Comments on: Were Steel Workers Really This Reckless?

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:31:05 +0000

While in Quito, Ecuador, I saw workers without harnesses working on the 4th-8th stories of new buildings, out in the open, where a misstep would lead to serious injury or death. It wasn’t as crazy as this photo, but it still made me very nervous to see.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:43:40 +0000

Some of you who say you’d never do dangerous work like this might be surprised what a man will do when times are desperate. I spent about a year and a half flying little single-engine airplanes – Cessna 172s and such – across the Atlantic to customers in Europe and twice to India. I’m not an adrenaline junkie by any stretch, but at the time, I was in my 30s and living in my parents basement. I needed to try to pay my bills and it was the best opportunity I had at the time. Sometimes, even the more cautious of us will risk injury or death to get by in this life. Even if that photo was a bit staged, I’d bet money those men were taking risks on a daily basis most of us would think absurd because they had families to support.

By: Knosys Networks

Knosys Networks — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:26:15 +0000

It’s still real to meee!!!

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By: Ground Floor Gus

Ground Floor Gus — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:07:42 +0000

terry said:

i m wondering f anyone knows where those men n the photo are from.

From Wikipedia:
In recent years, the identities of most of the subjects have been provided by their descendents or relatives. Counting from the left, the first man is Matty O’Shaughnessy from County Galway, Ireland. The third man is Austin Lawton of King’s Cove, Newfoundland and the fifth man is Claude Stagg of Catalina, Newfoundland. The eighth man has been identified by a nephew as Francis Michael Rafferty; the ninth man is his lifelong best friend, Stretch Donahue. The tenth man is Thomas Norton (born Naughton) of County Galway, Ireland. The eleventh man has been identified as both Patrick “Sonny” Glynn of County Galway, Ireland, and Gusti Popovič, a Slovak from then Czechoslovakia.

By: Robert Pellettiere

Robert Pellettiere — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:05:52 +0000

I have worked for the last thirty three years building and tearing down bridges in the Kansas city area. It`s only been in the last 20 years that safety has become a point of special emphasis. Prior to that we worked without fall protection (safety harnesses) and static lines (lines to hook on to with your lanyern). Lead Poisoning was a frequent issue while cutting girders for removal with a cutting torch. I have been treated twice for acute lead poisoning. We started wearing respirators (masks with replaceable filters in the mid 1980`s. We still have to walk the girders to install our safety lines in many cases.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:02:47 +0000

It’s ‘below’ not bellow.

By: Loren

Loren — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:19:59 +0000

Not knowing the history of the photo, any chance the background in the photo is itself a photo with the men posed in front of it?

By: terry

terry — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:38:20 +0000

i m wondering f anyone knows where those men n the photo are from.

By: Alex in Toronto

Alex in Toronto — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:07:56 +0000

Thank you for demonstrating that the picture is not showing reckless workers having a casual lunch tempting death but an adept photographer using his visual skills to compose an interesting picture to drive the viewers curiosity and make the subject of the pictures appear larger than life.