All Safety blunders articles – Page 9

  • Man stradding parapet
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    Riding high

    2009-09-07T11:41:00Z

    Somebody's horsing about up there – members of the public passing below could find this ladder most unlucky to walk under

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    Bats in the belfry

    2009-09-04T00:54:00Z

    Malbork castle in Poland was getting a facelift when Piers Michell spotted these workman perched precariously on the roof. Let’s hope their recklessness doesn’t come home to roost

  • Window painter on 45-degree ledge
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    A degree of insanity

    2009-09-03T10:00:00Z

    Or rather forty-five degrees, as that's the angle of the ledge this painter is standing on, with no other security

  • Men on wooden rafters
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    Don't break a nail, guys

    2009-09-02T11:09:00Z

    Putting your hands in your pockets is less effective than a harness at preventing falls but it will save you breaking a fingernail if you do chance to tumble

  • Man leaning on roof
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    Time for a little lie-down

    2009-08-26T09:51:00Z

    After climbing two stepladders – one placed on a sloping roof – and struggling up onto the guttering, it's no wonder he's weary

  • Man on a ledge attached with string
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    String 'em up, say the French

    2009-08-25T11:02:00Z

    Presumably this is the approved method of working at height in France – either that or an attempt at 'extreme swinging'

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    A Spanish safety holiday

    2009-08-24T09:21:00Z

    These guys repairing a villa in Spain take a relaxed approach to their make-shift scaffolding

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    Now, don't move ...

    2009-08-19T13:27:00Z

    Thanks to Jack White of Mace for this photo of a precarious balancing act in Turkey

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    Is that an Antony Gormley sculpture up there?

    2009-08-18T12:53:00Z

    No, just another nutter with a penchant for teetering on rooftops

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    Cliffhanger

    2009-08-14T00:05:00Z

    Thanks to William Blake, who noticed these perilous clifftop repairs while on honeymoon in Corsica

  • Men in  digger bucket
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    Dig this: cuddles in a bucket

    2009-08-13T11:49:00Z

    Or perhaps that's just some kind of 'stablisation stance' to offset the reckless risk of riding around in digger buckets

  • Two men on a ladder
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    Double trouble

    2009-08-12T10:32:00Z

    Two men up a very long ladder – it's just not good, is it? No wonder they're looking blue

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    The other right

    2009-08-07T00:01:00Z

    Chris Bath of BPTW Partnership spotted this cunning Darwinian pedestrian filter near Blackfriars bridge, dangerously close to Building HQ. It’s as if somebody out there didn’t like us …

  • Window cleaner crouching on sill
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    Crouching tiger, hidden drop

    2009-08-06T10:05:00Z

    Actually not such a hidden drop – a blatantly obvious three-storey drop – and not a tiger at all, but a rather reckless windowcleaner

  • Man clinging to mullions
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    Klingon spotted in the West End

    2009-08-04T10:11:00Z

    Sorry, we meant 'cling-on'. Oh, and did we mention the spiky wrought-iron railings three storeys beneath, and the rain?

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    Normal – for New Cross

    2009-07-31T01:00:00Z

    Our thanks to Nick Pieri for this picture of a pub in New Cross, south London. Now, a lot of odd things do happen in this part of the city and it will come in handy if anyone decides to hoover the street

  • Men on ladder on van
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    A van, a tan and a crazy man (or two)

    2009-07-28T10:19:00Z

    If the ladder's too short, just stand it on your van! Or so 'reasoned' these chaps at a tanning salon in Banbury recently

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    When I'm cleanin' windows

    2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Kevin Sansbury was admiring the Flatiron building in New York when he spotted this chap appreciating the view. But surely it’s just as impressive from inside the building?

  • Workmen over shop entrance
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    Drop in to the shop?

    2009-07-22T12:12:00Z

    Or maybe not right now – given the presence of these workers positioned precisely over the entrance with no apparent safety provision…

  • Web of scaffolding
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    Oh, what a tangled web…

    2009-07-20T10:42:00Z

    Apparently, they've discovered a six-foot-tall spider in Hong Kong – this poor builder is caught in its web. Oh, hang on, no, that's scaffolding