Playing the drums

2007-05-23T12:30:00+01:00

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Who needs scaffolding when you've got oil drums, some planks of wood and a couple of blocks?

These workers have saved money on those expensive site prelims by doing away with scaffolding, at the cost of their safety. Thanks to Joe Carnegie for sending in this picture.

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Safety blunders

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Balfour Beatty launches safety investigation after incident earlier this month
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A foot in each camp

2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
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Blowing in the wind

2013-05-01T14:23:00Z

“Not only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,” notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.