Comments on: Were Steel Workers Really This Reckless?

By: Knosys Networks

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

It’s still real to meee!!!

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Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:56:58 +0000

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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.

By: Tami Ebbets Hahn

Tami Ebbets Hahn — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:12:07 +0000

DV82XL said:

Ebbets also reported that during the Great Depression potential workers would wait to see if anyone fell so they could be the first in line to replace them.

Ebbets never stated or implied any such thing.

By: zeek

zeek — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:33:50 +0000

I have a friend in the heavy construction industry even to this day and it isn’t all that much safer – more often than not you’re still not working with a harness etc – it would be too impeding to the actual work. Of course, heavy machinery and tools have replaced much of the manual labor used in the past, but there are still guys balancing on the beams. Couldn’t pay me enough to do that.