All Safety blunders articles – Page 15

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    Parcel force

    2008-09-09T13:20:00Z

    These guys have taken the idea of express parcel delivery to new heights

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    Shocking stuff

    2008-09-03T14:40:00Z

    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

    2008-09-03T13:04:00Z

    Look out, there's a man with a superhuman ability to cling to tiles and he's on a mission...

  • Dangerous handling of materials at height
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    Three sheets to the wind

    2008-09-02T13:14:00Z

    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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    This could get messy...

    2008-09-01T12:59:00Z

    One slip and that glass conservatory could be in for a shock

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    Man on the edge

    2008-08-29T09:52:00Z

    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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    And for my next trick...

    2008-08-28T13:17:00Z

    One domestic builder's 'unique' approach to working on scaffolding

  • Power tool used in the sea in the Maldives
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    Risking all in a 'wet dock'

    2008-08-27T13:06:00Z

    This isn't the first time we've seen man take chances with a power tool while standing in water

  • Two men on the roof
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    Hold on!

    2008-08-21T11:26:00Z

    These two scaffolders broke a couple of slates while dismantling a scaffold three stories above ground

  • Man with no goggles working with naked flame
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    'I just close my eyes when it's on'

    2008-08-13T14:37:00Z

    Not really a substitute for safety goggles when you're working with a blowtorch

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    All the fun of the fair

    2008-08-13T11:18:00Z

    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

    2008-08-12T09:26:00Z

    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

    2008-08-11T13:48:00Z

    These workers at St Leonards-in-the-Fields in Perth need to visit www.churchsafety.org.uk

  • 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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    The suspension (of sanity) bridge

    2008-08-08T00:01:00Z

    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'

    2008-08-07T13:34:00Z

    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

    2008-08-06T11:27:00Z

    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?

    2008-08-05T13:02:00Z

    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!

    2008-08-01T01:00:00Z

    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

    2008-07-31T13:15:00Z

    These would-be gymnasts are balancing on poles 30ft above the ground

  • Safety blunders 25 July 2008
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    Trivial pursuits

    2008-07-25T00:01:00Z

    Thanks to John Battye of Telford and Wrekin council for sending in this picture taken by his colleague Matthew Venables in Barmouth, north Wales.