Profile For John S.

Any updates on fall protection at schneider ? considering heading to tankers (was my plan when I was in school)

I had to leave Melton's orientation due to the fact that they dont enforce fall protection when its not available... ie. they expect you to tarp no matter what. im 39 yrs old and started my path into trucking with the hopes of retiring in one piece. it only take a careless forklift driver, gust of wind or some ice and your taking the quick way to the ground. I am afraid of heights but if I am on a tether or have rails I can get the job done. its more of a lack of safety that scares the heck out of me than getting up there. day 2 they had up climb on top of the flatbed then a box then onto a container ... crawling. not a prob passed that. but on day 6 I watched a guy on top of this mountain of clutter tarp it ... he was on his knees inches from the edge shaking the tarp. I thought I was going to witness the mans end. the money is not worth a horrible accident and potential death. life is too precious to allow big companies to expect us to put ourselves in harms way like this in 2021. there is safety solutions out there and it needs to be enforced. If i wanted to play with death I would have just become a police officer instead.

also any tanker vets out there with tips would be greatly appreciated.