This is one of those WTF photos. What' you’re looking at is a ladder for a drywall installer and it spanning the opening of an elevator shaft. The barricade is also ridiculous.
There’s a wide variety of article links shared on today’s show. The first one pounds home the concern for safety in the job site as it relates not to construction or maintenance of buildings but in other services like demolition and wrecking. It’s a terrible accident and reminder of just how fragile life is and how it can change in an instant.
Show Notes:
Man who died in accident identified
DOB to give owners free pass for next 90 days
Newsy, Captivate Partner to bring content to elevator screens
Claims of mold in ceilings, urine in elevators
Subway escalator buckles, shreds during morning commute
Cool escalators at Macy’s in NY
Convention center in need of improvements
Reno retired elevator mechanic speaks
Photographs by Christopher Payne “Debbie Vasak”