Destroy All Unsafe Ladders

[spotts]

Originally posted by oil lp man
6 foot long rebar as a chisel?
Now thats just plain dumb.

Just grip it and rip it. No hammer, chisel weighed 30 lbs. It's in the bottom of the river now.

[bb]

Originally posted by spotts
I wonder what James BR549 wouls say about a tech in booties?

I'm not James but I can say it makes you look like a smurf.

[Diceman]

Originally posted by The Penguin
All this talk about bad ladders makes me think how lucky I was to fall 10 ft flat on my back and walk away with only sore back muscles for a day or two

Same thing happened to me, on cement, luckily I fell on my head.
I did take an ambulance ride but walked out of the ER, went to work the next day......but I am a tough guy doncha know.

[i_got_ideas]

Originally posted by bb

Originally posted by spotts
I wonder what James BR549 wouls say about a tech in booties?

I'm not James but I can say it makes you look like a smurf.

Screw booties....I wear nice slip-on Roper shoe-boots.

[icemeister]

Yeah, lucky for you that you didn't fall on anything really important.

Actually, when I think of going head first through the windshield of the old man's Caddy at 17 and walking away I guess it took me nearly another 40 years to realize how fragile we really are.

About five years ago I fell getting down from the top of an 8 ft walk-in box while attempting to use a 6 ft stepladder. That stupid move caused some of the biggest and nastiest set of bruises, aches and pains I had ever experienced, but I shook it off and limped around for a couple of weeks. I didn't really let that other me at the time all that much.....I just went on doing what I always did.

After falling off the ladder two months ago and breaking my back I have had a lot more opportunity to re-visit the issues of working safe. Now that I'm back working nearly full time, I still have some full-time reminders of my mishap.

The sooner we all realize how easily we can get seriously injured by not watching out for your own safety the better.

[midhvac]

I've got no excuse for not following ladder safety. I used to be the projectionist for the ladder safety films years ago.

But one day, in a big hurry, I did something really dumb. Working on an overhead heater about 12' off the ground, all I had was an extension ladder, so I hurriedly leaned the ladder against the heater.

When I got to the top, the unit turned sideways as the gas line elbow turned and there I was with nothing supporting the ladder!!!

TIMBER!!!

I decided to take my chances by jumping rather than going down with the ladder. Miraculously, I landed on my feet, but badly sprained my ankles, and am probably an inch shorter now

[ballvalve]

That same 30 seconds with a sawzall will turn an unsafe ladder into its proper form when cut from top to bottom through the rungs

[Stamas]

50% I see have nuts loose, missing, screws falling out. Make a habit of tighting them up and cary extra , to repair on customer's time.
It surprises me how many HVAC/R trucks I see with cheeesy HO quality ladders on them. We have 4', 6', 8' & 24'+ 300 IA ladders on each truck. Had a lady bitch out one of the guys cause he didn't have a 10'r on his truck and had to call in for one. He lucked out and saw a friend who worked next door and borrowed his and she bitched about that too! (I wish I knew how to scan the crazy bicth and her husband's letter in here for you all to see. 3 pages of fiction and embellishment-we've been by three times to confront them and they aren't there or in meetings.)