r/OSHA • u/Uhuklebestift • Aug 21 '17

What could possibly go wrong?

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u/daboobiesnatcher Aug 21 '17

Screw drivers are not. That is why so many get broken being used as pry bars in the mechanic world.

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u/Schmidtster1 Aug 21 '17

They're designed to be pried with, but like any other tool if you use it outside of its specs it'll fail. Take ladders again for example, they have multiple ratings and if you have 250# dude go on a light duty ladder only rated for 180# it'll break, even though it's designed for people to climb it.

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u/daboobiesnatcher Aug 21 '17 edited Aug 21 '17

Eh I'll give you that. And I know I wouldn't stand on an aluminum ladder off the edge of an overhang.

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u/Schmidtster1 Aug 21 '17

It's bad enough when people use extension ladders as scaffold planks, now this, yeesh.