Where Is Workplace Safety? (27 pics)

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"Emergency "exit" in a friend's office building. First time they opened it was DURING A FIRE ALARM"

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"Sharps container? These people apparently never heard of one...the needles were poking out of the box."

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"Only entrance to my current job site."

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"Found in a graduate electrical engineering lab"

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"We had 5-6 people scrape/cut themselves walking past this exposed thermostat, so we finally complained... came in this morning to this solution."

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"I’ve always worked in refineries where safety is usually top priority. Now that I’m working commercial I’m amazed at what I’ve seen."

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"9 inch width of unsecured grating over a 25 foot pit. Been this way for years."

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"Emergency power shut off for a machine shop class with 25+ manual lathes, 5 manual mills, and 4 CNC mills is behind a bookshelf"

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"“If it rains harder than X amount, we have to empty this every 5 minutes “ - employee of the month"

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"Opened my lab's first aid kit because I burned myself, this was the extent of its contents..."

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“Quick he’s having a heart attacking”

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"Does my dads dryer at the warehouse count?"

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"I can’t even, not pictured is the 6 power strips daisy chained with 2 heaters"

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"Not sure if a bar is the right place for this, but this is the back office of my sisters job."