Idiot at Work

[Ian007]

I took this photo when I was walking around Melbourne very early one sunday morning last October.

Nice ladder in the boom lift. while this bloke had a harness on it wasnt attached to anything, maybe he didnt want to get home that day. :eek:

[zenwood]

The OH&S guy at work gave a talk a couple of weeks ago, and showed a whole bunch of photos like that. I think there's a website somewhere that has them. Yous would be a good candidate. Amazing what people will do to cut corners.

[zenwood]

Here's the link to Bodgy Scaffold of the Week:

http://www.totalsafety.org/bodgeyscaffold.html

(see also the tab Absolute Shocker of the Week).

With more archived here:

http://www.safteng.net/worksafe_free_photo_page.htm

[Iain]

They are priceless :eek:

[echnidna]

I keep seeing the thread name Idiot at Workand think **** someones seen my shed!

[Auld Bassoon]

I took this photo when I was walking around Melbourne very early one sunday morning last October.

Nice ladder in the boom lift. while this bloke had a harness on it wasnt attached to anything, maybe he didnt want to get home that day. :eek:
Maybe he should just hook his harness over the nearby catenary cables; I don't suppose they carry a very high voltagehttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif

Cheers!

[Wassy]

I had a boss once who suggested I do exactly that. I said if he got workcover and union approval I would be more than happy to do it.

10 minutes later he felt his life wasn't worth a great deal and did it himself.

'Idiot' was one of the polite words I used.....

[SeanS]

The laws here in WA dictate that anyone in a boomlift needs to be harnessed in, even if it is just being driven from A to B. The laws in Victoria are probably exactly the same, so that explains why this guy would have a harness on.

Given his approach to safety, I suspect he is one of the many guys I've come across who wears the harness, but only ever hooks it up when someone chips him about it.

[bitingmidge]

I'm thinking "how weak, they used a bought ladder".

Here's how it's done in Siberia.

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:eek: :eek:

[MeTaBo MaN]

Hey it looks like work for the dole :rolleyes:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=11417

[echnidna]

Hey it looks like work for the dole :rolleyes:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=11417

Ok sounds real good.
How do I use the work for the dole money to buy a nice lift truck just like that. :eek:

[MeTaBo MaN]

Ok sounds real good.
How do I use the work for the dole money to buy a nice lift truck just like that. :eek: Yep your right mate, They wouldn't go to that expense! They just dangles me over the edge :P