All Safety blunders articles
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News
Investigation after Crossrail worker cuts live cable
Balfour Beatty launches safety investigation after incident earlier this month
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Comment
A foot in each camp
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
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Comment
Blowing in the wind
“Not only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,” notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
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Comment
Dodgy suspension
An ingenious solution to finding a parking space in an inner city shopping precinct
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Comment
Basket case
Thanks to reader Martin Thorp who sent in this image, which he took in Brussels. Martin says: “The operative was half out of the basket while his mate leans against the controls - no helmets or harnesses!”
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Features
Safety blunders: A year of living dangerously
2012 was another vintage year for safety blunder pictures. Here are our top five examples of on-site idiocy
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Comment
Man on ledge
Sandeep Aujla sent this picture of a no-nonsense approach to gaining access to the outside of a residential property in Southall. Scaffolding? Who needs it?
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Comment
Double fault
What happens when you can’t find a hammer? You use a digger instead if you’re on this site
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Having a blast
The star of this safety blunder is quick off the mark when he spots an opportunity