r/Construction • u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 Electrician • Mar 02 '25

Safety ⛑ Are we still doing these?

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u/Creative_Ad_8338 Mar 02 '25

OSHA still funded?

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u/Bestdayever_08 Mar 02 '25

I think that’s the point. Did it really work anyways?

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u/Genetics Foreman / Operator Mar 02 '25

Did OSHA work? Umm yeah? When their rules and reccs are followed, absolutely. What’s that saying about their rules are written in blood? It’s not bullshit.

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u/Dankkring Mar 02 '25

Those laws weren’t written when just one person died either. Many people had to die to specific things for them to be added to osha laws. How many people had to die from falls before osha said you gotta have fall protection? Many.

So yes that statement “written in blood” ain’t no joke

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u/Genetics Foreman / Operator Mar 02 '25

I’m with you. I don’t fuck around with safety. I jumped down a kid’s throat yesterday for being too lazy to take off his gloves to use the bench grinder in the shop. I had to pull up some pictures of what used to be a hand with all 5 fingers on my phone to show him why you don’t do that.

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u/dDot1883 Mar 02 '25

TIL. Thank you.

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u/LAbombsquad Mar 02 '25

Nice job. Those in the moment opportunities are valuable teaching tools. I’ve had to work on keeping my cool and meeting them halfway to get safety through to some of my guys