All Safety blunders articles – Page 34
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NewsA view to die for
Not content with being 22-stories up, these two workers felt the need to add a little extra height by standing on tressles just millimetres from the edge
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NewsSafety by beanie and barrel
This construction worker in Thailand has been sent to the naughty corner... 22 storeys up
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NewsBanana skins are so last century
Bill Mellor spotted this temporary pipework crossing a pavement in St Petersburg, Russia
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NewsPondering life's big questions...
... such as 'What am I doing here?' or 'What would happen if I took a step that way?'
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NewsThere's never a bad time to prove you can touch your toes...
David Lines snapped this flexible DIY enthusiast opposite Kew Gardens. I'm sure that ledge must be wider than it looks...
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NewsNow, where did I put that concrete?
Thanks to Stuart Bond for sendng us this insight into Cypriot materials handling...
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NewsThe Great Balancing Act
The workmen are at last secure as the last wire is tied on to the creaky scaffolding. Thankfully it was not a windy day.
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NewsWhen decking is not the answer
What could be safer for throngs of Russian pedestrians to walk over than a rotting wooden fence?
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NewsI wonder what the method statement said...
And the traffic warden should be approaching with a ticket round about now.
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NewsCuban scaffold shortage
If I use the tip of my left shoulder to brace myself against this wall I should be fine.
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NewsWhy use scaffolding when you can use a ladder?
The technically incorrect way to nail a timber slat to an outside wall
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NewsIt's a mad world
Over the past eight months, we've been inundated by photographs of the world's most dangerous sites. But which has been the grossest breach of health and safety?
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NewsIt's raining men
My wife and I were in Tallinn, Estonia, last summer when we saw these three lads re-roofing a building in the old town - soft hats and soft brains, and the rain was pouring down.
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NewsWell, one of them's wearing a hat
This month's health and safety blunders include new and unusual approaches to working at height, plus, a salutary lesson from the history books.
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NewsDrum roll, please
For my next trick I will hang precariously off this roof while I attempt to shift a steel beam into place.
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News"It's alright, I'm only four storeys up without a ladder..."
Another selection of cringe-worthy health and safety blunders from home and abroad.