safety first
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A look at our past can help us in the future.TRANSCRIPT
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EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
Start of work in 1929 (and completed in 1931)
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“The Empire State building was built in 1930. Safety won’t be invented until later.”
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“Check size of those impact wrenches… with no ear protection?”
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“Fall protection? What are you, some kind of sissy?”
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“Move it, this building won’t build itself!”
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“Move back a little and that should teeter this beam up in place.”
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“Just a jump to the left and I’ll be safely on those loose scaffold boards.”
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Lunch Time
What a great time to just unwind and relieve stress.
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Note: Check out the top of the Chrysler building way down there to the right.”
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“If this spanner wrench slips and hits me in the head…I wonder if I will bleed before I hit the sidewalk?”
Note: View of New York City in 1930, with Central Park, top center.
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Note the scaffold board the guy on the right is supported on.
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No idea what this guy is doing but, am glad it’s not my job.
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Safety work seats and project elevators of the 1930’s.
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Check the “tricked out” low profile tires on the “dragster” truck, 1930 model.
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Glad safety has improved.
These photos were taken by
Lewis Wickes Hine