Doesn’t see to matter how much the industry talks about truss bracing, framers don’t pay attention:
“A collapsing roof killed a construction worker Thursday while he worked on a Cape Coral church’s basketball pavilion, police and witnesses said.”
http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/030926cape_death.html
http://www.nbc-2.com/News/stories/092503-construction_accident.shtml
No structure out there is worth dying for.
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What a tragedy.
Sharing the story is a good thing though. I read a safety article in JLC a few weeks ago and went out and bought some safety glasses...
BH - thanks for the reminders.
“It was so quick, I’m sure he didn’t even suffer.” ....
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Erling’s wife sobbed beside his body before medical examiners loaded it into the van.
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