Vent: got chewed out for not following a lift plan I never saw

I showed up to a job site in Dallas last Tuesday and the foreman handed me a hand-drawn sketch on a napkin, then got mad when I asked for the actual load chart - has anyone else dealt with supervisors skipping the paperwork?

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terry_thomas12d ago

I've been in construction 30 years and hand-drawn napkin sketches were common back in the day, but that doesn't make it right to skip the actual load chart. You were smart to ask for it - safety calls get ignored too often when the boss is in a hurry.

mila_perry1312d ago

Good point @terry_thomas, I found that just saying "let me grab the chart real quick" usually did the trick when my crew tried to skip it.