Wild Safety Violations: 15 Photos from Internet Users

When the instinct for self-preservation fails.

Although some professions are associated with high risk and there are rules that allow for relatively safe work, not all workers adhere to these recommendations. Reddit users regularly share examples of how a single careless move can separate a situation from disaster. Here are 15 striking examples.

1. "Hired workers to trim a tree in my yard. I come home and see this."

2. The cherry on top: this electrician is wearing a helmet.

3. Because only weaklings shore up trenches.

4. A fragment of a pressure washing advertisement: showing how easily a stream of water cuts through soft materials.

5. Hundreds of racks are damaged or completely broken in the warehouse, shelves overloaded by several tons, but doing something about it is simply not profitable for the management.

6. Free seasoning for vegetables.

7. "Ah, so that's why I was told to scan the ground."

8. When they said to clean up the spilled fuel quickly, or it might be dangerous.

9. Looks reliable.

10. People understood long ago that columns support structures well, but this is just too much.

11. Even if it doesn't fall, how will you retrieve it later?

12. "The load is secured, boss."

13. The charm of this design will especially reveal itself during a fire.

14. Either a daredevil or just a fool: working on a four-lane road without safety gear.

15. Clearly unlicensed, and also sleeping on the job!