Comments??

With thanks to Gracie Fields...

Sung: She's the girl that makes the thing that drills the hole
that holds the spring that drives the rod that turns the knob
that works the thing-ummy-bob.
She's the girl that makes the thing that holds the oil
that oils the ring that takes the shank that moves the crank
that works the thing-ummy-bob.

etc...

Best comment so far,

Can you not lock or remove this thread ?

The lady is stood on a conveyor, the engine on the left is waiting to come out onto a turn table and maybe be turned to follow the one she is posing on, I doubt if she is doing anything.

Martin P

The resolution of the image is too low to tell us anything useful.

The posture, however, suggests that she is about to take a tray of shortbread out of the oven.

... This probably tells us more about the photographer than it does about the lady's actual job.

MichaelG.

Hey look, here she is "working" in car factory in America. **LINK**

And now she's in the UK **LINK**

And back in America again **LINK**

And now she's in Italy **LINK**

And on and on.

Definitely a stock photo showing absolutely nothing. Like all those pics of power station cooling towers belching water vapor that get used with every carbon emissions story.

Well I most certainly have a view.

As I gaze out of my 3rd floor window across the River Itchen, I can clearly see Merlin Wharf where the Spitfire was developed and built back in the 1930s. I have to say it looks better in the sunshine than it does under today's leaden skies.

Pete

Probably a posed setup purely for the photographer. Stand there, put these on, put your hands here, hold still, OK. I've seen it being done.

Martin C

Yis are all wrong,I think she,s making a yoke !!

I wonder if she gets any royalties for the picture if it is being used all over. When I first started work we in UK were making part of a USA satellite and I was (posed) photographed working on some circuit to send to Hughes Aerospace to show we were actually doing something, A few months later the boss went over there and reported his shock to see my head and torso blown up to 10 ft high but as an artists interpretation on their reception wall.

Thank you, everyone.

The reason for the thread was what, to me, was an immediate concern at potential safety risks - long hair unconstrained, gloves(so often a no-no with forum members) and, particularly, bare arms in the featured environment. I take the point that it is a generic, rather than specific, working scene but rotating machinery and flammable substances are fairly universal.

My reaction was exactly as in my previous working life when seeing photo's of other mil aircrew 'modifying flying safety gear (overalls, immersion suits etc.) to "make them more comfortable" and then heading out over water. Having to recover the end results of that combination concentrates the mind on safety aspects.

Maybe I'm just an 'Elfin manque'??

rgds

Bill

Cornish Jack raises a very valid point to safety to which some people show little regard.

At our recent club meeting, mention was made of a recent posting on a different forum shows a chap reaching over a myford ml4 lathe whilst it was still running.

An accident waiting to happen ?

Unfortunately the original post did not mention any context but merely asked "Comments?"

What on ?

For those still interested in decoding this image ... I tracked down a higher resolution copy, and a file reference:

**LINK**

http://c.files.bbci.co.uk/17131/production/_99931549_dagenham_2015.jpg

MichaelG.

Is that a Ford logo on her swipe card?

Her ID card appears to have Ford on it so would fit with Michaels detective work of the picture being Dagenham which these days is an engine plant. European and USA car plants are very safety conscious workplaces and operator workspaces are very well protected by safety systems with a high level of redundancy. Photography in car plants is very restricted and pictures and films are strictly controlled. Many regular operators do not want to be photographed so the picture is near certain to have been staged. Companies like to project an image of equal opportunity so you tend to find a female is often in a starring role. She appears to be immaculately turned out for the picture. The hair and jewellery could not be worn in some areas but if it is not an issue in this situation additional protection may not be required. Every process in a car factory will have had a risk assessment and compliance is enforced. Gloves are mandatory for many processes, any sheet steel handling will require Kevlar reinforced gloves these days. Any handling process will have massive attrition on the hands if gloves are not worn. I am sure Ford will have full documentation for what she is doing, how it is done and what protection is required. As it is likely to be a publicity picture then liberties are probably taken like guard removal and relaxation of PPE requirements.

Mike

Update:

It's picture 4 in this set of 10 **LINK**

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/event/the-new-state-of-the-art-ford-production-line-532248963?#an-employee-works-on-an-engine-production-line-at-a-ford-factory-on-picture-id461479684

Interesting to see how little credit is given to Getty, by publishers that should know better.

... I think I only saw a credit on Hopper's Italian link.

MichaelG.

We've all assumed that it's a girl..... but what if it's a young lad with long hair??

Brian

She is clearly wearing some ppe. And she doesn’t look like a typical ‘model’, so while the picture may have been posed I don’t get the impression that it isn’t a typical working situation that has been photographed. To me it shows someone unplugging the test leads from some sort of engine test rig, so why would anyone need to worry about the long hair and necklace? There is a bloke in the background with a high viz jacket, so clearly he does a different job. The need for ppe is related to the job being done, which is probably why she isn’t wearing Kevlar chainsawing trousers and a life jacket.

Took me a while to find that Michael, then I refreshed the screen for my new post to enlighten everyone and your message appeared. My Google fu must be failing.

I've a few.

Most assembly workers wear gloves. There being nothing rotating that she can reach the hair doesn't matter either. If there was she would have been kicked off. That just leaves the fact that it's a woman - so what, there was thousands of them back in the Forties doing way more dangerous jobs than that one. Why should today be any different?