24.07.2014

Spot the Death Wish

A reader from New Zealand has sent us in a series of pictures that cry out for a game of ‘spot the Death Wish’!

The pictures show a group of four men renovating a residential house in Dunedin, New Zealand. In one of the images a man is seen standing on the apex of the roof painting the chimney, while in another a man is using a pressure washer – although in his defence he does look as though he has tethered himself to the chimney...

Other images show unfooted ladders, platforms made up of single wooden boards bowing between ladders and rather suspect looking scaffolding which have no toe boards, fixed platforms or guardrails.

By our count there are about a dozen Death Wish examples here and it’s probably safe to say that there were a dozen more not caught on camera. How many can you spot?
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Renovating a residential house in Dunedin, New Zealand

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Eight or nine metres up and not a care in the world

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Pressure washing on a wet metal roof isnt the greatest of ideas

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How many Death Wish examples can you spot?