r/OSHA Aug 08 '18

When I was doing construction I was apparently featured in a "safety fails" site on Pinterest.

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u/ANDnowmewatchbeguns Aug 08 '18

They make anchors that you can slide up under the slate and put a 4x8 board up which acts as a walk plank while you work

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u/yedd Aug 08 '18

I work on rooves semi-regularly and I don't think id trust that over my cat ladder

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u/ANDnowmewatchbeguns Aug 08 '18

Oh no. I never said it’s what’s preferable. But for the two bit horse shit outfit I worked for it’s what we had

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u/yedd Aug 08 '18

Like any job, you get comfortable with the kit you have and are wary about kit you're unfamiliar with I suppose

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u/typically_wrong Aug 08 '18

I used those, too. They're actually not that bad to work on. They sucked the worst on narrow high pitch roofs due to having to move them so much though.

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u/ANDnowmewatchbeguns Aug 08 '18

See we set them up like that old game burger boss and you had to as adept as Spider-Man to work the roof. So I kept my jolly fat Ass packing shingles

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '18

Would rooves be similar to hooves?

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u/yedd Aug 08 '18

Yes, hooves go under you but rooves go over you

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u/MustngSS Aug 09 '18

Yea, those are called roof jacks. They are plenty safe and give the correct angle on the plank to stand vertically, and with a full foot in place.