All Safety blunders articles – Page 16

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    The dangerous world of motor racing

    2008-07-24T12:48:00Z

    This photographer at the French Grand Prix circuit proves motor racing can be a dangerous event

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    One more step and I'll shute

    2008-07-22T15:48:00Z

    This guy could become a permanent fixture of Leeds' cafe society

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    It’s a funny old world…

    2008-07-18T00:01:00Z

    Thanks to Peter Hunt of Technal Architectural Aluminium Systems for the picture on the top right, accompanied by the eternal question: “How many men does it take to fill a flower bed?”

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    Multi-tasking?

    2008-07-17T12:53:00Z

    The man on the van seems more interested in what's on the other end of his phone

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    I want to be alone

    2008-07-15T08:00:00Z

    Or is this man just an ardent admirer of someone working on the eighth floor of the building opposite?

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    About to fall on slough...

    2008-07-11T00:01:00Z

    Thanks to Karl Greenfield of the Access Group for this poignant example of the struggle for meaningful human existence in John Betjeman’s “favourite” dormitory town

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    Ignoring the signs

    2008-07-09T12:36:00Z

    Okay, so it's not a safety blunder, but clearly somebody chose to disregard this public notice or has a particular hatred of trees

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    Health & Safety special

    2008-07-04T08:00:00Z

    This week we have a bumper crop of cover-your-eyes moments from around the world.

  • Man on roof in Romford, Essex
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    Invisible scaffolding

    2008-07-02T12:43:00Z

    No, it's not a trick of the light - this man really is trying to demolish a chimney stack while crouching on the roof

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    Total insanity

    2008-07-01T11:50:00Z

    Thankfully these mad men are fenced off from the crowds attending the Le Mans 24 hour race

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    Living on the ledge

    2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

    This care-free individual in Clifton, Bristol was spotted installing a new pane of glass three storeys up by building surveyor Edward White .

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    Walking the plank

    2008-06-25T11:34:00Z

    These chaps may be sure-footed but they could do with some clamps and harnesses just in case

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    Not good, from any angle

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Thanks to Steve Duckworth for this picture of some roofing workers in a square in Prague. Once again, we were highly impressed by Steve’s dedication to getting the perfect shots, from a number of different and interesting vantage points …

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    Five men with nine lives

    2008-06-17T11:43:00Z

    Does this scaffolding look somewhat askew to you?

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    Whoa there, mate!

    2008-06-16T13:04:00Z

    How could anyone sit so calmly when they appear to be in such peril?

  • When architects get bored
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    When architects get bored

    2008-06-12T11:57:00Z

    This image from Henry Lamb is not exactly a health and safety blunder, but entertaining nonetheless.

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    Dormer dunce

    2008-06-10T14:19:00Z

    Now really, that's no way to fix a window if you want to live to tell the tale...

  • Crete shopping street as construction site
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    A trip to the shops

    2008-06-09T14:00:00Z

    Shoppers in Crete take the rubble in their stride

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    A nasty end

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Phil Atkinson writes: “The pick-up was followed along the M25 for a couple of miles by two or three lorries, whose drivers would have been decapitated if they had stopped too late.”

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    House of horror

    2008-06-03T13:06:00Z

    If it's this scary on the outside, just imagine what death traps could await inside...