At least six hazards are shown in this photo from WorkSafe Magazine’s Sept/Oct 2010 issue.
Can you spot six hazards in this photo? WorkSafe Magazine invites you to spot the hazards and be eligible for a prize awarded to one person each issue. The magazine publishes as many responses as possible.
This photo challenge is drawing answers from as far away as Africa, Poland, India, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates. Readers are asking for permission to reprint the photos and are cutting them out, laminating them, tacking them to bulletin boards, and sharing them online. Employers, health and safety organizations, and educational institutions are using them for training, safety meetings, and workplace contests.
Answers from the last issue
“What’s wrong with this photo?” from WorkSafe Magazine, July/Aug 2010
In July, when the magazine featured an excavation photo, I wrote out my own list of hazards. I checked them online today.
One thing I totally missed from the July/August 2010 photo was hearing protection. Of course that saw operates loudly enough to damage hearing. I didn’t notice the lack of side shields on the glasses – which do not count as proper safety glasses. Hearing and eye protection are important factors I will watch out for next time I take the challenge.
The story behind the photos
I’m so curious to talk with the safety officer who stages the photos with the mag’s editorial team. How do they get their ideas? Stay tuned for this story soon.
Congrats to WorkSafe Magazine on the popularity of this year-old feature!
where are the answers?? I would like to use some of these posters for our Safety Team
It’s great to know you will use this with your safety team! Here’s where you can find the answers to What’s wrong with this photo?
1. PPE missing – glasses, gloves, hearing protection if generator running or ventilation running
2. Open gas container near space (fumes/tip hazard/could spill & enter space)
3. Access/Egress poor – ladder not coming out of space
4. Lid to space half on space
5. Ventilation not in space and hose not hooked up
6. Rescue – Tripod not set up over space
– winch not set up on tripod
– worker not wearing harness & not hooked up to properly set up tripod
7. Air testing monitor not in sight
8. No monitor/attendant in sight
9. Light – not being used
– improper one as bulb is breakable
– trip hazard with cord running all over the place
– could fall into space
10. “handle/support” being used to access/egress not proper and almost falling off ledge
Thanks for your answer (and for reading the post)! I will ask a health and safety professional to follow up on these details with you.