This highly shared image has several big safety concerns packaged together in to one single picture. Here’s how this must have happened: they’re trying to lift a piece of equipment higher than either forklift can reach, so the solution is to use the biggest forklift to lift the smaller one, while it in turn lifts […]
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Shop floor electrical work on stacked pallets
What’s wrong with this picture? It’s just a guy up in the air fixing some electrics. He looks safe enough, sitting on a neat stack of pallets. Here’s what’s wrong… No way of stopping him falling off the pallets. All he needs is a lapse in concentration, a shock from what he’s fixing, or a […]
Triple ladder stretch
At first glance this set up looked dodgy – two ladders lashed together to allow someone to reach high up a pole. But looking closer, it’s even worse than that! Three ladders tied together to make the reach. So, what’s the problem? The ladders just aren’t made for this. They are made for holding a […]