– I’m completely new to the job, so I think it’s very fun when we take down such large stones. So I filmed and posted it on TikTok, says Rolf-Jonaz Andersson to news. He is from Stjørdal, but he took the video in Eikesdalen in Møre og Romsdal. – We were there to look at the stone, and saw that it was loose. It didn’t take much to get it out, so I stood ready and filmed. 27.7 million views Neither he nor his colleagues at Visinor had imagined how much attention the video would receive. It now has over 27.7 million views, and 2.2 million likes. – We thought we would be content if only 20 people saw it, Andersson says. The video of mountain safe Rolf-Jonaz Andersson went viral on TikTok. Photo: Private Already the morning after he released it, 20,000 people had seen the video. Now people from all over the world have seen the big boulder race. – I tried to answer the comments, but eventually there were so many and so many different languages that it did not work, Andersson smiles. – You become a bit like a child again, and it is very loud. People probably think it’s fun – they get to see how high it is when we clean the mountain. The mountain safety work takes place along Eikedalsvegen by the mountain section Ågothammeren. A 500 meter fence will be set up here to secure the county road, and Møre og Romsdal county municipality is the road owner and developer. Important to secure the roads – I think that the video presents the forces of nature in a somewhat unusual way, and that this is something that appeals to many people. Vegard Utstøl Jakobsen of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration writes this to news. One of the main tasks of the Public Roads Administration is to ensure safe roads. – In order to ensure predictability and safety, it is important that landslide protection is carried out to reduce the risk of landslide-related incidents on the roads. Such incidents can pose a danger to road users and a closed road, Jakobsen writes. New to the job It was after working as a carpenter for ten years that Rolf-Jonaz Andersson decided to invent something else. He was bored, and started in the new job as a mountain safety in March. He has not regretted it in a single day. – The best choice I have made is to switch to that job here, Andersson says. – You feel that you are high up, but those I work with have done this for a long time and know what they are doing. When they are calm and explain what to do, you feel safer. Andersson recently started working after being a carpenter for ten years. He has not regretted it in a day. Photo: Private Safety in the driver’s seat If mountains and slopes are not secured against landslides, safety may be compromised. – Over time, unsecured landslide areas or rock cuts can lead to increased landslide frequency and reduced predictability or security for users of the road network, says Jakobsen in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. He emphasizes that work within rock safety is subject to strict HSE routines. – This means, among other things, that separate «safe-job analyzes» are carried out to map risks / dangers for the individual assignments. Safety is in the driver’s seat among players who work with rock safety.
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The Steinras video of Rolf-Jonaz from Stjørdal has over 27 million views – news Trøndelag
