Yeah...We all know that anything newsworthy that happens between 28-29 degrees north latitude is "near Disney".
Would not want to be the CEO of that construction company or the Safety Manager. All it takes is two seconds of carelessness to have a major tragedy.
All true, however, a construction accident where equipment failure is the only cause is a pretty rare occurrence. In almost every case someone or multiple someones screwed up.
Providing the description of the accident is accurate, I have little doubt that the scaffolding and how it was installed as well as fall protection will be the first places they look.
Keep talking as you only prove that you do not know anything about me at all. Something happened if a scaffolding collapsed. I don't think it was intentional like you are trying to imply that I think it was. But, something was not followed. It was either defective, or overloaded and both of those are preventable. So be as snotty as you like. You are not correct in your assumption about what I was saying so keep on making judgments on the intention of others. I didn't put blame on either the CEO or the Safety Officer, but, for the next few days and regardless of what the verdict is on the situation, it is going to be one awful thing to deal with. I am assuming that we already are aware of how the families must feel and it had already been said. I, unlike others, do not believe that "thoughts and prayers" are any consolation to any of the affected people. My entire statement was in connection with the "quote" that I was listing about OSHA having a field day. The irony of this is that YOU are guilty of thinking that I had any meaning other then the obvious words that were said, so which one of us is smarmy.
The no fall protection harnesses that I think you are referring to are to prevent a worker from falling off the scaffolding. However, if the scaffolding collapsed they would go down with it. The problem might be that the scaffolding might not have been secured to the work area. We don't know, it does matter in the long run to prevent further repeat problems, but, everyone, from the families, to the workers that were in the area, to the people that are ultimately responsible for the safety of the workers are in a very bad place right now. The best we can hope for is that it was a fluke accident and not because someone decided to overlook safety to benefit production. (i.e. Monorail) That would turn a tragedy into a tragedy that could have been prevented.
As usual, the requirements on the issue are as clear as mud. As I understand, it either fall protection or a guard rail is required for scaffolding. If the scaffolding has a guard rail built in or installed then they can go without the fall arrest system. If all that was there was the X bracing, then they would be required to use a fall arrest system of some kind.
