Insight into Safety

I thought I would add some images to give an insight into safety in Nepal.

We were casually walking around Thamel, a suburb in Kathmandu, when we saw someone doing arc welding.

If you look closely, he is welding while standing on the item he is welding with thongs. When arc welding, there is a considerable amount of voltage and current flowing through the item you are welding.

Now if you look closely at the other image, he is doing this perched on the pole he is welding, about 3 metres of the ground.



I'll have to let the people know at Engineers Without Borders that I won't be doing any arc welding in the near future.