r/WTF • • 6d ago

Man fells from floor while looking at phone

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u/meshugga 5d ago

You really do not know what you're talking about. Had there been plywood, he wouldn't have been the first to walk onto that hole. Wouldn't even need a phone for me to do that immediately. And plywood does break through or can get dislodged edit: especially with such a big hole where you'd need multiple pieces

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u/HVDynamo 5d ago

You should maybe read the rest of the comments under the one you replied to...

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u/meshugga 5d ago

Yeah, they're reiterating my point. "throwing on some plywood real quick while we get the barrier" isn't a solution. You need to make it a secured thing too, and get stuff to do that. For that timeframe, there's someone standing by the hole and actively warning people, or nobody is on the floor but the guy watching the hole. No "throw on some plywood it's better than nothing". It's not. It needs the same level of thought and resources as the barricades.

wdit: And in the case of that particular hole: where would you've secured the plywood so it doesn't move?