Photographs That Support Our Safety Message

Jan Thomas — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:42:13 +0000

As per the eLCOSH Use Policy – this is a screenshot of the browse page at CPWR — The Center for Construction Research & Training, elcosh.org/images.

One of the difficulties faced by safety professionals is finding the right image to show during training and other times—whenever conveying a safety message to others. I’ve been consciously building a photo gallery of the “good, bad and the ugly” for over 30 years. My early OSHA compliance photos got left in the Federal files and anyway, they suffered from the media of their day (Kodak Instamatic or Polaroids).

When I switched to digital I began my current collection which now suffers from my lack of time to organize it and digitally enhance or correct some images. Even though I’ve got enough of my own shots to support this website (although I still waste time finding the right one) I’m always on the lookout for others’ helpful collections. Voila.

Just this month The Center for Construction Research and Training (eLCOSH) added a free-of-charge image library to their already helpful website. It provides high resolution, downloadable photos of hazards on construction sites. Each photo has been fully described and the site is well organized and searchable by key words. Find it at www.elcoshimages.org.

Be sure to read the “Use Policy” before you download. Thanks, eLCOSH, and thanks to all the contributing photographers.

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Photographs That Support Our Safety Message