Among a series of photos entitled ‘Red Neck engineering at its best’ is a photo of two ladders and a front-end loader
23.05.2011
A reader from Malta sent us the attached example of not so good cribbing under outriggers.
04.05.2011
Workers in the Hunan province of China are constructing a cliff walkway you need the techniques,
A visitor to San Francisco was shocked by the access equipment he spotted from the freeway into town.
02.05.2011
Spotted in Michigan? A boom truck set up on mud with some outrigger mats that create Death Wish.
27.04.2011 1
A reader sent us what is one of the most suicidal of Death Wishes, but we do not know when and where.
21.04.2011 3
A couple of men pruning trees were spotted last week in Ireland breaking every sensible safety rule in the book.
11.04.2011
Snapped earlier this week a man carrying out safety checks on Southwest Airlines grounded planes from a boom lift.
05.04.2011 1
Two men spotted working on railway overhead maintenance in Holland – where to begin?
04.04.2011
A reader spotted a man in Manhattan with total disregard for safe working practices in spite of using an aerial lift.
02.04.2011 1
Sent in by a reader in Trinidad & Tobago, a photo of a boom working from the back of a truck.
01.04.2011
A couple of men working from a totally substandard tower in the UK turned out to be trained but oblivious.
30.03.2011
Every year there are numerous crane and access accidents involving arborists cutting trees in residential areas.
14.03.2011 1
Sadly the person sending us this latest Death Wish provides no information about where and when it’s a classic though.
12.03.2011
Some photos taken in Scotland yesterday show two men on a warehouse roof fitting a new chimney flue.
24.02.2011
A reader in Australia sent in a suite of photographs that show how some people just don’t see any danger.
21.02.2011
Photos sent in by a reader in Belarus show that no matter where you go, working at height is still haphazard.
20.02.2011
A reader in the USA has sent us another crazy fork truck combination most definitely a Death Wish.
16.02.2011
Today’s example of dangerous behaviour comes from Belgium and looks like a regular high-rise demolition.
11.02.2011
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