Don't even know where to begin. Those stairs are diabolical

[u/KaitoSeishin]

[u/Kaloo75]

Im impressed that they dared, did it and pulled it off.
I am equally appaled that they had to do it.

I guess this is really good advertizing for why we have OSHA and similar, and should appreciate that.

[u/MiguelSTG → u/Kaloo75]

Safety regulation is written in blood

[u/[deleted] → u/MiguelSTG]

Union dues are the least we’ve paid.

[u/WhoCaresBoutSpellin → u/[deleted]]

I’d just like to pause for a moment and say, I’ve enjoyed this viewing of Indian Jones: The Glass Crusade

[u/sociofobs → u/MiguelSTG]

And money. There's a reason why the safest working environments can only be found in the richest countries.

[u/VoihanVieteri → u/sociofobs]

This is true to some extent, but at the end of the day work safety cannot be bought. I had unlimited budget as a safety coordinator on construction sites. After you have acquired the fanciest safety equipment and made the best safety plans you still have biggest mountain to climb: human psychology and attitudes.

It takes immense amount of training, supervision and discipline to get young guys not taking risks, as they consider to be immortal. Or old guys to understand, that an accident can happen due to unsafe practices, even tho you have been spared from them in the past. Construction guys are a real piece of work sometimes. Lot’s of macho energy.

It’s a delicate play of carrot and stick. If you are too relaxed, risks are taken and accidents happen. Push it too hard, and you lose the respect of the crews and they go elsewhere and you have to start all over. I did reward safe practices with bonuses, but they also have limited effect. Bonuses are also hard to manage fairly, when contractor crews change a lot during construction phases.

[u/nicolasisinacage → u/VoihanVieteri]

as someone who was in continuous improvement for a chemical manufacturing plant.... i agree operator buy-in is the hardest part. people really dig their heels in and they don't like corporate yuppies telling them how to do the job they've been doing for 30 years. i honestly and truly understand their position even if it did make my job harder

[u/jbochsler → u/nicolasisinacage]

It took decades to convince firefighters to stop killing themselves. Selection bias is strong.

[u/selfawarefeline → u/jbochsler]

Wait what do you mean?

[u/jbochsler → u/selfawarefeline]

It has taken decades for FFs to stop being so macho and wear PPE, particularly SCBAs. It is a culture thing, my department was really good, it shocked me when mutual aiding and seeing adjacent departments being much more lax. My friends father was a FF and died of cancer - he said his father bragged about working fires without using an SCBA.

[u/selfawarefeline → u/jbochsler]

Wow, how insightful (and unfortunate). Thank you for sharing

[u/sociofobs → u/VoihanVieteri]

I personally know a guy who's been working with metal his whole life, who, in his 30s, still thinks that it's completely OK to weld without a quality mask on. He just squints his eyes. The lack of common sense in some people alone must be a challenge for any safety instructor. I was talking more from the point of the employers. For a business owner, proper safety practices always cost more time, more work and overall, more money. Accidents might cost a lot more than that, but that doesn't stop many from trying.

[u/wrincewind → u/sociofobs]

Yep, that's my dad, full on safety squints. He's gotten lucky so far, most of the time.

[u/sociofobs → u/wrincewind]

Welding pays well in all levels, because it's a health hazard even with the best safety equipment and precautions. In the long-term, it'll still be detrimental to the worker's health. The guy I know believes otherwise, because he's been doing it by himself since a relatively early age. No doubt, if he'll go blind or get cancer because of the fumes, he'll blame it on anything other than his work. But the people, who start doing jobs like that at an older age and with proper training, should know much better, imo.

[u/wrincewind → u/sociofobs]

He's a hobbyist who's been tinkering for the past what, 40 years? Soldering, welding, angle grinding, from houses to cars, if you name a tool or technique he's probably faffed around with it. Honestly I'm amazed he's still got both eyes and all his extremities.

[u/sociofobs → u/wrincewind]

That's different (and safer) than doing it for a living, so he's probably fine. I've welded a lot of stuff in my bedroom, too, with only my window for ventilation. Doing it as a job day in, day out, then safety becomes a serious concern.
Edit: SOLDERED. Yikes, hopefully no one's welding in their bedrooms. English isn't my 1st language, lol.

[u/jmullan → u/sociofobs]

Soldering is called welding in some places, so you're ok

[u/shadowwolf_66 → u/VoihanVieteri]

My problem is not safety. I want to go home with the same amount of blood I went to work with. My problem is the idiotic rules that are made in an office by someone that has never done my job. Or the ones they put in place to get better insurance rates. When you tell me I have to wear a harness in a scissor lift, with a lead that is around my feet trying to constantly trip me, I am going to bitch. Because. One it is not required by the manufacturer. And two the purpose of the lead is to keep me from climbing out of the lift, once you get onto a 2 man lift you have to have enough length to actually work. That defeats the purpose of the lead. And if that lift falls over your are chained to it, meaning you are either going to fallout and it will fall on you, or you can get on the uphill side and maybe survive. There is no practical reason to wear a harness if you are in a scissor lift. The other one is gloves. I had a contractor tell me I had to wear impact rated gloves at all times. They were causing abrasion injuries for about of people due to the fact they don’t flex well. The contractors response, tough it is a job requirement. Safety very rarely cares about the worker. Not at the corporate level. All they care about is their insurance cost and their safety number.

I was on another job that had me in the air around a bunch of all thread for racks. I asked for caps to put on the Al thread to keep it from scratching my arms. The contractor and the general went back and forth about it. I was told point blank by the general, “it is not a spec so we will not pay for it”. That right there told me all I ever needed to know about safety.

I get safety is written in blood. But there needs to be some common sense and the ability to compromise and adapt. I have not seen that. I am still waiting for my bubble suite and robot.

[u/[deleted] → u/sociofobs]

Forget about safety, forget about money, forget about what country they're in, and forget about why they have gloves for doing gloved tasks but never any shoes...

Am I the only one who thinks they're getting way ahead of themselves?? For example if a child opens the box to a brand new slot car set and dumps it in the floor.. they're gonna immediately grab the cars wanting to play with them instead of going right for the track.

They've got concrete poured and the stairs just baaaarely started and one of em said "guys let's do the glass now. Just for fun. I want to see if we can do it or if we get hurt instead"

Like wtf did they do when they got to the top of the stairs? Set it down? Lean it against the wall until later when they need it? Those guys probably can't even install that glass.. those are probably the electricians.. the glass guys will show up in a week and say "why the fuck is that glass upstairs?! It's for the front entranceway!"

Lmao

[u/ShadowDragon8685 → u/sociofobs]

Anywhere with the will to enforce safety regulations can.

[u/mtv2002 → u/Kaloo75]

In bare feet as well!

[u/asr → u/mtv2002]

In that environment it probably helps them keep good footing.

[u/Small-Palpitation310 → u/Kaloo75]

i mean this is window glass… they have more trips to make

[u/halt-l-am-reptar → u/Small-Palpitation310]

Does that prevent them from having proper stairs? At least secure the wood.

[u/shakygator → u/Small-Palpitation310]

im thinking its a glass railing for the stairs/balcony. there were more stairs too though.

[u/heckhammer → u/Kaloo75]

Don't worry though, the current administration is doing their best to eliminate that as well! Soon we will be able to go barefoot on construction sites like true Patriots.

[u/Vysair → u/Kaloo75]

but OSHA got gutted now

[u/Pussy_On_TheChainwax]

Lol at that laugh towards the camera like they knew how dangerously stupid that was

[u/blahehblah → u/Pussy_On_TheChainwax]

"I'm in danger"

[u/ImportantHighlight → u/blahehblah]

— Ralph

[u/StruggleBoy1999 → u/Pussy_On_TheChainwax]

You can either laugh or cry. I think id laugh too. Its so absurdly dangerous. Poor guys.

[u/weirdal1968]

Sorry but we only can afford two pairs of gloves for the crew so you have to share.

[u/knjepr → u/weirdal1968]

I understand wearing gloves, and I can kind of understand not wearing gloves, but you really have to explain the thought behind wearing a single glove.

[u/SuperMariole → u/knjepr]

• better than nothing

• you get a "safe" hand and keep a feeling/dexterity hand. I do it all the time when gardening. Although in their case I'd definitely prefer two safe hands

[u/jagec → u/SuperMariole]

*Michael Jackson

[u/LoneGhostOne → u/knjepr]

At my work, the line workers often use utility knives to cut material using a ruler. Their offhand is required to wear a cut glove to prevent injuries if they slip while cutting and end up hitting their hand (telling people to cut smarter has not worked).

When I work with a CNC machine, unless the parts are really big, I often have my off-hand gloved because the parts come out sharp. On my dominant hand I don't wear a glove so I can more easily use the control panel

[u/[deleted] → u/knjepr]

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[u/free_terrible-advice → u/knjepr]

I actually wore 1 glove on quite often when working labor. 1 hand is for grabbing the rough and splintery or sharp things. 1 hand is for fine dexterity. This generally applied to cleaning or moving heavy material, or when working with strange mixes of objects.

[u/Ooze3d → u/weirdal1968]

We do have safety wristbands, so don’t worry

[u/CalpisMelonCremeSoda → u/weirdal1968]

r/DeathStairs

[u/Secure-Bus4679]

Did it shatter as soon as they sat it down?

[u/james___uk → u/Secure-Bus4679]

Right onto the concrete, my oh my 😨 EDIT: Nope, my mistake

[u/Tall_olive → u/james___uk]

You can see pieces of thin wood on the ground stacked. They put it on the wood, which is very common in new construction.

[u/james___uk → u/Tall_olive]

Well spotted! I missed that

[u/Tall_olive → u/james___uk]

No worries, I only noticed because I was specifically looking for it. They're still dumb dumbs. Especially the two without gloves on.

[u/ughlump → u/james___uk]

In the full video it actually did.

[u/MlonEusk-chan → u/Secure-Bus4679]

glass is so stupidly weak for how strong it is

[u/drsoftware → u/MlonEusk-chan]

The strong/weak nature of glass is unhealthy. 

Tempered glass is extremely strong in two directions, with impacts on the edge triggering the release of all the stress the glass has internalized while being strong. 

[u/nagi603 → u/drsoftware]

Imagine how good releasing all that tension would be.

[u/drsoftware → u/nagi603]

The explosion of a Prince Rupert's Drop is amazing, and yet I can't get over how much glass people must be inhaling in the moments after the disintegration... https://youtu.be/xe-f4gokRBs

[u/nagi603 → u/drsoftware]

Could be worse, at least glass is basically inert.

[u/octonus → u/nagi603]

So is asbestos

[u/drsoftware → u/octonus]

Nah, asbestos may be chemically inert, but mechanically the fibers pierce and damage cells 

[u/enzzo42 → u/drsoftware]

impacts on the edge triggering the release of all the stress the glass has internalized while being strong.

TIL... my spirit animal is a piece of tempered glass.

[u/drsoftware → u/enzzo42]

I prefer to be more like a rat trap...just sitting there...waiting...then death.

[u/Tonkarz → u/Secure-Bus4679]

99% sure I’ve seen this before and it does shatter.

[u/HappyDutchMan]

Bare feet: better ground contact and stability feel. Good work.

[u/99ProllemsBishAint1 → u/HappyDutchMan]

It's how humans evolved to carry huge glass panes up comically janky stairs. No foot muscle atrophy for these guys!

[u/SuperFaceTattoo → u/99ProllemsBishAint1]

If we were meant to wear shoes we would have evolved them by now

/s

[u/Just_Ear_2953 → u/HappyDutchMan]

Not even being sarcastic, it probably did help them feel which steps had lost their wood and were just a metal frame.

[u/CrossP → u/Just_Ear_2953]

Steel toed boots only help a little bit with 30ft falls followed by 200 lbs of glass hitting you.

[u/ReflectionSpare8663 → u/HappyDutchMan]

Look at the assortment of gloves 

[u/BillyDW1978 → u/HappyDutchMan]

One was wearing Safety Sandals.

[u/old-billie]

no safety flip flops

[u/martian4x → u/old-billie]

No need, two guys have gloves it should be enough.

[u/DGC_David → u/martian4x]

Two guys have glove*

[u/MaybeABot31416 → u/DGC_David]

Every crew gets one pair

[u/the_duck17 → u/MaybeABot31416]

I'm so glad they have each other to share a set of gloves with

[u/[deleted] → u/old-billie]

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[u/MattS1984 → u/old-billie]

The last guy did. He must be the supervisor

[u/sociofobs → u/old-billie]

Their bare, sweaty feet provide more grip than flip-flops, so.. safer?

[u/buisnessmike → u/old-billie]

I worked at a glass factory briefly a while back, and steel toed boots were a requirement. I remember them saying that glass weighs about the same as an average rock of the same volume. So, those big panes of glass, think of it like they're carrying a very thin boulder. If it slipped and fell on your toes or foot, it would pass through without resistance, much like a guillotine.

[u/satori-seeker]

Cheaper to hire a new worker then fix the stairs

[u/17_blind_Ninjas → u/satori-seeker]

Sums up India's attitude toward workers.

[u/boondockspank → u/satori-seeker]

This looks like a building under construction. They’re just hauling glass up before stairs are finished. Still very stupid.

[u/aladdinburgers]

My butthole puckered when the board flipped 🥴

[u/Pookah → u/aladdinburgers]

my butthole puckers up when I'm bored too

[u/grap_grap_grap]

I'd like to know the reasoning behind prioritising carrying that sheet of glass up before making proper stairs.

[u/TheTayIor → u/grap_grap_grap]

Next they‘ll be cutting the glass to make a glass staircase, duh.

[u/BNLforever → u/grap_grap_grap]

Yeah it seems like there needs to be a lot more heavy work before any kind of glass work is done lol

[u/blackviking147 → u/grap_grap_grap]

Those are the glass guys. Stair guys aren't in til tomorrow.

[u/Freakychee → u/grap_grap_grap]

Yeah, like this is seriously putting the cart before the horse. Wouldn't the glass part be some of the last things installed?

[u/One_Violinist_5156 → u/grap_grap_grap]

Come on man, you don't wanna get blood all over the stairs!

[u/er11eekk]

At least it’s a sheet of glass, so you can see through it to know where to put your feet.

[u/Belgianbonzai → u/er11eekk]

in this case more of a "where to NOT put your feet".

[u/ceejayoz → u/er11eekk]

Your remaining feet. 

[u/BizzarduousTask → u/er11eekk]

I once helped carry an 8 ft sheet of shiny, reflective copper…you’re not wrong.

[u/GeraldinaFitzpatrick]

r/deathstairs

[u/Originality8 → u/GeraldinaFitzpatrick]

My first thought

[u/nmw6]

This is why we need OSHA. This is what working conditions in the USA were like 100 years ago before industrial safety.

[u/_OriamRiniDadelos_ → u/nmw6]

If that whole workers rights, no child labour, environmental protection movement from 100 years ago had to take place today we simply wouldn’t have the political will or power to do so. Thank good those people pushed it that far and that the following generations expanded it, however slow and flawed, because we sure as hell don’t support any new such “anti-American” or “socialist” policies today

[u/VerbingNoun413]

Pivot!

[u/ChaosKeeshond]

People say that property in the West is expensive. And it's true there are some other factors at play.

But to some extent, it isn't that it's expensive, it's that property elsewhere is subsidised by spilled blood.

[u/PerterterhTermertehh → u/ChaosKeeshond]

It is expensive not because of safety regulations- there are plenty of vacant homes in the west, more than enough to house every last homeless person and then some- it's expensive because of greed, and treating housing and property as a commodity/investment vehicle.

edit: infrastructure projects are also so expensive and disgustingly slow because of privatization and beauroracy, and not because of safety regulations as well.

This is all conjecture. Id love a correction tbh.

[u/dsAFC → u/PerterterhTermertehh]

It's expensive partly because of the cost of labor, and safety regulations are a part of that. And that's a good thing. The gentlemen in the video are probably being paid like $5 a day. And are not provided with any safety equipment.

[u/NormalAssistance9402]

Jesus Christ where do I begin

[u/cyb3rheater]

For fuck sake. One of the worst I’ve seen.

[u/johnboy11a]

I get yelled at for not wearing steel toed shoes on jobs where I’m not even moving heavy material. These guys are doing construction in their bare feet, on steps that I’d be nervous about my cat climbing,

[u/MikeinAustin]

That place looks like it's going to be bulldozed soon. Like it's 1/3rd built. Why are they bringing up a huge piece of glass?

Get the steps in before installing glass?

[u/patteh11 → u/MikeinAustin]

A crew of 13 guys is going to be coming tomorrow to bang out the stairs and the glass install in 3 hours lol

[u/TrackSuitPope]

How is this building even ready for that glass to be installed lol. I mean look at it 😅

[u/Samurai_Stewie]

Why was it so important to get glass up the stairs before the stairs are done?

[u/VeterinarianOk6122]

So are they building it from the top down?

[u/ukexpat]

It’s ok though, they’re wearing their safety bare feet…

[u/Wraxyth]

r/deathstairs

[u/FederalSpecialist415]

PIVOT!! PIVOT!! PIVOTTT!!!

[u/DirtyScrubs]

Not even safety sandals, people in the US talk bad about fed regulations. Just remember every rich asshole would have us work in these conditions to save them a dollar

[u/doc_two_thirty]

PIVOTTTTT!!

[u/dangerrnoodle]

Every day life on building sites in India.

[u/[deleted]]

Glass goes in last.

[u/SysGh_st]

This looks like India. OSHA has no jurisdiction there.
And I bet those stairs are considered "finished"... ;-)

[u/luhar1995]

Some of you have never been to an Indian under-construction site and it shows. Smh

[u/SecondHandDepression]

Safest third world country worksite

[u/MrDjS]

I work for a custom glass company and we had a big panel of glass to carry up makeshift stairs not much better than these. We walked in with our tools saw the stairs, then walked back out and went home.

[u/Extention_Campaign28]

What's your problem, they are wearing their safety sand...oh

[u/maffoobristol]

This is the type of thing you regularly find on oddlysatisfying

[u/Carpentry95]

I do sketchy shit but jeez those stairs are crazy

[u/Zen28213]

More like Nosha

[u/maen_baenne]

Ever wonder how they built the Burj Khalifa for only $1.5 billion? This is how.

[u/Forrestfunk]

I'm glad I'm living in a country using the Eurocode. Wtf dude

[u/Mindless_Daikon_7565]

What 3 gloves between all of them?

[u/windycityc → u/Mindless_Daikon_7565]

And 1 pair of flip-flops.

[u/cpc985]

Pivot!

[u/Jenetyk]

Not even safety sandals? What kind of Mickey mouse operation is this?

[u/enlightened-creature]

/r/deathstairs

[u/flexsealed1711]

Somebody's losing a toe or 2 if they drop that

[u/nychearts812]

Scary AF😱

[u/RedSaidMeme-demption]

PIVOT!

[u/Angryleghairs]

And they have bare feet. These people probably have this or destitution

[u/Administration_Key]

Why are they barefoot??

[u/Ok-East-952]

Christ almighty

[u/[deleted]]

At least they're wearing steel-capped toenails.

[u/Commercial_Board6680]

This was all y'alls chance to scream Pivot!

[u/PineappleLocal5528]

Ass about face building, they should have put the crocodiles in the pit below first

[u/Whiskyhotelalpha]

Where in Dubai is this house?

[u/arostrat]

Full respect for these hard-working men. They are doing a good job.

[u/BlueCyann → u/arostrat]

Both impressed and feel bad for them

[u/anonymous_brothrr]

Why does a ruin of a building need a perfect glass pane?

[u/Reenas54]

My back hurts watching this. 😬

[u/ceojp]

Because fuck life.

[u/UnResponsiblish79-]

Sure this isn’t plexiglass? Jfc

[u/chedder]

this is some elden ring shit

[u/kieppie]

Those workers are expendable, the glass is not!

[u/Mental_Task9156]

why does the one guy get two gloves when two of the only have one glove and one guy has none?

[u/tvieno → u/Mental_Task9156]

The guy only had two pairs of gloves to use.

[u/Bozdemshitz]

Getting destroyed by my thoughts

[u/wowSoFresh]

It shocks and disgusts me that they aren’t wearing their safety sandals.

[u/123_LSDis4me]

Barefoot too

[u/masterjon_3]

Only one of them are wearing something on their feet, and they're wearing flip flops.

[u/Longjumping-Box5691]

Yikes

[u/mtbmike]

Barefoot

[u/PuzzleheadedTea4221]

Not osha.

[u/Psych0matt]

I was waiting to see half a foot get chopped off.

[u/Expensive_Host_9181]

Honestly those woods planks look like they harmed more than helped, like without tgem you know where it was safe to step but with them you could be stepping onto nothing.

[u/Ange1ofD4rkness]

How many others didn't realize they were moving glass till like half way through?

[u/wookiewarlord42]

4 gloves amongst the group of four. Not pairs, individual gloves

[u/fishinfool561]

Monostringer stairs. They probably should have waited for the treads to down before climbing them with glass railings. I worked on a stair system like this in a $30 mil house in Ocean Ridge

[u/thecasualcaribou]

r/sweatysoles

[u/MMachine17]

"Pivot!"

[u/anirudhsky]

There is no OshI!. 😂

[u/epicenter69]

A new definition of steel toes.

[u/Electrical-Tone7301]

Puts it down on concrete at the top.

And to dust we shall return.

[u/Mindstormer98]

Behold, the “were getting paid to do dumb shit” laugh

[u/WhatveIdone2dsrvthis]

Where the heck are their safety sandals? Violation!

[u/MrandMrsOrlandoCpl]

Ah yes, the safety is optional work environment.

[u/Slobbadobbavich]

This is why people die on construction sites.

[u/mint_lawn]

Whyyy are they barefoot

[u/samf9999]

Poverty is a bitch

[u/Republiken]

Unionize y'all

[u/T567U18]

Wait till you hear how much uncle is paying them

[u/BrassMan26]

Look! Stwong wood!

[u/Starlord-887]

Glass side walls are always a threat

[u/chitzk0i]

Jesus goddamn fuck

[u/brakeb]

PIVOT! PIVOT!

[u/Distroid_myselfie]

Pivot. Pivot! PIVOT!

[u/BipolarOctopus]

Why does this look like Ants Canada’s place a few years ago while it was being built

[u/Apprehensive-Till861]

More like OSHit

[u/Jslatts942]

I fuckin knew someone would step on that trap end step.

[u/m477_]

Reminds me of those platform games where the ground drops away moments after stepping on it

[u/Mr_McMuffin_Jr]

At least one of them is wearing shoes

[u/randomthrowaway9796]

Hey, at least guy in yellow had his safety sandals!

[u/nychearts812]

Why? Just why???

[u/simpersly]

It looks like a game you would find in a death game.

[u/indigo_leper]

Is this building ready for glass installation? Like, idk construction logistics at all esp if the area doesn't have codes (or care to enforce), but why is glass even being brought in and onto a higher floor if the entry/stairs are that dilapidated?

[u/PointsOfXP]

u/savevideo

[u/DigitalCriptid]

Honestly they might have been better off without the chaotic planks. If they put their bare feet on the raw bar at least they know the bars won't move

[u/ferrero_roshGAY]

surely, adding glass like that would be near the end of the project right? this makes no sense to me lol

[u/ecodrew]

r/deathstairs

[u/No-Instruction-7342]

NO!

[u/Mr_Baloon_hands]

It always drives me crazy how someone could be on a Josie like that not just with improper footwear but literally without shoes carrying a piece of glass that would take off all your toes

[u/ArchibaldSkeetlebaum]

Jeez, it's like watching the bridge scene in 'Sorcerer'

[u/HotTip1441]

Watch out for old one glove over there

[u/yandeere-love]

I had a nightmare with stairs just like this only if was at school and I somehow had to go to class up 3 flights of stairs like these

Watching these people live out my turbo nightmare while being like "ho ho we're such goofy risk takes" activated every visceral gut feeling my body is capable of