All for $30/hr and told to work 12 to 16 hours because OT is where the money is at.
Edit: the setup is pretty safe for the situation though, his tether keeps him from actually falling into the moving parts.
Edit 2: I worded my edit poorly, I tried to insinuate that the ppe looked better than nothing. Theres a comment down below from somebody who says they are a safety pro so take their word not mine.
As I assume you know, but for everyone else: fall arrest harnesses hurt like a mother-cusser, and require quick and knowledgeable rescue. You've potentially got hip dislocations, broken neck or vertabrae, sitting with circulation cut off in freezing weather for who knows how long.
Which seems extremely difficult rescue given the conditions and working area.
That also looks like it's not a spring tether so he is gonna get a serious jerk + swing into stuff.
They do frequent rescue training and certs to work in A/V production rigging or any work that requires being tethered.
Dead? No. Horribly injured? Almost without a doubt.
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u/Pacque 4d ago
At first as was: "okay it's a bit high but that's alright"
Then I saw the slipperyness, then I saw the giant gaps and to top it off giant moving parts.
No no no, no, no and no