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aemeijers wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 9/28/2009 2:04 PM SteveB spake thus:

How many of you use a five gallon plastic bucket for a ladder?

Me.

I know it's not such a good idea, and I cringe when I see someone else
do it, from being a safety professional and suffering from the
hypervigilance of PTSD. And yet, I just did it, and with little
reservation. I have seen people "walk" these remarkable distances, and
use them quite adroitly. I also have heard tales of woe and steel
pins and screws. And yet, if I need to do something straight up, and
all I need is a foot or two, I grab a bucket, because I can never
find the damn ladder.

Plastic buckets sometimes break when you step on them. I know this.

I've had it happen to me.

But I *still* sometimes grab one when I need to get up about a foot or
so ...



I'll second the steel pins and screws stories. 2 coworkers of mine, in
seperate incidents, trashed themselves pretty badly with stupid falls
doing household repairs with improper ladder rigging. One is back up and
running, although he limps a little, can forecast the weather, and has to
carry a letter for airport security. The other guy, well, he is sorta
back to work, uses a cane now, but he ain't ever gonna be right.

I was already getting a little more paranoid with advancing age, but now
I double-check everything before I leave ground level.

--
aem sends...

Don't ignore ground level - slippery floors, lighting, look out for blind
drivers backing out of parking spaces. Fortunately, my daughter is a
sales rep for human hardware - if I ever break a bone, I will have an "in"
with select orthopedic surgeons and, perhaps, a discount on the hardware.
Knock on wood. Had nasty, painful tendonitis in each shoulder,
separately. Took anti-inflammatories until they made my stomach hurt.
Decided I could go another 10 years without my family doc - switched to
hot showers with stretching exercises (alone) So far, for the past 35
years, ice packs and/or heating pads have cured all that has ailed me.


What a bunch of girly men...LOL...JUST KIDDING....I use a bucket all the
time..As a drywaller there is ALWAYS one around..LOL...But then again I use
stilts as well....Sometimes I even walk out into stairwells with stilts on a
plank out to an extension ladder to tape the top of the stairwell....I also
roll Baker staging around like a skateboard....I do use eye protection and
dust masks when needed though..LOL....The house I'm doing right now has a
cathedral ceiling 3 sets high on wheels...Welcome to MY world....LOL....