▲ 183 ▼ Photo of officials inside one of the gigantic penstock pipes used in the Hoover Dam, 1935. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 month ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (5 children) Nope. Nope nope nope. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not even for the gram? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago Insta-gramophone? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ItWasTheDNS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children) Hahaha, I’m sure safe working load and safety margin on the crane capacity was a thing - though if there was an incident, then I’m sure it could be blamed on agitators permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] beefpig@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) Most of the rules and safety we have today comes from decades of stuff like this. OSHA regulations are written in blood almost literally. Everyone on that would have a hard hat, harness, and fall arresting device of some sort if it were today, and that’s because people fell getting too high without safety. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago Come on now, they got a rope across the front there, surely that's sufficient? (yes, sarcasm). Haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not even for the gram? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago Insta-gramophone? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago Insta-gramophone? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ItWasTheDNS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children) Hahaha, I’m sure safe working load and safety margin on the crane capacity was a thing - though if there was an incident, then I’m sure it could be blamed on agitators permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] beefpig@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) Most of the rules and safety we have today comes from decades of stuff like this. OSHA regulations are written in blood almost literally. Everyone on that would have a hard hat, harness, and fall arresting device of some sort if it were today, and that’s because people fell getting too high without safety. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago Come on now, they got a rope across the front there, surely that's sufficient? (yes, sarcasm). Haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beefpig@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) Most of the rules and safety we have today comes from decades of stuff like this. OSHA regulations are written in blood almost literally. Everyone on that would have a hard hat, harness, and fall arresting device of some sort if it were today, and that’s because people fell getting too high without safety. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago Come on now, they got a rope across the front there, surely that's sufficient? (yes, sarcasm). Haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago Come on now, they got a rope across the front there, surely that's sufficient? (yes, sarcasm). Haha permalink fedilink source parent