What should’ve been done to make this incline less hazardous?
A hazard even in perfect weather conditions, ramps like the one in this picture become an even greater slip-and-fall danger when they’re covered in snow and ice. Although it appears that the ramp might have been sanded, it would have been a lot safer had the snow and ice been completely removed.
Maybe the employer thought that the powered mobile equipment apparently using this ramp was capable of safely using the incline despite the snow. But even these heavy machines could slide while […]
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