Regardless of “can” or “can’t,” I wouldn’t stand on a modern balcony that had passed inspection at that height, let alone a crumbly unsecured hole that has made no promise to maintain its integrity. Even if there were hypothetically no risk, I see no rail or even, like, a cable.
A strong gust of wind or particularly intrusive thought could easily ruin one or more lives there.
Knowing a construction worker’s usual sense of humor, I’d be afraid of one giving the guy sitting next to them a solid slap on the back as a joke. Especially if they had just expressed a fear of heights.
This was pre-OSHA. Now I can’t even reach up to adjust the fan cage on my own.
Regardless of “can” or “can’t,” I wouldn’t stand on a modern balcony that had passed inspection at that height, let alone a crumbly unsecured hole that has made no promise to maintain its integrity. Even if there were hypothetically no risk, I see no rail or even, like, a cable.
A strong gust of wind or particularly intrusive thought could easily ruin one or more lives there.
We’re talking about this generation, right?
There are fewer of them than there could have been. Regulations are written in the blood of our citizens.
Every single modern safety regulation is because someone died, or at least was seriously injured, doing exactly what the rule tells you not to do.
Yes, and I don’t share their sensibilities.
Just this photo makes me want to hide somewhere very close to the ground, maybe even under.
I’d like to see the rest of a zoomed out perspective. There is a chance it’s above a other floor. And it’s really only like 13 feet up
Maybe, but it seems unlikely that any kind of aircraft would be flying that low through a populous area.
Oh oops, my comment was supposed to reply to the other picture of the works sitting on the I beam
Ah, that is somewhat more plausible.
A 13 foot drop is still easily enough to kill you. People have died from only a 6 foot drop.
Oh sure! But the survival of a 13ft drop is wayyyyyyyyy greater than almost hitting terminal velocity and landing on concrete below.
Knowing a construction worker’s usual sense of humor, I’d be afraid of one giving the guy sitting next to them a solid slap on the back as a joke. Especially if they had just expressed a fear of heights.