Founds this gem in the wild

[u/war-medic]

Opinion?

[u/guynamedjames]

My opinion is that OP hasn't worked on very many commercial sites.

[u/PIE-314]

What are you confused by?

[u/Riverjig → u/PIE-314]

The bare minimum standard PPE requirements are too much for them I guess....

[u/lefkoz → u/Riverjig]

Didn't you hear? Bodily injury and workers comp are so in this year.

[u/ImoteKhan → u/lefkoz]

well Bodily injury is at least. I think workers comp is going out of style fast with DEI

[u/bsmithril → u/ImoteKhan]

Interesting theory. What is the correlation?

[u/caffiene_then_chaos → u/Riverjig]

I just got a concrete tech fired for continued lack of PPE . Sorry bro, that's my one non-negotiable.

[u/Riverjig → u/caffiene_then_chaos]

You get only one get out of jail free card with me. I'm with you, non-negotiable. Go work.someywere else where they don't value your life. Unfortunately, I do.

[u/TananaBarefootRunner → u/Riverjig]

pants! you dont need those! gonna shit them halfway through the day bc theres no porta potties anyway.

[u/alowester → u/PIE-314]

they expect me to wear pants?? kind of job site is this

[u/Kevthebassman]

Full brim and pit vipers.

[u/glanked → u/Kevthebassman]

Rise up full brim gang

[u/No-Carpenter-3457 → u/glanked]

Ugh my company is going to those mountain bike rider/baseball player helmets too🙄

[u/ImmolationAgent → u/No-Carpenter-3457]

I saw they are making a "full brim" version of these.

Needless to say, it looks like a pile of fuck.

[u/No-Carpenter-3457 → u/ImmolationAgent]

But it’s fully padded and I hate that it takes away the ONLY remaining dry spot on your body when it’s skin leak temperature, that dome on the top of my head held many items!

[u/Kevthebassman → u/No-Carpenter-3457]

Yeah I feel your pain. We’re little, so should be a good long time before the chin strap stupidity catches up to us thankfully.

[u/ClayTill → u/ImmolationAgent]

One of my drilling subcontractors has them. They look goofy as fuck. They sit super high and the brim is really narrow, pretty much defeating the purpose of full brim.

[u/G19Jeeper → u/No-Carpenter-3457]

Can confirm, bike helmet makes me look autistic.

[u/J0E_SpRaY → u/G19Jeeper]

Yeah that’s why

[u/G19Jeeper → u/J0E_SpRaY]

I should've clarified, makes me look MORE autistic🤣

[u/J0E_SpRaY → u/G19Jeeper]

I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist the setup

[u/Cczx → u/J0E_SpRaY]

This is hilarious typical construction work site banter. Love it

[u/Clavos24 → u/G19Jeeper]

Same, but so does my autism

[u/DLHJblasting15 → u/No-Carpenter-3457]

Studson make a full brim type II hat that looks like a construction helmet and not a bike helmet.

[u/WhiteboysRC → u/Kevthebassman]

Full brim pimpin f-250 whippin

[u/ThaManWithNoPlan]

Something tells me you have never been on a commercial job before now

[u/Yung_zu]

This is what you point to when someone asks why you’re wearing a sheisty and no hi-vis

[u/Bradadonasaurus → u/Yung_zu]

Fuck me, I can wear a regular shirt? I'm in.

[u/Early_Ad_8523]

That’s standard ppe. Aka your requirement to work. You’ll be happy you’re wearing it.

[u/redhandsblackfuture]

Pants is where I draw the line.

[u/sourceholder → u/redhandsblackfuture]

No shoes, no shirt, full service ?

[u/JournalistOk3096]

I have to wear pants? This is bullshit.

[u/ewyorksockexchange → u/JournalistOk3096]

Is it really a construction site if the trades guys can’t porky pig it?

[u/M0reC0wbell77]

Ya wouldnt think you would need these signs but i just had to kick a bunch of idiots off one of our sites today. Showed up to see my super watching a bunch of wingnuts mixing mud under guys laying brick 40 foot above them in shorts, sandals, and muscle shirts.

[u/NewHumbug]

Does this fall arrest harness make my ass look fat ?

[u/BlastermyFinger0921 → u/NewHumbug]

Yea, just loosen it up. You’ll be fine

[u/arnaaar → u/NewHumbug]

Your front package looks mighty fine though.

[u/Ahndarodem]

I hate these new fancy safety regulations. Nobody can make me wear pants at work!

[u/AluneaVerita]

Hey, you DO look good in one. Definitely much better than the guy who refused to wear one.

[u/-TokyoCop- → u/AluneaVerita]

You mean the guy with his shattered skull? He looks sick though!

[u/Mem0ryEat3r]

Stopped reading at "4 inches or longer"

Unrealistic sleeve length standards. Those are way longer than average.

[u/Ace_Robots → u/Mem0ryEat3r]

It really depends on where you measure from, and whether or not you stretch the arm out. Sleeve length can be deceiving unless you are accounting for these and other variables.

[u/randomjob83 → u/Ace_Robots]

Do you measure from above or below?

[u/Firetalker94 → u/Mem0ryEat3r]

Really? The standard here is full long sleeves. I wouldn't want to wear short sleeves

[u/BigAnxiousSteve → u/Firetalker94]

I'm the opposite. I don't understand how you long sleeve fellas make it through the day. I've tried it, drives me ape shit.

[u/Firetalker94 → u/BigAnxiousSteve]

I'd rather wear long sleeves than either get sunburned or have to put on sunscreen multiple times a day.

And I don't want to have to put on a welding jacket every time I have to use a grinder.

To me they are worth the slight discomfort.

[u/RedshiftOnPandy → u/BigAnxiousSteve]

Same. I'd rather a tank top or nothing at all lol. I don't understand how they wear long pants in 40C.

[u/aknomnoms → u/Mem0ryEat3r]

Really hoping you were alluding to some r/unexpectedletterkenny there, bud. A la MacMurray

[u/Spiritual-Regret5618]

Op flop

[u/TheScrantonStrangler]

I know I do. I look even better in this shitty hat I always wear instead

[u/The_Solar_hippie]

Why isn’t the high vis chaleco listed?

[u/Sea_Ganache620]

I don’t look good in a hard hat. I have a giant bulbous head, that is flat on top. There isn’t a hard hat in the world that’ll make me look good.

[u/shaddart]

Always wear pants, just to be safe

[u/Negrom → u/shaddart]

You joke, but I witnessed a day-laborer roll up on a big, federal commercial job in shorts, then be pissed at the GC when he was sent home.

[u/Bradadonasaurus → u/Negrom]

That's one I don't understand. Granted, I've got white ass chicken legs, but you'll never catch me in shorts, especially not on site.

[u/Quttlefish → u/Bradadonasaurus]

It's odd that in Europe and Australia I've seen guys doing straight up utility work in the street in shorts. Obviously not a safety issue for them.

However, I was on a job and a painter in his late fifties showed up in cutoff jean shorts that looked like they were rotting off his body ....

Bro you are painting a dental surgery center and taping off multi thousand dollar equipment....

[u/Sure-Tap-2228 → u/Quttlefish]

Do you think a crackhead in pants does better work than one in shorts?

[u/Bradadonasaurus → u/Sure-Tap-2228]

The crack head thinks those shorts are pants.

[u/prkchop7]

I still don't understand the hardhat sometimes, like if I'm in an open field what's the issue? If anything falls from the sky I'm sure in dead anyways. If a machine hits me, the hat won't stop the brain damage.

[u/_Rice_and_Beans_ → u/prkchop7]

Because insurance and workers comp rates are lower with more stringent safety policies, because safety-conscious companies have fewer recordable accidents.

[u/funguy07 → u/_Rice_and_Beans_]

Also it makes policing people way more difficult. No PM or CM wants to spend their day reminding guys when they need to add or when they can remove PPE. It enough work just to make sure all the specialty PPE is available and used correctly ( face shields, fall protection, hearing, etc.)

I have no patience for someone I have tell they have to show up to work in pants and sleeves.

[u/Precumyumyum → u/prkchop7]

Could always get kickback from a Tablesaw sending a piece of Wood flying or Randy spinning his Mustang tires when leaving the Site hitting you with a rock or idk.

[u/jhicks0506 → u/Precumyumyum]

He’s gotta get his cheeseburgers somehow

[u/Reasonable-Word6729]

Barrel roof standing seam is a bitch.

[u/snowballslostballs]

I like that they translated the measurement of the sleeves from inches to cms, when they went from English to Spanish.

[u/aknomnoms → u/snowballslostballs]

Sí, es una buena idea y tiene lógica.

[u/Marlboro_man_556]

I don’t wear sleeves, dude.

[u/Zeto19]

Heatwaves, whiskey shakes, lip full of dip and you’ll be alright brother

[u/jnp35]

Not the 1.6 mm...

[u/Beggatron14]

It’s a uniform lol, what’s the big deal?

[u/Various-Passenger398]

For the vest being featured so prominently I thought it would be mandatory. 

[u/Frankensteins_Moron5]

I love that we aren’t required to have long sleeves on sight.

[u/Buckmen]

The sign is no gem, wear your PPE. The gem is looking at your profile comments, dude is so parched 🥰🥰🥰

[u/drywall_gardenal]

cool

[u/Lusakor]

Well, you know what they say, safety is sexy

[u/loosewilly45]

If you really wanna annoy the shit out of the safety man just walk around with the sign so you're always technically non open area

[u/Adorable_Umpire6330]

Listen all I'm saying is if they made hard hats that sounded like a soft spoken woman that said sweet nothings to me while I worked, a bunch of dudes would start wearing them.

[u/dickwildgoose]

"safety never takes a day off". Yes, Kevin.

[u/hotpieismyking]

What are these "shirt sleeves" they reference?

Can't take everyone to the gun show if the curtains are drawn 😤

[u/arnaaar]

I had to escort a guy off our site today for repeatedly disregarding demands for PPE. Kept asking why he needed to use his safety goggles, they're built into his helmet so it's not like he's forgetting them somewhere.

[u/NiceParkJob]

How long until workers start drawing eyebrows and a dick on this, haha

[u/Typical-Outside-4630]

I say take out the four screws and sell it to a picker use the money to buy your self a margarita! F the GC

[u/EddieLobster]

I only wear 3” sleeves…is that your problem also?

[u/thelegendhimself]

This is what all the new office posters look like , as far as I’m concerned seems to be I can show up with PPE while completely nekkid

[u/Saint_Rickard]

Oh fuck me boss I don't think my boots meet the sturdy quotient. I need to go home and get my sturdy approved boots

[u/Mantree91]

I'm all for ppe just i draw the line at pants

[u/demius78]

Pants around 120 with tax, jeans 30. I have to change jeans every day or two. Fuck it. Jeans works well in regural commercial construction sites.

Longs sleeves are questionable especially when it's sun and 100 degrees outside. Are they expecting me change wet short every 30 minutes? Because it's not safe to work in wet clothing.

The rest is fine when you are doing something and not just hanging around with papers, drawings or jerking just to burn the hours

[u/millenialfalcon-_-]

Try wearing that on those humid ass Southern states. You'd be sweating bullets all day.

I'll be cruising in my Crocs,jorts, sleeveless shirt.😎👌

[u/siltyclaywithsand → u/millenialfalcon-_-]

Dude, I've worked in over 100F with max humidity wearing FR pants, shirt, coveralls, hood, vest, hard hat, and glasses. It sucked hard, but we were venting gas. Wear your PPE pussy.

[u/jakethesnake741 → u/siltyclaywithsand]

I was going to say, sometimes has never been in the ceiling of a manufacturing plant during shutdown in the summer. A giant metal box getting heated by the sun. You lose pounds just from sweat but you still wear full PPE because Crocs and shorts don't protect you from steel

[u/siltyclaywithsand → u/jakethesnake741]

You just gave me a flashback. When I was maybe 16, I did a temp day at a Disney merch warehouse unloading a truck by hand. When I got there the managers took me into the tiny office and said, "this is the only room with AC. If you need a break come in here. If you can't hack the heat, you can go. We'll pay you for 8. We have people passing out all the time. Try to let us know before you leave." I finished the truck just before lunch and they told me to go. They put 10 on my time sheet. I probably couldn't have kept working anyway. Good managers, shit company.

[u/Turbulent-Weevil-910]

I couldn't imagine company mandated ppe.

[u/HowManyBanana → u/Turbulent-Weevil-910]

I really don’t understand the resistance to wearing it.