- published: 02 Mar 2015
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A safety net is a net to protect people from injury after falling from heights by limiting the distance they fall, and deflecting to dissipate the impact energy. The term also refers to devices for arresting falling or flying objects for the safety of people beyond or below the net. Safety netting as a safety device was first innovated by Joseph Strauss during the Golden Gate Bridge construction 1933-1937 where Strauss mandated the installation of a moveable net to prevent construction employees from falling to certain death into the unforgiving waters. It saved lives but unfortunately in 1937 due to a platform collapsing onto the net it could not hold the load and the net failed under stress and ten men lost their lives with only two surviving. This prompted the formation of a club called the Half Way to Hell Club.
Often, a safety net for catching fallen workers is known as a "personnel net," while one used to catch falling objects is called a "debris net."
Firefighters once used a device called a Life net which allowed people in burning buildings to jump to safety.
Look at you!
With your branches hanging down
How do you move without the wind?
Flowers bloom upon your arms without sunlight
You must be planted in sin
I'm not some kind of demon
You cannot judge every word that I say
We're not combined in some sort of cosmic web
We are just insignificant
I'm a sinner
You're a saint
But in the eyes of God
We are both the same
Meaninglessness has no sign of slowing down
We are just floating black dust
Cruelty and chance are the rules of this universe
God, now, roll those holy dice!
I'm not some kind of demon
You cannot judge every word that I say
We're not combined in some sort of cosmic web
We are just insignificant
I'm a sinner
You're a saint
But in the eyes of God
We are both the same
Actually, God's not dead
He was never alive
A tight knit safety net
To catch those stubborn thoughts
I wish I couldn't think
I wish I wouldn't worry about what he thinks
I'm a sinner
You're a saint
But in the eyes of God
We are both the same