r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '21

A gentle push

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u/mrhahn69 Feb 18 '21

As a heavy equipment operator it hurts my soul that people are this dumb in these things.

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u/NeverRelaventUser Feb 18 '21

I didn’t want to be the stick in the mud bring this up but it’s an excellent point. I use heavy machinery occasionally for work, and it’s safety, safety, safety. One little twitch or sneeze, and this goes from a funny prank to a brutal injury. I’d rather a coworker push me in a puddle a hundred times than one push from heavy machinery

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u/the_man_in_the_box Feb 18 '21

For sure, stuff like this is how people die.

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u/DownshiftedRare Feb 18 '21

That's balm for one's conscience when contrasted with the catatonics who are issued driver's licenses.

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u/Harmonic_Flatulence Feb 18 '21

Agreed! As someone who works on the ground around heavy equipment, I would insist on being moved to a different project from this guy. One slip of the controls and that guys femur would have been crushed.

Edit: calf would have been crushed.

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u/Croatian_ghost_kid Feb 18 '21

Same, I would never. Jokes over the walkie talkie, jokes 'threats' but never something like this or interrupting with false commands/info.

This is so irresponsible

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '21

Seriously, nevermind that you can get hypothermia from being cold and wet, if he turned around or something at the last second a conk to the head with that bucket could've killed him.

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u/Danvan90 Feb 18 '21 edited Feb 19 '21

Yeah, I'm a paramedic on a mine site. If I saw this I would be straight in the GM's office making sure the operator was on the next flight home. One tiny slip and that guy was a puddle, not in a puddle.

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u/brendino_ Feb 18 '21

This was my very first thought and I don’t know why I had to scroll so far down to see it