Dude, they're following me, they're after me, on the way to school, riding my bike, out golfing ... now they're in my front yard!!! Really, I am not making this stuff up - they a in my frickin' front yard - It's the death-by-construction safety idiots. Look for yourself:
This is not a doctored image for the purposes on making GCs looks bad - this is the real deal. Yes, the guy is sitting this scopp of the bobcat, ready to fall back on his head. And here's another - pick in hand, no helmets, eye protection, orange vests, yada-yada-yada:
One more (in my frickin front yard!!) - no PPE of any kind:
Ok, my golf games sucks, but I'd still rather go out and shoot a 110 on a 40-degree day (with a stiff 15 mph breeze - that's why my drives were so off - really) than get killed on a construction job site.
You may ask: 'Safety Blog Man, you're stretching the limits of trying to post safety stuff: how would you possibly come up with that juxtaposition - golf / death-by-construction?' Well, look at the picture. At the golf clubhouse -it's a little hard to see - I took the picturewith my phone - the lone guy in the red shirt on the second story - less than 2 feet from the edge - no fall protection - using a power drill and walking around like he could fly if he tripped over the cord.
Construction safety stupidity seems to follow me around - I don't make it. When will owners, GCs, subs, and individuals get the message?
This kind of blew me away - look at the most commonly cited OSHA items (and I'm not making this up, here's the link:
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/100most/100most.html). 5 of the top 6 items have nothing to do with actual conditions in the field ...
1) WRITTTEN HAZ. COMM. PROGRAM
2) EMPLOYEE TRAINING HAZ. COMM.
3) MSDS FOR HAZ. CHEMICALS (actual labeling of chemicals in the field)
4) OSHA POSTER
5) ACCESSIBLE COPIES OF MSDS
6) SAFETY TRAINING/RECOGNITION OF UNSAFE CONDITIONS
The rest of the top 15:
7) GUARDING OPEN SIDED FLOORS
8) HEAD PROTECTION
9) GROUND FAULT PROTECTION
10) ELECTRICAL GROUNDING
11) ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM
12) PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS FOR TRENCH/EXCAV.
13) GUARDRAIL SPEC. FOR TUBULAR WELDED SCAFFOLDS
14) OSHA 200 LOG
15) PPE USED FOR SPECIFIC OPERATION
