20 Most Ridiculous Mistakes of Workers Caught on Camera

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

4:00 the spillway was designed correctly it was a TOTAL lack of preventative maintenance. I suggest you binge watch Juan Brown's coverage of the causes of the failure.

[@_mortiam]

Practical Engineering did also one or two videos about this.

[@icarusbinns3156]

The worst mistake (of laziness) I heard was from Dad, when he worked at a lead assaying lab. He’d turned on a sample smelting oven, and made sure the ‘operation light’ was on. He forget to check inside. A coworker had placed empty crucibles in the oven the night before, instead of in their usual cabinet. Turning on the oven resulted in the melting/popping destruction of eight crucibles, and a hole being punched through the side of the oven. They still don’t know what caused that! Dad did not get chewed out, just reminded, “Check the oven before turning it on.” The guy that had put the crucibles in the oven was the one who got chewed out!

[@godfreypoon5148]

An oven is NOT a storage cupboard.

[@bossnamer13caleb45]

The flipped boat wasn't caused by the weight of the cars. It was caused by human error. The guy responsible for filling the boat with water. The water allowed the boat to sink enough to not be top heavy. He was waiting to be out of harbor were the water was cleaner, and didn't have to go through filters. The computers caught the error but he ignored it to save time. This error caused the boat to be top heavy and capsized.

[@louislo9607]

Thanks. I was thinking along similar lines when I saw that clip.

[@moonkatrina1]

@@louislo9607 WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE SO DUM

[@GedMaybury23]

Thx. I was poised for a lengthy rebuttal. You saved me an hour!

[@chootybeeks]

humans put the cars on the boat tho

[@georgerubypoppy1063]

@@chootybeeks Yes they did. Presumably the one responsible to ensure the ballast tanks were filled to the correect level was human too.

[@idee7896]

13:20 Firestone’s initial denial in their wrongdoing is shameful

[@krmeadows0001]

I didn't actually see any mistakes of workers caught on camera; just the results of the mistakes.

[@richardpike8748]

true. clickbait huh

[@d.bcooper2271]

Lmfao

[@heyletsplaythis]

I’d like to include some extra info and correction. The “wallow talkie” tower in London was built by a guy who previously made a smaller version in another country and it did the SAME thing. He should’ve never been allowed to build a bigger version. Many people warned that it was going to create a giant magnifying focal point of light.

[@Littlestrawberryfox]

@@Stevie-J well one good thing from those accidents was that it helped refine a new method of incineration of toxic materials so completely that it didn't leave pollution which normal burning or burial would have, all done with convex mirrors focused at a single point on a tall tower, they also used this design to create power, although the cost of the build vs power extracted is still hotly debated and while is promising the fact that it can only generate power for a few hours a day when the sun is in the right position does pose an issue, however ideas are abound and one i had thought of years ago has seemingly been tested or is testing, not sure which atm but to use the heart to heat something such as a metal core that will contain the heat to be used when the sun is not in the right alignment and this heat could be then converted to power in a few other methods such as steam like in nuclear reactors.

[@אסףליבנה-ח6ה]

@@Littlestrawberryfox en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power

[@waynehankinson8210]

The Firestone tire problem was caused by a manager that shut down the A/C system for a warehouse to save money. The wire for the tire construction that was stored in the warehouse then started to oxidize. When the wire used for the certain tire that was installed only on the Ford Explorer it would cause the tire to come apart after use and heat build up. The build date codes on the tires were how they tracked down the source of the problem coming from the one plant and then the warehouse.

[@chrisrmorriscm]

Not completely accurate. While what you have said was a part of the problem. The other part of the issue was the fact the tires were run at too low a pressure. The tires weren't designed to be run at that pressure. For the "comfort" of the owners the recommended air pressure was 26 PSI. That causes the tired to run more then 60 degrees hotter then designed at 32 PSI. Ford said Firestone authorized that and Firestone said no we didn't. Both corporations are lying.

[@ordinarysavage]

I had not heard this, thank you for sharing.

[@pubquiz64]

08:15 Those French trains were not subway trains but main line trains ordered by the National Rail company SNCF which had a small number of branch line where the edge of the platforms where unusually closer to the rails as apposed to the rest of its network, around 20 to 30cm had to be skimmed off and all was well

[@davidlarson9975]

Back in 1966 I worked in a small factory that used gold. The leftover scrap would be recycled every few months. I was new and confused it as copper or brass, and thought it was junk. I tossed it out. A couple weeks later the owner of the company was looking for something in back room and getting aggravated. It was the gold. I was a good kid, was scared, but I fessed up. He would have never known I was the one that tossed it. He was a hot head, and really chewed me out, but then thanked me for admitting how it disappeared. I kept my job. He said it cost the company about $800. Gold was about $35 an ounce in 1966.

[@I.am.Sarah.]

@Hooly Dooly More like bad training though it did happen over 55 years ago

[@ronaldlindeman6136]

A dollar in 1966 is worth about 8.92 dollars today. 800 dollars in 1966 would be worth 7,192 dollars in 2022.

[@witchwonderland]

You thought the gold was copper but didn't work with copper???

[@witchwonderland]

Copper is worth money too

[@RaggedsEdge]

@@witchwonderland copper was even cheaper back then. Hell a US penny costs the mint 2.5 cents to make now and it’s mostly zinc.

[@angelisacephas3188]

If you've ever wondered where your taxes go, there it is

[@angelisacephas3188]

Very sad but very true

[@simonclark6924]

That’s nothing try Australia’s failed military spending projects it’s embarrassing

[@carlajohnson9369]

That and a dozen other black budgets

[@ismaelvazquez6574]

Lol. That would be a great add in. The truth

[@virgilionepomuceno5959]

⁷u 7th gy__u___TY yy guy guy______h&h&h&hbģ&__

[@Thorinox]

Just some more right information to add more to the Oroville Dam. It was also due to some MASSIVE lack of maintaining the spill ways AND they waited till the Dam was literally about to overflow before releasing ANY water instead of steadily releasing the water, which resulted in to much pressure. And at the time of being built back in the 1960s, it was known as the largest Earth Built Dam in the world.

[@mcdonaldchad]

Absolutely loved the random inclusion of Satisfactory's Miner Mk2!

[@txusmc69]

The oil drillers in Louisiana knew the salt mine was there. However a mistake in the math that determined the coordinates put them over the mine instead of the other side of the lake far away from the mine.

[@moonkatrina1]

THAT MAKES SENSE

[@deletedaccount2027official]

@@moonkatrina1 calm down

[@NuDavai]

@@moonkatrina1 calm down

[@RobTheSquire]

yep thats what happened..it's the reason why you should always verify the measurements before you start drilling.

[@swagmanandy]

I live near the wind deflecting building in Leeds in England, it's called 'Bridgewater Place' but it's local knickname is the ' Moonboot' because from the side that's what it looks like. It's design concentrates wind into one tiny spot like a funnel and the measures they took to stop are pathetic and don't work, a 38 tonne truck was blown over crushing someone and yet they still haven't fixed the problem.

[@robtek00]

Also been likened to and nicknamed Stark Tower too.

[@jnstonbely5215]

I’ve never seen such a bunch of Eff-ups. But “enjoyable” at the same time. Thanks !

[@ET_Explorer]

13:41 A tire is not called a wheel.

[@jacquesafley5828]

Hahaha LOVE your episodes!!! This one awesome!!! 👍😊❤️

[@brain__time]

Enjoy the video, dear friends!

[@AppleyardAndy]

The building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, has had quite a few modifications done to it and to the surrounding area to reduce the wind flow. Still dangerous but nowhere as bad.

[@rachellarkins1702]

Hey! We live in that city where the building is in Yorkshire, England! You missed the vital part about why no one can drive that route where the building nicknamed 'K2' when it's windy. Sadly, they discovered the vast wind tunnel effect when a lorry (HGV) was blown over and killed a man heading out to work. The building is great to look at architecturally, but causes *major* issues when it's windy, because it's not just cars who can't drive past. It's pretty much all vehicles and as that is a major route to the city centre, it's a pretty crappy design! But thank you for featuring our little city on your channel :)

[@playwithmeinsecondlife6129]

The MV Golden Ray sank because of an error in ballast calculations. The cargo was fine, there wasn't enough water in the ballast tanks.

[@noyopacific]

The explanation of what caused the Oroville dam (spillway) failure was equally flawed. It appears this clown is more interested in entertainment than researching the subjects that he describes.

[@playwithmeinsecondlife6129]

@@noyopacific Tes.

[@mlt6322]

I worked for Firestone during that recall, They still made $8 billion in profits that year. I also worked for Ford and they are partly to blame for the tire problems because the tires were designed to operate on 36psi and Ford told everyone to run 26psi so you had a softer ride, but it caused premature tire failure. Always run what the tire says on the sidewall no matter what your dad or the door sticker says.

[@KCadbyRacing]

These videos are FULL of inaccurate information. I remember when that happened and I also remember the accidents were caused by Ford recommending the wrong (way too low) PSI...

[@rjgaynor8]

@Russell Bond both ford and Firestone were guilty in that case. I still use Firestone tires and my job uses Bridgestone which is a Firestone brand. During the court case Ford was found to have given the specs and ratings to Firestone for the tire they wanted. Firestone made that tire. Firestone like all company’s in the world decided to save money and not make a tire that exceeded the specs they were asked for. Ford than after realizing their Bronco was very top heavy and would flip in a turn decided to lower the PSI without consulting Firestone about whether the tire could handle that. In the end ford was forced to pay for the recall and Firestone was fined for manufacturing negligence. Firestone has since refused to do business with ford.

[@xuser48]

I've only seen bicycle tyres with air pressure markings on the side.

[@rjgaynor8]

@@xuser48 you need to double check your tires bro. All tires have a maximum PSI rating. That doesn’t mean that’s the point you should inflate your tires to. Most car tires are rated at a max of 60 PSI but the manufacturer will recommend in the 30s. Do not follow max ratings ever. Also if you check with the manufacturer of your tire they can give you the full data sheet which will state the minimum safe operating pressure. For many it’s as low as 15 but truck tires are usually higher.

[@waynehankinson8210]

You don’t know what your talking about. The max pressure is for max payload of the tire, if the vehicle is lighter and is not loaded down you will wear the center of the tire out. The lighter vehicle needs to have less air pressure for proper tire wear and performance. Ford designed their vehicles for a specific tire and you should follow the pressure rating on the door sticker. If you load up the vehicle or pull a trailer you can add more air up to max pressure as needed.. The tires on the Ford Explorer was Firestones fault alone. A manager ,in a cost cutting idea, shutdown the air conditioning units of a warehouse were the wire was stored for making the tires . Firestone then used the oxidized wire in making the tires for the Ford Explorer. After some use and heat build up the tire would separate and blow apart. The build code on the tires is how they tracked down the problem coming from one plant and then the warehouse. Only the certain size tire on the Ford Explorer had the problem not all tires on Ford Explorers, if I remember right it was the 245/70/15 MS tire which was about a inch wider than the standard tire used on the base model Explorer

[@pickoftheglitter]

About the buildings in Santos (Brazil): the fact is worse than you can imagine watching this video. Inside the buildings are damaged, with big cracks and so on. But the brazilian sport is "let's ignore the problem, you can always cry later if something bad happens".

[@neilschlemeel5751]

I'll guess the pilings aren't set in the bedrock or at least not substantially... they'll fall over like dominoes someday killing a let of people

[@mlt6322]

My brother worked for a company building test equipment for NASA. They built a chemical test rocket package to send up from Wallops Island and just before launch they sent it to be G-Force tested to make sure it would survive take-off without any component failures. It was supposed to be a simple vibration test and the clown running the test took it up to equal 3x the take-off specs and destroyed a million dollar satellite.

[@danielobrien1571]

Nice profile picture, how long's your hair? I admire woman that grow theirs to impressive lengths, please describe it?

[@Littlestrawberryfox]

at 14:48 the track deformation also happened in Quebec Canada and the tankers carrying extremally flammable cargo derailed and detonated basically liquifying an entire town and its residents due to the heat, one of our worst train disasters caused by this effect. (the heat effect in this case die to above normal temps that year) it is an unbelievable loss of life and beyond tragic.

[@ReidGameX]

ahh Lac-Megantic...

[@Littlestrawberryfox]

@@ReidGameX Thank you, I could not remember the name and was short on time so could not look it up at that moment, to think I used to live 3 hours away (currently 7 atm) from the spot of the accident, what would have happened if this happened in Montreal for example, that's even more terrifying to imagine.

[@danielobrien1571]

Nice profile picture, how long's your hair? I admire woman that grow theirs to impressive lengths, please describe it?

[@ReidGameX]

@@Littlestrawberryfox I live not far away in the US and want to go visit soon

[@daffydavidyt]

That is not what happened at all in Lac Megantic. Read the TSB report.

[@timb8373]

Again, please get some competent technical people to write or proof your scripts. The MV Golden Ray was not overloaded. The capsize was caused by improper ballasting due to incorrect data entered in the stability computer. The Kia's did not add too much weight to the ship. Your inaccurate statements could be construed as slanderous or libel towards whoever said the ship could carry that many vehicles.

[@gerrya2133]

This is only the second video I've seen on this channel. And the second time I hear about corrections. The second time the video title isn't accurate. (And the narrator is kind of annoying.) Maybe they should spent some of that Brain Time on their own mistakes. I think this is the last video of theirs that I watch.

[@TWEAKLET]

sadly most people who do these type of channels dont care if everything is right they just churn out content

[@gerrya2133]

@Russell Bond That's kind of the point of telling KZbin to not recommend this channel anymore. And it's a shame there aren't any judges, because this channel would be better off getting fact checked.

[@timb8373]

@Russell Bond Did you mean to say "If you don't like it, don't watch it. You're not the judges on AGT." Makes it obvious you do not care if content is accurate or factual, whether it is from a KZbin video or from an English writing teacher. Or maybe you're a "Brain Time" troll who tries to discredit any negative comments. I must have missed the clause in the KZbin user agreement that says users are only allowed to post positive comments. I expected a channel named "Brain Time" to be run by people smart enough to have at least a basic understanding of the content they are creating. I guess I expected too much.

[@stupidhead9117]

@Russell Bond *you’re. You are.

[@TimRuffle]

8:20 They weren't subway units- SNCF's order was for crack express trains from Bombardier and Alstom. (Nearly 2,000 seems like a lot incidentally- was it trains or individual units, carriages etc., which go to make up a train?) That's a German InterCity Express at the end of the item BTW- and in what respect was this caught on camera?

[@zen6601]

The reflective building with the guy cooking an egg off of it; it was said that it also killed a lot of birds in the skies. People in the city were confused why there were dead birds all over town.

[@gregoryhawkins9172]

3 meters is 9 ft.. 55 meters is 180 ft.. 65 k.p.h. is 40 m.p.h.. 90,000 cubic meters is 23,775,485 gallons. 330 meters is 1,083 ft. 10 meters is 33 ft.. 20,000 hectares is 49,421 acres. 90 C. is 194 F.. 100 kilometers is 62 miles.

[@deckgun31]

Thank you.

[@laurencerilling5873]

Exactly why I stopped the video and came to comments.metric metric bullshit is old

[@tegoblue]

This channel wins the prize for most knowledgable viewers with first-hand knowledge of the events depicted in this video. Or best writing by Brain Time.

[@farklealberts]

If that satellite was the one associated with Lockheed Martin, the story I read and heard was different. According to my "source", the satellite was delivered and placed on the base, where it was supposed to be secured with the bolts, but nobody did that. When the technicians arrived to work on the satellite, they activated the base to lift and tilt the "bird", which then fell off because it was not bolted. My "sources" are a newspaper article posted in a facility along with several people were either there or spoke with people who were (the latter is here-say, but I read the article as clipped from the newspaper).

[@TheChudoviste]

9:29 that is DEFINITELY NOT a "scrambled eggs" bro...

[@shakhen.8180]

Third big fan always watching your video.

[@johnstoltzfus8772]

Ford had a problem with the explorer , it would tip over cornering so Ford lowered the air pressure in the tires so they slid sideways rather then grip and over turn. And then the tires overheated and lost the tread or blew out!!

[@microsoftsuck4266]

Firestone Did NOT recall a single wheel, not even sure Firestone makes Wheels...

[@LanakilaMiller]

I live in Sacramento which is just outside of the Oreville dam. When we had the most rain and storms for our area in decades everybody watched on every news channel what was going on. You could see little by little that the dam was overflowing and the emergency spillway was failing. At the time I was dating a guy in the army who was sent on emergency shifts to assist the engineers and emergency crews. He went out seven days before it actually fully broke and was there for three weeks after. I actually had to drive up near there when he got time to sleep and saw him for literally like minutes every day at our hotel room and then drove home. But that’s what you do for a relationship.

[@shaun5552]

This one received international news coverage at the time. I'm in Australia and it was reported by mainstream news services here when there was concern about the safety of this dam.

[@Thorinox]

As someone who lives in Oroville, I will say they waited way to late on releasing the water, they waited till it was about to overflow instead of gradually letting it out but instead waited till there was way to much pressure and with the lack of maintaining the spill ways, it was only a matter of time before they broke.

[@danielobrien1571]

Nice profile picture, how long's your hair? I admire woman that grow theirs to impressive lengths, please describe it?

[@coach714]

The best few minutes of his day....

[@nitehawk9270]

is that the damn where they were dropping massive concrete blocks on the slipway to try and slow the erosion damage?

[@JeffShepherdphotos]

This is the video I plan to show my boss next time I goof up at work. My mistake won't look so bad!

[@heyletsplaythis]

Yes many buildings in Brazil are leaning and there’s a commission put in charge that goes out and inspect the buildings and how much it’s sinking in a certain timeframe and then they tell the owners of the building that they either need to immediately fix it or abandon it as it’s unsafe to live in.

[@fuzzblightyear145]

Don;t know if anyone mentioned already, but the real disaster of the tanker sinking was if either Portugal or Spain had docked the boat somewhere ( anywhere) the oil spill could have been contained in a small area ( or even offloaded if they were quick). But by leaving it out at sea it spread oil over a huge area of coastline and caused more environmental damage. Though of course, proper inspection measures should have noted the ship as being unseaworthy earlier.

[@icabby3185]

the problem is insurance and local environment yes they could have saved a lot of the oil but in a harbour it would stop all commerce .

[@thesausagecontinuim1971]

it might not have been the most expensive mistake but that glass bridge???... c'mon ....A... GLASS...BRIDGE!!!... how on earth did they not realise that a smooth shiny surface like glass would be slippy... especially when wet??... SHEESH!!!

[@voiceofraisin241]

They recalled tires not wheels. There is a big difference.

[@A190xx]

With regard to the Walkie Talkine building in London concentrating the Sun's rays, it is incorrect to say the architect did not consider this issue, as he had included prevantative measure. However, between the developers and planners, these measures were removed.

[@tonysheerness2427]

Should not of happened.

[@kodymartin1800]

@@tonysheerness2427 0s0 6th 958 this morning U88y

[@coach714]

Anyone else read that as Walkie Talkie building or just me?

[@sylviaisgod6947]

@@tonysheerness2427 *Should not HAVE happened.

[@DrivermanO]

And incidentally, its not a lens, its a mirror! You need to find out the difference before you go to press!

[@geofjones9]

The 2 ships wrecking should never have happened. By international treaty, the universal language of air traffic and sea traffic is English, and all captains are required to know English.

[@Waskomsause]

@@victorwilliamsstafusadasil6249 Point is that the language is meant to be learned, and not knowing it is a huge problem for anyone flying or sailing international waters and airspace. The reason the language was picked was due to it's common use in MANY areas due to travel to and from the US, and WW2's massive shift in population. People learned it from soldiers, or the soldiers stayed in the nations they passed through. Long story short. English is considered to be the language of air and sea traffic by treaty, learning it on a very basic level isn't accepted. The same would be true if it was another language being used, english speakers would have to learn it.

[@melissajohnson4599]

The city of Emporia bought 100+ light bulbs for our street lamps but they accidentally ordered purple tinted bulbs as a result certain streets are lit up purple, making you think you're about to get pulled over.

[@viwesvideos]

8:31 talking about the french railroad fil with too wide trains, and then showing the Deutsche Bundesbahn ICE (intercity express). DB literally meaning German Railroads

[@k1m198]

@11:00 that train vid was actually pretty awesome lol

[@travist.7279]

I'm surprised that the Millennium Tower in San Francisco did not get mentioned. This 58-storey luxury apartment building began to sink and lean almost immediately after its 2009 completion. Sinking and leaning continues to worsen, to this day. The lean has become so bad, that some of the sewer lines in the upper floors flow backwards! All attempts to fix this, have failed. If anything, they have made the problem worse.

[@jayvonnoelsmith8445]

Love this is amazing

[@duyle7031]

Nice editing job

[@jdgower1]

Well this is 15 minutes of my life that I'll never get back... My eternal sense of optimism kept thinking that at least one of these things would be explained to the extent of understanding what in the hell actually happened, but it was foiled by a never ending string of "This bad thing happened for reasons..." with no reasons given.

[@saintsone7877]

Did not see mistakes by workers. Seems the mistakes were made by engineers, managers and supervisors and planning authorities that approved projects that were suspect from the get go. The railways mistakes were engineering and town planners faults and nothing to do with the workers at all.

[@galanie]

Most of these aren't worker mistakes, but mistakes by engineers/designers/architects.

[@paulkurilecz4209]

And to think that the Oroville Dam spillway failure could have been prevented by maintaining the caulking on the expansion joints. Nothing more than incompetence, indifference, laziness caused the failure.

[@davidvincent1093]

In the late 1960's I was there when they started to build the Orville Dam and I went back in the early 1970's when it was finished. I think next to the Hover Dam I have never seen anything that big. The Hover is tall but Orville is so long and wide it is unreal AND it is a TOTALLY earthen dam there is no steel or concrete in it's base to hold it together

[@mairablanc2856]

Saying measures in METERS?! Thank you so much! yours truly: most of the world.

[@bkitteh6295]

I've never understood why it's so hard to give dimensions, temperatures, costs, etc. in Imp. and metric, F and C., $ and €, or whatever. Is it that writers don't want to do the math,for what? Seems like writers would like readers/listeners. Wouldn't giving data in multiple forms attract more people? Maybe I'm just naive.

[@danielobrien1571]

I like your profile picture, how long's your hair? I admire woman that grow theirs to impressive lengths, please describe it?

[@gilbertnowak5770]

What this guy FAILS to mention about the Orvil Dam is it was ACTUALLY to Fault fo the State Removing all the trees along the Spill way which Caused the Errosion to Occure! Man-made MADNESS!

[@sovetski8893]

The animation of the technician running away from the falling satellite made my stomach hurt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frequentlycynical642]

That wasn't the first Firestone fiasco. In the mid 1960's they introduced a radial tire using fiberglass instead of steel under the tread. Perhaps to get around Michelin patents, I would guess. They, too, often threw the tread, but at least they didn't explode. We had a set on my mother's 1965 Plymouth Valiant and they worked fine. Wore them out.

[@michaelterry9257]

There is still controversy over the whole Firestone tire, Ford explorer issue. Due to the cost of legal fees and the fact that Ford has a huge legal devision, Firestone took the hit even though things didn't quite add up.

[@iamjustjudy]

4:16 so right from the beginning, that dam dam was damned

[@Gypsyjoe67]

It’s amazing how advanced humanity has become, we spend $6 billion on a structure that should last 150 years and on the other side of this planet we have 4000 year old Pyramids, lol!! 🤣

[@simonruszczak5563]

13,000 years old or more.

[@stupidhead9117]

@@simonruszczak5563 built by aliens too no doubt

[@TheWatisit]

When you mentioned the ship at 15:00 I immediately thought of the costa concordia

[@MarcusWolschon]

A concave mirror can never be "literally a lens". Do you even know what a lens or the word "literally" (as opposed to "figuratively") are?

[@Giannis.]

The captain of prestige was from Greece and my grandma knew him. He lived in ikaria the same island I do.

[@24934637]

I currently work in a job where if someone makes the worst mistake they possibly could, it may cost a few £, a loss of some stock, or maybe upset a customer. I HATE to see my work colleagues getting stressed at work, and always remind them that whatever happens, NO ONE is going to die! It's just not worth them getting stressed out over a job and causing themselves mental anguish over it! I do this NOT because I don't care about the job, or the company I work for, but because I've seen the effects of people getting stressed when I've worked in places where a mistake can be fatal for one of the clients, or in a different job, the worker themselves. THAT is the sort of job where getting stressed is probably unavoidable. Some of the workers involved in this vid really should have been paying more attention, making these mistakes IS horrifically expensive and potentially fatal!

[@ranosian1135]

I live in Leeds, Yorkshire - the building is called Bridgewater Place. And it is a nightmare in even gentle winds. Ive been injured twice near it

[@stevie5042]

I'm retired now but all my life people who messed up big time were never held accountable. Is the same thing happening world wide?

[@dopeymomasboy]

more often than not ppl are just fired instead of charged for damages

[@CheddarCheeseBandit]

City of Seattle bought new street cars (small trains) that were too big for the rails and did not fit into maintenance buildings or garages. Whoops.

[@thirdopinion8708]

Also the French bullet train is not the German ICE train as shown at the end of the French train platform segment…

[@allensanders5535]

they didn't remove the screws from the satellite, they removed them from the transporter that the satellite was sitting on (do a little research!!)

[@Dingomush]

Most track sets move as the trains are approaching them. The weight of the train anchors that section and the vibrations cause the track ahead to seek to loose any pent up stress in the line.

[@tobihaifisch7558]

8:30 Why adding a German train here? Is it your personal ignorance? Or confusion? A mistake? Or just a blunt, superficial case of "D'UHHH, WHATEVER"?! Since you don't care, that French and German railways have nothing in common, besides ONE (!) TGV train entering and leaving German territory, for the sake of providing a direct connection from Cologne to Brussels to Paris... And YOU have the guts to mix them up! Did you know, the ICE train toured your beloved lands in the 90's?! D'Uh! Turned out, your tracks were even less suitable for such suffisticated train technology than OUR outdated track system, that stems from 19th century coal mining tracks. This is, how much YOU know, PAL!! NUTHIN'!!

[@injoymappalmademallorca777]

10:57 when the polar express off schedule and the tracks disappear:

[@jameswaterfield]

1'40" Not enough ballast

[@robinhood4640]

I think the worst mistake was me clicking on this video.

[@axemastersinc3269]

2:35 55 Meters? This is America bud. Feet and inches.

[@Tommy69deluxe]

You do realize that the internet and so this video is available all around the world!? Do you? The whole world uses the metric system. Only 3 of 193 counties on this planet are living in stone age and use imperial... So imperial is definitiv neglectable.

[@axemastersinc3269]

@@Tommy69deluxe lol. Calm down, little momma. This is the United States the only country that the entire world wants to move to. They need to learn the same way all pilots and air traffic controllers, it requires proficiency in aviation phraseology, ICAO also requires general English language proficiency for pilots and controllers flying internationally or interacting with international flights.

[@herrakaarme]

This is not America. You are confused.

[@axemastersinc3269]

@@herrakaarme The world is America.

[@tsunamis82]

Someday. America will make the metric shift. Someday!

[@mrwang420]

We didn't expect a forest fire to happen! What were you guy's doing? We were burning the bush. *Face Palms*

[@reganelona]

We all make mistakes, have relief that your own aren't this bad! Lol

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Wow, that is an incredible amount of money to fix problems that maybe could have been prevented. Added up it could have caused World change in hunger and homelessness. Pretty sad. And Im sure made the higher ups uphappy too. Its a loss for everyone and everything. Wildlife caught hell with the oil spills and wildfires. Was interesting to watch and very informative. Great video

[@joshclark3218]

Almost 16 minute video of employees punching in lol is what I thought I'd see

[@spokanetomcat1]

At the 13:20 mark about the Firestone tires. This was not the first time this has happened. Firestone had a tire called the 721. It did the same thing and it took years for them to be guilty of shotty workmanship. Guess they didn't learn their lesson.

[@cherriberri8373]

13:24 yeah, firestone has always been really poor quality. Their tires objectively have always been very "loose" feeling and have poor grip. They do excell(imo) in heavy rain at medium speeds but who changes their tires because it's raining. They also worked with their rival, Goodyear, to monopolize the tire industry and now those two together supply the large, large majority of tires in the USA. Dayco even tried to sue but I remember that going poorly because we love our monoplies here. Ugh.

[@neilschlemeel5751]

I used the Firestone 721 radial on an 89 Ford escort & got 90,000 miles out of 3 sets in a row

[@donise8406]

Interesting how a video on mistakes had 4 of their own.

[@giulioz2004]

The bridge in Venice is also causing the two side to collapse (which will cause the bridge to also collapse) and to solve this problem money were spent. Also the initial project had a ramp for disable people but wasn't built in the final project, then they had to build a sort of cableway that ended up costing Way more and is also slow af

[@musicbox-id]

The ridiculous mistakes worth billion $

[@direbearcoat7551]

If understanding the English language is enough to prevent a massive cargo ship from sinking is the standard, how did these two ship captains pass their interviews??

[@weirdredpanda]

Very good question. Whoever let that slip by is responsible as well.

[@jam5158]

Well you goofed on this one. The SF/Oakland bridge is no longer the most expensive project in Krazyfornia. Introducing the Bullet train to nowhere now being built from the metropolis of Merced to Bakersfield. Because that's a route everyone wants to travel, NOT. This phase is estimated to now be twice the original budget of $38 billion and is running around $72 billion and years behind schedule. Total cost is now over $100 billion dollars if and when it ever gets done. Thank you former Gov Jerry Brown for pushing this thru and Gov Newsom for not putting a stop to this huge waste of money when he took office.

[@AyeCarumba221]

You sound like a typical American who has never been overseas and an opportunity to experience what a fine train system can be. Its thrilling to ride the high speed trains in other countries. Most recently, I rode the Shinkansen in Japan. 175 miles per hour, whisper quiet and smooth as silk. Last time I drove the I-5 corridor in southern California, all I could smell was petroleum fertilizers, cow shit, and car exhaust.

[@MrWascalwabbit]

@@AyeCarumba221 You missed the point that very few people will buy a ride from Merced to Bakersfield. " The plan for a rail stretching the roughly 380 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles will instead focus on a corridor from Bakersfield and Merced in California's Central Valley, well away from the state's major population centers." Insider - Feb. 13, 2019. That means it will never be profitable.

[@sylvainforget2174]

Offhand, I think the two ships colliding is the worst because it seems to be the easiest to prevent with training. Mind you, I have been speaking English almost exclusively for over 40 years (2/3 of my life) and will never totally lose my accent.

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

8:35 They talk about a French subway problem, but showing a German high speed train. 🤣🤪

[@mlt6322]

What about the Billion dollar probe sent up by NASA. The Guidance system was programed over seas and when attempting to land it Huston Control was slowing it down counting the feet to touchdown and the ship was reading in meters and BAM it crashed into the South Polar region where it was. (Can't remember if it was the Moon or Mars)

[@thomasewing2656]

Mars.

[@SamuelVain]

That Firestone nightmare I remember very clearly and since then I will not by any tire brand new or used from Firestone. What they did was disgusting! Everywhere else in the world where they sold those tires took them off the markets immediately and complained to Firestone, then those jerks take all those tires and send them to America and don't tell us a damn thing. They deserved the lawsuit, should have cost them a lot more money, and f*** Firestone for the rest of my life!

[@rottenpilgrim645]

Damn right, I remember this too, luckily I didn't use Firestone tires but I vowed then and there to NEVER use them, regardless of the reason for the failures. They obviously wanted to cut costs so much that it endangered human lives and cost hundreds of thousands if not more in damage to property and people. Not sure if anyone died but FK FIRESTONE THEY CAN ROT IN HELL FOR THEIR CHEAP WAYS!! FK CORPORATIONS!!!!!!! Look up Planned Obsolescence too, I always knew this was a thing but now there's a short documentary about it. I always knew corporations were cheap money grabbing greedy fuks! Now nothing lasts not even expensive things like fridge/stove/washing machines etc. NOTHING IS MADE TO LAST THESE DAYS ALL IN THE NAME OF CORPORATE PROFITS.

[@fredwilliams420]

I would argue, that the effects of that much oil, dumped into the ocean, would be difficult to imagine: there are ocean currents, and microbiology we've yet to discover, and they, like the rest of nature, are ever-changing. I feel more like you may begin to imagine, but couldn't possibly

[@michaelallison2085]

As big a disaster as it was....people don't realize oil leaks naturally from fissures into the ocean every day all over the planet. Currents disperse the oil and things return to normal over time.

[@fredwilliams420]

Oil does seep naturally, but very slowly, and as you mentioned, spread across the globe: it's a natural part of the system as it exists... Not the same as 130,000,000 gallons, isolated in the gulf of Mexico, during the 87 day long incident with the Deepwater horizon rig... The comparison is apples and oranges: a bit like relating a glass of ice water, to the entire glacial mass of Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean... Scale and concentration are definitely factors of consideration in both cases

[@jbarthol]

13:20 that was Fords fault though. Ford demanded Firestone make tires to Fords specs, which Firestone didn't want to do because they knew those specs were bad. Not wanting to loose Fords business, they made them anyway. Then when Ford should have had their comeuppance, they instead threw Firestone under the bus.

[@shanejohnson4546]

Then... it is Firestones' fault. If Firestone knew it was bad, they didn't need to take the job. They are the professionals in tire production, not Ford.

[@shanejohnson4546]

Victim mentality is for weak personal feelings. This is business. Firestone chose money over reality and it screwed them.

[@michaelterry9257]

At least they learned their lesson. Since this debacle there has not been a Firestone or Bridgestone tire as an oem tire for any Ford product. Firestone refuses to work with them, Ford has a long history of deadly mistakes and shoving it under the rug

[@lauramiller4939]

I think one of the biggest mistakes was the narrator saying the UK egg-cooking scene temp was 90 degrees Celsius, which is 194 degrees Fahrenheit. Death Valley doesn't even get that hot!

[@tomassylt]

zacatek videa ceske drahy :-))

[@gblargg]

"Brain time" "feed your brain" maybe dopamine, but that's not good for exercising delayed gratification, which is essential to make intelligent decisions.

[@RaggedsEdge]

Firestone wasn’t fully to blame. Ford spec’d out to low is a pressure to help cushion the ride. They also had problems in the assembly line with the track width of the Explorer being to wide and often times, the tires would rub on components while getting complete which sometimes damaged the tires.

[@juansantiago6635]

Brooooo I saw a doc on the lake peire disaster...it's awesome

[@The_Main_Man_Dougie]

The man who's idea it was trying to make it was trying to make a smaller scale San Francisco bridge.

[@drgunter1336]

I visited that ship of the coast of Ga So many times on vacation. Crazy to see it taken in sections