Are shadows an OH&S risk now?

caf said :

The have the opposite problem at a hotel in Vegas.

Damn – that’s equal parts scary and wildly funny… nice find!

i saw this when i was walking past (and laughed). Those steps a face exactly west (walk up the steps by heading east). Maybe that has something to do with it?

The have the opposite problem at a hotel in Vegas.

Well there was that episode of Dr Who where the shadows killed people…

Funny, so now programmers (with $$ in their eyes) are franticly writing add-on’s to all major architectural design programs which show every possible shadow configuration vs trafficable area vs public liability payout…….

Pommy bastard said :

If not, please book a place on either the three day or four day course.

Are there any places left on the yearly six hour refresher course?

…and is it held at a shadow proof location?

How long before we see the signs;

Have you done your mandatory “Stair Use” training yet?

If not, please book a place on either the three day or four day course.

Please do not attempt to climb stairs in this building if you have not been signed off by the Stairs supervisor as having done the training and been accredited.

Stairs inherently dangerous, management accept no responsibility for injury caused by incorrect use of stairs, use at your own risk.

SHADOWS MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE. THIS IS A WARNING TO ALL STAFF!

Counseling sessions are available for those employees with stairs phobia, or any traumatic reaction caused by stairs.

john87_no1 said :

False shadows being cast from the top step to the step below giving the impression that the step is closer to you than it is??

Around the back of the building maybe…but at the front, there are no steps at all…

Were they surprised to see that shadows are being created by the building? I’m imagining a meeting with the architects and the building owner, the owner outraged that nobody told them that this whole ‘shadowing’ phenomenom was occuring, and why didn’t anyone tell them that would happen?!

…is “shadowing” like “ghosting”? Ghosting is definately an OH&S issue…

False shadows being cast from the top step to the step below giving the impression that the step is closer to you than it is??