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Slow Friday at work. Started thinking about people dying doing rebar/steel.
On or about 1996 I was delivering rebar to a 20 story hotel. We would do fill in work for the big fabricators who handled the entire job. I was behind a CMC truck offloading. The ground guys wrapped chokers around a couple tons of rebar and lift up. The bars were about 15 stories up when the load shifted (not properly harnessed on chokers).
Probably 20-30 #3bar(3/8 dia rebar) starts raining down on a job site. Everyone skatters. An Amigo was running and a piece of #3 pierced the top of his skull and impaled the poor guy. Stuck straight thru him and in to the ground. That was a long day.
Same year immigration patrol is snatching illegals from job sites. They were building a 4 story parking garage. 6-8 impala and crown vics come screaming on to jobs items. Paddy wagons just behind. I'm on the bed of my truck offloading. Some amigo screams "immigración".Every American just looks up. It was like cutting on a light and watching roaches scatter. Dudes were jumping from all 4 sides of the building from all 4 floors. One dude broke both his legs making the jump. Me and Mr Earl (ol black dude and great dude) just sat there laughing.mybrother was in on this raid. Said it was the 3rd that week and not even the craziest
On or about 1996 I was delivering rebar to a 20 story hotel. We would do fill in work for the big fabricators who handled the entire job. I was behind a CMC truck offloading. The ground guys wrapped chokers around a couple tons of rebar and lift up. The bars were about 15 stories up when the load shifted (not properly harnessed on chokers).
Probably 20-30 #3bar(3/8 dia rebar) starts raining down on a job site. Everyone skatters. An Amigo was running and a piece of #3 pierced the top of his skull and impaled the poor guy. Stuck straight thru him and in to the ground. That was a long day.
Same year immigration patrol is snatching illegals from job sites. They were building a 4 story parking garage. 6-8 impala and crown vics come screaming on to jobs items. Paddy wagons just behind. I'm on the bed of my truck offloading. Some amigo screams "immigración".Every American just looks up. It was like cutting on a light and watching roaches scatter. Dudes were jumping from all 4 sides of the building from all 4 floors. One dude broke both his legs making the jump. Me and Mr Earl (ol black dude and great dude) just sat there laughing.mybrother was in on this raid. Said it was the 3rd that week and not even the craziest