Spotted in Zurich airport by a regular reader – a trailer lift being used that breaks most good practice rules.
29.11.2010
A reader in the UK sent us a photo of a large pontoon being lifted over a van and two men.
26.11.2010 2
A man in an aerial lift in the UK - no harness, no cordoning off and working over the top of pedestrians.
25.11.2010 2
A reader sending photos from Amsterdam said it seems few users bother with harnesses or lanyards.
21.11.2010
Take a look at some real working at height in our video library, but be warned you will need a head for heights.
16.11.2010
Sent to us by a reader in the USA is a classic Death Wish involving a self-propelled scissor lift.
A photo in from the Middle East showing the crazy use of a window cleaner’s ladder is a clear Death Wish
11.11.2010
Two examples today of crazy people working from scaffolds on the streets of the UK
03.11.2010
A reader in Holland spotted one of the most unusual pieces of access equipment we have ever seen.
26.10.2010
A job in the north of Italy where a mixed up approach to harness use seems to be the rule.
23.10.2010
Sent in from South Wales an innovator creates a whole new meaning for pallet on the forks access.
15.10.2010
Spotted in Hagerstown Maryland a very long ladder or is that two?
11.10.2010
Spotted a couple of weeks ago in the UK – a man using four ladders to reach up to six metres
05.10.2010
A reader in London spotted three men erecting a façade scaffold and felt it qualified as a Death Wish.
29.09.2010
A man clearing his gutters of leaves last week, could hardly have found a more dangerous technique.
27.09.2010 2
Spotted in a small town in Slovakia four men using some of the most basic of equipment.
26.09.2010
A reader in Northern Ireland captured a mobile electrician at work on a set of lights around four metres up. His access methods were precarious to say the least.
08.09.2010
From Northern Ireland an example of a dodgy access tower compounded by an even crazier stunt
06.09.2010
A true Death Wish taken by a reader in Chile last week involving ladders and overhead wires.
05.09.2010
A death Wish from Poland where a major international contractor is constructing a pier, but hardly in the safest way.
26.08.2010
A reader in France recently came across an unusual application for a telehandler not quite a Death Wish but….
23.08.2010
Spotted somewhere in the north of England three men working on roof, not exactly in the safest way.
16.08.2010
From somewhere in the UK a man painting a chimney from on top – Death Wish?
04.08.2010
A reader in Holland spotted a team of tree surgeons removing trees the hard way and possibly not the safest way.
29.07.2010