Here in the US we have laws governed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) which are meant to protect workers from unsafe conditions. But apparently OSHA is on holiday right now. Meanwhile the rest of the world needs to be adopting some safety standards too, or they are going to be ending up headlining the Darwin Awards.

Take this photo for example: “Let me just drive this forklift off the dock… while carrying a bomb!”

Levester Johnson takes his dog, Armani, an Italian Cane Corso, out for a morning jog on Monday, March 26, 2007 in Akron, Ohio.

“I was lazy this morning, ” said Johnson. “I’m on the way to the gym myself. I wanted to make sure [Armani] got in a workout before I left.”

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I’m not sure who took this photo, it was randomly on Flickr, but it is cool enough that I though I’d share it.

Incidentally, since I don’t normally post just plain old photos like this, it would be useful to get some comments to know if you’d like me to share more of these in the future (ie, really interesting / unusual photos).