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Wearing proper protection,(PPE) is extremely important and helps the worker go home as safely as they came to work. Tell the employee that your insurance requires it or they can’t work. As a union pipefitter, if we didn’t wear it, we lost our job.
Here is Eastern Australia we have an organisation called WORKCOVER which visits worksites and reviews videos. Failure to wear the correct PPE for the job results in fines worth more than you earn that week, Remember that here we have free healthcover so when someone gets hurt through stupidity, everyone pays for it. This is a good looking concrete patch.
The same thing will happen between the old concrete and the new because they only poured 4” originally. Should have drilled into existing concrete and placed rebar to connect the two slabs.
Ive seen basins in much worse shape on properties where the owners dont care at all. Its cool that this business is taking care of something like this that in the grand scheme of things really doesnt effect their business at all
I think he has a master's or maybe even a phd in biology, you can see it hanging on the wall when he does his outros. Definitely a knowledgeable guy when it comes to biology
I'm not sure how much the large bundles of lumber weigh, but the forklifts by themselves weigh close to 20,000 lbs. With no shock absorbers, they can bounce or bang hard driving across that area.
Sean, you were talking about people wearing PPE, whilst sitting directly in front of the person cutting......He only had to hit something hard and that saw could have bounced up and would have been very close to a part of your body........I had a friend a few months ago had the saw bounce up and it sliced his front lip open just under his nose, like the alien in Predator.
Oh. Rebar drilled into the existing concrete all around is the best option to prevent any downward movement and it would prevent any further cracking from heavy trucks going over it.
Was just wondering about a video from ya'll. And boom, here it is. Nice job my friends. Just left my chiro, and was eyeing up that big concrete cut. Take care of yourselves. I'm falling apart after years of beating myself up.
Question re the camera work - when your saw broke and the camera followed you and zoomed in and out - is that an automatic thing or was there someone working the camera?
The best way to get people to wear PPE is to make it easy and comfortable. Make sure they never have to take more than a few steps to get to the PPE, and make sure to get PPE that's actually comfortable to wear and use. Most people don't mind PPE, they mind the hassle of getting it and the discomfort of wearing it.
Only thing I didn't like was the fact you didn't cover that grate when you poured the concrete. As someone who works for the county and has to maintain these systems, that is frustrating to see.
On one hand, getting your guys to put on PPE "for the video" is good if it gets them to use it, but on the other hand, as the owner of the company, I don't see why you can't just set a policy, "PPE will be worn in the following situations....", period. Blame it on OSHA, blame it on insurance, but don't make it contingent on shooting a video, because you lose that pressure point on days when you're not filming. Just my $0.02.
As an employer, you have no choice but to enforce safety and PPE, the culture of the employer is what the OSHA inspector will determine for a fine amount in case of an accident….camera or not…one accident and the insurance rate for the next 3 years will make you never want another accident again. One ER bandaid cost me 70,000 in insurance rate hike, since i only had a couple of employees at the time, and you can buy a lot of fancy PPE to help the employee to make a “good” decision. three years I paid for a kid that freaked at the sight of his own blood. Just some experience talking here.
The finished product looks great. If you want to protect the drain from taking on concrete/getting concrete on the surface, a good tip is to painters tape a garbage bag on top of the drain grate. I would also recommend putting some pins extruding from the existing concrete, so the rebar holds it together longterm.
Speaking as a viewer who loves to see Ronald on your jobs, blame me all you like. Speaking as the Emergency Department nurse who has taken care of folks injured on jobs, at home, from fireworks, from... please wear PPE even when you are not videoing!!!
PPE is very important, just sometimes PPE makes things more dangerous, those plastic glasses make things worse vision and I've seen someone not able to see something dangerous in front of them, I had to blow stop horn.
Nice. Is this the same place where you put that riprap channel off the lot and down to the drainage pond? Thanks for the water scorpion bonus, always glad to get the education!
That turned out nice but I'm like you here and I protection is a must if you using equipment like that for the noise and for the pieces hitting your eyes. Problem is you let it go by something happens and then they go after your insurance company. You know what they're going to say, so here and I protection is a must. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
I find that if you just score a saw cut along the 2 by 4, it makes a visible straight line. Then I remove the board and follow the line. They also make water attachments for those saws that receive a hose and spray water onto the blade. Love your videos Shawn
If they get hurt, you're still responsible. You can still be sued by multiple parties. Here in Canada, the government will get you through the Workmen's Compensation Board which employers contribute to. Then, there are lawyers who appear on behalf of the injured. A mess when it happens. Cheers.
Whatever it takes to get them to wear their PPE. No job is worth going deaf, blind, dumb or lame for. So it's important to wear hearing protection, safety glasses, helmet, steel-toed shoes, gloves, masks, etc. as necessary.
Shawn, have you ever considered short form content? I think simple before/after videos on TikTok or RU-vid shorts would be very successful. It is better to start doing it yourself before someone starts ripping your videos and posting them in 50 parts on TikTok.
Yes I have a masters in biology/ecology and worked for several years at an environmental consulting firm. I specialized in aquatic insect identification. Later, I taught biology at the local community college and we did a couple labs where we sampled insects out of the ponds on campus.
It's a great work around but really just saying it's policy, your safety and the companies safety should be enough without tricking them into it. End result looks great.
Telling them it’s for the video is definitely one way, but telling them it’s so your work comp insurance doesn’t go sky high and you have to let go of employees is another way lol
Looks great!… boy, you’re organized. You had another chopsaw in your trailer! As soon as that happened, I was betting that you had another saw, and you did. You really have your shit together. I like the idea that you make your people wear ear and eye protection. That’s very important. Another great video! Thank you.
I would have perhaps made it circular to avoid cracks. But that is a judgement call. There is not much you can do for such a simple project. Perhaps dig it out a couple inches deeper and add compacted 3/4 minus stone.
