Lou hoods&more
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When walking a duct, I have body harness-attendant-air montoring, and use lock out tag out... My understanding is it's necessary due to OSHA.....or not?
Walking the Duct
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Lou hoods&more
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Not enough ........ but if I have to tow the OSHA line then I get $30 hr per man ....... this market place won't allow for much more. But still trying.
Phil Ackland
KEC Expert
Walking the Duct (or line)
I think “walking the duct (or line)” is a good expression! With OSHA that is really what you are doing.
I might suggest that you contact OSHA locally and explain what you are doing. That explanation should be well thought through, for bureaucratic pitfalls, before approaching them. It would be another idea to have a lively discussion of how and what you might say on this bbs.
I have personally descended 22 stories vertically (it was a rush!!!). But that was a long time ago, before all the safety and air quality issues of today. You should be ensuring that the company you are doing this for is aware of what you are doing and that they are A) paying you accordingly and B) okay with what you are doing. If there is an accident they will carry some degree of liability, no matter what they say. And so they should -- it should be their (not your) responsibility that the exhaust system should be safe for servicing. It should be your responsibility to do the job safely or be willing to not do it until they (the system owner) fixes the safety problem.
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I think “walking the duct (or line)” is a good expression! With OSHA that is really what you are doing.
I might suggest that you contact OSHA locally and explain what you are doing. That explanation should be well thought through, for bureaucratic pitfalls, before approaching them. It would be another idea to have a lively discussion of how and what you might say on this bbs.
I have personally descended 22 stories vertically (it was a rush!!!). But that was a long time ago, before all the safety and air quality issues of today. You should be ensuring that the company you are doing this for is aware of what you are doing and that they are A) paying you accordingly and B) okay with what you are doing. If there is an accident they will carry some degree of liability, no matter what they say. And so they should -- it should be their (not your) responsibility that the exhaust system should be safe for servicing. It should be your responsibility to do the job safely or be willing to not do it until they (the system owner) fixes the safety problem.
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dodsonish
Grease Police President
Phil Ackland said:
I stay away from any job that would involve entering a duct. The fact that I am 6'2" and about 250 lbs had a lot to do with this decision, but mainly because there are easier ways to make money and sell cleanings. Any time I have approached a customer with an inaccessible system the first thing they ask is "what's the cost?". Until they are required by an authority to have the system properly cleaned, and threatened with loss of business due to restaurant closing for maintenance, they will choose to have the system cleaned insufficiently for less dollars. I think Newton wrote a law concerning this....maybe Confucious.
Until things change I am treating multi story buildings the same as oriental cleanings, let the cheap guy take the job and the liability.
I stay away from any job that would involve entering a duct. The fact that I am 6'2" and about 250 lbs had a lot to do with this decision, but mainly because there are easier ways to make money and sell cleanings. Any time I have approached a customer with an inaccessible system the first thing they ask is "what's the cost?". Until they are required by an authority to have the system properly cleaned, and threatened with loss of business due to restaurant closing for maintenance, they will choose to have the system cleaned insufficiently for less dollars. I think Newton wrote a law concerning this....maybe Confucious.
Good INFO