All Safety blunders articles – Page 23
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NewsBricks, barrels and boards...
... the less than perfect ingredients that make up this working platform on a Tunisian building site
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NewsAn accident that actually happened
SJ Taylor writes: “I saw this this week when passing a office building site in Stirling, Scotland – I understand that fortunately nobody was hurt.”
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NewsBetween a dock and a hard place
Thanks to Ian Gibb for sending in this charming riverbank scene.
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NewsA Flemmish master?
As Belgian painters go this is no Van Eyck, but he certainly has a head for heights and a good sense of balance
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NewsRiding your luck
Alex Rowles writes: “I was on the way home when I saw this truck pull out. The guy on the back started climbing on top of the cab and hitting it and the windscreen with a crutch...
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NewsAre you sitting comfortably?
This may not be the best position to adopt on a roof but perhaps these two are taking turns sliding down it
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NewsA sideways move
Here's a less than ingenious way of getting round the fact that your ladder is too short for the job in hand...
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NewsRaising the bar
Five men in Watford try to take our health and safety blunders to a new level …
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NewsThe modern way to joust ...
Take one long pole, have your opponent teetering on a ladder, now see what damage you can inflict
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NewsSparks fly in Paris
Ah, Paris. City of romance, city of lights … city of great danger from metal grinders.
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NewsAlfresco dining
This is clearly a dare-devil's choice of lunch venue, let's hope no one was asked to pass the salt
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NewsA view to die for ...
It's undoubtedly enjoyable to sit back and view a Caribbean island from on high, but is it worth risking life and limb for the pleasure?
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NewsThere’s something in the air
Our thanks and a drinks voucher go to Dean Walton of Alumet, who sent in this picture from Gibraltar. Clearly the guilty party here is the packing case designer, who omitted the simple instruction: “Do not lift 30ft and drop on passers-by”.