A couple of scaffold tower examples at the opposite end of the spectrum… But which is most dangerous?
15.10.2013 1
Spotted in Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa, last week five or six men with their ladders
13.10.2013
Spotted in London, UK, a man cleaning windows from a narrow unprotected ledge above a shop
11.10.2013
Yet another example of a bright spark thinking that a pallet on the forks of a lift truck is powered access
09.10.2013
A reader in the UK has sent us photos of what he describes as the most dangerous work he has ever seen
08.10.2013
Spotted in Leicester, UK, last week, a roofer taking risks as he prepared to work six to eight metres up
07.10.2013
Spotted in Scotland last week, one of the most dangerous uses for a scissor lift we have seen in some time
01.10.2013
Spotted yesterday in Belgium a man in an odd platform contraption on a pricey new Cat excavator
Spotted near Istanbul, Turkey, a steel erector perched high up on the steel, a definite Death Wish
30.09.2013
A reader has sent what looks like an illustration for the joke ‘how many people does it take to change a light bulb?’
25.09.2013
Spotted by a reader in West Drayton, UK, a man using a long ladder with its feet firmly in the canal
13.09.2013 1
Spotted by a reader in Wigan, UK yesterday a man using a forktruck and pallet for working at height
09.09.2013 1
A reader in Germany spotted a man being lifted by crane on a very routine application – safe or stupid?
09.09.2013
A reader in Germany spotted a man using an assembly of ladders and wooden planks to carry out work in Berlin.
04.09.2013
A number of you have sent us the YouTube video of Volvo Truck president Claes Nilsson riding a suspended load
04.09.2013 1
A man with a makeshift scaffold was seen, not in an poorer part of the developing world, but in the UK
02.09.2013 1
Spotted in the UK two men working on the roof of a two storey house, no access equipment, no concerns.
27.08.2013
Spotted by a reader in Germany, at a facility in Bonn, a man using a small mast lift to unload lumber
22.08.2013
Spotted last year in Manchester city centre – UK – a man working 5 metres up on a window ledge
20.08.2013
A Death Wish spotter in Spain sent us today’s example of a dodgy scaffold that even frightens a passing dog
11.08.2013
Spotted by one of our readers in Melbourne, Australia, a steelworker with Death Wish
09.08.2013
Spotted in Cambria, California a ladder set up that relied in a few nails a 2.4 batten and plenty of luck
05.08.2013
Spotted in Constanta, Romania, several men working on a building with little attention to safety
31.07.2013
Spotted at the Bank of America in La Jolla, California, clambering out of a scissor lift onto a roof
26.07.2013 2
