02.08.2011

Cyprus Death Wish

A reader in Cyprus has sent us a series of photo’s he took of a large scissor lift being used for a steel erection and or cladding job in the country.

It is surprising how oblivious those on site are to the unnecessary dangers the crew working at height are exposed to.
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A normal working site but focus on the scissor lift

The lift is working from a busy unloading area with telehandlers and loader cranes at work around the lift with little attempt to cordon the machine off from the danger of collision. Then for some odd reason the men working at height have dismantled the guardrails and finally as if all this is all not enough a colleague decides to join them on the open deck by climbing over the steel work.

The photos are self-explanatory.
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Starting at the bottom, looks like it is working in a busy loading area

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With no sign of any cordoning-off it is vulnerable to being hit

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Moving up to the platform two men -and missing guardrails at full height

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What's this? the arrival of a third man

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He seems keen to join them

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So lets climb over!

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so over he goes

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and down the other side onto the open platform

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It looks as though the other two are taking a break?

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So he joins them hopefully they completed the day without going over the edge?