ahhh my 'real job' is herding illegal mexicans with fake id that comes back as dead women from cincinati while repairing the damage they do to hydraulic machinery in scrap yards. I then leave this utopia to go home to a fully outfitted shop capable of complete fab of hot rods and scoots to slave away into the night
I'm a flat roofer, we use weed burner propane torches that burn around 1200F, to apply roofing material, in the summer time its literally like Hell on Earth. When its 100F outside (in the shade) its usually 120-150F on a rooftop, with a 1200F torch going , its nearly unbearable. It's not uncommon to consume 2 gallons of water in a day, we also take salt tabs daily. Usually my clothes will be soaked within just a couple hours of torching, like I jumped into a swimming pool fully clothed. We have to be extremely careful as fire is sort of like water, its kind of un-predictable, especially in high wind. I often use ice directly on my head(under my hat) to reduce temperature to my head/brain. Burns (to the arms /face) from molten bitumen roofing material can occur when least expected, such as with high wind. Inhaling super heated 600F- 800F air (the air that is 12" to 36" away from the flame) isn't real fun either, you can feel it burn deep in your nose/throat/chest. I've had my hair set on fire, pant legs, shoes, socks,gloves, etc. I have been hospitalized for severe dehydration/ hyperthermia/ heat stroke in the past, I have to be very careful nowdays. I would probably do something else, but have not found anything (legal) that I can make as much as I do, doing this.
In this business there are no sick days, or holiday pay, though you start out at the top of the ladder !
Your a hard fuckin dude my man. I worked as a roofer when I was 15 for 2 days. It was the summer in KY and the temp was about 100 ambient and 120 on the roof. I would take any firefight that I've been in x 1,000,000 to avoid that job again. My hats off to you bro.
I move fat people all day so nurses and doctor's don't get hurt on the job. 1000 pound lazy mean pos's. Bed sour prevention and wound care stuff. All never be out of a job since the world is so fat.
A request came in to dispose of 2 labratory ovens. we had a meeting to discuss the ovens. We have gone to inspect the ovens and found them to contain a murcury switch insulated by asbestos as well as asbestos insulated wiring. We had another meeting. It was decided that the asbestos has to be removed before the mercury switches can be removed. We contacted our abatment group.. they refuse to remove the asbestos accociated with the mercury switch. SO, we had another meeting. The decision is now to properly label the ovens as having asbestos content and a mercury hazard. Thats it, thats the end. Thats like 40 hours of my life and like 6 other people making these awesome decisions. What did we acomplish? not a damn thing.
A request came in to dispose of 2 labratory ovens. we had a meeting to discuss the ovens. We have gone to inspect the ovens and found them to contain a murcury switch insulated by asbestos as well as asbestos insulated wiring. We had another meeting. It was decided that the asbestos has to be removed before the mercury switches can be removed. We contacted our abatment group.. they refuse to remove the asbestos accociated with the mercury switch. SO, we had another meeting. The decision is now to properly label the ovens as having asbestos content and a mercury hazard. Thats it, thats the end. Thats like 40 hours of my life and like 6 other people making these awesome decisions. What did we acomplish? not a damn thing.
yall acomplished the aproval of the making of a sign lol
Work as a fabricator/machinist so you see and experience a lot of the norm... cut off finger tips, burns.. the norm.
Lots of industrial type accidents come to mind but none that are too out of the ordinary,
A request came in to dispose of 2 labratory ovens. we had a meeting to discuss the ovens. We have gone to inspect the ovens and found them to contain a murcury switch insulated by asbestos as well as asbestos insulated wiring. We had another meeting. It was decided that the asbestos has to be removed before the mercury switches can be removed. We contacted our abatment group.. they refuse to remove the asbestos accociated with the mercury switch. SO, we had another meeting. The decision is now to properly label the ovens as having asbestos content and a mercury hazard. Thats it, thats the end. Thats like 40 hours of my life and like 6 other people making these awesome decisions. What did we acomplish? not a damn thing.
and then they would send them to me at Clean Harbors and I rip that shit out, hose it down with water and put it in plastic bags, take the oven to the dump, and consolidate the mercury. Ever seen a 5 gallon glass carboy 3/4 full of mercury? pretty cool actually. Just wear gloves when it falls off the forklift and explodes and you gotta clean it up out of the warehouse quick like before the boss comes around.
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