager MADE me wear a safety harness with a 6ft lanyard while stood on a platform 4ft of the ground, when I pointed out this folly he waved a piece of paper at me I and just said "Box tick, all that matters".
When I was framing we had to wear fall protection harnesses when setting trusses...just the harnesses, no lanyard. It was actually more dangerous because the harnesses would get caught on shit. I couldn't stand that pos owner.
Er............ That only proves he did wear fall protection, but it cannot prove he survived. In my shop I also sell some fall protection gears. People ALWAYS wanted the tie-rope much longer than it supposed to be, which is totally meaningless.
Just before the fall his left foot heel was lower than his right foot. That through him off balance, just that slight shift. He backed his heel up against the higher cross member his right foot was on
he didn't had a good grasp of the space between his footing and the edge so when he lost his balance he panicked he stopped from maneuvering his legs to find a better spot because he didn't want to step off the ledge, balance in panic equals falling
I work at this plant. This is a guy we call clumsy Jerry and he's always managing to screw up. One time he locked himself in a depresh tank with the keys inside with him. He had to spend a week getting represhed and his face still looks a little pink and swollen. Never change Jerry.
This was at the plant I worked at. He fell a good 60 feet down, but didn't receive a single injury, kriaculously. Landed head first and didn't have so much as a headache
Even if you have a short swing radius, it's not a graceful fall. I once watched a guy who was installing solar panels on a steep roof end up falling off, and he slammed up against the building and broke the siding.
"Despite wearing fall protection equipment, the worker tied off to a guardrail which is not an acceptable tie off point." Better the tie off point you used than to not use one because it wasn't acceptable. I bet the guy that fell has a different opinion on that tie off!
I was 30 feet up on a roof once. Tied down or so I thought when I felt something was off. And I nearly went off the roof if I didn't manage to squeeze my rope tightly with my hand. To hold my bodyweight while I struggled to rip layer over layer of shingles down. If I was truly locked in, then there was definitely too much slack. I wasn't lying when I told the boss I almost just fell off. I was literally on the edge when I grabbed the rope. My grandfather has also fallen off a few buildings he worked on. Maybe it was my due to have a go at solid ground.
That left plank has way too much play in it. Those shouldn’t be spread at 16’ without proper supports / outriggers under them. You can see the flex in the left one, causing him to trip backwards the exact moment before falling off.
Fall protection *can* work, but if you don't have a plan to rescue the person who fell, they can die in 15 minutes from hanging in suspension with the harness cutting off blood flow through the femoral artery. Word?
But why is it attached to the back and between the shoulder blades? That seems painful during a fall and after the fall you hang there like a paratrooper stuck in the tree.
Leverage was not his friend. The railing he was moving/holding was long and too far behind him, he should have been at the very back end, it pivoted with him on the wrong side of it.
This was at the plant I work at. He survived. Minor injuries. All of our fall protection now has retractable lanyards.
thank you good grief I was looking for his condition
Did he have rescue plan filled out? What was the rescue plan? What kind of retractable lanyards do you have in use now? Manual cranks?
no, your a crazy person on the internet
what do you mean by retractable lanyard? what did they have in place before that?
whatever
When it’s 30 feet to the floor and your safety harness has a 31 foot tether.
Holy cow! Thanks everyone for the comments and likes. Had no idea that such a short ignorant comment would spark so much discussion.
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Just compress the ground by 1 foot before stopping, problem solved
immediately pull the tether by 1feet and you’re safe
@@typebin what would you pull it by? None of our limbs can sustain the force of our body generated from near terminal velocity to 0
U obviously ain’t got the gains
In spite of all the mistakes made here, it looks like the tie off gear did help in this situation. Not enough information here on the status of the worker after the fall.
He died sadly
Lol
Yeah he fell 9 feet instead of 10.
@@ditodevice1950 proof?
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Among many problems others have noted, the lifeline did not include a shock/energy absorber. I hope the workers was ok.
SRL's have shock absorbers built into the device itself which is the main thing he is using here. Leading edge devices have separate shock absorber packs near the snaphook at the back
You NEVER attach and external shock absorber to an inertia reel, The vibration from the deployment turns the brakes off, If it is part of the inertia reel in manufacture then is designed for that
@@Eskay1206 Completely false. LE reels have them built in, and until recently even external non-factory shock packs were approved for use to accomodate leading edge work in a reel otherwise not rated for it. The recent change is due to red tape liability in that there isn't a single manufacturer to blame in the event of injury, not any material reason. There is zero difference in how an LE reel and non-LE reel operate aside from the integral shock pack. Shock packs will not disengage the locking pawls in a retractable, and even if you somehow bounced hard enough to do so it'd just relock at the same or next pawl immediately after.
Given the relatively short distance he fell he may have actually met the ANSI force criteria for class 2 retractable ( or maybe even class 1 although he didn't anchor overhead). I wouldn't be using a shock pack in this situation personally either, especially given the obstacle below, further to fall can kill you more easily than a higher shock load in many cases
@@Eskay1206 find the brakes work all to well and all the effing time when the hands are full ,then peaple are like whys that guy always swearing lol beats goin in the
hole just about never have a tie up overhead
DO NOT cut trees on a ladder with a chainsaw. My neighbor died like that cause the chainsaw got pinched in the tree and kicked him off the ladder. Just trying to save lives out here.
Oh I thought he slipped and the chainsaw fell on him
no body besides a casual would do that. we have spurs that we wear when we cut trees down. we climb up and limb the tree first and then cut down in sections on the way down. i cant imagine how using a ladder would even get anything done
Shake hands with danger
You can secure the ladder with a cord around the tree
@@jonnysnipes3123I tried gaffs, but was going to take me too long to learn them well. I put large lag bolts into the tree (to stand on), used a safety harness, good ropes, and delimbed the tree before dropping sections of trunk. The gear cost some money, but I took it down safely and saved money. I did use a ladder to get a start because I’m out of shape. No damage from a tree towering over my two story house, but it was a lot of work!
That gear and some other is going into a project on my roof.
It’s good to see that Jesse and Walter are using fall protection.
this was one of the Germans building the railing
Truly one of the workers falling wearing fall protection of all times
In France we have a slight nuance between retention system and anti fall.
Anti fall requires 3.5m depth so that elements can deploy and absorb. Chock absorbers may add 2m more.
If you dont have 3.5m below you must use fall retention. If your feet slip, it shall keep you at your altitude and must prevent your head ( after fall ) going below your feet ( before ).
Whats shown here does not strictly comply to french security. Even if he was not enjured, i have been trained to find safer ways to anchor.
I've had a friend who knew a worker who died wearing fall protection. He had the proper tie-off point, but the gear was faulty even with it being overhauled the same day, so he went splat off the rafter. Instant death. This was directly next to him while at work too.
First mistake connecting to a guardrail that will hold 550 newtons, a rated anchor should be able to hold 15000 newtons, If that was a straight drop the guardrail would have let go. 2nd ,using an inertia reel at 90 degrees to the anchor, it should be above or directly behind at no more that a 39 degree angle. This shows importance of training. Im glad he is ok, this could have been much much worse
That's no training in the world that's gonna move the only anything to tie off to any closer ,they will replace you before anything is engineered or rigged up to support a overhead perfect scenario...hope he is ok .not trying to criticize but those tie off points are far and few between
Looks like that guardrail held several thousand newtons
Removable at that, looks like that style
I’m surprised they didn’t put the harness around his neck
@@andrewferguson8032 hes just a dude at work
I occasionally had to wear fall protection and other ppe at the company I used to work at. We were “exempt” from certain other osha regulations because the facility manufactures advanced systems for military satellites and thus we had a pass to do whatever we wanted. If an osha guy showed up and started doing a safety audit, a few phone calls would be made and he would quickly leave after apologizing for the inconvenience. The safety factor for everything was at least doubled so there was little risk of an accident, (ex. we had 20 ton overhead cranes that were proof loaded to that, but we weren’t allowed to lift more than 10) but I’ll never forget standing under an enormous weldment and taking photos of it while it was proofloaded with 8,000 lbs. It was engineered and built to safely support 16,000, but holy moly watching it flex will make anyone pucker.
If they’d have put scaffolding as handrail / guardrail behind the worker on the open side of the pit this wouldn’t have happened . That’s how it would be done in the Uk and Europe by law and someone would have had a serious ass kicking from the health and safety for this. Also he should have been wearing a restraining harness with a shorter lanyard to keep him away from the edge and reduce the falling distance in the event of a fall. He’s also clipped onto handrail that they are in the process of removing so the whole area should have been scaffolded out properly to provide railings / guardrails to replace the handrail being removed to stop people being able to go near the pit and the scaffolding needs to be strong enough to clip the workers lanyards onto near the pit and all scaffold boards need to be fastened down to avoid movement and trips that result in falls like this. Hope the guy was ok.
Handrails are NEVER to be used to tie off fall protection devices. The tie off point must be able to withstand 5k of force. NO serious training at this plant such as we do in the oilfield.
He swung the distance he was from the tie off, and into whatever down below at speed. Imagine 15feet of body weight gaining momentum in a swinging arc. He definitely received damage below. Maybe not fatal, but he out of work for awhile.
Not to mention if the distance between floors is 15~20 ft and his tie off is 15 feet away, he hits the deck within 7ft away from where he fell (straight down line) and then back towards tie off. Chances are hit hit the deck somewhere between straight down from fall point, and back towards tie-off IF…….15ft. If 20ft fall, he’s going to be swinging and hitting deck below tie-off if he’s over 5ft tall. Remember fall softener doesn’t work on linear falls because it’s not sudden enough of a stop that never happens.
They’re designed for straight down drops to deploy properly (the fall softener). Fall softeners also add apx 5ft to the fall from lanyard to lifeline when deployed. The only reel tie offs in this scenario that would have stopped the fall quickly and with minor damage, would be TWO reels, one each side to eliminate swing and drop distance. And that set-up would require a double lanyard on safety harness.
Judging by the fat ass I would say it is a woman in the picture.
damn that is smart
I agree, based on empirical testing.
According to a pubmed study, short falls had the most injuries, for obvious reasons.
Your guess about his injuries appears to be wrong. Several people have posted that they were aware of the accident and he was not seriously injured.
But if his equipment had been correct, he may not have been injured at all
When you’re working at a height like that, it’s obviously cumbersome with all that equipment. However, if you’re struggling, you need to stop and figure out a way where you will not struggle but execute the task without any risk.
He took the saying "hanging by a thread" too seriously
Remember kids, fall prevention is better than fall arrest
3 things that could have prevented his fall,
1: he should have been standing at the end of the guard rail he was carrying not next to it, and
2: the helper on the other end should have taken his time trying to remove the rail and
3: the platform he was standing on should have been one flat surface not 2 different heights.
Just a few things I noticed.
he looked like he was wearing big bulky boots.
what a mistake lol. Wear close fitting shoes that you arent clumsy in.
The moment the video started, the guy just seemed a little clumsy as well, no offense to him.
It was one flat surface, there was a pipe or something between his feet. As soon as the video started I knew he'd trip on that.
I used to work for a company fitting TV aerials and satellite dishes. They were hot on H&S - we were properly trained, had all the kit and they used to check on us regularly, but some of the old school fitters just never used their fall arrest stuff.
One day, an employee fell headfirst off a bungalow roof and ended up in a coma. When he woke he had life limiting brain damage.
His family took the company to court for compensation but got nothing in the end as he'd completed the pre-job safety check and signed it off, but actually not bothered to use any safety kit at all.
When the Health and Safety executive checked previous jobs, he'd either not bothered or had likely just put his harness on to make it look like he was using it (there were no tie-in holes in the brickwork).
The only ones where he'd used it were the ones on the days booked for random checks.
Osha revised statement says that guardrail can be used on the centre ring for fall restriction not arrest
A yoyo might've helped.
Hope he wasn't hurt too bad.
Not the best ratio at waist height. But at least he was wearing it and tethered to a secure anchor point.
And this is why you wear this stuff it’ll save your life.
he fell because of the fall protection prevented him from getting balance. Look closely at the attachmen t point on his back, it pulls on him and he loses balance because the harness didnt allow him to reposition his foot to a better stance (i could be wrong tho)
I worked in the roofing business for about three years. After moving on to a new career, I found out that OHSA requires roofing workers to use fall protection. Oops.
I fell from on less than 3 metres once
My knee will never heal
Wear every protection gear fellas
When I started my career in construction OSHA was only 4 years old. That safety talk was left at the door of the trailer and fall protection was decades away! But I got real Brave once I had one of those harnesses on, if I didn't trip over the damn thing!
I worked on swing stagings for 40 years. Luckily no falls. There’s a saying for people who work up high, “ It’s not the fall that hurts….it’s the sudden stop.”
UA-cam really gave me a 30 sec ad for a 30 sec video
That edge he slip on is a huge fall hazard that's about to happen. I'll be thinking about what i step from now on when i work on heights.
I bought a fall arrest harness while fixing my roof after a windstorm. I'm always careful with everything I do...but I almost slid myself off my own roof because I was so eager to get the job done. My feet were literally hanging off the the edge. I didn't fall...but if I had screwed up slightly worse.....I would have been laughed at by passers-by while hanging off my own roof...but I would have been otherwise fine. The roof is about 25 feet up. That harness was almost asked to save my dumb ass that day. Money well spent.
I fell off an MD11 tail wearing a harness. Didn't hurt a bit, those things do their job. However I wouldn't have fallen if it wasn't for that stupid inertia reel. Never used one since.
I don't why was this recommended suddenly. But a just a tip, better call Saul
Can someone explain the situation and context?. Like what he is doing/repairing/assembling? Where he fell down and how deep? I hope he survived.
It’s crazy how quick these things happen
He didn't fall, he went bungee jumping.
Mr. Jones, never mind, we need to call 911
This was at the plant I work at. He survived. Minor injuries. All of our fall protection gear was removed completely and are told to pay attention instead.
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Oh Schreck! Der arme Kerl! Wie geht es ihm jetzt?
Er ist schwul geworden
Glad that anchor structure held, although it looked a bit sketchy.
This could have been avoided if he had worn a high visibility vest.
IDK why this is in my feeds, but those guys are clueless. Hope he made it.
How would you have done it?
If he ended up suspended inches above the ground after falling like that youd think there was a ton of stress to his neck area after seeing that, if not even his lumbar zone, im amazed it was only minor injuries cause while that would have been a fatal looking fall without his harness, he walked away from this
I recently found our fall arrestor ropes laying on the ground in oil. I told my boss they were compromised and needed to be replaced. He looked at me like I was from another planet. I refuse any job that requires that equipment and they can't work out why.
The attachment point should have been above his head. The inertial reel would stop his fall in around 200mm deployment (plus any slack). He shouldn't have fallen past his knees and certainly should not have been able to "pendulum" from one side to the other. Safety gear isn't much use if its not used correctly.
The site manager MADE me wear a safety harness with a 6ft lanyard while stood on a platform 4ft of the ground, when I pointed out this folly he waved a piece of paper at me I and just said "Box tick, all that matters".
When I was framing we had to wear fall protection harnesses when setting trusses...just the harnesses, no lanyard. It was actually more dangerous because the harnesses would get caught on shit. I couldn't stand that pos owner.
Er............ That only proves he did wear fall protection, but it cannot prove he survived.
In my shop I also sell some fall protection gears. People ALWAYS wanted the tie-rope much longer than it supposed to be, which is totally meaningless.
Reminds me of "The Terminator". At least this guy didn't fall into a tank of molten iron.
Just before the fall his left foot heel was lower than his right foot. That through him off balance, just that slight shift. He backed his heel up against the higher cross member his right foot was on
Don't have your anchor point below you, rope access 101
Fitting those health and safety barriers is dangerous work
That's why you always tie off above your head.
Safety gear - PPE - is the LAST line of protection against a safety hazard. Nevertheless, it should always be worn as prescribed for the job at hand.
he didn't had a good grasp of the space between his footing and the edge so when he lost his balance he panicked he stopped from maneuvering his legs to find a better spot because he didn't want to step off the ledge, balance in panic equals falling
30 seconds too long.
I work at this plant. This is a guy we call clumsy Jerry and he's always managing to screw up. One time he locked himself in a depresh tank with the keys inside with him. He had to spend a week getting represhed and his face still looks a little pink and swollen. Never change Jerry.
lack of training and self awareness is the reason this happened.
i love how no one seems to worried for him/her
thank goodness the rail held
This was at the plant I worked at. He fell a good 60 feet down, but didn't receive a single injury, kriaculously. Landed head first and didn't have so much as a headache
...and this is when they were removing the railings from the Death Star...
Where did he go?
That's why we wear the adequate PPE, not because it's make our job hard (we all no it😉) but because it save us from harm.
I hope he s ok poor man😢
He’s supposed to have a retractable connected to that lanyard 😂😂
You know the rule Jeff: if you fall , you are fired before you hit the ground.
He fell BECAUSE of the protection!! Tripped on the lanyard!
the different between good and bad ending is liveleak logo in the corner
This was at the plant I work at. He died. Major injuries. All of our fall protection has been overhauled.
no he didn’t
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Even if you have a short swing radius, it's not a graceful fall. I once watched a guy who was installing solar panels on a steep roof end up falling off, and he slammed up against the building and broke the siding.
Somebody's gunning for a nice long worker's comp vacation.
Make sure your leg straps are tight in those harnesses. I've heard stories of people getting their balls crushed because the straps were loose.
But how do we know?
This room looks like the cartoon in our training video at work 😁
it reminds me of those CGI backroom videos on UA-cam with the grainy low quality video footage.
Even used poorly safety gear can help... used properly it can be relied upon. But if it's sitting in your toolbox...
What type of job is that what are they suppose to do
Imagine all the paperwork afterwards.
"Despite wearing fall protection equipment, the worker tied off to a guardrail which is not an acceptable tie off point." Better the tie off point you used than to not use one because it wasn't acceptable.
I bet the guy that fell has a different opinion on that tie off!
Should've bought the SAFETY ANCHOR POST 😂😂😂
I was 30 feet up on a roof once. Tied down or so I thought when I felt something was off. And I nearly went off the roof if I didn't manage to squeeze my rope tightly with my hand. To hold my bodyweight while I struggled to rip layer over layer of shingles down. If I was truly locked in, then there was definitely too much slack. I wasn't lying when I told the boss I almost just fell off. I was literally on the edge when I grabbed the rope. My grandfather has also fallen off a few buildings he worked on. Maybe it was my due to have a go at solid ground.
"Back in my day, we just died"
That left plank has way too much play in it. Those shouldn’t be spread at 16’ without proper supports / outriggers under them. You can see the flex in the left one, causing him to trip backwards the exact moment before falling off.
That’s when he knew his life wasn’t worth working minimum hourly wage pay anymore 🤦🏽♂️
OSHA: “We told you so. 👹”
"Hey Ron. Hey Billy."
Stupid worker , imagine that worker at home. Why are workers like this?
Dude tf?
Fall protection *can* work, but if you don't have a plan to rescue the person who fell, they can die in 15 minutes from hanging in suspension with the harness cutting off blood flow through the femoral artery. Word?
Well there is nothing to tie to, except the guard rail?
If he was more aware of situations he wouldn’t need that crap
Looks safer than the death star
Careful, don't wanna lose that "village in the furr"
Hope he's okay
Which Nuclear plant is this? Looks like they're in the Spent Fuel Pool building and installing Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSI)
Bro wasn't wearing them feather falling boots
What protects the workers below from the stream of poo that comes out of me as I am falling?
My boss nearly got fired by the bigger boss cause I wasn't wearing my safety gear and kicking a shipping container hanging from a crane .
But why is it attached to the back and between the shoulder blades? That seems painful during a fall and after the fall you hang there like a paratrooper stuck in the tree.
BODY POSITION, Not Tie Off Point led to this Incident.
-> Taught by those who NEVER wore Fall Pro. "#This Guy"
Leverage was not his friend. The railing he was moving/holding was long and too far behind him, he should have been at the very back end, it pivoted with him on the wrong side of it.
That’s why we have to wear those unwieldy things.