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When I was at college (too many years ago) there was scaffolding on the end of one of the buildings. The guys working on there were like chimps on Sunny D. One of them was chucking the poles down within inches of a door to our classroom, no warning. Next day destiny caught up with him when he slipped and fell from ten feet up and came to an abrupt and temporary halt when his feet followed different sides past the remaining horizontal scaffold frame before he turned semi-unconscious, through 90 degrees and continued to the ground.
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Like most trades it’s mostly safe if you do it by the book. Of course, reading is hard and taxing so just crack on til you fuck up then cover your tracks afterwards.
Not wearing fall protection up a scaffold is just macho posturing. A lot of guys wear their harness(to satisfy the hse person on site)but securely ziptie the lanyard to the back so it doesn’t get in the way. Utter madness.
@Stonehedge I know multiple wood butchers with doctorates, tech certs and other surprisingly crazy qualifications. An equal number can barely walk and talk at the same time tho.