Yes, because shelves only support a certain weight and the whole thing can come crashing down like the World Trade Center, especially if heavier colleagues figure “if they can do it, so can I.”
I think you’re imagining shelves that were much less sturdy than these were. The uprights and horizontals were 3-4" steel I-beams and were bolted to threads imbeded in concrete every 5 feet.
My issue wouldn’t be with the shelving stability but with the ability to safely take down and carry something large while hanging on. I get it, sometimes you can make things work, but there’s going to be the one time where something goes wrong too, and that’s probably why policy and OSHA rules are in place, because it’s happened before.
That you don’t have the right equipment to do things correctly is a problem waiting to happen. It’s not a rare thing, companies like to trim and slide by as much as they feel they can, while quoting the “safety first” mantra. That’s why you quote that right back at them when asked to do things, especially when they don’t provide the means. This is also where HR can be on your side, since HR is all about protecting the company via their policy. As long as you and the policy are saying the same thing, HR is your ally. That’s the only time.
Yes, because shelves only support a certain weight and the whole thing can come crashing down like the World Trade Center, especially if heavier colleagues figure “if they can do it, so can I.”
I think you’re imagining shelves that were much less sturdy than these were. The uprights and horizontals were 3-4" steel I-beams and were bolted to threads imbeded in concrete every 5 feet.
A 500lb person wouldn’t even make them budge.
That’s not a guarantee things won’t come down.
A fuckton of Newtons perpendicular to a support beam is different from 1k Newtons downward
My issue wouldn’t be with the shelving stability but with the ability to safely take down and carry something large while hanging on. I get it, sometimes you can make things work, but there’s going to be the one time where something goes wrong too, and that’s probably why policy and OSHA rules are in place, because it’s happened before.
That you don’t have the right equipment to do things correctly is a problem waiting to happen. It’s not a rare thing, companies like to trim and slide by as much as they feel they can, while quoting the “safety first” mantra. That’s why you quote that right back at them when asked to do things, especially when they don’t provide the means. This is also where HR can be on your side, since HR is all about protecting the company via their policy. As long as you and the policy are saying the same thing, HR is your ally. That’s the only time.