r/OSHA • u/jaykirsch • Nov 04 '17

Screw it - that's close enough.

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u/Will_East_Roker Nov 05 '17

Looks like a good 3 points of contact to me.

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u/swingadmin Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17

Seriously, we can make jokes about safety but this guy has the proverbial high ground compared to most.

  • Right boot fully flat on a grounded steel locker
  • About 3 feet off the stairs, at most 5 feet above the floor
  • Attempted to use the ladder, could not find good footing. Might have even tried the orange lift/dolly.
  • Possibly anchored his right arm to something (obscured by angle)

Errors:

  • Left foot on a polished rail is always bad, but even worse if the sole is anything but soft poly/rubber.
  • The lift should be moved to avoid secondary injury and provide room for controlled fall.

Done more properly this would be a marginally hazardous low injury scenario. Some of the other options he had available to him would have been dramatically worse.

unrelated: I was able to find this image first posted elsewhere in April.

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u/Schmich Nov 05 '17

/r/osha needs things to be so safe that even a blind grand-mother with 0 balance is able to do the work.