Hot take: The new safety rules at the Philly yard are making us slower, not safer.

Six months ago we could prep a 36-inch flange in under an hour, now the extra lockout steps add 20 minutes every time. I watched a guy miss a full shift waiting for a second sign-off on a cold boiler. Are we just trading real skill for paperwork now?

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avery_nelson9d ago

Heard about a buddy over at the chemical plant. They had a new rule where two guys had to watch a tank drain before any line work. Last week, his whole crew stood there for three hours on a Friday afternoon because the second watch guy got pulled to a different job. They just leaned on their shovels staring at an empty pipe. Felt like the rule forgot about the actual work getting done.

lopez.mason9d ago

Man, that's peak safety culture right there. They're so busy making sure nothing happens that the actual job never gets started. Guess staring at empty pipes is the new skilled trade.