My father worked on a job site where a guy was squished between an excavator bucket and a dumpster. Apparently, he took a few steps, said he was fine, started coughing, and then dropped dead.
Today an LRT dropped out of my hoodie pocket between a backed up truck and our dock wall. Part of my head said in Palpatines voice, "do it, just reach down and pick it up" but naw....i've seen Final Destination. Working with large objects is all about making sure you don't put yourself between something that doesn't move and something that does.
Ive commented on this video before and I'll say it again.. You never. Stand. Under. The load. I've been part of so many picks as they call them .. even if you're not the signal person. You holler at/ communicate to the signal person to stop the crane. You move you or you move the load. Bottom line. .. these ass hats. I don't care if it's something I could potentially catch, you never, ever put yourself in that situation
So I've never been near a crane like that while it was lifting anything. I don't work in construction, these things are not a part of my life. Still, I have a gut instinct that tells me that I do not want to be under a thing supported only by a few straps, especially while it's moving. I feel like that would be the human baseline. Am I wrong, or does something happen to these people that they get desensitized to this stuff?
Like, I assume that they are taught not to do this as well, I just don't even get how anyone needs to be told that let alone why they would ignore it. I feel like you couldn't pay me to be under there even for a minute.
I find it hilarious that 1 guy was wearing a hard hat, it got knocked off when the crane hit them, then the other guy grabbed it and put it on as they walked away. Probably wanted to claim he was wearing one in the incident review.
Dumb luck. Look at what is being lifted... another crane that is on its side so we can only assume that one fell over already and was being righted. These two are fucking morons.
You’re inspecting evidence of cranework gone wrong and you walk under cranework? The gene pool was kept murkier than it should be that day. I’ll be the guy in the crane shat himself figuring he’d just turned two guys who shouldn’t have been there into paste.
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I'm trying to see how the straps fail and most likely they are not put in as the should. They seem to form a loop... that's idiotic. They realy didn't learn anything.
They're lifting by passing a strap through a hole in the outrigger of the toppled crane. As you might well imagine, that opening likely had no rounding so the strap is against two edges with sharp angles. I'm surprised it didn't fail sooner.
No control then to stop it from whipping. When lifting like this you want to have full control of the load from when you first start lifting to when you finish setting it down. If they pulled from the boom when it got past the tipping point while becoming upright you lose control over its movement and the end tries to crack like a whip.
Common sense isn't that common unfortunately. Coffee cups have 'Contents hot' written on them for fuck sake. You'd think that would be obvious to anyone who's drank coffee.
The coffee cup text incidrnt was not a stupid customer's fault. It was result of a greedy company pampering other stupid customers resulting in serious injury and expensive lawsuit. The text is stupid, the customer wasn't.
I really agree, talking from experience. But if the person who designed is stupid enough, you’ll have to. In my company we used to ask “who doesn’t have family?” And then that person would perform the task. I usually was the task performer
There's a famous German occupational safety slogan that has been around for almost a century now and is kinda catchy (at least in German): "Unter schwebenden Lasten lauert der Tod". Translated: Death lurks beneath suspended loads. https://global.museum-digital.org/object/86721?navlang=de
I did an overhead crane training course years ago. The first thing on the course was safety and I'm pretty sure the first rule was never move under the load.
I mean, depends on the country and the place, also the kind of event.
I trust the local folks with my life, but I know how they work. I've seen some shit in other places though. Ratchet straps are not meant to hold 2 t over people....
I work on major events in the U.S. We've really only started to have the kind of safeguards in place that we should. I was on a large gig where Bruno Mars was the headliner and a shackle pin came loose and fell on a cameraman and a woman from 80 feet. And I know some of the goofball high-riggers on my jobs. I know they're trained but I'm not always super trusting. If I don't have to walk under something, I won't.
Schaade
Really puts walking under a ladder in the small-shit category, doesn't it?
pritolus
Lol, red shirt guy's hard hat fell off and black shirt guy stole it
11Weasel11
My father worked on a job site where a guy was squished between an excavator bucket and a dumpster. Apparently, he took a few steps, said he was fine, started coughing, and then dropped dead.
zugz003
They should died there; they used up all their good-luck and then some for this life. Stupid S.O.Bs.
UnitConversionBot
1mile ≈ 1.6 kilometres
Jagernot
Today an LRT dropped out of my hoodie pocket between a backed up truck and our dock wall. Part of my head said in Palpatines voice, "do it, just reach down and pick it up" but naw....i've seen Final Destination. Working with large objects is all about making sure you don't put yourself between something that doesn't move and something that does.
yourbassist
themayorMcCheese
Ive commented on this video before and I'll say it again..
You never. Stand. Under. The load. I've been part of so many picks as they call them .. even if you're not the signal person. You holler at/ communicate to the signal person to stop the crane. You move you or you move the load. Bottom line. .. these ass hats. I don't care if it's something I could potentially catch, you never, ever put yourself in that situation
GhostSavage10
Never stand under the hook
ballsoutflyer
They've gonna be feeling that in the morning... assuming they can even get up.
thesavagery
Don't. Walk. Under. A. Suspended. Load.
CrunchWrapFrappuccinoo
Don't walk under a load.
HeadJamistan
NOT the title of your mom's sex tape.
thatguyfromny
Dude in the dark clothes stole the other guy's hardhat afterward like, "Fuck him, I need this!"
MCEscherWasADouchebag
So I've never been near a crane like that while it was lifting anything. I don't work in construction, these things are not a part of my life. Still, I have a gut instinct that tells me that I do not want to be under a thing supported only by a few straps, especially while it's moving. I feel like that would be the human baseline. Am I wrong, or does something happen to these people that they get desensitized to this stuff?
MCEscherWasADouchebag
Like, I assume that they are taught not to do this as well, I just don't even get how anyone needs to be told that let alone why they would ignore it. I feel like you couldn't pay me to be under there even for a minute.
Mikataki
Hardhats, people. You never know when you'll be hit by a falling building.
kwyjjibo
I find it hilarious that 1 guy was wearing a hard hat, it got knocked off when the crane hit them, then the other guy grabbed it and put it on as they walked away. Probably wanted to claim he was wearing one in the incident review.
trigonman3
Cilvaa
MenloPart
TheInitiated
Red guy had a hard hat on which saved them both, later black guy puts it on to get all the praise.
eromitlab
...how are those two guys still alive?
Leaps
luck
StellarJay77
Dumb luck. Look at what is being lifted... another crane that is on its side so we can only assume that one fell over already and was being righted. These two are fucking morons.
BillDoubleu
Good thing they were wearing hard hats!
Understopper
You’re inspecting evidence of cranework gone wrong and you walk under cranework?
The gene pool was kept murkier than it should be that day.
I’ll be the guy in the crane shat himself figuring he’d just turned two guys who shouldn’t have been there into paste.
IfILikeYourJokeITellYou
That dude stole that guy's helmet
codenameRadical
Fuck's sake ...
digitreal
Used to work crash and recovery for jets. Rule 1 on any crane use, don't walk under the crane or anything it's lifting unless absolutely necessary.
swatz
it just seems like common sense, but you have to teach people. Just seems they think shit won't fail.
Eatabaggadix
Same. Used to work in a shipyard.
Regeny
How often was it absolutely necessary?
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
7
trigonman3
pretengineer
Whenever there isn't a supervisor around
NachoPete
Rarely, probably.
BeaverOnFire
When it could save you 5 steps by not going around!
digitreal
Yes
IMPICKLERICK
Petrolholic
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Protege420
Clockworkdancerobot
What do they say about not standing underneath a suspended load?
trigonman3
It's in this thread at least 50 times, in case you can't remember.
Clockworkdancerobot
I said this hours ago when this first was posted.
trigonman3
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thatguyfromny
I just realized that what they're lifting is another crane that toppled. You'd think they'd have learned to stay well clear.
HerrHat
I'm trying to see how the straps fail and most likely they are not put in as the should. They seem to form a loop... that's idiotic. They realy didn't learn anything.
thatguyfromny
They're lifting by passing a strap through a hole in the outrigger of the toppled crane. As you might well imagine, that opening likely had no rounding so the strap is against two edges with sharp angles. I'm surprised it didn't fail sooner.
AtaSeaParks
Oh yeah totally. Why didn't they just lean it back over. Pull it from the arm...
thatguyfromny
No control then to stop it from whipping. When lifting like this you want to have full control of the load from when you first start lifting to when you finish setting it down. If they pulled from the boom when it got past the tipping point while becoming upright you lose control over its movement and the end tries to crack like a whip.
AtaSeaParks
That's a great point. Thanks for the perspective.
justplainvanilla
circlebreaker
*guitar medley*
LordLchaim
Kinda looks like they modeled cpr training dummies after this guy.
TheGoodKevin
Staplerfahrer klaus! I show this at the end of forklift training at my work if it's a good group
pasthelod
if not they will see it for themselves live?
TheGoodKevin
Lol, hopefully not. We do the standard training, and then if we have extra time and they seem like a group that'd enjoy it we watch the fun one
Fizzypeach
I make all the new hires watch it, I tell them its a mandatory video to get their power jack certification lol
TheGriffin
I show it at the start. But stop juuuust before it shows the hands getting cut off (used to show the full video and then someone complained. Whoopsie)
Bystandr
No reason for those guys to be under there. Super shitty site safety on display here.
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
I would agree that this video shows super shitty site safety, yes.
AbelardSnazz
Also, put your helmet on BEFORE the accident, not after it's been knocked off your co-worker's head
ThisGostakIsHereForTheDoshes
You would think the crane falling over would have made them more cautious.
Mikataki
"Why is it snowing shredded nylon?"
DanSandy
Looks like a country where safely comes well after profits
maststick
You mean the US?
DanSandy
Possible, but working in chemical plants for the past decade, I know that's not a normal feature of the US.. we instead value guns above all else
JustSeinfeldQuotes
This doesn't even need to be in the safety manual, it's just common sense not to get under a million pound object dangling by wire.
MrWobblyHead
Common sense isn't that common unfortunately. Coffee cups have 'Contents hot' written on them for fuck sake. You'd think that would be obvious to anyone who's drank coffee.
HerrHat
The coffee cup text incidrnt was not a stupid customer's fault. It was result of a greedy company pampering other stupid customers resulting in serious injury and expensive lawsuit. The text is stupid, the customer wasn't.
BishlamekGurpgork
Stupid things are always in the safety manual because stupid people have proven time and time again that it needs to be said.
SanchoBlackout69
Or so the boss knows they're in huge trouble if they're caught forcing someone to do something stupid under penalty of unemployment
koitk
coins on the ground...
Vortexhelios320
Or maybe trying to identify what's left of the last guy, adhered to the bottom?
NachoPete
Ooh, a penny!
craziicrazii
It was obviously on heads with that kind of luck.
malachitedragon
"Excellent work, 47."
DaDudeAbides
Hammerwell
The DGUV-handbook 52 in this case.
ThereWasNoMovieMadeFromOurShow
ThePunneryOfficer
Not a gif but same meaning anyhow
FrostyLady
AnonOmis1000
I really wanna get this on a shirt
loremaster85
OmnesMundiLardum
What did you just say!?
OneCraftyHooker
Come with me and you'll be in a world of osha violations
TheAbominableToastMan
Come with me and you'll see workers sipping through numerous libations
notblubber
You never walk under a suspended load.
VodkaReindeer
peeking is okay, right?
whitey211
I've never worked around a crane in my life and I know this. What a shit job site.
Vortexhelios320
If it wasn't suspended, how would you even walk under it? (Yes, I am arguing semantics, just to be obnoxious).
RhymingEverything
You could walk under a hoisted load (stuff under it holding it up) - and I do enjoy a bit of fun pedantry
dwilson0725
I say this every day at work, and yet it still happens...
maincarrot
But it's ok, the guy without the hard hat scooped the other guys hard hat. #ConcussionAvoided
IamNICE124
I tell insects this everyday
CallMeBanana
I really agree, talking from experience. But if the person who designed is stupid enough, you’ll have to. In my company we used to ask “who doesn’t have family?” And then that person would perform the task. I usually was the task performer
HollowHermit
I learned this doing shipping and receiving for a hardware store, they really should already know this....
SpaceTacosForAll
DrLOAC
Pokegeologist
Came here to say that. Granted I unloaded normal sized trucks with a forklift.
wasmitholz
KEIN AUFENTHALT UNTER SCHWEBENDEN LASTEN!
DocWino
Apparently, some do.
Tarumbar
Only those that are lucky enough to be alive knows that.
SnakesInBowties
TanithRosenbaum
There's a famous German occupational safety slogan that has been around for almost a century now and is kinda catchy (at least in German): "Unter schwebenden Lasten lauert der Tod". Translated: Death lurks beneath suspended loads. https://global.museum-digital.org/object/86721?navlang=de
abtei
There is also another: "Kranplätze müssen verdichtet sein!"
MrWobblyHead
I did an overhead crane training course years ago. The first thing on the course was safety and I'm pretty sure the first rule was never move under the load.
mkalte666
*except when it's meant to be walked under. Something something live show truss
SwedishGuyYesIDoHaveLongBlondHairWhy
Didn't she get fired as PM after the queen died?
zombiebatman
Suspended load live show is why I got ki led out of LA Fitness
zombiebatman
Kicked tho. I lived
whatsisname
Those also have a lot of additional safeguards to be followed and less variability in what's being lifted.
WoodORama
Oh, boy. You are far too trusting of entertainment riggers.
mkalte666
I mean, depends on the country and the place, also the kind of event.
I trust the local folks with my life, but I know how they work. I've seen some shit in other places though. Ratchet straps are not meant to hold 2 t over people....
WoodORama
I work on major events in the U.S. We've really only started to have the kind of safeguards in place that we should. I was on a large gig where Bruno Mars was the headliner and a shackle pin came loose and fell on a cameraman and a woman from 80 feet. And I know some of the goofball high-riggers on my jobs. I know they're trained but I'm not always super trusting. If I don't have to walk under something, I won't.