Elfin Safety...

[Mike Tomlinson]

... he's heard of it.

[GB]

I'm feeling slightly sick just from looking. Never been good with heights ...

[Eric]

He's not trying

blog.easysafetyschool.com/2011/07/where-is-osha-funny-unsafe-safety.html

[F Murtz]

Looks like an extremly safe placement.(assumimg the railing is installed properly.)

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , F Murtz escribió:

Would *you* climb on that ladder?

[Jim K]

yeah no probs, once you're on, your weight will stop it going anywhere... apart from falling off sideways what can go wrong?

Jim K

[jgharston]

I'd still tie it off at the bottom, though.

JGH

[Bill Wright]

Leaning to the side could cause one foot of the steps to lift, for one thing. After that anything could happen. I've been using steps and ladders all day and every day since 1970 and take my word for it, what that bloke is doing is very dangerous.

Bill

[The Medway Handyman]

+1

[The Medway Handyman]

No chance whatsoever.

[dennis]

I wouldn't, I have a platform to put up on the stairs. It looks pretty safe though, I just don't like ladders much.

[ARW]

Yes, and I often do such things.

[Ericp]

Love the bloke standing on the sill to clean his windows on the skyscraper block. Literally gave me a cold chill.

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Mike Tomlinson writes

Probably not but I have used the scaffold board from the landing across to a step on an inclined ladder technique.

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[Phil L]

Don't wish to alarm anyone but I've done this hundreds of times, it's always felt safer than the times i've put ladders on a sloping roof to get at a higher roof, there, the ladders *can* slip, wheras they can't in that picture

[John Rumm]

In reality, I don't see that as particularly dangerous. The ladder is restrained by the railings in such a way that it can't slip (although a touch more "ground" under the feet would be nice). So the main extra risk is the higher drop. However working on a taller ladder could pose the same drop risk.

He lacks the "three points of contact" with the ladder, but then again is nicely wedged up against the wall.

[John Rumm]

Don't watch this then:

[polygonum]

I am still getting my breathing back to normal - that was, ummm, pretty much unbelievable. Reminds me a bit of some of the films of skyscraper construction back in the (I guess) 1920s.

[Sam Plusnet]

If it's a public access stairway, what's the chance of a few nice children spotting him & deciding to "get involved"?

[John Rumm]

You don't fancy trying that then I guess? ;-)

Somehow seems a bit more exposed than a skyscraper!