Picture This! What do you Mean I Can’t Smoke Here?
Increasingly, smokers are being driven outdoors by tough indoor anti-smoking laws, but as this photo shows, there are situations where firing up a cigarette outdoors isn't safe or smart.
Increasingly, smokers are being driven outdoors by tough indoor anti-smoking laws, but as this photo shows, there are situations where firing up a cigarette outdoors isn't safe or smart.
Unprotected excavations and unguarded floor openings result in countless preventable injuries and fatalities around the world every year. Here's a picture illustrating this type of hazard.
Why would anyone lean a ladder against a wall over an uncovered hole?

OSHA opened an inspection after a worker lost two fingers [...]
A fall from even a short height can be fatal. We're willing to bet that this worker would be looking at a hospital stay at minimum if he lost his footing on this roof.
Standing on the top rung of a ladder isn't safe. And neither is this.
When working in a stairwell you need to have the right equipment and a plan for performing the job safely. The worker shown in this photograph has come up short on both counts, having cobbled together a questionable assortment of ladders, blocks and boards into a highly unstable and unsafe platform.
What happened to these cones?
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.

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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 [...]