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This scenario, involving a worker climbing on the upper rungs of a stepladder and lifting heavy objects from a shelf, plays out countless times across the world every day. Sadly, the consequences of this unsafe behavior can be life-altering or life-ending.
Using an aluminum ladder around electricity is dangerous enough but this guy has raised the stakes considerably.
Areas in front of fire hydrants are strict no-parking zones for obvious reasons. But the fire inspector who parked here seems to have not received the memo.
Zip ties are an ingenious invention, but this photograph illustrates a less-than ingenious use for one. It is shown securing a fire extinguisher, which won't be helpful to anyone trying to quickly free it during a fire.
Garment manufacturers operating in the Los Angeles area have received [...]
Forklifts are remarkably effective tools in millions of workplaces, but like any other tool, they are prone to being misused
This picture illustrates an unbelievable support system for a crane's outriggers.
There are messy workplace and then there are th MESSY workplaces. Shown here is a housekeeping house of horrors that puts construction workers at serious risk for slip, trip and fall injuries.
We are not sure what possessed the worker shown here to believe that a piece of paper wedged around his eyeglasses would provide face protection against a shower of sparks while performing hot work.
Two people died and a third person was injured in an explosion in a garage in Edmonton, Canada. Gas from a fuel tank spilled and its vapors were ignited by a red-hot propane heater. This photograph shows the damage caused in the fire and explosion.
It was a new twist on Turkey Day for this truck driver, who had a large bird smash through his vehicle's windshield. He suffered no injuries.
Here's an eye-popping photograph showing workers perched on makeshift scaffolding that could shift or snap without warning.
OSHA conducted an inspection and found a range of hazards [...]
What good is a sparklingly clean window if the person who attended to it is lying severely injured or dead on the ground below?
This rickety looking set-up is enough to raise the hair on your neck.
We don't know how fond forklift operator Tomasz Wiszniewski is [...]
The only potential safety feature in this photograph is the grass at the base of this unsafe scaffolding. It might slightly cushion the impact should a worker fall from it.
A massive $3.1 billion project to replace Seattle's aging Alaskan Way Viaduct with an underground tunnel is making use of automated survey machines to detect ground movement while the two-mile-long tunnel is being bored under downtown Seattle.
A safety inspector visited a church roofing project site after receiving a complaint about unsafe conditions and observed safety ropes running over sharp metal roofing surfaces. Here's a photo of what the inspector saw before issuing a stop- work order.
This photograph was taken in Indonesia, but workers all over North America often place themselves in similar danger by attempting to lift or roll heavy objects that could crush them if they lost control of those items. In this photo, workers are seen pushing a huge log up a steep ramp to a truck bed.
An inspection under OSHA’s national emphasis program for petroleum refineries [...]
Everyone knows how dangerous it is to text while behind the wheel of a moving car. This guy has upped the ante.
We assume this is important information, so it shouldn't be scrawled on a piece of paper towel that could blow away in a draft or get wet and quickly become illegible.
The message on the bright yellow caution sign shown here, warning that the area in front of this electrical panel must be kept clear for 36 inches, seems to have been lost on the person who parked a bicycle right in front of it.
Assuming that any old light bulb will work in a light fixture could lead to a meltdown like the one shown in this photograph. Worse yet, it could cause a fire.
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