r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JPPT1974 Interested • Feb 23 '25

Video These Men Make Bridge Scaffolding Look Easy

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u/Frameen Feb 23 '25

Thank god they're wearing helmets. I was almost worried there for a second.

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u/SammyGeorge Feb 23 '25

They've got harnesses on, they're safe

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u/TheLocalPub Feb 23 '25

I'm a scaffolder in the UK. It's health and safety law her to wear a harness when working at heights like that within scaffolding, but a harness is completely useless unless it's actually tethered to a fixed anchor point. I see dudes at work wearing their harness and not once clip on all day, I don't bother, unless I know I'll definitely be using it to clip on, otherwise to me, a harness actually hinders my ability to be safe, it restricts my movement and causes me to over reach at times due to the compression of it.

Unless your going to clip on, don't bother wearing your harness. Most companies want you to wear it for your whole shift so if any fall happens, they can turn around and say "well he had a harness, he should have been clipped on" and the company can get off scot free.