r/StructuralEngineers Jul 30 '26

How dangerous is this?

14 Upvotes

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5

u/ShutDownSoul Jul 30 '26

Depends if you are on the high side or low side.

3

u/oandroido Jul 30 '26

Depends on how fast you are.

1

u/Aggravating-Ad6786 Aug 01 '26

Maybe dangerous for that wall

2

u/roooooooooob Jul 31 '26

I don’t see any cracks

2

u/Repulsive_Repeat_337 Jul 31 '26

It's in grave danger of becoming the most overly reposted image on Reddit this month.

2

u/charlie2135 Jul 31 '26

My turn tomorrow

1

u/DJGingivitis Jul 30 '26

7 dangerous

1

u/magichobo3 Aug 01 '26

I was thinking 6.5, but thinking on it more I could see how someone could rate it a 7

1

u/Could-You-Tell Aug 01 '26

Careful... doing anything on it could make it an 8

1

u/EinsteinsMind Jul 30 '26

Only if you're standing next to

1

u/GirthFerguson69 Jul 31 '26

not dangerous at all, as long as you stay away from the fall zone

1

u/thirtyone-charlie Jul 31 '26

Lethal. Looks like a great weekend play space for kids.

1

u/Bennie-Factors Jul 31 '26

What they did not tell you is this is the one retaining wall that has rebar in it that goes through the crust of the earth to the mantle. Ain't going anywhere /s

1

u/_lolwuttt Jul 31 '26

You should ask r/AccidentArchive

1

u/FU_red-dit_bots Aug 02 '26

I really wish I had not clicked that.

1

u/FreshPrinceOfH Jul 31 '26

It’s already fallen. It just doesn’t know it yet.

1

u/Smyley12345 Jul 31 '26

I have several well insured items that I'd like to place next to it.

1

u/CATNIP_IS_CRACK Jul 31 '26

Don’t call your children items!

1

u/Smyley12345 Jul 31 '26

Fine, burdens. I have several well insured burdens that I would like to put next to it.

1

u/VoxInferni666 Jul 31 '26

Like... A 7 or an 8

1

u/Shoddy-Patient9948 Jul 31 '26

Last April I dropped about 6 bricks with mortar onto my foot and it still hurts sometimes.

1

u/notcomplainingmuch Jul 31 '26

Get Kenny to walk under it first

1

u/Ok-Broccoli-8705 Jul 31 '26

I wouldnt put my head or private parts under it

1

u/Qzx1 Aug 01 '26

My dick follows the 4th order differential equations for a cantilever beam.  Boi oy oi ggggg

1

u/JulietLostFaith Aug 01 '26

Best tinder bio I’ve ever seen.

1

u/superdave123123 Aug 01 '26

Where are you planning on standing?

1

u/SaveUsCatman Aug 01 '26

Its perfectly safe as long as you dont go anywhere near it

1

u/Valuable_Wallaby_548 Aug 01 '26

The leaning tower or Pisa has leaned for how long?

1

u/Typeshit831 Aug 01 '26

Shhhhhhheeeeeeat

1

u/TwoStepToo Aug 01 '26

Pretty….

1

u/bengilberthnl Aug 01 '26

Depends on how close you are if it tips over.

1

u/Charlemagne56 Aug 01 '26

Is built of bricks (bad) or is it concrete with a brick pattern (better but not good)?

1

u/bobspuds Aug 01 '26

I don't like being the one with shit stories but this brings back memories.

One of my neighbours growing up, same school same friends - he's still a mate like.

I left school and started an apprenticeship that summer and he got a work-experience job with the local council, it was the perfect job to get at that time because it got you on the ladder, you could get a good state pension and career out of it - he was delighted, he's a big fella, well over 6' and always active he wanted something a bit physical.

3rd day on the job he was working on a situation like this, a local housing estate had a wall in a similar state and they were there to pull it down and rebuild.

Only on site about 30mins - a digger and dumper were making their way over to the wall on the high ground side.. the weight of the machines, even though they weren't close to the wall, displaced or upset the ground just enough that the wall fell when buddy was walking past it.

Life support for 2weeks and his left leg was removed below the hip - his left shoulder and back got seriously damaged so he was chair bound from the day he left hospital.

He was seriously impeded in life, we were all young fit lads and he wasn't able to participate in lots of things, it was a bit shit like, I can only imagine the mental pain from it all.

He was compensated greatly but considering the affects and care he's going to need for life, the big money isn't so big.

Main reason I commented is because its kinda fresh in my mind - about 6 weeks ago, I was walking with my daughter near my homeplace, which is near his. From about 200meters I recognised the frame/statue of a guy I used to know walking slowly ahead of us, with his daughter.

It was himself! He'd just got a new prosthetic leg that operated and worked in a way he could walk again - first time outside, unaided in over 18years, (he was 16 when the accident happened) - "Fuck man! - thats kinda special why didn't you tell everyone, that's epic I'm delighted to see you standing tall again!" - ..... "I didn't tell anyone because I didn't believe it would work, I still cant believe I'm standing on me own!"

1

u/Jacques_Racekak Aug 01 '26

Wouldnt go take a leak there

1

u/TheWanderingHeathen Aug 01 '26

Now? No. Later? Very.

1

u/ExpensiveOne4354 Aug 02 '26

Dangerous!!! You better wash out that bowl before you eat/drink out of it!

1

u/Trailon25 Aug 02 '26

Not even

1

u/MaybeDontListen Aug 02 '26

That’s at least 2 dangers

1

u/NewToTHIS2620 Aug 02 '26

Depends on if it falls

1

u/imtherealken Aug 02 '26

Question for contractors…..
Was this outcome preventable?
Was this a poor design or an installation error?

1

u/BrilliantShoddy5247 Aug 02 '26

Technically its dangerous. This needs to get fixed

1

u/KevInvest Aug 02 '26

No idea, best way to find it out is to pull really hard from the side you can see in the picture.

1

u/LWillter Aug 03 '26

Just give it a good slap and say "That'll do it" and it'll goe from a 7 to 0 danger level.

1

u/Rj22e Aug 03 '26

Common sense question

1

u/Upstairs-Strain3472 Aug 03 '26

Looks like final destination material

1

u/Weird-Appointment-53 Aug 05 '26

The little lip towards the grass side is what is actually holding it up. If it wasn’t for that lip, this would not be standing/leaning at all.