All Safety blunders articles – Page 10
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NewsCheap labour
They’re organised, industrious and immensely strong. But did the developers of the Birmingham Rotunda really resort to employing insects?
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NewsStep-by-step safety
So the first stepladder leads up to the mobile platform, then you have your second stepladder on top of that – clever!
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NewsA little circus training is a dangerous thing
No, man, no – you have to hold the ladder at right angles to the roof ridge if it's to work effectively as a balancing aid!
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NewsA balanced approach to safety
Wearing no shoes makes climbing the ropes up to the roof section much easier for these Indonesian workers
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NewsThey’re remaking Casablanca!
Our thanks to Gavin Edwards, who sent us this picture of a project in a certain well known Moroccan city
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NewsRock till you drop
And it probably won't be long until you do drop, if your scaffolding rests on a pile of stones on a sloping roof
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NewsAscent into heaven
Not clear at this point whether the heavenward journey will take an upward or downward trajectory…
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NewsTable top rock
Not sure if this is what is meant by 'stackable furniture'… and there must be easier ways to put up a satellite dish
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NewsTrouble at the top
Our thanks to Martin Sheaf of Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services. He writes: “I saw this on a recent trip to Mohammad Ali’s mosque in Cairo. I spent more time amazed at their complete lack of health and safety than the tour we were having.”
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NewsGetting Channel Five in Turkey
Paul Mountford was relaxing at his hotel in the resort of Icmeler, when he spotted these men playing the ancient Turkish sport of giant frisbee. Hmm, on second thoughts, they might just be putting up a large satellite dish...
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NewsLife on the ledge
Standing in the gutter is handy – if hardly safe – for cleaning that particular storey, but how's he going to do the next one up?
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NewsThis ain't the school gym
If your workers are that good at shinning up a rope, what's the need for scaffolding?
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NewsStuck in a bucket
It's clear enough how they got up there, but – as the driver appears to have vanished – we're wondering how they'll get down again
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NewsHow the Trojan War was won
Clearly at least these Greeks are utterly fearless – even gravity holds no terrors
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NewsRoll out the barrel
So, the ladder's too short - just put it on the bin. Hmm, that's got wheels - no problem, just wedge a pallet against it and weigh that down with a barrel…
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NewsWomen and children first
Chivalry is not yet dead for the good folk of Bolton. Dave Billinge snapped a digger driver who, realising his bucket was blocking a footpath, kindly lifted it out of the way. Seems he can’t look either...
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NewsStroll in the sky
This chap looks remarkably chilled, given that he's atop the roof ridge of a three-storey house with no visible means of support
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NewsBored of boards
What a bore it is putting up scaffolding boards – and why bother one can manage fine without them, as this picture shows?