All Safety blunders articles – Page 15
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Shocking stuff
Thanks to Elise Phoenix of Spectrum Acoustic Consultants for this picture, which she took in the Maldives.
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Spiderman's on the roof
Look out, there's a man with a superhuman ability to cling to tiles and he's on a mission...
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Three sheets to the wind
Being very drunk could be one explanation as to why these workers are handling plastic sheeting at great height without fall protection
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Man on the edge
Thanks to Chris Tallant who while on holiday in Vancouver earlier this month took this picture of a man working on the 19th floor of a new building.
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Risking all in a 'wet dock'
This isn't the first time we've seen man take chances with a power tool while standing in water
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'I just close my eyes when it's on'
Not really a substitute for safety goggles when you're working with a blowtorch
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All the fun of the fair
Thanks are due to David Wilson of Coventry Cyrenians, who snapped this stomach-clenching blunder at a music festival earlier in the summer.
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A tottering tower of blunders
Take your pick as to the worst blunder here. Angle grinding on driveway, lack of PPE and guard rail, tower supported by timber offcuts....
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On a wing and a prayer
These workers at St Leonards-in-the-Fields in Perth need to visit www.churchsafety.org.uk
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The suspension (of sanity) bridge
Spotted in Barry, South Glamorgan last weekend by Martin Brook. A fine example of why any job that involves one man using four ladders simultaneously is generally frowned upon by the HSE.
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'It's ok, the hospital is only ten minutes away'
The construction supervisor's response when challenged about health and safety on his site
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Hopefully he's on a tea break
Because he's no longer on this precariously placed ladder spotted on the 6th floor of London's Eaton Place
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On the brink of being toppled?
No, not the occupant of No 10 - the guy perched precariously on the step-ladder
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A bit to the right and fire!
Thanks to John Turner of MDA Consulting for spotting this Leeds street scene, which seems to give new meaning to the phrase “tourist trap”…
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Limbering up for the scaffolding Olympics
These would-be gymnasts are balancing on poles 30ft above the ground
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Trivial pursuits
Thanks to John Battye of Telford and Wrekin council for sending in this picture taken by his colleague Matthew Venables in Barmouth, north Wales.