Health and safety being silly, examples.

[Someone-Else]

I thought I would start a new topic after noticing a comment about wearing a high vis and safety boots to go to a tip. What's the most silliest example of H & S you have had?

Couple of weeks ago I missed a parcel delivery so I went to the local delivery company office to collect said parcel. Drove in parked in visitors bay next to sign that said office / visitors. Security guard in hut by entrance shouted to come over to him, so I had to walk back from my car across loading area and he said "You can't go in there mate without a high vis" so he gave me a high vis (signed for) so I walked back again (now wearing high vis) opened the door walked upstairs, to office, got parcel, put parcel in car, took high vis off walked back across loading area, gave high vis back walked back to car and drove off.

No, I don't see why I need a high vis to walk upstairs inside a building to an office either.

[steviejoiner74]

I was on a site where step ladders were banned,yet when I asked the site agent why the taper was allowed to wear stilts,and tall ones at that!! He replied"he's never fell off them yet"

[royaloakcarpentry]

I remember proudly showing my grandad my brand new Yankee screwdriver.......................

''Oooh bloody dangerous them things son, they were banned on site in my day.!

[ayjay]

What's the most silliest example of H & S you have had?

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Second fixing in full PPE, hard hat, gloves, goggles, and everything else, the whole works. Fortunately it was only for a week, I don't think I would have done any more anyway.

[philprime]

Remember getting moaned at by a site agent for not wearing my hard hat was sitting in my van at the time!!!!!

[pud1771]

took some extension forks to a site last week pulled up at the gate in the van gate man asked how far i had driven from my last drop then what type of fuel my van run on then what the mpg of it was. Then before he let me i had to show him i had full ppe of orange hi-viz trousers and top hard hat with hearing protection gloves safety boots (non-rigger) and gloves and safety specs was only on site for 5 mins in the end

[village idiot]

North Sea oil platforms, where you get disciplined for not holding the handrail when using the stairs but then they send you up in a Super Puma

[Cannyfixit]

Last place i worked at we had ladder training,the instructor said we must keep 3 points of contact at all times
when i asked how i replace the equipment they said they would get back to me
still havnt had a reply

[joinerjohn]

On a pub refurb, years ago. . Scaffolding outside had been dropped and the site foreman insisted we wore full PPE whilst working indoors, installing the bar area/seating. WTF did he think was going to fall on peoples heads indoors?????

[MSX]

Second fixing in full PPE, hard hat, gloves, goggles, and everything else, the whole works. Fortunately it was only for a week, I don't think I would have done any more anyway.

I feel exactly the same, we're doing new builds (they aren't actually that bad) and the site agent and his "health and safety co ordinator" insist that we keep everything on when we're inside using chop saws paslodes drills etc. If I'm walking around I have all of my gear on but if I'm inside a plot then I'm only ever in my hi vis and boots. Another thing aswell, last month we were finishing a student accommodation site off in Liverpool city centre. The exterior work - trespa cladding, rendering, decking and the atrium ceilings - wasn't done, yet they moved students in. We had students in flip-flops and t-shirts stepping over us whilst we were ripping stuff down with skill saws, all this for us in 6 point PPE. My guess is that health and safety will only get worse.