H&S? I shit em
My mate was on a job in (african_republic - Ghana or Ivory Coast, can't remeber which), driving out to one of the bigger masts, when he sees something falling off the mast from a distance - no way he can make out what it is, and annoying in that it's going to be a serious headache if it damages anything on it's way down.

So he gets to the enclosure and asks the local crew what fell off the mast - no-one is admitting to anything - so he has a look around the surrounding area to see what the deal is. What he finds is one of the local riggers, having fallen fifty odd meters into the dirt, dragged off and fucked into the bushes and covered up with leaves / soil. No harnesses for those lads, just some rope and a pair of flip flops.

On the same project; copper theft was a serious problem, so some locations would have security guards left overnight if job materials were to be left on site. The contractors come back the following day, no security guard - they eventually find him in his tent, macheted into pieces, and "stacked with his fucking head on the top of it". No copper left on site.

Dodginess : the vendor or operator doesn't want to know any of this as long as the job gets done.
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 19:35, 2 replies)

bloody hell - that's intense! what kind of work? *hides*
( elgordo, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:28, closed)

Terrifying, but somehow unsurprising.

( FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Sun 10 Jul 2011, 16:05, closed)