All Safety blunders articles 鈥� Page 9
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好色先生TVRiding high
Somebody's horsing about up there 鈥� members of the public passing below could find this ladder most unlucky to walk under
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好色先生TVBats in the belfry
Malbork castle in Poland was getting a facelift when Piers Michell spotted these workman perched precariously on the roof. Let鈥檚 hope their recklessness doesn鈥檛 come home to roost
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好色先生TVA degree of insanity
Or rather forty-five degrees, as that's the angle of the ledge this painter is standing on, with no other security
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好色先生TVDon't break a nail, guys
Putting your hands in your pockets is less effective than a harness at preventing falls but it will save you breaking a fingernail if you do chance to tumble
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好色先生TVTime for a little lie-down
After climbing two stepladders 鈥� one placed on a sloping roof 鈥� and struggling up onto the guttering, it's no wonder he's weary
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好色先生TVString 'em up, say the French
Presumably this is the approved method of working at height in France 鈥� either that or an attempt at 'extreme swinging'
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好色先生TVA Spanish safety holiday
These guys repairing a villa in Spain take a relaxed approach to their make-shift scaffolding
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好色先生TVNow, don't move ...
Thanks to Jack White of Mace for this photo of a precarious balancing act in Turkey
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好色先生TVIs that an Antony Gormley sculpture up there?
No, just another nutter with a penchant for teetering on rooftops
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好色先生TVCliffhanger
Thanks to William Blake, who noticed these perilous clifftop repairs while on honeymoon in Corsica
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好色先生TVDig this: cuddles in a bucket
Or perhaps that's just some kind of 'stablisation stance' to offset the reckless risk of riding around in digger buckets
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好色先生TVDouble trouble
Two men up a very long ladder 鈥� it's just not good, is it? No wonder they're looking blue
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好色先生TVThe other right
Chris Bath of BPTW Partnership spotted this cunning Darwinian pedestrian filter near Blackfriars bridge, dangerously close to 好色先生TV HQ. It鈥檚 as if somebody out there didn鈥檛 like us 鈥�
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好色先生TVCrouching tiger, hidden drop
Actually not such a hidden drop 鈥� a blatantly obvious three-storey drop 鈥� and not a tiger at all, but a rather reckless windowcleaner
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好色先生TVKlingon spotted in the West End
Sorry, we meant 'cling-on'. Oh, and did we mention the spiky wrought-iron railings three storeys beneath, and the rain?
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好色先生TVNormal 鈥� for New Cross
Our thanks to Nick Pieri for this picture of a pub in New Cross, south London. Now, a lot of odd things do happen in this part of the city and it will come in handy if anyone decides to hoover the street
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好色先生TVA van, a tan and a crazy man (or two)
If the ladder's too short, just stand it on your van! Or so 'reasoned' these chaps at a tanning salon in Banbury recently
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好色先生TVWhen I'm cleanin' windows
Kevin Sansbury was admiring the Flatiron building in New York when he spotted this chap appreciating the view. But surely it鈥檚 just as impressive from inside the building?
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好色先生TVDrop in to the shop?
Or maybe not right now 鈥� given the presence of these workers positioned precisely over the entrance with no apparent safety provision鈥�
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好色先生TVOh, what a tangled web鈥�
Apparently, they've discovered a six-foot-tall spider in Hong Kong 鈥� this poor builder is caught in its web. Oh, hang on, no, that's scaffolding