Picture This! A Bucket Load of Problems
Taking shortcuts with scaffolding is risky business. Here is a photograph showing a makeshift scaffold that was cobbled together by a person who should have known better, namely a safety supervisor.
Picture This! In Case of Fire, Find a Really Tall Person
Location is everything, particularly when one is speaking about access to a fire extinguisher during an emergency. This device is well out of reach for all but the tallest people.
Picture This! In Case of Drowning Emergency, Find Knife to Cut Rope
Here's an example oaf having an object designed to save lives that may be useless because it isn't easily accessible. The object in this case is a rescue ring that can't be used without a knife to cut it free.
Picture This! A Shocking Rat’s Nest of Wiring
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.
Picture This! He’s Not on Board With Safety
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.
Picture This: When Ingenuity Goes Too Far and Too High
One of the safety violations in this image is almost screaming at you, it's so obvious.
Picture This! Tightrope Training Session
This unbelievable photograph was snapped more than 30 floors above Sydney, Australia.
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! Heavy Metal Versus Flesh and Bone
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.
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! You Can’t Get There from Here
What happens to your rig when you underestimate a clearance height?
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.
Picture This! A Glowing Recommendation for PPE
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.
Is This the Kind of Confined Space Entry You Want for Your Workplace?
A sobering reminder of confined space dangers that you can use to protect your own workers.
The Terrible Tagout: Using a cardboard box as a tagout device GalleryThe Terrible Tagout: Using a cardboard box as a tagout device
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The Terrible Tagout: Using a cardboard box as a tagout device
Use this photo to train workers how NOT to carry out a tagout control of hazardous energy when servicing machinery and equipment.
Protecting Workers in Construction Zones
This photo illustrates the importance of protecting workers in road and highway construction zones against motor vehicle traffic hazards.
Fall Protection Gone Bad
Can you tell what dangerous and illegal action this worker is engaging in?
Walking the Plank: What’s Wrong with this Picture? GalleryWalking the Plank: What’s Wrong with this Picture?
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Walking the Plank: What’s Wrong with this Picture?
This might be an arrangement Blackbeard the Pirate would be proud of, but it won't pass an OSHA inspection. Can you figure out what's wrong with this picture?
What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Use this photo to test your knowledge of OSHA electrical safety rules and educate workers to electric hazards.
Machine Guarding Hazards
This double circular mill saw isn't properly guarded. Can you explain why?
Exit or no exit? GalleryExit or no exit?
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Exit or no exit?
Fire Exits must be clearly marked; ditto exits that look like fire exits but really aren't. If it sounds confusing, it's only because it IS confusing.
Hazcom Hazards
This is a great demonstration of how you shouldn't store hazardous materials. Can you spot the OSHA violation?
Forklifts and Scaffolding
There may be a few situations where this sort of use of a forklift is safe, but this definitely isn't one of them.
Fire Extinguisher Faux Pas GalleryFire Extinguisher Faux Pas
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Fire Extinguisher Faux Pas
If you were an OSHA inspector, what would you do if you saw this?
Ladder Lunacy
The worker in this picture is committing at least 3 OSHA violations--can you spot them?
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