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?
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
Hopefully there are more birthdays to celebrate.
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My boss at the junkyard : lifts the car with the shovel of his loader, to gut it
it's amazing really how few people realize that the single most common issue with forklifts is sudden and catestrophic failure of the hydraulic lift...
Oh f*****g bullshit. Never EVER has this been brought up as a health and safety issue by anyone in any context. Leaking hydraulic lines, yes. Bad fittings, yes. Importance of maintenance and regular safety inspections, yes. Inexplicable sudden collapse just because, only on certain planetary alignments when the Earth is in the house of the novitiate programmer when it passes through a field of commented code.
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im listening to Molly by mindless self-indulgence and when the big "Oh!" came is when I realized that dude can easily become a pancake
Note the slightly declined fork blades. I hope that there's no vibrations or movement of the car.
No. They're perfectly level because dude has obviously done this many times before and knows that if they're tilted too much one way or the other then the chain will slide making it impossible to get the car at the height you want. Now, if vibrations did ever just happen, and if vibrations were enough to cause that car to move, then it would roll, either forward or backward as it has nowhere else to go, and in the case of backward then it moves about a metre max before the chain reaches the apron or the boot hits the mast and maybe dude is donked on the head, or more likely forward in which case it moves, remaining in that same orientation, up to a metre or so at which point it would fall a metre away from the guy. Is this setup perfectly safe? No. Is it ideal? Definitely not. Is it likely to result in a crushing accident? Hardly.
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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.
