Amateur "handy persons" often produce shoddy work by failing to realize their limitations. But here's an example of someone crossing the line from shoddy to potentially deadly by performing electrical work they had no business tackling.
Try bending sharply at the waist for a minute and then stand up. Feel dizzy? Now imagine doing it while standing on two narrow boards high above the ground, with nothing but hard ground to break your fall should you lose your balance.
One of the safety violations in this image is almost screaming at you, it's so obvious.
This unbelievable photograph was snapped more than 30 floors above Sydney, Australia.
This photograph illustrates a recipe for disaster. A worker toils high above the ground while standing on a stack of pallets hoisted by an aerial lift. To make matters worse, he has no form of fall protection and isn't even wearing a hardhat.
This photograph illustrates a hazard seen time and time again in the workplace--workers standing under suspended loads. Yes, that's danger tape in front of the workers, warning people to stay away from the area. It appears that these workers didn't get the memo.
Walking on solid ground one second and suddenly stepping into nothingness through an unguarded floor opening has to be one of the most frightening experiences for a construction worker. With a little planning, these often-deadly falls are preventable.
What happens to your rig when you underestimate a clearance height?
This photo illustrates a very dangerous way to use a boom as a work platform, above traffic no less.
Molten metal and jeans and a T-shirt have no business being in close proximity. But this photograph shows a woefully unprotected worker getting up close and permanent with red-hot metal.
These workers are taking a potentially deadly risk by tying off to one another
Where do we start with this one? Chipping ice without eye protection and using a sledge hammer on a boat deck area just a few of the problems with this photo.
Someone has added a few contaminants of his own to this eyewash station.
When your eyes are burning from contact with a splashed chemical and you desperately need an emergency eyewash station
You never know what you might snag if you excavate before calling to find out the location of underground utilities.
You can't always believe what you read, especially when a sign points the way to an emergency telephone that doesn't exist.
Many workers, especially young workers out to make a good impression, won't speak up when they have a question, for fear of appearing naive or stupid. They need to know it's always better to ask a question--any question--than to risk injury by trying to figure out a procedure on their own.
Heavy clothing, zero fall protection and working over water could prove to be a losing proposition for this worker.
Look closely and you can see the top of the ladder at the bottom left of this picture.
Just one little misstep is all it would take for this worker's day to come crashing down in a painful, even deadly way.
This photograph of bricks tumbling from a scaffold shows how vital it is for workers to secure tools and materials against movement when working from scaffolds or other elevated areas. Anyone working or walking below could easily have been killed by the falling materials.
What would you tell a worker using a ladder in this way?
Does this graphic ACTUALLY depict a man washing his hands in a urinal? What is going on?
When people don't have the right equipment or are too lazy to go get it, they tend to improvise in ways that are anything but wise. Here's a photo of a man holding a worker upside down outside an elevated window. The strain is plainly evident on his face.
This photo was snapped in Australia, so it was probably a nice day to be working outside, but this guy is more than a little light on fall protection equipment and other safety gear. One slip and he could face some heavy personal consequences.
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