27.09.2010
Death Wish in the gutter
A man clearing his roof gutters of leaves in the English town of St Helens last week, could hardly have found a more dangerous access technique.
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A kamikaze gutter cleaner
In an odd example of extreme comparisons, our photographer was working on a job site opposite our kamikaze man. He says: We arrived on site and after a full site induction, checking of CSCS and IPAF cards, we were allowed to work at height on a Genie boom lift complete with safety harness, hard hat, safety glasses, safety boots, safety gloves and hi-viz jacket. - which is all good working practice.
On day two of the job we saw everyone on site was stunned as we watched a guy across the road cleaning the gutters, what can you say?
How do you stop or even report incidents like this?
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A closer look reveals details of his technique
Vertikal Comment
With no sign of a ladder one wonders how he got up there given it is six or seven metres up. One assumes that he had a ladder at the rear and came over the top?
It looks as though someone has put a few cones out and a men at work sign? Nice touch should he fall, at least passers-by will have been cordoned off from the mess he would have made.
should have been Arkwrights not Wainwrights
the shops named Wainwrights ,me thinks it should be Arkwrights as it looks like some thing Ronnie Barker would get Granville to attempt with the usual hilarious conclusion (funny when some body on the telly falls off eh??)