There are many things that can go wrong at work. But as far as your health and safety goes, your employer has to protect you and tell you about health and safety issues that may affect you. Workplace risk factors include but are not limited to chemicals, biological agents, physical factors, adverse ergonomic conditions, allergens, and psychosocial factors.
From making sure there are enough first-aid resources to minimizing potential risks at all costs, these are the least employees can do. And if not, the chances are they will get busted on the r/OSHA subreddit, which is entirely dedicated to reminding people to stay safe at work. Borrowing its name from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the community's description says “Safety First!” and its 745k members mean it.
So let’s see what kind of workplace disasters waiting to happen they came up with right below and make sure to check out our previous posts on r/OSHA here and here.
#1 The Asphalt Being Rolled At The Telladaga Speedway. 1969
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#2 Sometimes You Just Got To Get Er’ Done!
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#3 Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
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#4 What Is The Name Of This Stacking Game?
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#5 The Dog Leash Is Safe. Promise
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#6 Warming Up Some Gelled Diesel
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#7 Not Sure What This Is Warning Against, But It Looks Bad!
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#8 My Dad A Few Years Back
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#9 Just Started As The Safety Guy Of A New Plant. We've Got A Little Ways To Go...
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#10 Welcome Time Traveler, Thank You For Sharing Your Futuristic Technology With Us
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#11 Good Luck With Troubleshooting
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#12 Just Trying To Get Something Unstuck
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#13 Planting Trees...
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#14 Ken And Barbie Are Gonna Look A Lot Less Nice When They Land On Their Faces
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#15 Just Drove Past It. I Guess They Will Fix The Boom On Monday
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#16 I Wouldnt Do This For A Milloin Euros
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#17 No Health And Safety Back In The Day. Guy Painting Blackpool Tower In The UK
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#18 Mobile Ground For Your Ground Wire
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#19 Bang Bang Feuer Frei
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#20 Who Knows What Happens If Liquid Aluminum Hits Water And Oil? None Of My Coworkers.
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#21 Extinguisher Where I Work. It’s The Only One
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#22 Osha Overload! Watch Your Step! (8 Flights Of This)
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#23 The Only Fire Alarm In The Building
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#24 This Is Up To Code Right?
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#25 Stay Safe!
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#26 Trench Troll
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#27 Roofers Sponge Technique
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#28 5-Story Fall
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#29 Needs-A-Lot-Of Skill Saw
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#30 Gotta Love Well Controls!
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#31 Stupid Reddit Ad Appeared In My Feed, Well Done.
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#32 At First Glance It Looks Ok...
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#33 How About This
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#34 Boss Said It Was “Balanced”
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#35 If Only There Was Some Indication That This Door Shouldn’t Be Blocked. Have A Lowes Safe Day!
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#36 I Wouldn't Bet My Life On A Harbor Freight Hoist!
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#37 Should We Tell Them?
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#38 Dumpster Above Cars. They Were Tossing Stuff From 2-3 Floors Up
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#39 Never Stand Up When You Can Sit Down
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#40 "If It Works, It's Not Stupid"
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#41 "How Can They Pull The Alarm With The Booth In The Way?" - My 5 Yr Old In A Restaurant
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#42 This Note Should Keep Them Safe... There Is Literally A Lock Out Station 4 Feet To The Left Of This Sign
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#43 I Guess He Didn't Want To Sit In The Middle On The Lunch Run
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#44 My Coworkers Are Brilliant People.
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#45 Bad To Worse
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#46 Somebody Is Getting Fired Today..
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#47 It Will Be Ok, The Alarm Isn't Going Off Yet.
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#48 The Worst/Best Part Was That The Dude Had A Bucket Truck 20ft To His Left.
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#49 At Least He Is Wearing A Hi Vis
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#50 Spring Is In The Air In Cleveland
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#51 The Best Sign.
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#52 Spotted This While On The Bus.
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#53 "You've Got To Risk It For The Biscuit"
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#54 It's Okay. I Didn't Want To Get Into Those Panels Anyway. It's More Fun Working On Live Equipment
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#55 Today My Janky Ass Company Put This Paper Out Informing Us If There Is A Fire In Our Area, We Aren’t To Evacuate, We Are To Fight The Fire In Pairs. We Build Wood Cabinets For A Living And Have Never Received A Second Of Firefighter Training.
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#56 Better Call Todd
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#57 Walmart Seasonal Workers Putting Up Tarps For The Outdoor Plants Sections On Top Of A 12 Foot Fence.
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#58 Air Quality Readings Of 999.9? Not Great, Not Terrible. (Off Scale)
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#59 Keeping The Workspace Safe & Dry
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#60 Got The Crane Leveled Out Boss
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#61 Trailer Is Set Boss
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#62 Someone Decided It Was A Good Idea To Remove The Upper Part Of A Supporting Wall In An Old Home. The Little Bright Piece Of Wood Is Holding Everything Up Now.
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#63 Never Forget To Destroy The Evidence When You’re Finished
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#64 The Ol Wooden Pallet Skylift Approach!
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#65 My Whole Workplace Is An Osha Violation, But This Was A First For Me.
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#66 Good Place
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#67 Suits And Respirators *should* Be Worn At All Times During Asbestos Removal. Also Breaking Up The Friable Material Is Not Recommended.
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#68 Not The Right Way Of Doing This
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#69 Welp...
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#70 Look, A Reporter Is Here. Quick, Crawl Under This Object That Requires A Crane To Hoist.
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#71 Someone Smoked The Corner In Our Warehouse With A Forklift The Other Day. Saran Wrap Fixes Everything, Eh?
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#72 Someone Broke The Key For Our Compactor And This Is How The Manager Fixed It. Just Touch The Purple Wire To The Blue To Turn It On.
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#73 The Plank Was Near Its Swl.
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#74 Bungee Jumping
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#75 "We Didn't Have A Torque Wrench, Just A Sledge"
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#76 Stand On Your Tip Toes!
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#77 Seems Legit. Osha Approved Leg Lock
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#78 Not Sure How This Could Happen
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#79 I’ve Worked Here For 7 Months And This Has Been Here Since I Got Here
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#80 This Rusty Frame At The Fish Store I Work At. Holds 2000 Or So Lbs Of Weights... So Far
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#81 Just A Reminder, It Doesnt Have To Be A Big Health/Safety Issue To Be Worth A Report
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#82 When You Run Out Of Sealtight, But Have Extra Soft Copper And A Shark Bite Fitting For Your Pool Lights
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#83 Company Truck Just Out Of Shot
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#84 One Of The Mashers At Work
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#85 What Not To Do.
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#86 This It More Locks That I Normally See Them Use. There Are 4 Guys Working On It Currently
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#87 This Is Why We Start Life With So Many Extra Fingers.
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#88 Be Careful Which Bottle You Grab To Wash Your Hands
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#89 Don’t Hit It Too Hard Now
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#90 Do Not Block.
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#91 Let’s Just Leave This 350 Llb Engine In The Way
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#92 Told The Apprentice To Earth The Pipes Under The Sink. While Not Dangerous, What He Did Shows A Slightly Worrying Lack Of Understanding Of How Electricity Works. The Outflow Pipe Is Plastic.
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#93 So I Had An Oopsie At Work Yesterday
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#94 Safety 3rd
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#95 5'6" And 6'3" And They Couldn't Figure Out Why I Asked Them To Swap Positions.
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#96 Just Use Some Teflon Tape
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#97 Just A Bit Out Of Date…
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#98 I Was Told This Was An Outlet To Charge Power Tools On A Job Site.
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#99 I Couldn’t Not Share This Ad.
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#100 Everyone In My Country Is Just Insane
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#101 This Open Wall Outlet In My Local Kebab Restaurant
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