What the ? Balls of steel.

[Stevebrooke]

1000 feet up in the air building the temporary mast at Emley Moor. Picture from the Huddersfield Examiner.

 

[Minkey]

Not a job for me

 

[Cougar377]

Bugger that...!

 

[DEG5Y]

When those sort of mentions come about I always think of Fred!

 

[andyBeaker]

Safety harness?

What a pussy.

 

[slim63]

Don't see a problem myself

 

[Ajeman]

I would quite happily do that job, you've got a safety harness so as long as your not stupid its perfectly safe!

 

[DEG5Y]

I would quite happily do that job, you've got a safety harness so as long as your not stupid its perfectly safe!

Like I say to ehs at work, "a safety harness doesn't stop you falling, just stops you hitting the floor." and then you swing around with your balls in the back of your throat!

I think you have something like half an hour hanging in a harness after a fall before things can go very pear shaped

 

[Ajeman]

Like I say to ehs at work, "a safety harness doesn't stop you falling, just stops you hitting the floor." and then you swing around with your balls in the back of your throat!

I think you have something like half an hour hanging in a harness after a fall before things can go very pear shaped

I believe after half an hour you should have paramedics present before you cut someone down as the harness stops the blood flow to your legs. I was taught that if you are hanging in one for a while try to pull yourself up every couple of mins and move your legs to get the blood flowing again to prevent it, although that's no good if you're unconscious!!

Thankfully it's been a while since I've needed to wear one.

 

[andyBeaker]

I would quite happily do that job, you've got a safety harness so as long as your not stupid its perfectly safe!

That is not what my brain would be saying!!

When I worked on the 34th floor of The NatWest Tower I had to walk away when the blokes appeared outside cleaning the windows. If we were meant to be 34 floors up the outside of a building God would have given us longer legs. Or Arms. Or both.

Although this was apparently posed for a PR shot, it is one of my favourite photographs of all time.....

 

[Squag1]

Like I say to ehs at work, "a safety harness doesn't stop you falling, just stops you hitting the floor." and then you swing around with your balls in the back of your throat!

I think you have something like half an hour hanging in a harness after a fall before things can go very pear shaped

I think it's minutes

http://elcosh.org/document/1662/d000568/will-your-safety-harness-kill-you?.html

 

[Vinterceptor]

Like I say to ehs at work, "a safety harness doesn't stop you falling, just stops you hitting the floor." and then you swing around with your balls in the back of your throat!

I think you have something like half an hour hanging in a harness after a fall before things can go very pear shaped

Boris Johnson would totally agree

 

[derek kelly]

That is not what my brain would be saying!!

When I worked on the 34th floor of The NatWest Tower I had to walk away when the blokes appeared outside cleaning the windows. If we were meant to be 34 floors up the outside of a building God would have given us longer legs. Or Arms. Or both.

Although this was apparently posed for a PR shot, it is one of my favourite photographs of all time.....

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Interesting fact, the first & last stevedores killed whilst working on the Empire state building were father & son.

 

[DLN1965]

Interesting fact, the first & last stevedores killed whilst working on the Empire state building were father & son.

What ?? Amazung !!
It’s very unusual ual for father and son to have exactly the same names !
Steve Dores ????

 

[ScottyUK]

Safety equipment?

 

[derek kelly]

What ?? Amazung !!
It’s very unusual ual for father and son to have exactly the same names !
Steve Dores ????

Steve dore snr & Steve dore jnr nowt unusual or even unusual ual about that

 

[Vinterceptor]

Steve dore snr & Steve dore jnr nowt unusual or even unusual ual about that

Speaking of unusual coincidences with names my niece married an Afrikaans lad called Derek Sansom. His father was called Derek and his mother (a woman) was also called Derek, now that unusual innit?

Thought this was a good vid, a fearless couple climbing up stuff

 

[jeffa]

Stevedores load/unload ships, no wonder the got into trouble working on skyscrapers

 

[derek kelly]

Stevedores load/unload ships, no wonder the got into trouble working on skyscrapers

There was a dockyard strike at the time so they decided to work on the Empire state building.

 

[DEG5Y]

Speaking of unusual coincidences with names my niece married an Afrikaans lad called Derek Sansom. His father was called Derek and his mother (a woman) was also called Derek, now that unusual innit?

Thought this was a good vid, a fearless couple climbing up stuff

Jeseeeus, I'm not too bad with heights but my arsehole was chewing my undies watching that!!