24.08.2009

Death wish in a clamshell

Today’s Death wish was sent to us from Northern Germany and shows a man working on some form of overhead wiring job, he has clearly come to the decision that some form of powered access is required to complete the job,
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Up he goes

However for some misguided reason, probably the make-do mentality he has decided to ride a free swinging clamshell bucket mounted to the arm of a 360 degree wheeled excavator owned by Clausing GmbH of Osnabrück
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To the job in hand

The amazing thing is that the man is either normally very safety conscious or following company policy as he is full kitted out with all the PPE equipment, including his Hi-Viz vest, gloves and hard hat. Yes when he comes to safe and efficient access all sense departs.
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A closer look shows how precarious this is