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Photo of officials inside one of the gigantic penstock pipes used in the Hoover Dam, 1935. (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Nope. Nope nope nope.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not even for the gram?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Insta-gramophone?

[–] ItWasTheDNS@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hahaha, I’m sure safe working load and safety margin on the crane capacity was a thing - though if there was an incident, then I’m sure it could be blamed on agitators

[–] beefpig@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most of the rules and safety we have today comes from decades of stuff like this. OSHA regulations are written in blood almost literally.

Everyone on that would have a hard hat, harness, and fall arresting device of some sort if it were today, and that’s because people fell getting too high without safety.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe -2 points 6 days ago

Come on now, they got a rope across the front there, surely that's sufficient? (yes, sarcasm). Haha