Safety first.......

[Condor]

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first2_zpsvjsnd7ou.jpeg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first_zpskucsxanv.jpeg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first7_zpsofalnmcx.jpeg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first8_zpsgc6mefzr.jpeg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first4_zpsqe9gyrxg.jpeg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first6_zpsib1jim2m.jpeg

[Condor]

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first1_zpspcanajff.jpeg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first5_zpsdhj19iin.jpeg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first3_zpsxcxdry02.jpeg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny/safety%20first6_zpsib1jim2m.jpeg

[bigbadbrother]

I really like the McDonald's face shield.

[The Cobra]

For all you do it yourselfers............invest in this

http://www.stabiladder.com/images/DSC00062.JPG

They run about $170 Can. down to about $85 for lighter weight models ..... they will save your sorry butt more than once.

[hutch]

They do exist!!!...lol... & for any a you doubting loggers that were ever sent on an errand to fetch a Choker Stretcher from another site on your first day(I fell for it)... Here ya go... Proof!!!

[The Cobra]

another great investment........once you learn how to use them.

http://brian.carr.name/seattle/MVC-523S.JPG

[The Cobra]

This is a little portable scaffold for the do it yourself guy.....note the wheels....note the lock on the wheels. If you don`t at least flip 2 of the locks you`ll be real sorry in no time at all.
http://www.metaltech.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/I-IMIS_L.jpg
Also it would be a good idea NOT to use stilts on a scaffold.........don`t laugh I`ve seen it done more than once.

[Moonman]

All of those guys look like they belong to the "Darwin Gene Pool Reduction Society"

[dishuser]

have had a ladder in the back of a truck or bumper of a van so it would reach roof many times
not this week though...safety blitz

[nob0dy]

that cop is really smart ;x

[The Cobra]

have had a ladder in the back of a truck or bumper of a van so it would reach roof many times
not this week though...safety blitz

Done the same many times.....until a local man 73 yrs old put a ladder on a scaffold on a roofing job site.....
Elie Seremach WAS his name in Windsor Ont.........sad story.

[nob0dy]

Done the same many times.....until a local man 73 yrs old put a ladder on a scaffold on a roofing job site.....
Elie Seremach WAS his name in Windsor Ont.........sad story.

that sucks ;(

[Benney]

Done the same many times.....until a local man 73 yrs old put a ladder on a scaffold on a roofing job site.....
Elie Seremach WAS his name in Windsor Ont.........sad story.





He should have used the emergency brake!

[Benney]

another great investment........once you learn how to use them.

http://brian.carr.name/seattle/MVC-523S.JPG

I think they are banned in Ontario.
Friend of mine backed up to a flight of stairs and crash landed.

Something to do with the taller you are the harder you fall. LOL

[fn59]

have had a ladder in the back of a truck or bumper of a van so it would reach roof many times
not this week though...safety blitz

Been there, done that too.

[The Cobra]

Been there, done that too.
Use the tail gate for ladder base to go over porches LOL

[The Cobra]

I think they are banned in Ontario.
Friend of mine backed up to a flight of stairs and crash landed.

Something to do with the taller you are the harder you fall. LOL


Update.....

Jan
2010
http://www.iupat.on.ca/wp-content/themes/IUPAT/images/image.jpg
IUPAT Ontario Helps in Lifting Forty Year Ban on the Use of Workplace Stilts (http://www.iupat.on.ca/news/iupat-ontario-helps-in-lifting-ban-workplace-stilts/) Forty years ago, stilts became illegal on Ontario construction sites. On December 15th 2009, this law changed due to an announcement (http://www.iupat.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Stilts.pdf) from Minister of Labour, Peter Fonseca that once again saw stilts legalized in the workplace. This change is effective from January 1, 2010 and is applicable on residential sites for drywall finishers and workers that install vapour barriers and insulation.
It has been a long journey toward having stilts legalized in the workplace. Progressive changes in our industry over the past 20 years initiated a comprehensive lobby in March 2005 to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Consumer demand for higher ceilings and walls in the residential sector was leading to drywall finishers increasing bench heights and inevitably succumbing to multiple strains and falls. Stilts were also changing (and improving) through advancing technology and design.
Discussions with the Ministry of Labour began from industry stakeholders, (the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, and Interior System Contractors Association) that stated a case to have stilts legalized in the workplace. The Ministry argued that the priority of their use was in making safe workplaces and, if stilts were able to accommodate that requirement, then a serious review to legalize stilts must be considered.
During a period of several months, stakeholders worked with the Ministry in drafting procedures and technical requirements to support a Pilot Program for stilts. Continental research began in an effort to obtain information on stilt safety.
Upon completion of a “draft” Pilot Project proposal, endorsement would be required from the Construction Safety Association of Ontario (CSAO) Provincial Labour/Management Committee, a Provincial body composed of labour and management stakeholders with a strong voice for endorsing and promoting health and safety throughout Ontario in the construction industry. The committee agreed to support a Pilot Project for stilts with the facilitation of the project from the CSAO.
The facts regarding worker safety was still inconclusive.
The University of Waterloo has long been involved in conducting health and safety research and so, the institution was recommended to stakeholders for a study of stilt safety. Dr. Stephen Prentice of the Kinesiology Department was contacted.
The University’s study was conclusive, finding that working from stilts provides drywall finishers with less muscle and physical strain than when using benches. The findings provided the Ministry with sufficient evidence to move forward.
All signs pointed toward legislative amendment but a few more requirements still needed to be addressed. First, a regulation change would require language to be inserted into the Occupational Health & Safety Act to regulate the wearing of stilts and the conditions in which stilts could be applied. In order to have drywall finishers wear stilts a training program would also be mandatory, ensuring that those working with stilts were proficient in their use and understood stilt regulations, safety issues and maintenance. Two committees were formed by the Ministry of Labour and the industry stakeholders with facilitation from the Construction Safety Association of Ontario.
These committees worked with the Ministry of Labour’s technical staff to develop regulation amendments utilizing language from jurisdictions that permit stilts. Training syllabuses were developed by the IUPAT Finishing Trades Institute in order to begin curriculum development for the training committee (orchestrated by the CSAO research and development staff).
The CSAO Provincial Labour/Management committee had seen two presentations by the University of Waterloo and Dr. Prentice. The draft regulations and the training program were completed and endorsed. Now it was time for the final phase — sending the draft regulations to the Labour/Management Network around the province for response and comment. The Provincial committee endorsed the project and now only the H&S network needed to respond.
Support for the completed work by the network was essential, the government wanting full support on the regulation change. In the end the network approved, following some discussion and clarification
Work was concluded with the Minister’s announcement.
There are many individuals and organizations that contributed to having stilts legalized in the workplace. We wish to thank them along with the members and leadership of the Painters, Carpenters, ISCA, Ministry of labour, FTI and CSAO. This was a team effort that only worked due to coordination and hard work.

[The Cobra]

July 3, 2014 by Alec Caldwell
As a home renovation contractor, can you legally clomp around on stilts if you’re doing drywalling or insulation, etc.?
I’ve been asked this question a number of times recently and it took my memory back to around 1988 when, to the best of my knowledge back then, stilts were outright banned in my jurisdiction (the Toronto area).
Drywallers, tapers, insulation guys and some other trades were forced to come up with other, probably more dangerous, ways to get a height advantage if they wanted to avoid full-out scaffolding. Someone even pushed rollerblades (!) on job sites I visited, at that time, to avoid the ban on stilts. This obviously was a massive safety issue. But remember, these guys were paid on production. They had to keep up the pace to keep the food coming to their families’ tables.
A lot has changed since then and, thankfully, here in Ontario stilts can now be used by construction workers in residential units and residential common areas only. They are still not allowed on commercial projects.
On residential units or in home renovations, they can be used for the following purposes:
Drywall finishing work, installation of insulation and vapor barriers. Stilts cannot be used on a scaffold or to climb up or down stairs.
The stilts should be commercially manufactured, made of unpainted metal, have a non-slip surface on the bottom of each base plate, be in good working condition and be suitable for their intended use
The maximum height of the stilts is 76 cm – measured from the floor to the top of the foot plate of each stilt.
Again, all normal safety conditions have to be in place beforehand like:
The work surface is made of rigid material, it is either level or does not have a slope of more than 3 per cent. All openings on the work surface are adequately covered or guarded. All open sides of the work surface are adequately guarded and the work surface is free of debris or anything else that may be a hazard to a worker on stilts.

[nobodyspecial]

safety is #1
At bruce nuclear we needed to use extension ladders to work along the top of wall.Safety insisted we anchor the bottom of the ladder with hilti shots!! Didnt last long though as the floor was getting destroyed They finally had carpenters build us an anchor

[The Cobra]

safety is #1
At bruce nuclear we needed to use extension ladders to work along the top of wall.Safety insisted we anchor the bottom of the ladder with hilti shots!! Didnt last long though as the floor was getting destroyed They finally had carpenters build us an anchor
What would the world ever do without carpenters.............geniuses if I say so myself.

It`s amazing how safety conscious companies become after they get dinged a few times by WSIB penalties and payouts for permanently injured employees. August/Sept they usually hit they`re allotments of injuries and get fined heavily for all work injuries after that.

[KIDWCKED]

i paid 250 cabbages for my stilt ticket at Timbermart...It was a 10 minute video...lol.....

[The Cobra]

i paid 250 cabbages for my stilt ticket at Timbermart...It was a 10 minute video...lol.....


Yup.....but no tickee no workee. LMAO................it`s never what you know or how good you are. It`s whether you contributed to the system for that piece of paper.

Done a few of them videos myself.....I like the WSIB ones telling me how to lift properly after 30 yrs of working. I figured if we lifted they way they wanted us it would take 4 days to do an 8hr shift.

[Benney]

i paid 250 cabbages for my stilt ticket at Timbermart...It was a 10 minute video...lol.....

hehe your still stilted.

[Benney]

Yup.....but no tickee no workee. LMAO................it`s never what you know or how good you are. It`s whether you contributed to the system for that piece of paper.

Done a few of them videos myself.....I like the WSIB ones telling me how to lift properly after 30 yrs of working. I figured if we lifted they way they wanted us it would take 4 days to do an 8hr shift.

If you do it right you don't hurt later. Be smart and lift right.

You want my back? I'll give it to you for free!

[The Cobra]

If you do it right you don't hurt later. Be smart and lift right.

You want my back? I'll give it to you for free!
No thanx on the back.................I made it thru very organized sports, 36 yrs of hauling beer kegs, 41 yrs of framing houses and contract work and weightlifting till I was 56 without any back issues at all...................but if you want my throwing arm????? LOL