04.01.2014

Who needs traffic control?

Spotted today in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, UK, two men using a van mounted lift to take down Christmas decorations with no consideration of normal safety precautions.
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Taking down the Christmas lights in Sawbridgeworth

The two, one assumes employed directory or indirectly by the local authority, had rented in the self-drive aerial lift, a great improvement over ladders etc...
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Cars continued to drive under the overhanging boom

But.....they made no attempt to protect the lift against traffic and the man in the platform is clearly not wearing a harness in-spite of being at a heightened level of risk from working in the street. One assumes that this model does not require stabilisers and is therefore being correctly used in terms of stability - however we are not sure about that which makes it even worse.
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The man in the platform did not bother with a harness

In the words of our correspondent “Taken today in Sawbridgeworth council contractors using a cherry picker with no harness, no traffic management and no pedestrian management, I can't believe the council would allow this. I'd love to see the method statement!”

A definite one for our Death Wish series.