Picture This! Girder Wrangler Tempts Fate
Heavy clothing, zero fall protection and working over water could prove to be a losing proposition for this worker.
Picture This! Texting While Driving Hits a New Low
Everyone knows how dangerous it is to text while behind the wheel of a moving car. This guy has upped the ante.
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! Avoid That Sinking Feeling at Work
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.
Picture This! Where’s the Emergency Phone, Jack?
You can't always believe what you read, especially when a sign points the way to an emergency telephone that doesn't exist.
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.
Picture This! Emergency Exit Fail
Tragedies from the past carry important safety lessons, but unfortunately, those lessons aren't always heeded. Locked emergency exit doors continue to be a problem in the modern workplace, 102 years after 146 workers locked inside a New York clothing manufacturing plant perished in a fire.
Picture This! One Rung Away from Danger
Climbing a ladder requires concentration on one's placement of hands and feet, which means this worker may be oblivious to a sharp piece of metal protruding into the area just above his body.
Picture This! Whaddaya Mean I Can’t Park it Here?
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.
Picture This! Is He Washing His Hands at the Urinal? GalleryPicture This! Is He Washing His Hands at the Urinal?
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Picture This! Is He Washing His Hands at the Urinal?
Does this graphic ACTUALLY depict a man washing his hands in a urinal? What is going on?
Picture This! Human Crane Feeling the Strain GalleryPicture This! Human Crane Feeling the Strain
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Picture This! Human Crane Feeling the Strain
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.
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: Cookies and Fire Extinguisher Share Aisle 1
Better hope there's not a fire or precious time could be lost trying to free this fire extinguisher from its awkward position.
Picture This! Ladder Lunacy in England
Would you trust this man's rather "unique" ladder arrangement? Neither would we. (WorkSafeVictoria, Australia)
Picture This! This Power Bar Appears Good to Glow
It's Fire Prevention Month--a good time to point to hazards at work and around the house that need to be addressed before a fire occurs. This photograph shows a power bar that has overheated and could easily have caused a fire. Worse yet, it was still in use, under a bed.
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! 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: 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! Safer by the Handful GalleryPicture This! Safer by the Handful
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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! 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! And This Little Bare Wire Goes in Here
Making do with what you have is good advice in many situations, but in the world of workplace safety, making do often translates into taking dangerous shortcuts. Here we have a situation where someone has shoved bare electrical wires into a power outlet and then taped the makeshift wiring to hold it in place. (WorkSafeVictoria, Australia)
Picture This! Raise a Glass to Rising Temperatures
Hot weather, high humidity, a lack of water and insufficient rest breaks can quickly lead to life-threatening heat illness.
Picture This! Human Stepladder Puts Safety Out of Step GalleryPicture This! Human Stepladder Puts Safety Out of Step
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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! 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! 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.
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