safety

[Steve]

Is this guy breaking any rules? I expect this is a common sight today.

 

[bernardgreen]

Possibly

But also he make be breaking tiles and later a bone or two. Not to mention damage to plants in the front garden.

 

[Spark123]

Is that the elusive aerial thief?

 

[Steve]

No, he's erecting it. Its pole bent at the bracket during yesterday's storms, so he hacked off the bent bit and re-mounted it.

Aren't there any safety rules about working on rooftops and manouvering large heavy objects on them?

 

[Spark123]

Just common sense!!
Would depend also on wether he is doing a DIY job.

 

[Steve]

i've never seen the guy before, and he came in a van, so i expect he was doing it for cash.

 

[Spark123]

Working at height regulations apply if he is an employee.

 

[sm1thson]

its the law of gravity i would have been worrying about if i were him!

 

[Steve]

its the law of gravity i would have been worrying about if i were him!

he was worrying about that! the strain in lifting that huuuge mast was evident on his face!

and 123, what rules apply when working on a roof?

 

[Spark123]

These ones:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf. Statutory instrument: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050735.htm
They apply to working at any height from where a person can be injured from falling, even off a set of steps.

 

[markie]

I bet he's broke some of them tiles, should of had a hen walk. If he did break some I wonder if he replaced with new.

 

[Thermo]

the new james bond tried to use a handy tv aerial to slide down the death slide wires

 

[masona]

Are you sure he's not nicking it

 

[Pensdown]

It's a pity there's not an 11kV overhead. It would much more entertaining to watch than seeing him fall

 

[RF Lighting]

My God Crafty, you need to get out more. Taking photos of people working dangerously.

I saw this on Wednesday whilst out on my travels.

Sthil sawing a chimney stack. It was still quite windy at the time