Site agents rule the world

[cliffed]

Right t...t of a site agent,requesting all workers at all times to wear hard hats,no shorts,he's always right on any works,told him literally to f..k off,real unpleasant site to work on,anyone had the same treatment.

 

[cliffed]

Well done that man

 

[Midwest]

I have a memory of sat in the works canteen eating my sandwiches, which was actually a container that housed all the site materials, boxes & cable drums were seating, a 3 bar electric fire was the site microwave, the toilet was round the back of the container, and the hand washing facilities were...well non existent. The heating for the container was, a donkey jacket, and nobody was wearing a hard hat, cos they hadn't been invented.

Least you could wear shorts if you wanted

 

[Ian1981]

No but felt liked i would of like to,just realised I didn't like him,he didn't like me,he said I had attitude,I've never had attitude in my life.

I got kicked off site once because I refused to write the word SPARE on a spare way in the db. the way i looked at it is someone came along and installed another circuit then it's got the word spare written on it.
You can tipex it out or get a sticker I guess but it looks messy.
Ridiculous really when I look back on it.
Site manager was an ar*e tho!

 

[Baker1988]

It seems to be the way it is now. The last site I was on we had to wear steel toe cap boots with sole protection, hard hat, gloves, safety glasses and if we took any of them off at any time while on the actual work site (not canteen) then it was a warning 2 warnings and the 3rd you are off site for good, I got told off twice for taking my glasses off just to wipe them as they was fogging up (they was anti fog glasses but I work very hard so still steam up) I even told him it was a lot more safe for me. To take them off and wipe them then to walk around not being able to see any thing in front of me but he didn't care that was the rules. I even cut my finger while working as I could not even see my hands properly to see what I was doing so stabbed my self with a screwdriver but again that was my fault for not working safely but if I had tried to wipe them and got caught I would of been off site haha its stupid.

 

[Specialist]

ruston: I'm with Pete, well put mate.

 

[cliffed]

Crazy world out there,really don't do any favours for us,all we wanna do is get a days work done,I really don't go to work thinking I'm gonna die today,if I ain't got my essentials on .

 

[IainEngland]

I have to have a permit to use my stepladder worn on my sleeve like a nightclub bouncer.

 

[Ian1981]

Crazy world out there,really don't do any favours for us,all we wanna do is get a days work done,I really don't go to work thinking I'm gonna die today,if I ain't got my essentials on .

I consider my essentials to be wearing clean underwear

 

[ruston]

ruston: I'm with Pete, well put mate.

It is a poem I often think of before I get wound up.

 

[Specialist]

It is a poem I often think of before I get wound up.

Nice, I've never read that one before

 

[StephenRowley]

Its not so much health safety as it dont get sued culture. Let be fair if your income on the line if something goes ---- up and it found out that ignored a ruling from those above. You'd be a ------- too.

 

[ruston]

Here is another one for you then. Not a poem but the start of a prayer .

 

[Des 56]

These stepbrothers of common sense also seem to be growing lads,they pervade all walks of life yet are worshipped by fools

 

[paul291277]

Currently on a final warning to be kicked off site because I've been caught twice taking my plastic specs off to view a wiring drawing, same numpty advised me to lean one of the half height sides of a tower against a wall on top of an unsecured scaffold plank whilst (he) was wearing no safety specs, just so he could sort his problem out.... most H&S guys I've worked with are good ............but!!!!!

 

[Toneyz]

A risk assessments should be done and PPE used to reduce this risk however a lot of sites will operate as hard hat boots glasses gloves etc. across the board this way it is easier to administrate and protects their own back sides. You will find that the site manager that has come via a trade is much more practical regarding these matters.

 

[cliffed]

Agree,this guy was in the trade,but gives nothing back.

 

[Paul.M]

I have to have a permit to use my stepladder worn on my sleeve like a nightclub bouncer.

"nightclub bouncer" LOL.

Armband permit for Hot Works, Drilling, Confined spaces (a cupboard the size of a small bedroom lol), working on the roof and Ladders....... No permit needed to erect and work on a 10m tower scaffold????? Crazy

 

[Diddy]

Bigger the site you tend to find the rules pretty tight. Blanket orders, doesn't matter if you are the cleaner or the guy working in confined spaces....Hat on, Steelies on, Specs on, Masks and gloves too on some sites. I remember my 1st big site (Channel tunnel) and everything you could think of was "instant dismissal".....Bearing in mind we were probably clearing double or triple what we would outside the tunnel then most complied lol. It was the Micheal Kane style safety specs though.....you HAD to wear them from when you entered the site to when you left...something to do with the sand flying around in the air apparently.

 

[telectrix]

..you HAD to wear them from when you entered the site to when you left...something to do with the sand flying around in the air

sand, or was it them froggies?

 

[paul291277]

"nightclub bouncer" LOL.

Armband permit for Hot Works, Drilling, Confined spaces (a cupboard the size of a small bedroom lol), working on the roof and Ladders....... No permit needed to erect and work on a 10m tower scaffold????? Crazy

Me too, because wearing some combustible material around your arm whilst carrying out hot works makes it much safer surely!

 

[Mike Johnson]

The main reasoning behind the no bare skin rule being introduced by the HSE was due to the unprecedented increase in Skin Cancer in Building workers, most building workers are involved in the structure of buildings they don't work inside, the site Agent, under more pressure than any sub-contractor, has to implement the HSE rules, they can not make exceptions for those that work inside.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Currently on a final warning to be kicked off site because I've been caught twice taking my plastic specs off to view a wiring drawing.

Don't believe that for one second, you probably left them off and went back to work without them Site Agents are not idiots and neither are we.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Me too, because wearing some combustible material around your arm whilst carrying out hot works makes it much safer surely!

What utter tosh.

Hang on Troll alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[freddo]

What utter tosh.

Hang on Troll alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're going to have to shout bloody loud for him to hear you 5 years ago.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I would shout that from the rooftops it was utter rubbish, he must have thought everyone on this forum where Demagogue Morons, very surprised that I am the only one that called him out, even if it was five years ago.

 

[goasis]

Sigh.........hard hats, safety goggles, ear muffs sorry defenders, toe 'tectors, hi vis jackets, washing & toilet facilities, canteen etc etc. Makes you wonder how we survived all those years ago

Alot of people didn't did they?

 

[DPG]

Alot of people didn't did they?

Indeed. And how many people are walking around with damaged hearing, damaged lungs, vibration white finger etc. etc.

 

[Midwest]

Alot of people didn't did they?

As already said, five year old thread, perhaps start a more current one. Expect HSE rules have changed since then, stab vests anyone.