All Safety blunders articles – Page 14

  • Forklift lifting mobile platform
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    Piggyback plant

    2008-11-11T11:39:00Z

    Mobile elevating work platform doesn't stretch high enough? No problem, just give it a leg up with a forklift truck. Steady!

  • Man in digger scooop
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    Plant safety plunges to new low

    2008-11-10T10:24:00Z

    It seems this chap may have misunderstood when told to take his bucket to the seaside in this safety blunder…

  • US Police officers
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    Demolitions gone wrong: every policeman for himself

    2008-11-05T14:30:00Z

    The demolition looks like a textbook operation - the same can't be said about the deployment of safety barriers

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    Hanging by a thread

    2008-11-04T14:37:00Z

    Not all the workers seem to have understood what a safety board is....

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    The bottom line

    2008-10-31T00:01:00Z

    A big thank you and a couple of bottles of rather fine wine go to Peter Humphreys for this picture of everyday repair and maintenance in Wales.

  • Batsi Church safety blunder
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    Unorthodox approach

    2008-10-29T14:27:00Z

    Roof tilers take chances in Batsi, a seaside resort on the Greek island of Andros

  • Munich worker
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    Head in the clouds

    2008-10-28T13:05:00Z

    Should this German workman have his head in the ceiling while the public hurry past below?

  • demolition blunder
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    When demolitions go wrong: a bogus calculation

    2008-10-27T11:28:00Z

    Watch this video shot in Asia of a demolition job with a difference

  • Safety blunder
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    Your task is …

    2008-10-24T00:01:00Z

    ..build a self-supporting platform out of five planks, some scaffolding and two Workmate benches.

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    Spiderman strikes again

    2008-10-21T12:29:00Z

    He may have a hard hat and hi-viz jacket, but will that help him scale a concrete pile?

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    Whoops! I dropped my brush

    2008-10-17T01:00:00Z

    Lee Levy of NLC spotted this heart-stopping paint job on a hotel building site in Aruba.

  • Scaffolding supported in a skip
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    Let's skip safety

    2008-10-16T13:21:00Z

    Scaffolders use their initiative on a site in Lancashire

  • Safety blunders 10 October 2008
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    How to construct a crossword

    2008-10-10T00:01:00Z

    This week

  • Lisbon safety blunder in boatyard with forklift
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    The first crow's nest on a forklift

    2008-10-09T12:17:00Z

    Ships ahoy! This boatyard worker will be splicing more than a mainsail if he carries on working like this

  • Man-powered Ferris wheel
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    Video: Man-powered Ferris wheel

    2008-10-03T14:37:00Z

    A low-emission fairground ride that hopefully won't catch on at the London Eye

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    Looney Toon

    2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Iain Kane from Currie & Brown spotted this man out of his 6th-floor office window in Newcastle upon Tyne. As he points out, the balcony the plank rests on is attached to the rotten wood of the dormer window. Let’s hope it holds …

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    Shropshire lads

    2008-09-26T00:01:00Z

    Dave Davies sent us this one. He writes: “Here’s a photo of a recent spectacle seen in North Shropshire. I was told in no uncertain terms to, er, go away. But at least the ladder was tied.”

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    The exit door

    2008-09-19T06:04:00Z

    Thanks to Matthew James of Fusion Project Management for this fine example of an external fire escape at an unnamed university.

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    How's it hanging?

    2008-09-17T13:16:00Z

    This Belgian scaffolding technique seems somewhat daring

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    The great valerio is walking

    2008-09-12T00:01:00Z

    We have Neil Davis to thank for this demonstration of site circus skills in the Greater London area. We’re not sure if the pole is for balancing of vaulting …