The forklift and pallet is often substituted for an aerial work platform our Dutch Death Wish goes one further.
15.07.2011
Sent to us by a Russian reader an example of some of the worst working at height practices.
08.07.2011
We are not sure where this is or when it occurred, it looks like the USA from the buildings and the ladder.
03.07.2011
Most job sites insist on the wearing of hard hats, regardless of risk, sometimes though it really does no good.
09.06.2011
A reader from Hong has sent us an example of a loader crane Death Wish or working close to people.
07.06.2011
Edge protection what edge protection? A reader has sent us some Death Wish photos from Beirut.
05.06.2011
Mats under outrigger jacks helps prevent accidents, however it is essential that the legs remain in position.
26.05.2011
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