Wake County government in Raleigh, North Carolina, reports that this week is Building Safety Month and that the third feature highlights Joseph LeFrancois, a senior building inspector for Wake County.

A typical day starts at the office, where he pulls up his assigned inspections and maps out the most efficient route. From there, he heads into the field, moving from site to site to verify work against code while also fielding phone calls, texts and emails along the way.

It sounds manageable until you consider what is actually happening between stops.

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