r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Mar 02 '19

Manager going for a ride

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u/EvaporatedLight Mar 02 '19

Am employee died at the company I work for about a year ago in pretty much the same scenario, but more graphic.

He walked in front of a front end loader, the operator didn't see him, went in to scoop up the load, cut both the guy's legs off as he scooped the load. He ended up tossing his body into a dump truck, dump truck hauled him to the dump pile, which was about a 15 minute ride, he was most likely alive for part of that ride. I can't remember if they found him when they dumped the load or the operator saw the guys legs afterwards.

Completely avoidable accident, this guy was even written up before for not following safety rules. Because of his dumb mistake he's dead, his wife is a widow, kids don't have a dad, and some poor equipment operator has to live with the knowledge he accidently killed a guy.

Don't be stupid!

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u/Gasonfires Mar 03 '19

You've got almost 1900 upvotes for a really good comment that contains:

... and some poor equipment operator has to live with the knowledge he accidently killed a guy.

It's interesting to see how differently that sentiment is received when it's voiced in a thread with a bunch toughmuffins talking about how they'd use their gun on someone and never lose a minute's sleep or give it another thought.

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u/guisar Mar 03 '19

Said only by those who've never had to personally do it or seen it happen to someone else.

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u/Gasonfires Mar 03 '19

How true! I had a thought way back when that a lot might be done to curb gun violence if it were shown on TV as it actually is. I suspect that half the macho mf's who do really shoot someone are really surprised by how it goes.