In this 1950 photo from our contributor Neil Lieb’s archive, we see a man standing atop a box as it’s hoisted to the top of Tillotson Construction Company’s newly completed Alta, Iowa, grain elevator.
Riding to the top of a grain elevator with no margin for error
Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators 
You will never – EVER – see me up there! Lol!
How about with an airbag?
…if its not made in Japan. 😃
Ha, ha!