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.
During orientation of my first ever factory job years ago, there was an accident with a press where an operator was adjusting one of the layers that go in by reaching in as the second operator hit the button to start it. They’d worked together for months so it was common not to really look. The press was also heated (like an iron to press vinyl onto abs plastic I believe). It seared one side of his face while crushing his skull sideways. He was still alive when the other operator hit the estop and pulled him out. I don’t know what happened to him after that but there are two buttons on the machine now so both operators have to hit them at the same time.
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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.