30 Of The Worst Work Safety Examples Ever, As Shared In An Online Group Dedicated To Them (New Pics)
There are many things that can go wrong at work. But as far as your health and safety goes, your employer has to protect you and tell you about health and safety issues that may affect you. Workplace risk factors include but are not limited to chemicals, biological agents, physical factors, adverse ergonomic conditions, allergens, and psychosocial factors.
From making sure there are enough first-aid resources to minimizing potential risks at all costs, these are the least employees can do. And if not, the chances are they will get busted on the r/OSHA subreddit, which is entirely dedicated to reminding people to stay safe at work. Borrowing its name from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the community's description says “Safety First!” and its 745k members mean it.
So let’s see what kind of workplace disasters waiting to happen they came up with right below and make sure to check out our previous posts on r/OSHA here and here.
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The Best Sign
Sometimes You Just Got To Get Er’ Done!
Just Started As The Safety Guy Of A New Plant. We've Got A Little Ways To Go...
Previously, Bored Panda reached out to the moderator -eDgAR- who was happy to share some insights on the r/OSHA community. The mod said that the online community is meant to be lighthearted, where everyone can come for a laugh at how ridiculous some people can be.
"It's not meant to be a place for serious discussions about safety, although oftentimes comments can actually get into great analysis about the issues shown in posts, which is great," they commented. However, unlike other subreddits, "we don't get a crazy amount of posts and have seen days with only a handful of posts. If you're one of the lucky first, chances are you'll get to the top," -eDgAR- explained.
No Health And Safety Back In The Day. Guy Painting Blackpool Tower In The UK
Not Sure What This Is Warning Against, But It Looks Bad!
If Only There Was Some Indication That This Door Shouldn’t Be Blocked. Have A Lowes Safe Day!
Welcome Time Traveler, Thank You For Sharing Your Futuristic Technology With Us
Too bad if a spark hit the paper and lit it on fire. Your whole face could get burnt.
What Not To Do
No chips, heavy surface rust on the machine surface. I wonder how long that mill has been out of service.
Good Luck With Troubleshooting
This Is Up To Code Right?
What Is The Name Of This Stacking Game?
I'm going with a combination from comments: "Clustertruck - The Trucktris of Regret"
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i've played that game! i even finished it! 300 gamer points if you finish it on Xbox (the last level is hard)
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Those ties won’t hold them in place. I hope the police were called
Oh my gosh, yesterday we were driving down the freeway and we saw what can only be described as some backwoods, redneck, stacking dolls. (we live in the city) There was a flat bed truck with a box truck on the back, in the box truck was a Toyota SUV and I swear to all that's holy inside that was a friggin washing machine. Like these people were moving and like, listen we're only doing one trip, so put the washer in the Toyota, put the Toyo in the box truck and throw that bad boy on the flat bed. We were trying to guess what was in the washer since we couldn't see.
They were probably on their way to the scrapyard to turn that stuff into beer money.
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It's called, "how to send our outdated trash vehicles to Africa" (and make money from it) See this all the time here in the harbor.
"A series of unfortunate events"? Drunk van driver phones for a carry back to depot, transporter loads him but loses keys, his mate would drive him back with their truck, another loss, another load, ...
Ken And Barbie Are Gonna Look A Lot Less Nice When They Land On Their Faces
Should We Tell Them?
The Dog Leash Is Safe. Promise
Better Call Todd
Mobile Ground For Your Ground Wire
Boss Said It Was “Balanced”
My Dad A Few Years Back
The Asphalt Being Rolled At The Telladaga Speedway. 1969
Stand On Your Tip Toes!
Warming Up Some Gelled Diesel
Just Trying To Get Something Unstuck
Planting Trees...
Bang Bang Feuer Frei
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
I Wouldnt Do This For A Milloin Euros
The Only Fire Alarm In The Building
Somebody Is Getting Fired Today
It was going to be easy, they said. It will be a fun job, they said
Who Knows What Happens If Liquid Aluminum Hits Water And Oil? None Of My Coworkers
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I've been a project and now corporate safety manager for 20+ years. I work solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, gas/steam, and refinery projects. My job -in a nutshell- is to "Protect you, from you, in spite of you". Darwin doesn't make that easy....
🎶 come with meeee... and you'll beeee... 🎶 in a world... of OSHA violationssss 🎶
Respect, Kimberly. I might have to belt that out at my next All-Hands Safety Meeting...
Load More Replies... These all look like things my boss would do. He seriously believes safety regulations are a political thing that liberals invented to hurt small businesses. He's had his brain rotted by right wing "news" outlets.
My theme song for 98% of these is "nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, heey, goodbye!"
Oh, there are big hefty fines in the U.S. too. A few of these do appear to be in other countries tho, and a few are DIY jobs.
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It's hard to believe there are so many idiots or unintelligent people in the world.
Shake hands with danger!!!! Trust me, you'll want to look that up on YouTube.
I've been a project and now corporate safety manager for 20+ years. I work solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, gas/steam, and refinery projects. My job -in a nutshell- is to "Protect you, from you, in spite of you". Darwin doesn't make that easy....
🎶 come with meeee... and you'll beeee... 🎶 in a world... of OSHA violationssss 🎶
Respect, Kimberly. I might have to belt that out at my next All-Hands Safety Meeting...
Load More Replies... These all look like things my boss would do. He seriously believes safety regulations are a political thing that liberals invented to hurt small businesses. He's had his brain rotted by right wing "news" outlets.
My theme song for 98% of these is "nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, heey, goodbye!"
Oh, there are big hefty fines in the U.S. too. A few of these do appear to be in other countries tho, and a few are DIY jobs.
Load More Replies... It's hard to believe there are so many idiots or unintelligent people in the world.
Shake hands with danger!!!! Trust me, you'll want to look that up on YouTube.
