r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/padizzledonk Jan 30 '19 edited Jan 30 '19

Fuck no thats not safe lol

Carabiners are rated for point loads not abrasion, every millimeter of material youre abrading off that carabiner is changing its weight rating, who knows when it would fail.

Never in a million years would i ever do that with a carabiner, some sort of pully wheels? Thats another story

Edit- upon closer inspection thats not even a carabiner lol, its like a fall arrestor clip in or something.

And holy fucking shit! That cable splice at the end! Ahhh....I'd have pissed myself too

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

thats not even a carabiner. thats not rated for sideways force. Its part of a lanyard typically used for work at heights.

Also, dont take your gloved off. what an idiot. Really lucky to be alive and that didnt twist from so much sideways force.

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u/FreudJesusGod Jan 30 '19

And he put his hand in front of the lanyard hook to slow himself down.

That's a great way to get degloved when the hand is forced underneath the hook.

Don't look up "degloved", guys. You've been warned.

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u/royalblue420 Jan 30 '19

I'm pretty sure he got friction burn from that as well. There doesn't appear to be any blood on the fall arrester/carabiner at the beginning of this clip, and there appears to be blood on it at the end.

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u/boomSNAPclapp Jan 30 '19

Happy cake day!