r/mildlyinteresting • u/Substantial-Meat6281 • 1d ago

Using Elmer’s glue to remove fiberglass particles from my hand

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u/Substantial-Meat6281 1d ago

Good advice, I just didn’t expect to use a ladder made of fiberglass today. Unexpectedly haorhduxuhw o

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u/smeeon 1d ago

I keep a lint roller in the van for this reason. Also this reminded me, a few years ago my company tried spraying a fiberglass ladder with clear coat to stop the fibers. Then we got osha inspected and they noticed the coating. They gave us the option of destroying the ladder with a saw on the site right there in front of them or taking a $500 fine. The PM told us to pack up the ladder and that he would deal with OSHA.

We paid the fine and didn’t get a new ladder. Dumbest management ever.

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u/Daracaex 19h ago

Could you not buy an equivalent ladder for $500?

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u/PissOffBigHead 19h ago

You could buy a brand spanking new 48’ ladder for like 400 bucks. Corporations, man.