Safety
Safety is not a stage. It holds at every stage.
Entry work on Vealth is what an ordinary person can do safely from a public sidewalk. When in doubt, skip it and say so. An honest gap always beats a risky photo.
If someone is in danger, call 911 now. Vealth is not monitored live and will not bring help. Jobs and proof are reviewed by hand, later.
The invariant
A job never asks for anything beyond its written scope.
Nothing on this board is worth an injury. The same rule holds at every stage of the field.
- At intakeA need becomes a job with a scope written down. Anything hands-on in a regulated trade is bounded to documentation before it is ever posted.
- At the jobThe written scope is the whole job. If the work in front of you is larger or more dangerous than the scope says, the job is wrong, not you.
- At proofThe proof rule never asks you to prove more than you could safely observe. A gap you name is evidence; a photo you were not safe taking is not.
- At the stopStopping is a recorded path, not a failure. It returns the job to the board open, exactly as a rejected proof does.
The core rules
Five rules, on every job.
- Public spaces only
- Work from public sidewalks and public spaces. Never enter private property, even for a better photo.
- Document, don't touch
- Survey and inspection jobs are documentation. Photograph the condition; never move, fix, or handle a hazard.
- No people
- No faces, no license plates, no photos into homes or cars. If someone is in frame, wait or skip.
- Skip unsafe spots
- Never step into traffic or an unsafe area for an angle. Skip it and write "skipped: unsafe" in your notes.
- Stop-work
- If something feels off or a stop-work condition appears, stop and email. That instinct is part of the job.
The stop
What a stop looks like.
A stop is a state like any other on Vealth: a word, once, on the row. The path goes back and stays open.
- You stopped
- STOPPED · STILL OPEN
- Write "skipped: unsafe" in your notes and submit what you safely have. The job returns to the board open, and nobody is penalized for the gap.
- The proof came back
- PROOF REJECTED
- The same path. A rejection is a verdict on the evidence, never on the worker, and a corrected proof is free to send.
- The job is closed to claiming
- NOT CLAIMABLE
- Regulated and permit-required jobs are not claimable at all: the board's claim door refuses them fail-closed and names its reason.
Regulated trades
Regulated & hazardous work is document-only.
Any job touching the trades below is document-only and carries a "Document-only · trained / credentialed" label: observe and record from a safe, public vantage. Never enter, touch, or perform the hazardous task; that requires a licensed, trained crew with the right permits and equipment. These are never "anyone, today" jobs.
- Confined spaces
- Vaults, tanks, manholes, sewers: deadly atmospheres. Observe from outside only.
- Trenching & excavation
- Cave-in risk. Never enter an excavation.
- Crane & rigging
- Overhead loads. Stay clear of the swing radius.
- Silica, lead-safe, PFAS
- Airborne and chemical hazards. Documentation only; no disturbance of materials.
- Lockout / tagout
- Energized systems. Never operate, bypass, or handle equipment.
- Demolition
- Structural and falling-object risk. Observe from a safe distance only.
If a job asks you to do any of the above hands-on, it is mislabeled: stop and email [email protected].
The boundary
An honest gap beats a risky photo, always.
Your receipt will say exactly what you did and what it proves. It never asks you to prove more than you could safely observe.