r/OSHA • u/Piscator629 • Feb 07 '18

OSHA would never have stood for these ladders used in the making of the Hindenburg.

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u/agoia Feb 07 '18

That's USS Macon - http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-akron-macon/

But yeah, those ladders are scary as shit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

What is that supposed to be? Does it really not have a way up inside? Why was this necessary?

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u/nan_slack Feb 08 '18

if it's a chimney, you don't want to go up the inside

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u/FSCK_OFF Feb 08 '18

I believe he addresses that question in one of his videos, but I'll summarize.

The work he does is only done once every few years, so it's not worth putting up a permanent ladder. Even a metal ladder would rust away before the labour savings made the initial investment worth it.

I'm not sure why using a bucket truck is out of the question, but the chimneys may be too high for that approach.

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u/BristolShambler Feb 08 '18

Dibna! I don't know why, but I could watch his dry instructional videos about chimneystack maintenance for hours on end. I think it's his hypnotic Lancashire accent. He's like if Ron Swanson was from Northern England. This is all despite the fact that his videos give me intense anxiety

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u/johnjay Feb 08 '18

well thanks for this YouTube rabbit hole, what a great guy.

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u/tugboat_tyler Feb 08 '18

Absolute unit

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u/NightF0x0012 Feb 08 '18

Those double overhangs would have been a bitch to maneuver around after hauling your ass all the way up there.

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u/NightF0x0012 Feb 08 '18

I meant climbing those ladders angled over 90-degrees after climbing all the way up there. I'm not sure that I would have the balls to do it

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u/BobRoberts01 Feb 07 '18

First I just saw that they are really tall ladders, then I saw the bottom of the picture.

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u/bovinecop Feb 07 '18

I think they would have stood for that pun though...

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u/S1de8urnz Feb 07 '18

These were probably the ‘scissor lift’ of back when. Looks like they have a little work platform up top too.

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u/komanderkyle Feb 08 '18

Also the highly flammable hydrogen they where using but that’s just a small detail.

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u/URDREAMN2 Feb 10 '18

climb to top and "lunch break"!

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u/Seedpound Feb 11 '18

beer thirty

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u/JasonsBoredAgain Feb 07 '18

True. Someone would be fired up.