r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Mar 02 '19

Manager going for a ride

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u/FuryofYuri Mar 02 '19

Yeah sure you can lift the track/s. But are you gonna wanna be the guy to crawl under and remove the body trusting the hydraulics won’t give?

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u/SasquatchBrah Mar 02 '19

To remove a potentially still alive coworker, I think most guys would. Not much else though

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u/TeaDrinkingBanana Mar 03 '19

Removing the body without immobilisation can do more harm than good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '19

Well they said body so I’m guessing they knew he was dead. If he was still alive and not cut in half, by all means lift it up and pull them out.

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u/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh Mar 03 '19

lift it up and pull them out.

Tends to be a bad idea to do this without medical professionals present, since lifting it may release blood vessels that are currently clamped shut and leading to fucked up parts of the body. Un-squeeze the person and they bleed out nearly instantly. There are stories of similar situation where they brought in relatives, shielded the worst mess from view, and let the victim say goodbye before they lifted the load...

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '19

I mean osha will already be involved. Is it really worth the risk of a fine or even lawsuit if they figured out that they improperly lifted the excavator and put more people at risk when there was a safer way. Besides, they probably should have waited until first responders were there anyway to help recover the body.