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'''Crossroad''': Which are... completely free of acid. How disappointing.

'''Dragon''': I guess it was expensive enough that they took it with them when they abandoned the warehouse. }}

* ''[[8-~~Bit Theater|Eight~~ Bit Theater]]'' gives us [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/10/episode-1003-not-up-to-code/ the most dangerous thing in the dungeon].

* ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' gives us [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/10/episode-1003-not-up-to-code/ the most dangerous thing in the dungeon].

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', the first-year students' dorm rooms are stacked directly atop each other like bunks -- ''30 stories high''. They can only be reached by ladder, and there is neither wall nor railing on the side with the drop. The unlined bridge over the Annan Waters, on the other hand, is actually [[Justified Trope|justified]]: any railing would cast a shadow, which would allow the Glass-Eyed Men to cross. To offset the danger, it's at least twelve feet wide, so the only way to fall off is to be pushed.

* The proto-webcomic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110809071106/http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/catview.php?id=henchmen&cat=henchmen Henchmen]'' introduces the concept of the Health and Danger Department, working on the logic that the best possible fighting force is one in peak physical condition and constant mortal danger. Hence ''deliberately'' moving walkways over vats of toxic waste and whacking the poor henchmen about the head with a cricket bat while they fill in a "Risk-Awareness Test" form.

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* A [[Let's Play]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]] [[Platform Hell|Parallel Worlds]]'' had some fairly funny discussion of this trope. Including a short parody of [[Led Zeppelin|Stairway to Heaven]].

* [[Cracked.com|Cracked]] mentions OSHA by name in #6 of ''[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]''.

* The [[SCP Foundation]] would be hounded endlessly by OSHA, plus Amnesty International, the FDA, and ASPCA, if not for the fact that they have secretly infiltrated those and most other government agencies. It's rare that even an SCP that is designated "SAFE" has no casualty-count on ~~it's~~ record, not all being D-class. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip6DMJEGApE And as this video shows,] some are more dangerous than others.

* The [[SCP Foundation]] would be hounded endlessly by OSHA, plus Amnesty International, the FDA, and ASPCA, if not for the fact that they have secretly infiltrated those and most other government agencies. It's rare that even an SCP that is designated "SAFE" has no casualty-count on its record, not all being D-class. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip6DMJEGApE And as this video shows,] some are more dangerous than others.

== Western Animation ==

* Although it predates the OSHA, the ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoon ''Lost And Foundry'' fits this trope perfectly.

* ''[[Batman: The ~~Animated Series|Batman the~~ Animated Series]]'' had most of its fights in places like this, and the animated version of Two-Face can trace his origin to such an encounter (also, in the 1989 Batman movie, the origin of [[The Joker]] hinges on such a place).

* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' had most of its fights in places like this, and the animated version of Two-Face can trace his origin to such an encounter (also, in the 1989 Batman movie, the origin of [[The Joker]] hinges on such a place).

** Gotham's power plant, for instance, seems to be composed entirely of ledges over a [[Bottomless Pit]] with a control center at the top.

** Even [[The Creeper]] got his origin this way. Ironically it was the same place where the Joker had fallen to the vat of chemical waste, yet they never bothered to change the places of the vats or at least make the rails higher.

* In ''[[The Emperor's ~~New Groove|The Emperors~~ New Groove]]'', the lever that flips you into Yzma's secret lab is right next to a lever opening a trapdoor to a [[Shark Pool|crocodile pit]]. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] when Yzma's henchman pulls the wrong lever. Returning from her trip to the pool, the alligator-encumbered Yzma says, "Why do we even ''have'' that lever?" [[Brick Joke|Kuzco would also like to know]]. This is also played with in the TV series. Every time Yzma goes to her lair in the school, she orders "Pull the lever, Kronk!" followed by something DIFFERENT happening to her each episode. Even Kuzco does this in a secret bunker that he had hidden in the jungle for some reason.

* In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'', the lever that flips you into Yzma's secret lab is right next to a lever opening a trapdoor to a [[Shark Pool|crocodile pit]]. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] when Yzma's henchman pulls the wrong lever. Returning from her trip to the pool, the alligator-encumbered Yzma says, "Why do we even ''have'' that lever?" [[Brick Joke|Kuzco would also like to know]]. This is also played with in the TV series. Every time Yzma goes to her lair in the school, she orders "Pull the lever, Kronk!" followed by something DIFFERENT happening to her each episode. Even Kuzco does this in a secret bunker that he had hidden in the jungle for some reason.

* Lampshaded in the ''[[Family Guy]] Star Wars'' parody ''Blue Harvest''. One scene has a pair of Death Star crewmen complaining about the lack of guard rails and their attempts to get some installed.

* In the ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' episode "Autoboot Camp", they have simulated weapons that can be turned deadly with the flip of a switch. While there might be a legitimate reason to have some live ammo in a simulation training, there are none for having the things to be turned lethal at the flip of a switch (either through debris, cyber-fauna, or actual sabotage).