All Safety blunders articles – Page 12
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NewsSay your prayers
Architect Glyn Parkes points out that the gutter on this church in Hungary has already been removed so there is nothing to break these non-harnessed construction workers’ fall. Bet the view’s good, though
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NewsWhat's your point?
... the point is he'll get a spike somewhere painful if he falls in the void
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NewsLook out below
Kevin Whitefield was gazing from the Gleeds office window when he spotted this useful notice intended, presumably, for off-course parachutists and unusually literate birds
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News'This is nothing!'
'This is nothing – when we work at height we then need to strap on a another ladder,' this contractor told our alarmed correspondent
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NewsDon’t look now
Rob Kirkaldy of Spectrum Acoustic Consultants was a trifle concerned about this DIY-er in Istanbul, and asked why he wasn’t wearing safety goggles
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NewsRise and shine
This London window cleaner spotted working several storeys up without any safety equipment is obviously no vertigo sufferer
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NewsRoofer auditions for the circus
Poised on a bucket on a single scaffolding plank above thin air – this clown has missed his vocation. Let's hope he lives long enough to fulfil his circus ambitions in a more appropriate context
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NewsHeavy plant
Continuing the botanical theme, Peter Cottrell, on holiday in Palma, sends us this intriguing example of access provision for Majorcan plants, although, as he notes, “judging by the height of the bamboo they may have had a long wait”
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NewsSteps up to heaven
Any worker climbing this precariously positioned ladder several storeys up could end up stepping into the next life
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NewsTo illustrate my point …
Hugh Venables of marketing consultancy The Partners Group was writing a missive about the Work at Height Regs when he spotted these builders on the slate roof of the hotel across the road
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NewsPostcards from the edge
Antony Hoodless of Billingford spotted these men doing a little decorating near Old Street in London
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NewsThe missing link
In honour of Charles Darwin’s 200th anniversary, we print this photograph of a painting subcontractor demonstrating chimpanzee-like grace and slightly lower intelligence
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NewsPopular superstitions explained, part I
Rob Henderson of Davis Langdon spotted this excellent example of just why it’s unlucky to walk under ladders at Meknes train station in Morocco
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NewsGet a grip!
Taking your sandals off so you can get a firm grip on the top edge of the stepladder with your toes doesn't really count as proper safety procedure, we suspect
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NewsTo me … to you …
Thanks to John Nolan of DMG Delta for spotting this game of catch in east London
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NewsGone potty at the palace
RIsking one's life in the service of one's sovereign is of course admirable – but not just to fix the chimney pots at Hampton Court Palace!