who needs OSHA?
This one is for Kelly and Gwynie who both spend their days trying to make things safe for the rest of us.
Taiwan has a much more relaxed attitude about safety requirements. It's generally possible to wander thru unsecured building sites, stepping over tools and building debris. Sometimes it's not clear where the job site starts and the sidewalk ends... I'm not sure what the accident/injury rates are?
I snapped this one near my little lane, where there is a gas supply company down the way. They're pretty busy and get shipments of tanks of gas for fuel every other day or so. If your tank (think BBQ gas tank on GIANT steroids) runs out of fuel (used for heating your water and high BTU stove), you just phone down to the store and they'll run over another tank in about 5-10 minutes or so. The turn around is very fast and is made possible by the form of transportation they use.
It's pretty common to see up to 6 tanks loaded onto a scooter with the guy smoking a cigarette as he zooms past. However they're always too fast for me to get a good shot. So I made sure to get a stationary pic of unattended bike. The delivery guy was away dropping off a tank.
Anyway the other thing I noticed is how many people do some form of arc welding without protective gear, this is also a fairly common sight.
I've seen teams of construction workers on the side of a building using blowtorches to remove metal gratings. No one was harnessed and there were no safety lines preventing the gratings from dropping on the heads of people nonchalantly walking directly underneath (the area was not secured). I didn't think to take a pic so you'll just have to take my word.