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! Watch Your Step
“Watch your step please” read this sign found outside an Illinois business. Given the condition of the steps leading up to it, that's pretty sound advice!
Picture This! Do Sharp Metal and Safety Ropes Mix Well?
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.
Picture This! In the Crow’s Nest
This rickety looking set-up is enough to raise the hair on your neck.
Picture This! A New Version of Walking the Plank
We often get away with multitasking as we walk, but not if the floor we're walking on is missing a few key components, such as planks.
Picture This! Stacking the Odds Against Safety
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.
Picture This! Boom Could Turn to Bust
This photo illustrates a very dangerous way to use a boom as a work platform, above traffic no less.
Ice Cream Company Issued $90,500 in Proposed Fines for 22 Alleged Serious Violations GalleryIce Cream Company Issued $90,500 in Proposed Fines for 22 Alleged Serious Violations
Article, Electrical, English, Fall Protection, Health and Safety Management, Industry, Injury/Illness, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Language, Lockout/Tagout, Manufacturing, Slips, Trips and Falls, Topic, Type
Ice Cream Company Issued $90,500 in Proposed Fines for 22 Alleged Serious Violations
The majority of the citations allege deficiencies in the plant’s [...]
Picture This! A Few Bricks Short of a Secured Load
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.
Picture This! Remember, You Can’t Fly!
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.
Ice Plant Cited for 20 Alleged Serious Violations Issued $90,000 in Proposed Penalties GalleryIce Plant Cited for 20 Alleged Serious Violations Issued $90,000 in Proposed Penalties
Article, Electrical, Emergency Action Plan, English, Fall Protection, First Aid and Emergency Response, Forklifts, Health and Safety Management, Industry, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Language, Machinery/Equipment, Manufacturing, Slips, Trips and Falls, Topic, Type
Ice Plant Cited for 20 Alleged Serious Violations Issued $90,000 in Proposed Penalties
OSHA inspected an ice manufacturer and issued citations for 20 [...]
Picture This! One Point of Contact Puts Safety in the Gutter
Most people hate the task of removing leaves and needles from rain gutters, so they try to get the job done as quickly as possible. This photograph shows a worker breaking two cardinal ladder safety rules while clearing a gutter of leaves.
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.
Linen Company Cited for 21 Alleged Safety and Health Violations Issued $47,600 in Proposed Fines GalleryLinen Company Cited for 21 Alleged Safety and Health Violations Issued $47,600 in Proposed Fines
Article, Bloodborne Pathogens, Chemical Safety, Confined Spaces, Electrical, English, Fall Protection, Fire Prevention, Health and Safety Management, Industry, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Laboratory, Language, Manufacturing, PPE, Topic, Type
Linen Company Cited for 21 Alleged Safety and Health Violations Issued $47,600 in Proposed Fines
OSHA conducted an inspection and found a range of hazards [...]
Picture This! Everything-But-The-Kitchen-Sink Platform Elevates Fall Hazard
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.
Picture This! Hazards by the Barrel Full
Here's an eye-popping photograph showing workers perched on makeshift scaffolding that could shift or snap without warning.
Manitoba Hydro Gets Hefty Fine for ATV Violation
A Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health investigation found that Manitoba [...]
Picture This! Did Anyone See Where I Put the…
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.
Picture This! Wrong Side of the Fence
Want to show your employees an example of unsafe work practices? This construction worker is a frightening example of being a step away from a fatal fall.
Picture This! Fall Protection is NOT a Team Effort!
These workers are taking a potentially deadly risk by tying off to one another
Picture This! Vertical Vertigo
Picture This! Vertical Vertigo Holding an extended extension ladder upright [...]
Picture This! Leaning on the Wrong Side of Safety
This worker could be caught between shards of glass and a hard place as a result of leaning against a window.
Hospital Fined for Safety Violations
The good news is she wasn’t far from expert medical [...]
Georgia Contactor Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations GalleryGeorgia Contactor Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations
Article, Construction, Contractor Safety, English, Excavation and Trenching, Fall Protection, Health and Safety Management, Industry, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Ladders, Language, Slips, Trips and Falls, Topic, Type
Georgia Contactor Cited for Alleged Willful, Serious Violations
OSHA has proposed $108,000 in penalties against a contractor for [...]
Grain Grower Facing Willful Violations in Connection with Double Fatality GalleryGrain Grower Facing Willful Violations in Connection with Double Fatality
Accident Prevention, Agriculture, Article, English, Fall Protection, Health and Safety Management, Industry, JSA/Audits/Inspections, Language, Slips, Trips and Falls, Topic, Type
Grain Grower Facing Willful Violations in Connection with Double Fatality
A farm supply cooperative has been cited for four alleged [...]
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