Friday 6 May 2011

Men at work

Men at work, on ul. Puławska, erecting scaffolding. A sight so stirring in its majesty that I jumped off the tram to get some shots. The geometric composition, the colours, the action (things were moving quickly - something you can't see on still images). But wait a minute - not a single hard hat? Instead, the ubiquitous baseball cap.

Pedestrian access has not been cordoned off (imagine that plank slipping as a person walked underneath). At least there are guard rails on the scaffolding, but generally I don't get the feeling that health and safety at work is anything as rigorous as it is in the UK. Which explains why construction industry fatalities in Poland are proportionately five times higher than in the UK.

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