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Tag: Safe is as safe does

I’ll Bend Your Ear About The “Refurbished” Scaffold Planks

Recently we did some rear projection using Barco Cinema projectors.

These things are about 200lbs each.

The planks for the scaffolding were just recently replaced, and cheap plywood was used.

Friends, don’t use 3-ply 3/8″ for refurbishing scaffold decking. 5-ply marine-grade is what you want.

Tip of the hat to me, since I witnessed it!

Steel-Belted

Do these belts make my rigging look fat?

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Hopefully this isn’t the only exit. Opening the door might be a challenge.

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Hat tip to L. A.!

Breaker, Breaker, Locked On

That feel when the house electrician ties your distro in and then locks the breaker in the “on” position…

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After seeing it, the tech asked the next shift’s house electrician about it, and it was fixed thusly:

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Hat tip to B.W.!

It’s Just A Few Light Strings

Why bother rigging the truss safely? It’s just a couple of outdoor strings of lights.

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Hell, why not use a P&D pole to secure the other end?

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The wind couldn’t possibly cause these lights to come crashing down on revelers. No sir.

Tall Sails Need Rolling Ballast

Here we have a 20′ drape line, whose weight was bending the pictured upright “like a fishing pole.”

Additional weight was added, and safeties were linked together to try and keep the upright from snapping.

Pity that the ballast connected to the safety is a rolling toolkit.

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Hat tip to BF!