What’s The Most Dangerous Thing You’ve Seen On a Job?

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Mikie White

A designer with “a vision.”

Troy Stanfield

One of my workers was using a jamb saw to undercut a door frame, only to cut through a gas pipe behind the architrave. The homeowner was a retired plumber/gas fitter and concealed it there himself. For reasons we discovered, it is not lawful to have them there. We were fortunate that there wasn’t enough pressure to ignite.

HANIMAL BRIDGES

I left an edger on while resetting the breaker and it jumped down a flight of steps.

Walter J Bastian

An idiot cutting a 5-inch, 12-foot-long jatoba board with his left arm “crossed over” on a “slider.” It was not pretty.

Daniel Reddy

Carpenter’s miter saw “extension” cord:

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Glenn Harris

A guy using a generator inside the house.

Leonard A. Hall

An internet-informed customer.

Lorie Davidson

Saw a guy use a toekick saw as a circular saw and it ran up his leg. Didn’t get a picture as we were trying to stop the bleeding.

Angus Hardwood Flooring 

The painter painted with spray the next day after refinishing the floor and stairs in a mansion.

Johnny Rodriguez

Took off half of my thumb to get that much closer to the table saw blade ... It’s all about precision!

Joe J Hudson

Starting a job without a contract for the client and/or subcontractor.

Jeremy Johnson

This:

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Old Growth

Using a clamped circular saw upside down as a table saw.

Timothy MacDonough

LVP.

Rob Johnson

A homeowner with a lawn chair setting up in the work area.

tyy_lorr

Guys shopvac’ing gas.

Revive Decks N Floors

A newbie who accidentally sent a buffer flying down a flight of stairs.

towncountrywoodfloor

Oven outlet wires exposed while hot … Cigarette butt into the dumpster full of old stain wood sawdust … Sketchy ladder setups.

A&A Wood Flooring Corp.

The buffer was left too close to the stairs on the second floor, fell down the stairs and broke a couple of stair treads as well as the front door, LOL.

Elijah Young

Lying over joists on the second floor of a historical renovation.

Jeremy Daniel

Karen.

Jake Schlichte

Stain rags from carpenters just hung over trash cans to dry in a house.

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