Old Time Log Drive

[Haironyourchest]

Left me without words. Respect to these guys

 

 

[timbernut]

Incredible film, thanks

[difflock]

Labour intensive does not begin to describe it.

[gobbypunk]

Wow fit hard guys they were 

[Gary Prentice]

When men were men and H&S wasn't much of an issue...

[Haironyourchest]

I read a thing a while ago that there were zero deaths or serious injuries during the building of (I think) the statue of liberty, which one would imagine was conducted along the same H&S lines -ie. slim to none. I think people were just more in tune with their body's back then, more fatalistic, more confident and therefore more safe. No hesitation. Like Fred Dibnah. Mind you, I don't have the casualty stats to hand!

[spuddog0507]

7 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

I read a thing a while ago that there were zero deaths or serious injuries during the building of (I think) the statue of liberty, which one would imagine was conducted along the same H&S lines -ie. slim to none. I think people were just more in tune with their body's back then, more fatalistic, more confident and therefore more safe. No hesitation. Like Fred Dibnah. Mind you, I don't have the casualty stats to hand!

Todays world is not like it was 30-40 years ago when i was at school we had a bit of respect for the teachers not like today where the kids rule the class room and thats where it all starts at school, as the youth of today just dont want to work and they would look at that video and say i am not doing that, i would of jumped at the chance to do something like that at 15 instead i ended up working in a saw mill making 8000  6x3 posts for the side of the M55, when i get a new lad working with us i can generally tell with in an hour or so if he will be any good or not by the way he handles a saw and if he looks shit scared of it i will try and put him right but some times i might as well bang me head against a wall and its these guys that generally have the accident first,the guys who look like they will be ok will be,

[Gary Prentice]

On 23/04/2019 at 14:35, Haironyourchest said:

I read a thing a while ago that there were zero deaths or serious injuries during the building of (I think) the statue of liberty, which one would imagine was conducted along the same H&S lines -ie. slim to none. I think people were just more in tune with their body's back then, more fatalistic, more confident and therefore more safe. No hesitation. Like Fred Dibnah. Mind you, I don't have the casualty stats to hand!

Here's some and it's an interesting read. As late as the 1970's there's some levels of death on some projects that would be headlines today.

https://www.forconstructionpros.com/blogs/construction-toolbox/blog/12096401/looking-back-on-the-worlds-deadliest-construction-projects

[Dan Maynard]

I was really surprised by the twin towers in there, you'd have thought modern system on such modern buildings but loads of deaths.

[difflock]

I could make a joke in really poor taste  .  .  .

2 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

I was really surprised by the twin towers in there, you'd have thought modern system on such modern buildings but loads of deaths.