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Hopefully this man has not suffered incapacitating injuries, Falls from scaffolding can be compounded by what’s littering the surface underneath. I’m sure a proper site inspection regards rails was carried out.
Wishing him the best in his recovery.
Great to see a fire based Ems response giving this man the very best of treatment hope he has a speedy recovery
Very rare now to see scaffolding injuries true falling with the arrival of safety harnesses. Makes you wonder if people bother to wear them all the time.
Do you mean through, as in: due to?
@HoneyBadger617: you clip a harness on at least 10 foot above your head or there usless.Thats a bit hard when there’s no even scaffolding built yet.
How do you clip a harness in 10 feet above your head? Are you trained in work at height? Obviously not or you wouldn’t make such a stupid comment
Apologies, read that wrong
The only reason he’d be wearing a harness is if he was building the scaffold. Otherwise he should be working off a fully boarded and handrailed platform. If it wasn’t as scaffolder them one of two things happened, either the scaffold wasn’t safe to use or he wasn’t using correctly. Hope the lad’s ok but incidents like this just shouldn’t be happening in this day and age. Also, that ten foot above your head comment is ridiculous. I wear a harness with a 2 metre lanyard. If I clip on 10ft above my head I’ll be suspended 3ft above the ground!!
@John Strahan: fully trained scaffolder actually
@Keith Fealy: your full of shite
Explain how you can hook on ten feet over your head when a mini block or lanyard only stretches two metres from between your shoulders? How do you even reach 10ft above your head? I’m also a scaffolder so I have a fair idea what I’m talking about. So go have a think about what you meant to say and get back to me.
@Keith Fealy: read the safety instructions that come with it. You could obviously turn yours sideways and stick it up your arse with a better chance of saving you.
I’ll try and put this in as simple terms as possible. A lanyard or mini-block to stretches 2 metres. 10 feet is more than two metres. Therefore it is impossible to hook on 10 feet over your head wearing a normal harness and mini-block/lanyard.
Scaffolders wear harnesses when erecting and dismantling . Scaffolding users i.e. Other trades don’t generally wear harnesses .
False , inertia reels , clip on anywhere .
I already did. You figure it out. You clearly haven’t a fecking clue what you are talking about, but fire away regardless
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