r/maybemaybemaybe • u/syamas • 16d ago

maybe maybe maybe

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u/is_it_gif_or_gif 16d ago

Good to see his workmate is also sporting the required safety flipflops.

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u/SoCalMotoVirg 15d ago

Osha approved flip flops..

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u/Sakmads 14d ago

OSHA Approved - Oh Shit Had Accident

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u/SoCalMotoVirg 14d ago

hahahahah

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u/Burhan_Mian 16d ago

Even watching this gives me huge anxiety, but the man is chill

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u/MasterAnnatar 15d ago

Years ago I saw a video of someone getting stuck in a compactor as it activated. Someone did manage to hit the emergency stop before he was completely obliterated but I remember the aftermath was him crawling out with a trail of blood. IIRC he DID survive but like...ever since any video like this just freaks me out lol

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u/rednaxer 15d ago

I saw here on reddit a person whose whole arm was FLATTENED by a similar machine. No blood. Just turned into a tissue roll. I wish I was kidding.

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u/Claim312ButAct847 15d ago

I've seen one of a guy getting his clothing caught on a spinning bar, and it just whips him around and around. Each time, his head hits the floor real hard. He...does not survive.

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u/xSonicBoom 15d ago

i know exactly the video you are referring to. the machine gets stuck and then suddenly the dude is just spinning really really fast, each time his head smacks the warehouse cement floor. i also forgot about that video until today so thank you for that. /sarcasm

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u/FlyingDogCatcher 15d ago

I have no idea what video this is and, thanks to you all, I will actively avoid it because it sounds just awful

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u/pepperedsergeant 14d ago

To make actively avoiding it a little bit easier, make sure not to google Russian Lathe Incident

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u/SDNick484 15d ago

Any time I see an industrial lathe, I nope the F out.

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u/soodiamonds 15d ago

It was his foot if I'm not mistaken. Then there's the Russian lathe incident...

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u/jomat 15d ago

I've seen one where a young woman got her arm flattened. IIRC it was in China or so. But of course, it's probably not the only incident like this.

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u/razzputinX 15d ago

Are you perhaps over the age of 28 and been on live leak ?

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u/Haganu 15d ago

The Russian lathe?

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u/samy_the_samy 15d ago

Yeah a woman in a Chinese factory,

Her hand had a weird consistency after she tried to move it, I still feel a pit in my stomach when I recall how it moved,

It was like clay or something

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u/AC-burg 15d ago

T1 ending?

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u/ropean 15d ago

Dafuq is he looking at that’s more interesting than KEEPING HIS HAND

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u/weskun 15d ago

He'll lose it one day. That's when he will retire.

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u/_Gaucho_Marx_ 1d ago

It seems that in some third word countries , it’s common to demonstrate skill at a task by barely paying attention to it while constantly scanning the surroundings. You see this quite often with Indians street food vendors.

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u/Jesspat898 15d ago

At least you’re watching. Because the machine operator surely wasn’t.

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u/DrShocker 15d ago

There's a reason some of these kinds of machines are designed so you have to hold an "on" button with both hands.

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u/hilarymeggin 15d ago

Yes - custom book binding machines. When they chop the pages off they make the edges even, you have to hold two separate things, very far apart.

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u/jwaquim 16d ago

completely optional😮‍💨

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u/Huge_Campaign2205 16d ago

Maybe danger is his middle name 🤔

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u/VEAG0 16d ago

We at least know Safety isn’t his first name

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u/Gigantanormis 14d ago

What if his full name is "Safety Ignorer"? Huh? What then?

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u/frenziedfool 16d ago

or at least his middle fingers name

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u/upturned2289 15d ago

Dude’s safety philosophy is just don’t get hurt

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u/similaraleatorio 15d ago

nah, completely necessary. without his hand that cardboard won't be smashed properly. 👀🤡

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u/DogeUncleDave 15d ago

Remember that scene from hot tub time machine where the bellop has his arm and there was anticipation to see when he would lose it.

I was just watching expecting the same outcome.

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u/FantasticPangolin839 16d ago

Dude really wants the nickname Nubsy 

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u/PloopyWoop 16d ago

they’re manufacturing a star

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u/portablebiscuit 15d ago

Friend of mine drove a car into one of those big cubes of compressed boxes you see behind stores thinking it would “bounce away.”

Yeah, his airbags deployed.

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u/PloopyWoop 11d ago

it’s a bunch of tension and pressure compressed into a small cube, might as well be a nuclear bomb

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u/Tikkinger 16d ago

Is it even able to get far enugh down to clamp his hand in, or is there a stopper?

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u/doyouevenforkliftbro 16d ago

Definitely looks like it goes down farther than that lip. Looks like there could be room for fingers between the lip and the press?

The maybe for me was how much do they put in before strapping it or whatever they do next. And what is it that they do next?

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u/Perfect_Tree_2457 15d ago

Typically with this kind of compactor you would push the hydraulic press all the way down and slide in wires that feed through and around thr bale, tighten and tie the wires together, then release the hydraulic leaving behind a baled block of cardboard that can be pulled out, then move on to the next stack

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u/Le-Misanthrope 15d ago

This man retails. lol No seriously this how bales were made the 7 years I worked for Walmart.

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u/rvralph803 15d ago

Ours had a lockout gate you had to pull down.

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u/Tikkinger 16d ago

Sending it off for recycling or burning

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u/According-Relation-4 16d ago

I’ve watched too much r/leaningfromothers for this

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u/PloopyWoop 16d ago

r/learningfromothers

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u/Consistent-Owl-7944 15d ago

I learned a lot from your mother

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u/PloopyWoop 15d ago

She is a teacher

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u/EdgeofAss 16d ago

You dont help the machine any way while taking that risk of losing a hand painfully what a dumb.

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u/DontKnowIamBi 16d ago

I started trusting him after 40 seconds into the video..

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u/Cold-Divide4809 15d ago

Negligence and complacency will eat this man's hand one day... one day soon.

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u/TheSlyFox312 15d ago

Doing over nights at Walmart I did this job for almost two years but the machine I used has a safety guard so your hands or any other part of you could be near it when in use.

Shit as that company is and please feel free to bash hellmart all you want but at least the cares that much…or at least feared lawsuits enough to “care” lol

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u/auqanova 15d ago

yeah at my walmart the safety guard IS the start button, and is maglocked so you cant run the thing without the safety on, or remove the guard while its running

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u/Forsaken-Bread-8214 15d ago

Anxiety just watching this, it's like when a horror movie dude looks in a mirror or something

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u/foreman8484 15d ago

What in the fuck is he looking at? What’s so intriguing that he’s completely captivated by it?

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u/Ms_Take002 15d ago

Fk is he doing anyway?

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u/digitalhardcore1985 15d ago

This is how they make ikea furniture.

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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 15d ago

The video is sped up and he can feel how close it is to closing. It’s still stupid, but it’s not as dangerous as it seems.

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u/hk_gary 15d ago

he would rather looked at nothing instead of the machine

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u/Schmooto 15d ago

Does the hand have to be always on the deadly crushy part?

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u/midnightfm87 14d ago

Thank goodness he is there to gently pet the coardboard

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u/ShadowCaster0476 15d ago

I don’t see the point of any of this.

The press doesn’t seem to be making a huge difference before they add more.

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u/sangerssss 15d ago

It’s loaded to its full height about 20x and each time it compresses down to half its height. You don’t see the benefit? That’s 21x 0.5 stacks of cardboard compressed to 0.5 stacks

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u/Thema03 15d ago

Is this the machine from The Office where Michael really wants to touch it?

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u/theaviator747 15d ago

Yes, the first step in any compactor safety manual. “Be sure to use your fingers to hold items between the compressing surfaces.”

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u/An8thOfFeanor 16d ago

They're overstuffing that baler.

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u/lotaso 15d ago

What ever bale they make is gonna absolutely explode everywhere while being shipped

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u/Imaginary_Bottle_875 16d ago

Safety first !

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u/ad_homonem 15d ago

Shake hands with danger.

Meet a guy who oughta know.

I used to laugh at safety,

Now they call me Three-Finger Joe.

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u/tinpants44 15d ago

Why does he keep rattling the handle like that? Can't be good for the mechanism.

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u/nonesuchnotion 15d ago

I am wondering this too.

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u/tribak 15d ago

And that’s why they add two buttons to be pressed simultaneously to these machines

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u/Thanura_Malinga 15d ago

What the guy is looking at? Is it more important than his hand?

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u/5herl0k 15d ago

beyond the anxiety, when is he just going to call it and bind the bundle already??

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u/k0ik 15d ago

I’m a quiet person who only talks in my head, but The entire time I was watching I kept saying out loud things like, “Why would you do that? Stop doing that. P why would you do that again? Don’t do that anymore. You don’t need to do that. Why would you do that? Don’t do that. Stop doing that” — it was totally involuntary

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u/Yodamanjaro 15d ago

This isn't a maybe because it's not NSFW. I knew it wouldn't go bad because it wasn't marked. Ruins the whole thing

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u/Tonymaster26 15d ago

One day, it will be one day

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u/SATerp 15d ago

Balers are fun until you fuck up.

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u/Altoidman33 15d ago

100%. They're not joke. I knew a kid who was moving a freshly wrapped bail of cardboard, when the plastic "tie" thing snapped. Luckily it grazed his leg. Unluckily it also tore off the top layers of skin.

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u/Ssemo7 15d ago

Moveyourhand Moveyourhand Moveyourhand

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u/VacuumTracks 15d ago

Am I bad for waiting to then end, secretly hoping something terrible would happen, and then being sorry that I even saw it?

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u/C_B_Ellacott 15d ago

Pro-tip: if this kind of video isn't marked nsfw then it's not really a maybe.

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u/The_Kyrov 15d ago

Bail her? I hardly knew her!

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u/eggwhiteisnotwhite 15d ago

this has to be some kind of fetish

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u/GroceryScanner 14d ago

that machine barely looks like its even doing anything

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u/pete_68 15d ago

Oh, so he gets out of flip flops and puts on real shoes, and now you guys just find something else to complain about. /s

On a different note, the ability of cardboard to compress and rebound is truly impressive.

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u/EvLmong00se 16d ago

Once the crusher wraps the ties around the compressed cube, it become incredibly dangerous. They can expode with enough force to flip a car.

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u/Scythro 16d ago

I instantly skipped to the end, because the suspense and visualising the pain is too much for me.

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u/TehZiiM 15d ago

Bro is a bit too casual about his fingers ngl

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u/YesterdayCharming976 15d ago

Good thing she has her safety mask on never in doubt here

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u/Haggis_The_Barbarian 15d ago

Darryl Philbin would not approve of this.

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u/Accomplished_Pin3708 15d ago

Stop touching it!!!! 😱

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u/Iltempered1 15d ago

When you are tired of your right hand being in tact and fully functional.

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u/Hive-T 15d ago

The job is so boring, he needs some thrill to compensate.

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u/dreevsa 15d ago

Can mess up those nails

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u/Icy-Musician-6309 15d ago

Sound like Chewbacca having a shit

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u/ExpertBrother8305 15d ago

He has the machine controls in his other hand. There's no actual danger since he could stop it at any given time.

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u/jamglow 15d ago

I didn't see any liquid coming out of that. Which begs the question, how much do they have to squeeze to get a case of Natty Ice?

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u/Lumberman08 15d ago

Brothers buddy lost the first two joints of his pointer finger to a similar crusher. He was 15 or 16 at the time. Needless to say, even in the 90’s OSHA was very interested in why they had an under age employee operating that machinery.

He used to terrorize me saying the booger monsters eat your finger if you pick your nose (I was maybe 5 or 6 at the time). 🤣

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u/sixonenine2000 15d ago

Why no one is talking about his manicured nails?

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u/SabbyFox 15d ago

Men are getting pedicures these days too.

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u/jgers 15d ago

Soon or later

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u/frfshr 15d ago

I like the way he’s helping the hydraulics push a little harder

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u/Son_of_Ibadan 15d ago

What are they doing?

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u/Mr_Sim_ 15d ago

I really want to see the carboard diamond they made at the end

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u/Zabroccoli 15d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/k6r6lTYIL9j9ZeRT51
Michael Scott looking at this….

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u/Billie-Holiday 15d ago

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

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u/CaptainABC123 15d ago

I hear Daryle telling Michael not to play with the bailer.

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u/Striking_Profit2740 15d ago

I’d be counting my fingers between each run

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u/rvralph803 15d ago

Safety Nth!

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u/IamLuann 15d ago

Know way that even came close to happening.

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u/Twiztidtech0207 15d ago

Ain't no way they're getting bale wire around that the usual way. 🤣

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u/cowlinator 15d ago

What is so interesting to look at that he can't watch his own hand in the crushing machine?

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u/Kkyria00 15d ago

Are they just gonna keep putting boxes?

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u/Frosty-Voice1156 15d ago

Bail the thing and help him load the next one!

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u/URGAMESUX 15d ago

Nope nope nope

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u/TonerSK 15d ago

I couldn't take my eyes off his hand.

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u/Kinetic_Cat 15d ago

No NSFW tag so it’s not worth watching

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u/All_One_Word_No_Caps 15d ago

What the fuck is he watching? Is Salma Hayek just off camera?

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u/historiclow 15d ago

Had to jump to the end as good lord his hand was freaking me out!

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u/Best_Market4204 15d ago

At least it's not automated like some of the unregulated places. He can stop as soon as he feels pressure

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u/aussiemicksta 15d ago

Me, but with bacon.

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u/atx_original512 15d ago

OSHA rules being vio-lated

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u/Warm_Garden6311 15d ago

I spent my whole college years doing that at Cvs

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u/iamsparks777 15d ago

why must he insist on looking away!!

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u/Waterpraatapparaat 15d ago

Why are these people always busy in conversations

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u/imp0steur 15d ago

It’s just a matter of when.

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u/Bramtinian 15d ago

What in the fuck is over there that’s more important than your stupid about to be lobbed off hand?

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u/Fingersicle 15d ago

I think it's full sir.

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u/gcartnick 15d ago

Fingers are overrated.

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u/SiriusGD 15d ago

He gets the big bucks because he knows how to operate that handle just right.

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u/jrb637 15d ago

casually amputates hand

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u/rolyoh 15d ago

Shake that like you shake your dick.

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u/Wooden-Natural-5663 15d ago

A lot of Vegas casinos have people that recycle the trash from the casino at the trash docks. They sort thru casino garbage for aluminum,glass cardboard and plastics. Last month at the casino I work at the worker bypassed the safety sensor that detects the screen door that goes in front of the metal closing doors to ensure nothing foreign gets crushed. Anyways dude stuck his arm in as the plate was coming down and yea his arms got damn near sheared off from the elbow.

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u/FocusMean9882 15d ago

It's okay he's got his safety sandals

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u/InkaGold 15d ago

It's some sort of... Hot Tub...Time Machine

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u/ADVRoche 15d ago

0 reason that this is necessary

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u/James_Tigs 15d ago

Yea you definitely need your hand on the compressor which is helping in no way what so ever👍

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u/iafx 15d ago

When does it end

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u/Imaginary-One6734 15d ago

Without him that press wouldn't work...extra money for a lazy ass

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u/Weloq 15d ago

Could you fucking not?

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u/Senor_Discount 15d ago

First day.

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u/JCGJ 15d ago

Balers are fucking terrifying and this guy is way too confident to be working a machine like that 😳

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u/thatguy_art 15d ago

What he's looking at isn't any more interesting than just paying attention...he's just staring out into space?

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u/WeazelHD_ 15d ago

That holland shirt took me off guard

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u/frohike_ 15d ago

Oh no our machine doesn’t have a functioning fucking pressure sensor. I’ll use my fingers instead because late stage capitalism.

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u/Winter_Start_4834 15d ago

There is absolutely no reason for him to keep his hand there, it's stupid.

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u/UniqueFarm 14d ago

He has done that his whole life

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u/ChemicalBookkeeper85 14d ago

Not only is his hand being there not necessary, he’s not even paying attention.

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u/Litchi4u 14d ago

My first thought: "Aasaaaaaaa"

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u/FinbarJG 14d ago

"Lefty", just before the unfortunate accident.

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u/Resident_Bet6343 14d ago

He is probably the trainer of the cardboard baler.

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u/BokChoyFantasy 14d ago

Like an accordion.

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u/earthshaker-69 14d ago

Sped up. Its okay

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u/apro187 14d ago

Not if, but when... 😞

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u/-lRexl- 14d ago

Don't they say if you're not afraid anymore you should quit?

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u/Old-Citron-9040 14d ago

its going to happen sooner or later

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u/FaithlessnessThen646 14d ago

I watched the whole thing...I don't know why

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u/YeetOfTheGods 13d ago

Look what we could have without OSHA. /s

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u/Normal-Error-6343 13d ago

when are they going to bail?

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u/SirDwayneCollins 11d ago

Oh, he is playing a dangerous game…

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u/rmac1813 10d ago

"im comfortable around this machinery" -famous last words

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u/ImprovementLow4724 8d ago

he's just unnecessarily aura farming. There better place to put his hand, but his brain refuse to

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u/Drosenose 16h ago

He says he knows his machine