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re: Could you be a ironworker on a skyscraper?
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:42 pm to OK Roughneck
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:42 pm to OK Roughneck
I did back in the 80s but hell no now. After a fall that broke my neck, 4 surgeries, a stroke, and no balance anymore, gonna have to pass
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Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:50 pm to rgsa
I once hung off ropes on the sides of buildings.. 40 stories high... I am a master rigger...
but no longer want to go above 8 feet above ground.
but no longer want to go above 8 feet above ground.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:05 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I work in this industry but I ride a desk in the office. No way I could do what these guys do. I have tons of respect for them.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:34 pm to deltaland
Last guy on the left seems to be firing up a blunt (I know, it is really a cigarette), but the last guy on the right is holding an empty gin bottle and looks like he is where the contents of said bottle wound up.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:46 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Hell no. That is why I went to law school.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 12:13 am to Byrdybyrd05
I wouldn’t even stand on the roof of the completed building.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 12:23 am to Darla Hood
quote:How much money are they paid for this ?
have two cousins who are/were ironworkers in Houston.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 4:38 am to Byrdybyrd05
In my 20s I worked for Brown and Root building a paper mill. we did beam work about 20 stories high.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 7:10 am to CSATiger
I have to work myself up to get on the top steps of my 8 foot ladder.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 7:34 am to Byrdybyrd05
My arse would be paralyzed up there.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 7:34 am to Byrdybyrd05
No way. I once had to deliver a welder/generator to the 80th floor of an office building.
The floor was in and there weren't any walls.
It was cold, very windy and the construction elevators on the side of the building were unnerving.
The floor was in and there weren't any walls.
It was cold, very windy and the construction elevators on the side of the building were unnerving.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 8:48 am to Byrdybyrd05
Noop, noop, noop.
I took a fall years ago and the panic attacks at height thereafter are a real bitch to manage.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 9:55 am to hubreb
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Just watching that makes me anxious, I hate high bridges, glass elevators, or hiking near ledges
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Makes me feel better that I’m not alone!
Posted on 12/12/21 at 10:25 am to Byrdybyrd05
Those yo-yo’s will save your life, but won’t they also take your nuts off? Like it’s a mandate to immediately get to the ER after activating it because you will suffer damage.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 11:07 am to Byrdybyrd05
I own a recruiting business and staff this type of position for an apprenticeship for a union and a private company. It's pretty hard to find people to do it but it pays very well, tons of overtime and per diem pay for people willing to learn and get the job done.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 11:16 am to Byrdybyrd05
frick no
Posted on 12/12/21 at 11:18 am to Limitlesstigers
What are the life insurance benefits like through the union and private employers?
Posted on 12/12/21 at 8:09 pm to ThatMakesSense
Beta
Posted on 12/12/21 at 9:31 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Great Depression or no Great Depression, I don’t need a job that bad.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 9:36 pm to Byrdybyrd05
how much are those guys making? $55/hour + OT?
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