FabSwingers.com > Forums > The Lounge > Occupational Hazards...
Occupational Hazards...
Jump to: Newest in thread
 |
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
What a day it's been! Got absolutely soaked! Got me thinking about what hazards are in my job as a courier. Other than getting wet in the rain... I cut myself all the time on cardboard. I sometimes chaf my nipple and always my arms get scratched from carrying stuff. Get my hand trapped between boxes and doorways!
What are your hazards in the workplace?  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I’m just clumsy anyway, I could work in toilet roll factory and get hurt 
Don't underestimate paper and cardboard cuts! "
This makes me chuckle as I was in one of those places yesterday abs the H&S is insane |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Haha! Well the restaurant/bar roof leaks when it rains heavily so that’s brilliant!! There isn’t much health and safety at the moment that we are trying hard to improve, so many plug sockets are broken, I worry every time I plug something in, our ceiling in our bathroom is falling down, I’m waiting for the day someone in the room above overfills their bath because that will be fun! Fawlty towers have nothing on this place!
Danish x |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"Haha! Well the restaurant/bar roof leaks when it rains heavily so that’s brilliant!! There isn’t much health and safety at the moment that we are trying hard to improve, so many plug sockets are broken, I worry every time I plug something in, our ceiling in our bathroom is falling down, I’m waiting for the day someone in the room above overfills their bath because that will be fun! Fawlty towers have nothing on this place!
Danish x"
Do you have your own Manwel? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Haha! Well the restaurant/bar roof leaks when it rains heavily so that’s brilliant!! There isn’t much health and safety at the moment that we are trying hard to improve, so many plug sockets are broken, I worry every time I plug something in, our ceiling in our bathroom is falling down, I’m waiting for the day someone in the room above overfills their bath because that will be fun! Fawlty towers have nothing on this place!
Danish x
Do you have your own Manwel? "
Yeah doughnut  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I got absolutely soaked too, but I got a lift home.
Hasn't done my feet and knees any favours though.
I'd offer you a foot massage but..."
No one touches the feet!  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"Haha! Well the restaurant/bar roof leaks when it rains heavily so that’s brilliant!! There isn’t much health and safety at the moment that we are trying hard to improve, so many plug sockets are broken, I worry every time I plug something in, our ceiling in our bathroom is falling down, I’m waiting for the day someone in the room above overfills their bath because that will be fun! Fawlty towers have nothing on this place!
Danish x
Do you have your own Manwel?
Yeah doughnut "
I know nothing!  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"I got absolutely soaked too, but I got a lift home.
Hasn't done my feet and knees any favours though.
I'd offer you a foot massage but...
No one touches the feet! "
Shame that!  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly."
You should be careful with all that. Radioactive materials? Do you get home and look in the mirror in complete darkness to check if you're ok?  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
Work related hazards?
Day job.
Bruises, I always have bruises.
Can't even remember what I did to get them, I just wake up & find a new one.
Part time job.
More bruises!
And the occasion barrel exploding over me when I tap it!
If I'd got pulled over after my last shift, they'd have dragged me out the car, I reeked of Doombar |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"Work related hazards?
Day job.
Bruises, I always have bruises.
Can't even remember what I did to get them, I just wake up & find a new one.
Part time job.
More bruises!
And the occasion barrel exploding over me when I tap it!
If I'd got pulled over after my last shift, they'd have dragged me out the car, I reeked of Doombar "
Yeah I've done lots of bar work. I used to get cuts and bruises. Knocking into the taps and lifting full barrels on delivery. Tough work that... |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"Day to day driving/road hazards.
Finishing later than 5pm.
Oh, almost forgot about driving at 4am after a 12 he shift when you are that tired you can't see..  "
Yeah... traffic jams is a hazard too!! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
"Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly.
You should be careful with all that. Radioactive materials? Do you get home and look in the mirror in complete darkness to check if you're ok? "
The high power RF is worse for you. Know a couple of guys who have been permanently signed off after accidental exposure.. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly.
You should be careful with all that. Radioactive materials? Do you get home and look in the mirror in complete darkness to check if you're ok?
The high power RF is worse for you. Know a couple of guys who have been permanently signed off after accidental exposure.."
Was it unavoidable? What is it you do? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
"Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly.
You should be careful with all that. Radioactive materials? Do you get home and look in the mirror in complete darkness to check if you're ok?
The high power RF is worse for you. Know a couple of guys who have been permanently signed off after accidental exposure..
Was it unavoidable? What is it you do? "
It was avoidable, just human error. I do interesting stuff in interesting places... |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I run a goods inwards department so it’s anything from MHE hazards, unstable pallets, unstable loads, banding, splinters, knife cuts, cardboard cuts, slips, trips, heavy cartons, being out in all weathers, even inside the building the weather blows in and the rain comes through the curtains, sooooo many things I could name  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Legionairres, plus the usual multiple person manual lifting of extremely heavy items. Electrocution. Working at height. Working in confined spaces. Sun stroke. Frostbite.
In the past you could have added getting shot at I have it easy now |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
"Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly.
You should be careful with all that. Radioactive materials? Do you get home and look in the mirror in complete darkness to check if you're ok?
The high power RF is worse for you. Know a couple of guys who have been permanently signed off after accidental exposure..
Was it unavoidable? What is it you do?
It was avoidable, just human error. I do interesting stuff in interesting places..."
Oh, I forgot camel spiders, black widow spiders, africanized killer bees, snakes, rats, tsetse flies.. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly."
Your SPIC needs firing. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Working at height without safety kit.
Working with hazardous/ radioactive/ cancer causing materials.
High power RF hazards
Working outside in extreme weather conditions (from north Norway in Jan to deserts in summertime)
Extreme fatigue.
Loads of other stuff I'm not comfortable talking about publicly.
You should be careful with all that. Radioactive materials? Do you get home and look in the mirror in complete darkness to check if you're ok?
The high power RF is worse for you. Know a couple of guys who have been permanently signed off after accidental exposure..
Was it unavoidable? What is it you do?
It was avoidable, just human error. I do interesting stuff in interesting places...
Oh, I forgot camel spiders, black widow spiders, africanized killer bees, snakes, rats, tsetse flies.."
I'm guessing you're not in a country that has a health and safety officer. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"What a day it's been! Got absolutely soaked! Got me thinking about what hazards are in my job as a courier. Other than getting wet in the rain... I cut myself all the time on cardboard. I sometimes chaf my nipple and always my arms get scratched from carrying stuff. Get my hand trapped between boxes and doorways!
What are your hazards in the workplace? "
Pretty women and lack or professionalism |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
There are loads of potential hazards in my job. Getting soaked doesn't really count though Op!
I've cut my fingers a few times with secateurs or a pocket knife, I've unwittingly driven a tractor into a bog and had to be rescued by the head gardener, I'm forever banging my legs on wheelbarrows, and I've almost stabbed right through my foot with a pitch fork. The biggest hazard is sunburn though. That and dehydration. Last summer was a killer. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
"There are loads of potential hazards in my job. Getting soaked doesn't really count though Op!
I've cut my fingers a few times with secateurs or a pocket knife, I've unwittingly driven a tractor into a bog and had to be rescued by the head gardener, I'm forever banging my legs on wheelbarrows, and I've almost stabbed right through my foot with a pitch fork. The biggest hazard is sunburn though. That and dehydration. Last summer was a killer. "
I was almost laughing at the heatwave back here last year. I have screenshots of local temp for me at 3am being 34 degrees. We were hitting 50 degrees every day (official). Ground temp nearer 70 degrees. 12 hour shifts were not fun.. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"There are loads of potential hazards in my job. Getting soaked doesn't really count though Op!
I've cut my fingers a few times with secateurs or a pocket knife, I've unwittingly driven a tractor into a bog and had to be rescued by the head gardener, I'm forever banging my legs on wheelbarrows, and I've almost stabbed right through my foot with a pitch fork. The biggest hazard is sunburn though. That and dehydration. Last summer was a killer. "
Getting soaked does count. I could catch a cold. Yes sunburn too! Ima ginge so the sun is my enemy!  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"What a day it's been! Got absolutely soaked! Got me thinking about what hazards are in my job as a courier. Other than getting wet in the rain... I cut myself all the time on cardboard. I sometimes chaf my nipple and always my arms get scratched from carrying stuff. Get my hand trapped between boxes and doorways!
What are your hazards in the workplace? "
I regularly use a chemical that not only causes cancer, but also can effect my DNA and lead to birth defects. also produces a deadly gas as it decomposes. Tastes like chicken. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"How do you chafe your nipple. And just the one?  "
When carrying heavy boxes. Rubs my nipple and sometimes catches it on the corners of a box. I chafe both but never at the same time strangely. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"What a day it's been! Got absolutely soaked! Got me thinking about what hazards are in my job as a courier. Other than getting wet in the rain... I cut myself all the time on cardboard. I sometimes chaf my nipple and always my arms get scratched from carrying stuff. Get my hand trapped between boxes and doorways!
What are your hazards in the workplace?
I regularly use a chemical that not only causes cancer, but also can effect my DNA and lead to birth defects. also produces a deadly gas as it decomposes. Tastes like chicken. "
Mmmmmmm chicken |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"What a day it's been! Got absolutely soaked! Got me thinking about what hazards are in my job as a courier. Other than getting wet in the rain... I cut myself all the time on cardboard. I sometimes chaf my nipple and always my arms get scratched from carrying stuff. Get my hand trapped between boxes and doorways!
What are your hazards in the workplace? "
Biggest hazard is getting shouted at by customers when our couriers don’t do their job properly and mess up! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Day to day driving/road hazards.
Finishing later than 5pm.
Oh, almost forgot about driving at 4am after a 12 he shift when you are that tired you can't see.. "
Well get a proper job. All that shit is waaay behind me... |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
"Day to day driving/road hazards.
Finishing later than 5pm.
Oh, almost forgot about driving at 4am after a 12 he shift when you are that tired you can't see..
Well get a proper job. All that shit is waaay behind me... "
3 years til guaranteed pension.. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
