Our contributor wrote: "Recently one of our service technicians took this photo just up the freeway in a neighbouring town...It still amazes me that people will put themselves at such risk."

We couldn't agree more:

Even if this was only a trial run to see if the backhoe bucket could reach the thought of anyone actually using this scaffold as 'safe' access is almost beyond belief.

This week's Absolute Shocker shows another prime example of "ladder lunacy".

As you can see in the picture, our old cobber Groucho has been caught short in the ladder department, this time at both ends!

This prompts us to remind readers that ladders need to extend at least 900 mm past the point of exit, and thats when they are set up on the ground, not on the back of a ute.

At a recent air show not all the death deifying stunts were visible to the crowds.

Groucho was spotted using a forklift instead of an elevated work platform [EWP] to access the communications device on the pose. Forklifts are not EWPs and generally should not be used as an alternative, especially when not fitted with a property designed and engineered workbox.

Usin a broken pallet on the forklift tynes, just doesn't cut the mustart?

One can only hope the pilots doing the aerobatic displays, didn't ignore their basic sfety procedures like some of the people setting up the event.

On seeing this photo, we are reminded of the one hit wonder from the late 70's and if we could paraphrase the title, "Nice legs shame about the face (scaffold)".

It's obvious that someone on this site had an idea about fall protection and working at heights; this can be seen in the perimeter scaffold around the fornt and side of this unfinished balcony. Then it appears that it all went wrong!

Notice the trestle frame supported on the scaffold, which supports a single aluminium scaffold plank, which supports 2 masonry block, which supports a non-rated timber plank, which supports probably more masonry block, which supports another single aluminium scaffold plank, which supports the guy above and is still not quite high enough as he needs to stand on his toes.

As the scaffold plank appears to be directly above the existing scaffold deck wouldn't it be safer to just extend the scaffold to get the extra height?