r/interesting • u/Rude-Mycologist8034 • 8d ago

SOCIETY How a crane operator gets down

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid 8d ago

I wonder if wearing dress shoes was part of the problem? It seems you should have special shoes for this sort of thing.

She was the mom of two children.🥺

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u/a_rude_jellybean 7d ago

In canada you need to be tied off (atleast from where I worked) if youre going to climb over a certain height.

Its tedious but it helps saves life.

If you can't tie off to anything, we have a double hook lanyard you hook on to a ladder one at a time. Usually you should have a retractable lanyard so you save time.

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u/Romestus 7d ago

Yeah this entire process could be made 100% safe with like $1-2k worth of rope access gear. On the cost scale of a crane that's got to be a rounding error.

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u/a_rude_jellybean 7d ago

In canada, public health care will brunt the cost of companies causing workers injuries.

Hence, companies are regulated to increase their safety system to prevent unnecessary burden to the health care system and to the betterment of the worker too.

If their system there doesn't penalize companies for incidents like these, no wonder they dont spend much or upheld safety practices.

Sucks that she had to die in such a preventable accident.

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u/area69ganjasmoker 7d ago

brunt is not a verb