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by tb_technical 230 days ago
Conversely, if you've never worked in a factory or a shipyard, I don't want to hear your opinion on excessive safety regulations.

I've seen OSHA violations of such severity, of such imminent danger, you couldn't get a tailor pin up my sphincter with a jackhammer.

They exist for a reason, and you're going to have to do your project on the cheap by yourself, sorry.

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/me remembers being on a customer site 5 years ago and watching the owner get material off a high shelf by standing on a pallet held up by a fully-extended forklift.

The other engineer and I just looked at each other and quietly minded our own business :-)