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Construction safety, fall protection: Worker is contorting himself reaching with his arm and foot around side of ladder, without using his fall protection. Ladder is itself a hazard, because it is supported at top by a rung against the vertical edge of the gang form. It has a loose wire tied around it and concrete bulkhead at top that provides no useful safety. Practice and OSHA law require top of the ladder to be supported equally by its two side rails. Worker carries two safety lanyards and hooks, attached to full body harness and hooked temporarily at his right chest. Michigan 2006.
Construction safety, fall protection: Worker has contorted himself around top of ladder, without using his fall protection and is now descending ladder. Ladder is itself a hazard, because it is supported at top by a rung (on which he is placing his bottom foot) against the vertical edge of the gang form. Practice and OSHA law require its top to be supported equally by its two side rails. He has walked along top of concrete basement wall more than 20 feet above the ground, among reinforcing bar tripping hazards, without any fall protection. He carries two safety lanyards and hooks, attached to full body harness and hooked temporarily at his right chest. Michigan 2006.
Construction Stepladder: It is unsafe and illegal to use a step ladder as a straight ladder, because that is not its intended purpose. Step ladder feet are designed to be safe when ladder is opened, not when closed and leaning against wall. Also, ladder must extend 3 ft above its step off point, so climber does not have awkward dismount shown here. Ann Arbor, 2004.
Construction Stepladder: Person working off stepladder. It is unsafe and illegal to stand on the top step (far side) of a stepladder or on the ladder's back bracing (near side). This worker is doing both. Ann Arbor, 2004.
Construction safety: Stepladder is misused as straight ladder. Stepladder feet sit on roof that slopes away, without proper footing or cleating, and it can easily slip down roof when used, as here. Ladder to be mounted and dismounted from top, as shown here, should be tied off at top and extend at least 3 ft above dismount point. Massachusetts 2004.
Trench construction/safety: Worker in bottom of trench gives hand signals to operator of backhoe/excavator to guide boom of backhoe into position to pull trench box to next position to the left. Note worker remains within trench box safety, and trench box is accessed by ladder at far end.
Construction safety: Stepladder is misused as straight ladder. Stepladder feet sit on roof that slopes away, without proper footing or cleating, and it can easily slip down roof when used, as here. Ladder to be mounted and dismounted from top, as shown here, should be tied off at top and extend at least 3 ft above dismount point. Massachusetts 2004.
Bridge construction, steel construction: Superintendent at upper right listens to radio with right ear while directing the dozer operators pushing the bridge with signals of his left hand. Ironworkers standing on top of each temporary bridge pier watch process and signal superintendent with hand signals/ radio if there is reason to stop. They also unlock and lock rollers to allow movement when dozers push and to prevent movement thereafter.Superintendent is standing on stack of temporary bridge deck panels, which will span transverse bridge joists to provide final driving surface. Tyngsborough, MA 2005.
Fall hazard, unsafe scaffold/ladder, construction safety: The workers had worked, with no fall protection, from the six foot stepladder shown here, which stood on the unguarded top 2"x10" wood plank scaffold platform 20 feet above ground, a serious fall hazard. The ladder is now being folded, lowered to the worker on the ladder, who lowers it to the worker on the ground. This is not a bad way to lower the ladder, though lowering it it with a rope would perhaps be a little better. However, the top worker is working without fall protection, standing on an uneven surface, folding and lowering the ladder, an reasonably heavy and awkward item. This exposes the worker to a serious fall hazard for himself and an impact hazard to the two workers below him. Ann Arbor, Michigan 2005
Construction safety, fall protection: Worker is contorting himself reaching with his arm and foot around side of ladder, without using his fall protection. Ladder is itself a hazard, because it is supported at top by a rung against the vertical edge of the gang form. It has a loose wire tied around it and concrete bulkhead at top that provides no useful safety. Practice and OSHA law require top of the ladder to be supported equally by its two side rails. Worker carries two safety lanyards and hooks, attached to full body harness and hooked temporarily at his right chest. Michigan 2006.
Construction safety, fall protection: Worker is contorting himself reaching with his arm and foot around side of ladder, without using his fall protection. Ladder is itself a hazard, because it is supported at top by a rung against the vertical edge of the gang form. It has a loose wire tied around it and concrete bulkhead at top that provides no useful safety. Practice and OSHA law require top of the ladder to be supported equally by its two side rails. Worker carries two safety lanyards and hooks, attached to full body harness and hooked temporarily at his right chest. Michigan 2006.
Construction safety, fall protection: Worker is contorting himself reaching with his arm and foot around side of ladder, without using his fall protection. Ladder is itself a hazard, because it is supported at top by a rung against the vertical edge of the gang form. It has a loose wire tied around it and concrete bulkhead at top that provides no useful safety. Practice and OSHA law require top of the ladder to be supported equally by its two side rails. Worker carries two safety lanyards and hooks, attached to full body harness and hooked temporarily at his right chest. Michigan 2006.
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