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What you see here actually IS a safety precaution. The steel plates are there to keep the dirt from caving in on top of the guy. The bucket is there to make sure of it. This is how you'd want it done if you were the one down in that pit. ;) (y)
No THIS is how I’d want it done if I were down in that pit:

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An OSHA inspector would have a grand time writing up violations re: the two loose steel plates, plus the excavator bucket intended to keep the manhole structure from toppling, no way for the worker to quickly exit the pit, etc.
 
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What you see here actually IS a safety precaution. The steel plates are there to keep the dirt from caving in on top of the guy. The bucket is there to make sure of it. This is how you'd want it done if you were the one down in that pit. ;) (y)
Yeah, actually that one didn't bother me anywhere near as much as some of these crazy ladder ones. As long as you remove the guy before dismantling the thing.
 

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No THIS is how I’d want it done if I were down in that pit:

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That is preferred, and always used when you dig a fresh pit to do work in.... but when a city water main ruptures, a city block has no water, and traffic is being rerouted, you have to do whatever it takes to safely get the job done asap. I'd have no problem being either one.
 

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That first guy I imagine someone with seniority came along and said I need this ladder.
 

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Welcome to the third world.

I once saw a family of four riding a single motor bike in Viet Nam.
 
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