A crane tipped over in Florida yesterday and crashed into nearby buildings while lifting a tree.
08.02.2011
The following example of make-do access equipment was spotted by a reader in Salies de Bearn, South West France.
Temporary roadway supplier, TPA, has ordered fifteen new installation trucks equipped with Atlas cranes.
04.02.2011
This photo is a classic case of renting the wrong machine for the job from a site somewhere in the USA.
02.02.2011 1
A reader from New Zealand has sent us a very unusual photo of a homemade crane mounted on a trailer.
26.01.2011
A Vertikal reader in the UK spotted a boom lift working in a busy street in Warrington this week- Death Wish?
25.01.2011 1
A reader in Texas spotted a scissor lift user working on the edge of a high steel structure.
06.01.2011 1
A reader using Goggle Earth was amazed when he came across a classic Death Wish caught by the Google cameras.
04.01.2011
A couple of photos from Tenerife in the Canaries show a man who has no concern for the usual safety rules.
29.12.2010
This morning’s mail brought a couple of photographs from a reader in the USA that qualifies as a Death Wish.
28.12.2010
This example of working at height, sent in by a reader in Holland, most definitely qualifies as a Death Wish
23.12.2010 1
Spotted by a reader in a small village somewhere in Cornwall in the UK’s South West a telehandler and ladder.
16.12.2010
A man spotted in the UK up a ladder set up on ice, talking on his mobile while working on some electrics.
13.12.2010
Two men spotted working on trees outside Warrington hospital near Manchester, England - Death Wish?
02.12.2010
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