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Keep up to dateWhy bother with a safety harness when you鈥檙e only seven floors up?
This picture was taken in London by Nicholas Childs of The Nicholas Childs Partnership.
He says: 鈥淭he operative was painting at seventh floor level. He had no harness or restraint and would only need to step back to admire his work 鈥︹��
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鈥淣ot only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,鈥� notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
Thanks to reader Martin Thorp who sent in this image, which he took in Brussels. Martin says: 鈥淭he operative was half out of the basket while his mate leans against the controls - no helmets or harnesses!鈥�
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