No OSHA here

Could be pre 72, and, reasonable exceptions.?ÿ And again, with that out fit, looks to be a fed employee, therefore immune from OSHA, esp in it's infancy.?ÿ?ÿ

Hoisting that beast must have been fun or punishment for the rod man.

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@jitterboogie

forget about hoisting, someone had to carry it to that location that seems to have no roads.

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?ÿThese guys didn't need OSHA! They. Had cahones!

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Nate

@jonathan50

Like hell.?ÿ The USGS loved the Huey!

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Lol

@nate-the-surveyor

I slipped and then there was one.

Posted by: @jonathan50

I guess OSHA wasn't a thing back then. Those steps are an impaling hazard waiting to happen.

So THAT'S where Javad got his design from!?ÿ

Posted by: @jonathan50

I guess OSHA wasn't a thing back then. Those steps are an impaling hazard waiting to happen.

What, no guardrails? No fall protection harness. No yo-yo??ÿ Oh... the horror...?ÿ No hard hat, no hi-vis vest...

@norman-oklahoma

That vest was probably Safety Orange -- the high-viz of the day.

@notsomuch

My first survey vest (c.1982) was olive drab with some 1" wide orange stripes.?ÿ

Tell me you werenƒ??t raised by a helicopter mom without telling you werenƒ??t raised by a helicopter momƒ??.

For more non-OSHA fun, look at photos and movies of USC&GS's Bilby tower work. The crew members would climb up the outside of a tower (routinely 100+ feet tall) to get to the observing platform, and then would go back out to climb up the outside to the signal light platform. I've seen a movie clip of a USC&GS guy standing on one foot atop the pinnacle of a Bilby tower, dancing a precursor of "The Twist." Erecting and dismantling the towers also provided opportunities for thrills.

@jitterboogie?ÿ

I loved the Huey too. It was the crazy Nam pilots that were scary.?ÿ

@rankin_file?ÿ

I jumped out of a swing and broke my collar bone...

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ

Mine was the opposite:?ÿ safety orange with 1" wide olive drab woven fabric stripes.?ÿ Circa 1978.?ÿ Still have it -- it's quite faded.