OSHA would love these construction standards in Vietnam

The construction standards in Vietnam are, as far as I can tell, that you can do whatever you want and the safety of the people working on these jobs don't really exist. I think the workers are kind of left to their own devices about whether or not they actually want to be safe at all an this one job I witnessed near my building was particularly scary to me.

From here it doesn't look so bad and just looks like a normal job I guess but there are certain things that have happened in the year or so that they have been building it that the safety officials in the western world would have a field day with. The complete absence of hard hats and people wearing flip-flops on a construction site are pretty wild to me, but when I saw this, since I am a bit afraid of heights, kind of made me stand back in awe a bit.

They were installing the glass around the pool on the roof and I would guess they are maybe 10 stories off the ground. That guy is not tied in at all and I guess I have to say that I really admire his bravery. One little slip and he is in big trouble and perhaps dead.

He had two other people that were helping him get this glass installed around the pool and I was on the edge of my seat just watching them. I couldn't tell for sure but I think at least 2 of the techs were wearing sandals. I suppose they know what they are doing and I don't judge them for doing this because they're not dead, and they do this all the time.

Something else I noticed was that this pool, and rooftop pools are very common here, looks just terrible. Other than having a dip to cool off what are people actually going to do there? It seems as though your only option would be to stand in the water for a bit and then get bored and just leave. There is no space for seating either so I guess everyone has to go to the other side of the building if they want to have something like a sun lounger.

Also, those glass panels have proven very problematic for a lot of buildings in this area in the past. My own building used to have glass panels around the pool but during the monsoon season the winds got so crazy that some of the were thrown off the building. As far as a I know nobody got hurt but those panels are VERY heavy and if one hit you, I think it would almost certainly kill you. I saw a car that was crushed by one of these things and while I am not a doctor, I think that if something can crush a car it wouldn't have much trouble with crushing me.

This building will likely be finished soon and I for one have no intention of looking at a room there. That pool is just pathetic. Hats off to the guys doing this build, you are extremely brave people!