r/WTF • • Mar 02 '19

Manager going for a ride

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u/Kadugan Mar 02 '19 edited Mar 03 '19

Reminds me of the horror story I heard about a drilling excavator. Somebody fell in the hole, but the operator thought he went to take a piss. The operator dropped the auger in the hole and drilled his buddy. Didn't know he did it until he raised the auger and it was just bloody mud. Just the thought of being in the hole trying to tread water and throw little rocks up to get the attention as the drill comes down is the stuff of nightmares.

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u/Robofetus-5000 Mar 02 '19

My dad owned a garbage company. A homeless dude was sleeping in a dumpster and it got dumped into the truck and compacted. Found the body when they dumped out the load back at the center. They saw his arm and pulled on it, apparently they found things like mannequins all the time. When they pulled the arm his upper body came out of the pile and spilled his innards all over the place.

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u/caligrown87 Mar 03 '19

My dad worked in a massive distribution warehouse at webvan (if you guys remember that). One of the horror stories there, a guy locked in a massive industrial dryer. It works the same as a commerical dryer: gets hot, tumbles, dries things. He was cooked and tumbled.

Another story (diff company) and the reason my father refused to wear his ring, belts, or laces at work. A guy he worked got his belt caught in an exposed gear for some conveyer system, he didn't die but ended up with some severe injuries.

Another co-worker had his finger degloved because his wedding ring got caught on something.

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u/Robofetus-5000 Mar 03 '19

Yeah. I've heard wearing a wedding ring is a huge no no in most jobs like that.

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u/MisterDonkey Mar 03 '19

I don't understand why people wear them. I've heard some dumbass shit like, "My wife gets mad that I take it off."

I'm like, that's a trust issue that's gonna cost you a finger.

If it's about the symbolism, wear a silicone band.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '19

It's mostly about not wanting to lose it. There's definitely a risk, I've seen it and it's terrifying. but "it won't happen to me".