Safety off the ground

[Rex in OTZ]

Last Friday I was on the roof shoveling off a patch of snow 20'x15', 3' deep along the secondstory wall.
the whole time thinking if this snow started to sluff off Im a gonner, thought of fall protection and mounting anchor points and getting a well fitting harness instead of a rope around my waste I was useing at the time.

Thought of that sheetrock and painting I did in the stair well and not having the right platform for the job leaning way past what was prudent.

I am going to bugg my boss to buy a couple ladder stabilizers for the extension ladder, I did once ride down that booger years back 15' back to terra firma that shure was no fun I learned I dont bounce like I did when I was 20 years of age, seems I mend slower at 44, some jobs I just dont even approach with the same ignorance I did as a kid, I now take a Hour to erect a scaffold instead of getting a extension ladder now.

[Rex in OTZ]

Work had me attend a 40Hr HAZWOPER course, the fella teaching the class mentioned OSHA and fall protection and working from height, seems anything over 5 feet is from height.

The things I did as a kid make me cringe today, like the time my brother and I both teenagers went after a racoon that crossed the road and into some trees we treed it in a cotton wood,  he ran home to get dads extension ladder (was too short) we ran it out to the last 3 rungs for over lap at close to 20 foot, I climbed it all the way to the top and hugging the tree climbed on the top rung and on tip toe could just reach the hole that coon went in, later on we did get that coon.

Im thinking of mounting work rings to some the places I have from time to time work on rain caps the weater conditions here  the winds have a tendency fo ripping them right off stack.
Cocks comb and twirl type attic vents dont last a year.

[BUGEYE]

watch your step.