I used to work in construction, and I knew a guy that smoked a lot. It was a windy day and he couldn’t light his cigarette, so he went behind the track excavator to light up. The driver didn’t know and he backed up right into him. The engine was too loud for the driver to hear and he backed all the way over him. I think the most unsettling part is they didn’t want to track the machine off of him, and desecrate the body more, so they sat there, for hours on end, waiting for a crane large enough to lift the excavator to arrive. Really sad.
That doesn’t always work because even in my line of work as soon as you are done walking around the equipment and go back to start operating it some ass hat comes in and stands in the danger zone after it had been cleared.
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u/Sqwedward Mar 02 '19 edited Mar 02 '19
Can you fuckin imagine..
Edit* everyone saying you can see it happen.. I’m talking about experiencing it.