| May 2008 - Safety Idiot Of The Month |

Courtesy of Safey Soapbox |
| Published by Worksafe Victoria to promote safer work practices in construction, utilities, minings and quarring. It may be freely copied for such purposes. |
| May 2008 - Safety Idiot Of The Month |

Courtesy of Safey Soapbox |
This Bodgey Scaffold shows workers installing a new fascia panel around the outside of the Hotel entrance.
As you can see, there are many faults to list, but some key things are:
- Working platform not fully decked.
- Ladder used for working platform, instead of scaffold plank
- Climbing up side of scaffold (no access ladder)
- Standing on scaffold frame to work, rather than working platform
- No handrail, midrail or toeboard
- No barricading around the scaffold (this was next to the main entrance to the Hotel)
- Mixture of scaffold parts used from different systems
- Person working on ground, directly under the overhead work
- Power tool hanging by the cord.
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