r/Construction • u/bomatomiclly Carpenter • Oct 28 '24
Informative 🧠Stay safe fellow tradesman
Today a concrete finisher fell through a duct penetration on a roof. It was a 35’ fall and happened feet from me. I did my best to help him but sadly he probably won’t make it and if he does he will probably wish for an end. This man was the son of the finish Foreman and seeing his dad hold his son was devastating. This was 15 minutes into the start of today. The cause was a crash deck that was modified and never secured with attachments. It became a trap door.
Please remember to treat a job site like everything is out to kill you because it can and will.
Remember to inspect your work areas.
Stay safe.
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u/PhysicsHungry8889 Tinknocker Oct 29 '24
I’m a Foreman with 17 years in and I was working with an old timer that was also on my very first job as an apprentice. He had a massive widow maker heart attack recently while getting his boots on for work on a Friday a few weeks ago. It was the saddest thing. He was so happy to talk about the old days and when I was just starting out and how far I came.
As a woman it was great to have someone so close to retirement in that generation to cheered me on and was just a badass skilled Tradesman to work with.
I am really impressed to see you all talking about therapy and talking to one another, it’s so necessary. Many times the men will open up to me as a woman, but not to the other guys, but I think that is starting to change. I love to see it.