All Safety blunders articles – Page 12

  • News

    Say your prayers

    2009-04-17T00:13:00Z

    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

  • Safety blunder
    News

    What's your point?

    2009-04-15T11:02:00Z

    ... the point is he'll get a spike somewhere painful if he falls in the void

  • 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
    News

    Look out below

    2009-04-09T01:00:00Z

    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

  • News

    What can you do?

    2009-04-03T00:15:00Z

    No guns, swimming or taps please

  • Man on long ladder
    News

    'This is nothing!'

    2009-03-30T09:49:00Z

    'This is nothing – when we work at height we then need to strap on a another ladder,' this contractor told our alarmed correspondent

  • “I just close my eyes when it’s on”
    News

    Don’t look now

    2009-03-27T00:42:00Z

    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

  • Window cleaner
    News

    Rise and shine

    2009-03-25T12:06:00Z

    This London window cleaner spotted working several storeys up without any safety equipment is obviously no vertigo sufferer

  • Balancing act
    News

    Roofer auditions for the circus

    2009-03-24T09:24:00Z

    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

  • Heavy plant
    News

    Heavy plant

    2009-03-20T01:00:00Z

    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”

  • Ladder
    News

    Steps up to heaven

    2009-03-16T10:53:00Z

    Any worker climbing this precariously positioned ladder several storeys up could end up stepping into the next life

  • News

    To illustrate my point …

    2009-03-13T00:33:00Z

    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

  • News

    Postcards from the edge

    2009-03-05T15:24:00Z

    Antony Hoodless of Billingford spotted these men doing a little decorating near Old Street in London

  • News

    Chilling

    2009-02-27T00:54:00Z

    Stuart Clark of DBK Group took this cold snap balancing act from his office window in Birmingham. He notes: “Obviously the skip with the layer of quilted insulation will act as a cushion should he fall.”

  • News

    The missing link

    2009-02-20T00:38:00Z

    In honour of Charles Darwin’s 200th anniversary, we print this photograph of a painting subcontractor demonstrating chimpanzee-like grace and slightly lower intelligence

  • 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
    News

    Popular superstitions explained, part I

    2009-02-11T17:34:00Z

    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

  • Man on top rung of stepladder
    News

    Get a grip!

    2009-02-11T13:14:00Z

    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

  • "Somewhat spurious (from a construction perspective), but astonishing nonetheless," writes Owen Marsden of Mellersh & Harding ڶ Consultancy, who braved the Arctic conditions on Monday to bring us this snap of an over-excited tourist
    News

    Snow dome

    2009-02-06T00:00:00Z

    'Somewhat spurious (from a construction perspective), but astonishing nonetheless,' writes Owen Marsden of Mellersh & Harding ڶ Consultancy, who braved the Arctic conditions on Monday to bring us this snap of an over-excited tourist

  • Men on step ladder on rooftop
    News

    Och high!

    2009-02-04T12:40:00Z

    Okay, there is a somewhat different legal system in Scotland, but the safety regulations on work at height do still apply in Glasgow, don't they?

  • News

    To me … to you …

    2009-01-30T00:08:00Z

    Thanks to John Nolan of DMG Delta for spotting this game of catch in east London

  • Rooftop workers
    News

    Gone potty at the palace

    2009-01-29T10:42:00Z

    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!