All Safety blunders articles – Page 7
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NewsIsn’t it good?
On the edge of a Norwegian forest, on top of a roof – it doesn't get better than this...
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NewsSite safety as the ultimate snakes and ladders
The Swiss take a no-holds-barred approach to safety, invoking even the grim reaper to produce compliance through sheer terror – but with a sense of fun, too
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NewsTipped for the topple
Is that the infamous leaning tower of Pontefract – or just an idiotically erected scaffold?
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NewsLiving on the ledge
Well, decorating on the ledge, anyway – while clinging to a drainpipe, balanced on a set of steps above a row of shops
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NewsLook: no scaffold!
Felix Loy was aghast to see this adventurous fellow scrambling about in strong wind above a cast iron gutter. Gulp
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NewsWell, oil be blowed!
David Crick spotted this precarious pile from his sun bed in Malta last summer - seems it's not only the Middle East relying on oil …
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NewsThis man must be stopped
No hard hat, no high-vis jacket, no harness, and I suspect his reindeer were doing more than 10mph too
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NewsBrace yourselves
Ingenious bracing on Argentina scaffolding with props supported by a tree, lamppost and nail banged into the pavement
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NewsPoles apart
This Clapham builder was snapped by Chris Shaw when, he says, slippery weather made standing on a scaffold tube in trainers even less wise than usual. Though Chris was on a roof at the time, he assures us he was stationed “very safely behind a wall with full PPE on”. ...
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NewsFancy a quick game of bridge?
Stefan Barron came across this distinctly unsafe conduct when on holiday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. We suspect that, in addition to the obvious lack of a harness, EU regs may take issue with using mains electricity underwater
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NewsShine a light!
Traffic warning devices are conspicuously absent during this maintenance operation on London's roads
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NewsRussia me to hospital
Half health and safety nightmare, half work of art, this awe-inspiring scaffolding was spotted by Jestico + Whiles senior architect Heiko Meyer in Yekaterinburg, Russia
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NewsRising damp
Mike Hill spotted this horror classic in Venice. He points out: “Bearing in mind that parts of the city flood at this time of the year, this access to the site is underwater for at least part of the day.”
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NewsThe balance of terror
Many thanks to Tim Harris for this picture of precarious perching in Bristol – even if it does slightly contravene rule two of his own safety blunder code.
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NewsMuppet on a string
Thanks to Nick Hodds of building surveyor John Goddard Associates for this photo of an unconventional fall arrest system
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NewsSoffit's not quite right here
Painting the soffits of a three-storey building while simultaneously practising for the gymnastics in the 2016 Olympics – is that wise?
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