Nate
Workplace safety is important, but not to everyone.
An entire group online is dedicated to calling out some of the worst “workplace fails” they’ve seen. From blocked fire exits to questionable ladder placement, OSHA won’t like seeing this.
Safety first! Unless you work with these folks.
1. “Buddy of mine that was born completely deaf in one ear hit the PPE lottery today”
2. “Call to locate the underground power lines? Nah you don’t need to do that…”
3. “Gonna have to bring a ruler to the bathroom”
4. “Corporate says tires are too expensive and all of our delivery vans are just fine”
5. “Ah yes the alarm”
6. “Totally passes the inspection”
7. “It’s like a Lock Out tag, just different”
“for the record, that means double, ‘Do not bother,’ in Spanish”
8. “A forklift with zero safety features. No clue how old this thing is, couldn’t find a data plate.”
9. “How many men does it take to screw in a lightbulb?”
10. “Seems safe enough”
11. “My buddy sent this to me. I’m at a loss of words…”
12. “So instead of renting a pole saw to cut the root that was in the way in their drilled shaft they decided to duct tape a chainsaw to a 4×4. That also means duct taping the throttle wide open along with duct taping the deadman switch.”
13. “Some welders came into my house, this is their welding machine and electric cord…”
14. “Hang in there buddy…”
15. “Who decided that this was a good idea?”
16. “The safest way to carry lifts of lumber from one part of a yard to a waiting truck! Up in the air above the cab while driving forward. lol! I see these guys doing this every time I go to this yard.”
17. “We all know the feeling”
18. “I love grinding in the gas room”
19. “A tractor-powered saw bench.”
20. “Can’t decide between 1 and 2”
21. “The building across the street from my job is being worked on, and this was the set up the contractors used to remove damaged bricks, which they dropped directly onto the sidewalk.”
22.
23. “Hmmmm.”
24. “Caught me taking a pic”
25. “Rules enforced via angry forklift”
26. “No emergency exit for you!”
27. “That should be enough to stop the fire from getting in.”
28. “But tell me, how am I supposed to mitigate stupidity in my job hazard assessment form?”
29. “At least they don’t have to worry about the top rung of the ladder.”
30. “Efficient? Pointlessly dangerous? Something about walking the plank to take a dump”
31. “In case of fire wade through flammables”
32. “On flip-flops…”
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34. “Ehh just throw some cardboard in there.. 480v never hurt anyone!”
35. “I still do stuff like this at work because some places (and people) are just hard to reach.”
h/t: r/osha