Thanks to our readers for contributing this gallery of health and safety blunders from around the world...
Ladder blunder The greenery might help break the fall of the ladder world's very own Evel Knievel . Sent in by Danny Cowell.
bamboo scaffold The Beach Hotel' at Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Scaffolding tied together with string and bamboo at a beach hotel in Sri Lanka. Sent in by Trevor Smallwood, Vallectric, Hull.
Rooflight Roof surfing in Penarth, South Wales. The photo was taken in the driving rain by David A Ford of Ford Associates.
Satellite dish This satellite installer had a ladder at the gutter level but nothing beyond. Sent in by Guy Milton, senior site manager, Centrium St Albans .
The people to the left of the shot are members of the public who walked on to the site (I am just outside the gates as I was only a tourist) and they are stood on the rebar, but over the drop! I suppose there鈥檚 a catalogue of other problems here, but I'll leave you to spot them 鈥
Chris Sutor, Davis Langdon
2 Please find attached my 鈥渇avourite鈥 health and safety photo taken by myself in August 2004 鈥渟omewhere in Scotland鈥!
Cliff Harrison, assistant director, Worthing council
4 These pictures were taken on holiday in Bulgaria in
July of this year. Sorry about some being out of focus
but I think I was in shock!
Johnny McManus
5 I used this as one of the end slides in my presentation at the recent Canada Wood Days, with the desired effect on the audience!
John Park, Canada Wood UK
6 The attached photograph was taken in Menorca. The table balanced on the ridge is a bench saw. At least he has some safety netting!
Alan Reed, A R Reed Surveying Services
7 I was in New York at the weekend and went up the Empire State 好色先生TV. While on the 86th floor observation deck I thought I would stick my camera through the rails and take a picture 鈥
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