Heard a safety guy say something that's been bothering me all week

I was at the union hall Tuesday grabbing some paperwork and overheard this safety inspector talking to a young guy about welding in tight spaces. He flat out said 'most guys skip the ventilation step because it takes too long' and acted like it was no big deal. That stuck with me because I saw a guy pass out from fumes back in 2019 on a job in Gary, Indiana, and it took 3 guys to drag him out of a tank. We lose enough time to weather and material delays without cutting corners that put people in the hospital. Has anyone else noticed this getting worse on their sites?

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kais6712d ago

That safety inspector just said that out loud like it was normal or something... Did the young guy actually push back on it at all or did he just nod along?

olivia_murphy12d agoMost Upvoted

Oh yeah I've seen that exact thing before, these old school safety guys just say whatever crazy stuff pops into their heads and nobody calls them on it because they've been there forever. Your question about the young guy is spot on, in my experience they usually just stare at the floor and wait for it to be over.