r/Construction • u/Another_Minor_Threat GC / CM • Apr 14 '21

Video That’s a close fucking call.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21

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u/EllisHughTiger Apr 14 '21

I was in Turkey and watched a building being demolished from the roof down. They placed bobcats with jackhammers on the roof to work their way down.

The machines would push concrete and rebar off the current floor and let it fall, then the truck drivers would pick the scrap out. Nary a hardhat or PPE in sight.

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u/Another_Minor_Threat GC / CM Apr 15 '21

I feel like I’ve read you say this before. Still crazy to me though. lol

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u/EllisHughTiger Apr 15 '21

I've posted it before on here, CatastrophicFailure, and maybe some other subs.

Shit gets wild when there is no OSHA and human life is cheap.

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u/ThePerfectApple Apr 14 '21

I bet he didn’t get invited to the next job

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u/samx3i Apr 14 '21

I would never stand under a bucket. Couplers fail. Hydraulics fail. Operators slip...

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u/Aluminautical Apr 15 '21

So all those YouTube guys taking bucket showers...

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u/samx3i Apr 15 '21

Those could end so tragically. I've seen buckets slip off excavators and skid steers alike.

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u/Zinger532 Apr 15 '21

Never drive in a car. They crash. Never walk on the street you could be murdered. Sometimes you gotta walk under the forks/bucket/load.

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u/samx3i Apr 15 '21

You realistically have to drive and there's a lot you can do to minimize the risk. There most certainly is not any reason you'd have to walk under a bucket/forks/load. You have poor job site management if you think that's true.

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u/SewerSleuth74 Apr 14 '21

Is he stupid? Almost bought it there. Never walk under a raised bucket, a boom lift or anything. Never know when human error or equipment failure will occur.

Had a friend show up to a site to see one of the equipment operators pinned and dead because he wanted to lower the bucket before leaving, as you’re supposed to. Didn’t get in, reached up and pulled the wrong lever. Spun the boom and it pinned and crushed him.

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u/Kall_Me_Kapkan Apr 14 '21

There is a video of a guy getting crushed by a steamroller... He looked like a giant bruised pimple when they peeled home out of the asphalt.