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PLUMBER_BILL · 10-28-2009, 03:54 PM

This has been in my computer for some time.
I don't know where it came from. I think OSHA.
I don't think the young lad made it.
But the graphic of it might save a life.

It is titled "This Happened in Ohio"

If you have ever seen this, consider this a reminder.

TheMaster · 10-28-2009, 04:03 PM

I dont do mud baths!

Protech · 10-28-2009, 05:28 PM

Keep jumping in those deep un-shored trenches and you just might.

Plumber Jim · 10-28-2009, 05:30 PM

Wow. that's sad, the guy looks dead.

TheMaster · 10-28-2009, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protech

Keep jumping in those deep un-shored trenches and you just might.

I shored the last one up with cardboard

Worked well until it got wet.

gusty60 · 10-28-2009, 10:40 PM

A bad day at work!

Bollinger plumber · 10-29-2009, 08:59 AM

as wet as that hole looks he should have never been in that hole without a trench box. I wouldn't even trust shoring in a ditch that looks like that.

Bayside500 · 10-29-2009, 10:03 AM

fixed for people who don't want to download a .doc

jjbex · 11-01-2009, 05:04 PM

That poor soul is indeed dead. The plumbing shop he worked for had a long, proud history of "git 'er dun." Also had a long proud history of OSHA writeups. Guess who never had to get in the ditch and get er dun? Guess who never took OSHA seriously? The owner and supervision. Guess who got killed? A poor schmuck plumber.

Pipedoc · 11-01-2009, 05:13 PM

I subcontracted from a shop in the late 80's and had a freind at the company die this way. I heard everyone talking over the two-way radio about him getting buried. I was only a few miles away and drove to the site. I watched the fire department lift him from the hole in a body bag. it was a very sobering thing to see. I learned my lesson and will refuse to go in a hole that is not properly shored or excavated. The coroner after the autopsy said he died from his aorta rupturing.

The company got off pretty easy on the fines and we all had to go to school for trench shoring and working in confined spaces.

I would like to take a class on that again as a refresher.

10-28-2009, 04:03 PM	#2
TheMaster Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6,158 My Photos	I dont do mud baths! __________________ Too much flux causes the copper to remain clean. Not developing the protective patina. It is then over time eaten away by the chemicals in the water. That's what I was taught.

10-28-2009, 05:28 PM	#3
Protech Super pex man Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Polk County, Florida Posts: 4,931 My Photos	Keep jumping in those deep un-shored trenches and you just might. __________________ Plumber, Repiping, Replumbing, Leak Detection, Solar Water Heater, Drain Cleaner, Pipe Leak, Polk County Plumber, Lakeland Plumber, Winter Haven Plumber, Haines City Plumber, Bartow Plumber

10-28-2009, 05:30 PM	#4
Plumber Jim Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,381 My Photos	Wow. that's sad, the guy looks dead. __________________ Broomfield Plumber , Denver Plumber , Boulder Plumber , Lafayette Plumber

10-29-2009, 08:59 AM	#7
Bollinger plumber Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sedgewickville Missouri Posts: 1,322 My Photos	as wet as that hole looks he should have never been in that hole without a trench box. I wouldn't even trust shoring in a ditch that looks like that. __________________ http://alsdrainservice.services.offi...m/default.aspx Only two devining forces have died for you. One is Jesus Christ and the other is the American soldier. One died for your soul the other died for your freedom.

11-01-2009, 05:04 PM	#9
jjbex turd whisperer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Gardner, Il. Posts: 2,071 My Photos	That poor soul is indeed dead. The plumbing shop he worked for had a long, proud history of "git 'er dun." Also had a long proud history of OSHA writeups. Guess who never had to get in the ditch and get er dun? Guess who never took OSHA seriously? The owner and supervision. Guess who got killed? A poor schmuck plumber. __________________ http://patriotpost.us/subscribe http://www.rachkepiping.com/mph-home.html

10-28-2009, 10:40 PM	#6
gusty60 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: mesa az Posts: 254 My Photos	A bad day at work!

10-29-2009, 10:03 AM	#8
Bayside500 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: clearwater, fla Posts: 351 My Photos	fixed for people who don't want to download a .doc

11-01-2009, 05:13 PM	#10
Pipedoc Trust me. I'm a doctor. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 929 My Photos	I subcontracted from a shop in the late 80's and had a freind at the company die this way. I heard everyone talking over the two-way radio about him getting buried. I was only a few miles away and drove to the site. I watched the fire department lift him from the hole in a body bag. it was a very sobering thing to see. I learned my lesson and will refuse to go in a hole that is not properly shored or excavated. The coroner after the autopsy said he died from his aorta rupturing. The company got off pretty easy on the fines and we all had to go to school for trench shoring and working in confined spaces. I would like to take a class on that again as a refresher. __________________ My proposal for a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution. "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."

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