Here's a sign typical of ones I saw on several construction sites on a recent trip to the US. It's the equivalent of the "How is my driving?" notices some hauliers put on the back of their large goods vehicles. Except that the 311 on this sign doesn't get you through to the builder's head office but to the New York city authorities.
Encouraging passers-by to act as whistleblowers for construction risks may not be a bad idea (in our coverage of the HSE's recent blitz of refurbishment sites, one of the inspectors said he had been alerted to unsafe roof work by a member of the public).
The only obvious drawbacks are that most casual observers won't know they are looking at a lack of edge protection or absent banksmen, or might call in things that aren't actually hazardous. Plus the fact that the contractors who most warrant this kind of attention are the least likely ever to put up a sign inviting it.
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