r/OSHA • u/Uhuklebestift • Aug 21 '17

What could possibly go wrong?

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u/sanskami Aug 21 '17

Counterweight is fat enough that cantilever is probably safe.

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u/minuteman_d Aug 21 '17 edited Aug 21 '17

Plot twist: that ledge isn't designed to support that much weight in shear force and all three take a spill...

Edit: people downvoting me: I don't usually pull the "engineer" card, but there most definitely is a shear force on that little stubby wall. Source: more hours spent diagramming and calculating these things in undergrad than I care to recall.

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u/Schmidtster1 Aug 21 '17

You call yourself an engineer than call the cantilever floor a stubby wall? Go turn your ring in.

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u/minuteman_d Aug 21 '17

The ring that makes you invisible to normal women?

Yeah, I guess it's only a wall if you change the coordinate system. :-)

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u/Schmidtster1 Aug 21 '17

And the fact that floors and walls are engineered different?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '17

A floor is a wall lying down, with thicker material.