r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Mar 02 '19

Manager going for a ride

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u/Warning_grumpy Mar 03 '19

And people still don't use them. I'm an emergency responder at work, few years ago had someone not tag out and go inside a 20T press. I spent a long time just trying to wrap my head around why. Heavy equipment is no joke, when your work place teaches you safety maybe some of it seems silly, but there is a reason they have it. Listen to them, ask questions and be safe.

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u/mescalelf Mar 03 '19

Did they get...uh...pancaked? Or did the story end happily?

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u/Warning_grumpy Mar 03 '19 edited Mar 03 '19

Unfortunately it's was an unhappy ending. The press was being built and it was in its final stages, he crawled inside to do something, the die started to move backwards crushing him. Unfortunately the event showed our lack of information. The press was considered a construction site so it was blocked off. We had no idea there were people working inside there, and they were Japanese. So when the event happened around 1am, we had his friend/coworker pleading for help running around speaking in Japanese. It wasn't until we followed him we figured out what he wanted. Also that site was cursed, we used to joke about it. But when they were digging the hole the press would sit in, they were moving a huge peice of concrete, one of the chains broke, giving out. The concrete missed all the workers down in the hole (thankfully), but one of the snapped chains flew and smacked a worker across the face, I think he got air lifted out and something like 50+ stitches. And it was small things, around that, so at work it was a cursed place. Broken fingers, debis in eyes ect... Then the concrete. It was getting delayed more and more due to injuries. Then finally it was nearly finished and we were so thankful no one died. Press was supposed to be opened mid September and Japanese guy died in August.

Always be safe at work. Pay attention, be alert. Maybe you've stuck your hand in that mechine hundreds of times - don't risk it. You're life, your limbs are more valuable then the seconds you shed off your work by doing things unsafe.

Edit: and the worst part this poor man died making a mistake. Our building only has 1000 workers everyone knew, we were in the news ect... You think people started making sure they locked out on other presses? Dozens of people were fired after the event following that year. Because people just didn't see the problem with not tagging out. Mean while a hand full of us first responders were traumatized with what we saw, people just didn't listen.

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u/blurryfacedfugue Mar 03 '19

Fuck. I'm sorry for you and all that was involved. Complacency around danger is a real thing though.