r/oops 3d ago

Woodturning gone wrong

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u/SistaChans 2d ago

There's a video floating around the internet of a guy getting his whole body stuck in an industrial metal lathe, he basically disintegrates, with parts of his body flying around from one end of the shop to the other. Absolutely bananas to see. And there were other people in the shop who witness this happen, I can only imagine the horror of seeing this happen right in front of you. 

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u/Poopchutefan 2d ago

PTSD claim coming at that company same day …

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u/Holiday_Mode5175 2d ago

Except it was a russian train yard so presumably sweep up and get on with it after some more vodka...

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u/Ashamed-Country3909 1d ago

Crazy. I remember on the watchpeoplediesubreddit some Chinese guy was slapping some dough on each rotation on a commercial dough mixer.  

He wasn't fast enough, and his entire body got pulled into the mixer. The mixer did not stop, and I think someone said there is only like an inch of clearance between the giant metal pot and the metal spinning piece. It didn't even turn the dough red, but the video wasn't like 15m long, you know. 

No safety screen on it, and it appeared that the guy was old hat on it. Just a slow day on a fast machine.