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Picture This! Icy Slip and Slide!

Winter weather means snow and ice, which can cause slips-and-falls.

Picture This! Icy Slip and Slide!2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! A Hand on the Bucket Rope is Worth Two on the Ladder

Picture This nearly always focuses on unsafe work practices, but this week we have a photograph showing workers doing the right thing. In this case, a worker is shown using a bucket and rope to hoist tools to an elevated work area. This arrangement allows workers to maintain three points of contact when ascending or descending ladders. (eLCOSH)

Picture This! A Hand on the Bucket Rope is Worth Two on the Ladder2023-09-04T16:16:58+00:00

Picture This! Planks, But No Thanks

This skinny plank, which barely spans its supports at both ends, provides workers with a potentially exciting, yet unsafe, means of getting to and from their worksite. It could easily snap or shift, or a worker could simply lose his balance and fall from it.

Picture This! Planks, But No Thanks2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! You Do the Hokey Pokey And…

Practice makes perfect, or so it is said. But workers who perfect unsafe practices and think nothing bad will ever happen to them are often sadly proven wrong.

Picture This! You Do the Hokey Pokey And…2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! ‘Scaf-fold’ Could Prove to be Operative Word

This makeshift scaffold, made from ladders lashed together, screams trouble even before anyone sets foot on it.

Picture This! ‘Scaf-fold’ Could Prove to be Operative Word2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! This Might Be Expedient, But It Isn’t Safe

Leaving this telescopic boom on the flat deck is easier than unloading it and placing it on firm ground. But think about the all the things that could go wrong....

Picture This! This Might Be Expedient, But It Isn’t Safe2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! Worker Survives Chainsaw Necklace Nightmare

Chainsaw kickbacks are often deadly, but a Pennsylvania tree trimmer survived in spite of having a chainsaw's chain embed itself in his neck. The horrifying incident hasn't put James Valentine, 21, off returning to that job. Here's a photograph showing an X-ray of the chain inside his body.

Picture This! Worker Survives Chainsaw Necklace Nightmare2023-09-04T16:38:32+00:00

Picture This! Shoe Sales Clerk Should Tread More Carefully

It's unfortunate that in spite of having ready access to a ladder, many retail workers will choose to climb racking to access stock on shelves, as this photograph illustrates. Australia's WorkSafe Victoria notes that one in five injuries in the retail sector involve slips, trips or falls.

Picture This! Shoe Sales Clerk Should Tread More Carefully2023-09-04T16:15:43+00:00

Picture This! Human Stepladder Puts Safety Out of Step

How many workers does it take to safely change a light bulb? Apparently more than these three guys.

Picture This! Human Stepladder Puts Safety Out of Step2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This: Makeshift Bucket Lift is a Safety Downer

Here's an example of how not to inspect a roof. This unsafe practice provides no fall prevention nor protection against what would likely be a fatal fall.

Picture This: Makeshift Bucket Lift is a Safety Downer2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! Safer by the Handful

Winter of 2013 hit many parts of North America hard, leaving treacherous driving and walking conditions. Workplaces need to lay down plenty of salt or ice-melting pellets to keep walkways safe and navigable for workers, customers and visitors.

Picture This! Safer by the Handful2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

How to Get an Extension to Correct a Violation

When OSHA inspectors show up at a worksite, they generally [...]

How to Get an Extension to Correct a Violation2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! Safety’s Up in the Air With This Hoist

Will this flimsy makeshift car hoist hold out? Who knows, but we wouldn't want to be the guy under it attempting to find out.

Picture This! Safety’s Up in the Air With This Hoist2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! Right Place, Right Time

Star Winter, a customer at a restaurant in Saskatoon, SK, suffered a frightening allergic reaction to food and was fortunate that a restaurant employee, Aidan Murphy, was there to help her. Murphy gave Winter his personal epinephrine auto injector and a retired nurse administered it. The story had a happy ending, thanks to Murphy's quick thinking.

Picture This! Right Place, Right Time2023-09-04T16:34:49+00:00

Picture This! Doubling Up on Dimwit Behavior

Here we have a photograph of two workers working at a significant height without any form of fall protection. They did take the time to place safety cones on the ground, which lends a sad irony to this scenario.

Picture This! Doubling Up on Dimwit Behavior2023-09-04T16:14:34+00:00

Picture This! Photo Op Was a Safety Flop

Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, was photographed using a nail gun to promote a home improvement stimulus program. Too bad he wasn't wearing any PPE.

Picture This! Photo Op Was a Safety Flop2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! Why Safety Matters

It's human nature to care more about others' safety, health and well-being than our own. But don't lose sight of the fact that people who love you are counting on you to come home safe and healthy at the end of your shift.

Picture This! Why Safety Matters2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! No Time to Rent a Scissor Lift? No Problem

One of our subscribers snapped this photograph of a makeshift scaffold/ladder combination set up in the box of a pickup truck. It would have been a whole lot easier and safer to rent the appropriate equipment for the job.

Picture This! No Time to Rent a Scissor Lift? No Problem2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This! Three Little Words Versus One Big Risk-Taker

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, this guy could start by paying a little attention to the three little words staring him in the face. One slip and he could be staring at a more dazzling kind of stars than the ones on this banner.

Picture This! Three Little Words Versus One Big Risk-Taker2018-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

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