305-metric-ton blowout preventer falls on shipyard worker

This video presents footage of a fatal shipyard accident involving two shipboard cranes that were working in tandem to lower a 305-metric-ton blowout preventer. In the image, a large white structure is visible, with a red structure beneath it. The white structure is the blowout preventer; the red structure is its stand. Once the blowout preventer is lowered into the hold of the vessel, the stand would be welded to the deck to secure it during transit.
Notice the personnel underneath the suspended load. The employee’s legs were severed below his knees. He did not survive the injury.

[@WhatYouHaventSeen]

More information: this accident occurred on May 10, 2014, at Gulf Stream Marine, in Houston, Texas, "when a pin in the spreader bar came out of its housing causing the wire rope to disengage." Gulf Stream Marine was fined $7,000. UPDATES 3/13/22: There was, as some suggested, civil litigation associated with this tragic accident. A lawsuit brought by the decedent's surviving spouse and children ultimately settled for far more than $7,000.

[@Alilretard1]

Wow 7,000 fine. I bet that really taught them a lesson. That is a travesty and shameful.

[@AJK156]

That man's life was only worth $7,000. Sad

[@Shroommduke]

@@AJK156 I'm sure there will be a civil suit and a much larger award for the family but yea, holy shit, $7000? and fuck that happened quick! Sickening isn't it. this is gonna haunt me now!

[@barriewright2857]

NO....! $7000 WAW accidental death is cheap for the corporation's.

[@theronerd]

Not sure why they didn't put the wood underneath the load prior.

[@davidluchsinger7377]

Want to know when a suspended load is going to fail? When you’re under it.

[@bradley772]

Every tragedy needs a little bit of levity. Thanks.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

He wasn't actually under it though, when it shifted, the carrier got knocked into him, and then dropped. He was 4' away from the danger zone.

[@TrueIndie88]

Yes.

[@scottskinner577]

@@JimsEquipmentShed relativity my friend. Relativity.

[@Tezza120]

@@JimsEquipmentShed i think he was still in the danger zone tbh....

[@High_Desert_Tanner]

As a former crane operator, this was pure complacency. "The rigging worked fine the last 300 times it was used, it'll be fine now" is an attitude that takes lives. Inspect your shit! As an operator, this is ultimately on you. When you lift shit like this (ESPECIALLY tandem lifts), you HAVE TO CHECK EVERY LAST DETAIL. This was the fault of the operator or the rigger (whoever was in charge of the rigging of their lifts that day) that either didn't check the condition of their equipment, or didn't check to see that everything was properly pinned, dogged, locked, etc.

[@jojojana4455]

For sure the rigger an crane man were at fault. The cables slipped off the hook.

[@atrocious_pr0xy]

I have always been intrigued by crane work and even developed a drive to pursue a career. But I was honest with myself. I know I tend to let certain things slip my mind, and I have a slight tendency to get complacent. I make corrections to my mistakes derivative of those tendecies within my current job, but with cranes, every inch of it, and the surrounding area is an active life safety hazard. I can not risk making mistakes with something like that. (Check out The Mecca Crane Incident. WARNING: GRAPHIC!") It makes me nervous enough to operate chemical and sterilization systems as I do where I work. I also work with a laser guided smart conveyor system and FANUC robot, but that shit is safe as hell. TOO SAFE, sometimes. LOL. I lead a team that makes alternative milk. My job is stressful as fuck, but I would never even SIT in a crane!

[@mrkhainuui]

never goe under the load, rule number 1. Atleast in finland. if safety even sees you under the load, you will be instantly kicked out.

[@rocco64744]

@@mrkhainuui if you look closely he wasn’t under the load. It was the fact that the load swung when it slipped. Just sad. He didn’t mess up. Operator / riggers fault.

[@JustinHatten]

Exactly. I used to be a crane operator and thankfully everyone around me was safe everyday. Must pay attention to every detail and understand how weight can stress

[@christianmaas8934]

Hope the bloodloss was quick, adrenaline numbed and he live his life the way he wanted. Rest in Peace

[@NorthernChev]

He was violently smashed in the face and chest by the object as it fell. He was not conscious by the time he hit the floor. He felt nothing.

[@proto57]

@@NorthernChev I think it is far worse than that... it looks to me as though his body is cut in half by the edge of the red base. Right above the waist. You see his remaining torso slide to the left, with the abdomen bared open.

[@wirefeed3419]

@@proto57 At 2:56 there is a yellow banner across the top that reads “ the workers legs were severed below his knees. He did not survive the injury.” Regardless below the knees or pelvis the injury was so severe that it would require immediate expert medical treatment to try and stop the blood loss. Sadly because of the unstable safety of the site no one would have been able to get to him at all for several minutes if not hours.

[@AlphaMachina]

I think the impact was likely enough to knock him out. I don't think he felt much, if anything. He didn't writhe or move after the impact. I hope..

[@TheBeingReal]

I doubt being crushed and bleeding out was how he wanted to live his life.

[@Comfortably-Dumb-]

As someone who assembles massive wind turbine generators this was fairly standard work practices for large loads suspended only a few feet from the ground. I'm not saying it is a safe work practice, but I myself have even been under a suspended load similar to this. I shudder at what I used to do everyday for a living and am gladly no longer working with major components or construction. The money is phenomenal but I have had friends die, lose legs, hands, feet, fingers and toes. I wish all of my brothers and sisters out there building their country to stay safe and always remember no job is worth your life.

[@teamgay]

This is normal? Lord almighty

[@B3ARCAT]

@Mr. Shark Tooth maybe he’s trying to say that some types of work like this are just so inherently dangerous that not all of that exposure can be eliminated? Each element of risk can be mitigated somewhat, I’m sure, but perhaps there are just moments during the process on some job sites in which workers are at risk of serious/fatal injury if the unexpected happens. You make a valid point either way, being too lackadaisical is certainly something that could be corrected. I’ve not worked any jobs where many daily tasks involve severe risk to life/limb, so I dunno how normal their behavior is…

[@Comfortably-Dumb-]

@@B3ARCAT exactly, the fact that in most cases with lifts of that size there is an inherent risk that can never be eliminate. As far as those men are concerned, they did what any other trained professional does and trusted their equipment. But the unfortunate reality is that shit happens. Back in the day in construction it was common to account for the loss of life before a project started. X amount of dollars spent in construction = Y amount of worker deaths.

[@B3ARCAT]

@Grace Jackson yeah, that’s a fair point. I wonder how easily one can become desensitized to danger on a job that involves high risk. So many non-combat military occupational specialties involve construction and heavy machinery, and I guess it would all come down to discipline to follow a procedure to limit your risk because even if injuries and death don’t happen often, on a job where dangerous tasks are performed routinely, it’s that one time when you let down your guard that the unexpected occurs. This video is sad, it’s obvious he could’ve been just clear of the real danger had he done what you’ve suggested.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

@Mr. Shark Tooth The victim did nothing wrong though, he wasn't under the load until it lost half of its lines and shifted. He was 4' out of the danger zone. Equipment failure can kill you at any distance. Not sure what behavior you are looking at, but after doing that shit for about 10 hours, no one is exactly running from point to point.

[@lewislewis4917]

I have seen a lot of crazy things. This video had my anxiety level through the roof.

[@jochenheiden]

I felt my heart racing as the thing was coming down…. I knew what was about to happen.

[@aintnodisco7127]

Which is why I deliberately do not watch these sorts of videos. Read the narrative? Read the discussion? Sure, there are lessons to be learned. But I don't need to see tragedy to realize it happens. Some things can't be unseen and I don't need any more PTSD fuel in my life, thank you very much. YMMV.

[@joeysplats3209]

@@aintnodisco7127 did you see this one? I turtle-headed a little.

[@TheBustedNut]

@@joeysplats3209 💩

[@malteins]

@@aintnodisco7127 I agree. Though somehow I still watched it and high AF. :(

[@Mercmad]

First rule of any industrial situation. "DO NOT STAND UNDER SUSPENDED LOADS"

[@andrewt.5567]

In this case he was not under it. The load came to him. Everyone knows this can happen. No one thinks it is actually going to happen.

[@Bikewithlove]

- Obviously he’s not under it, but he got too close to it in a bad way and he let his concentration go. I know that kind of guy - I work a forklift, and I had to start working in a certain area where guys like that walk straight at the moving forks like they’re ‘tough guys.’ It’s not tough - it’s foolhardy. ‘Tough’ is making it home every day from a job like that because you can keep your situational awareness, and you’re ‘tough’ enough to tell the boss he can shove it if he expects you to put your life in danger so he can get a bonus.

[@UnYin99]

the first thing I thought was "what critical activity was he performing to be so close to a suspended load?" In other words what was he doing that was so important that he HAD to be that close to such a big pick? All I saw was guys sliding 2x4s under the load for some reason.

[@jeffploetner]

@@UnYin99 yeah what were those for?

[@cyclone4life_isu142]

I agree with the other comments - that the worker wasn’t under the load & the “load came to & fell on the worker.” In general, all the employees working the floor seemed to be very nonchalant towards their work… like working “around” an extremely heavy piece of machinery was something they took for granted and was “no big deal” UNFORTUNATELY, something broke, the load fell and a worker died in an instant (mercifully)!

[@petergriffin383]

RIP. As much as companies "talk" about safety, the truth is they low key want workers to take the quickest most profitable way to get the job done, all while *appearing* to care about safety for legal reasons. I know this because I live it.

[@nigelft]

I can well imagine ... Although I've only been around a small-ish workshop, for a industrial museum, sitting in the mess room, hearing war stories from engineers, it became many companies that preach 'Safety First', usually only pay lip service to it. For ages there was a a colour print out, pinned to one of the notice boards, of a group of workers, installing an AC unit in what appears to be a large industrial spaces, rather getting a crane in, one, heavy duty, diesel, fork lift had raised a smaller, four wheel, fork lift, to the fullest extent of the masts, whilst the smaller fork lift had the A/C unit on its folk, again, almost the extent of the mast. If I recall that photo, which I last saw about five years ago, correctly, the AC unit was on a large pallet, with the forks through it, whilst the couple of engineers, also supported on the same pallet _on ladders_* , worked on installing it. Faces blurred, obvious reasons being obvious. Of course they didn't bother with fall arrests, and I don't think the driver sitting in the small fork lift (because he was up there himself, obviously ...) even bothered with a hard hat (which wouldn't matter, even if he did ...), and only a smattering of the gaggle of engineers below this whole operation, did, either ... Here, in the the UK we have something similar to OSHA, the HSE. God knows how many safety violations there was in that one photo alone ... it was insane ... Unfortunately, "familiarity breeds contempt", aka the Hot Hand Fallacy, meaning just because they got away with a number of times, doesn't mean the fifth/sixth times a charm ... but a fork lift, hoisting a forklift, hoisting an AC unit into place, whist the guys worked on installing it from the second forklift, was perhaps the dumbest, craziest, and most frightening, thing I have ever seen. Just thinking about the number of casualties, the extent of injuries, and even death, gave me a cold spine, even now. So, for me, whilst a company may say 'Safety First', doing things the fast way to save money, but, more importantly, time, means, so often, so many short cuts are made, that it makes it look like a complex polygon ... (*= I can't be sure if they actually used ladders, but, at that time of the photo, it wouldn't have mattered, anyway. It wasn't the fall that would've killed them, but the sudden stop against the concrete floor, that would've ...)

[@Bankable2790]

100%

[@AbelG8781]

Having worked construction for the last 9 years, this is entirely too true.

[@jeffersonmorris888]

Unfortunately safety is just paperwork and words most places. I recently changed mining companies after the one I had been at for years was just putting up more safety signs, not actually fixing any of the known dangers of the mine. Yeah I took a pay cut but now don't have to worry about leaving my family behind.

[@Bankable2790]

@@jeffersonmorris888 fr that’s how you know shits bad. They change shit but it’s all for appearances and irrelevant shit

[@tiddiesprinkles]

It gives me a little bit of.... relief not seeing him move after that. I hope he was unconscious until the end so he didn't wake up to both legs severed

[@canofanger]

@Grace Jackson Can actually see his helmet fly across to the other wall, so hopefully the head injury mercifully put him out for the ordeal.

[@Gkitchens1]

Yeah I bet the blood pressure drop and the impact took him out so he never felt anything.

[@TheGrumpyEnglishman]

You can see his head and shoulders fly off his body and slide on the floor. I don't think moving when you've been crushed and lost your head, would be an easy task.

[@ufogarage13]

@@TheGrumpyEnglishman That's not what happened at all though.

[@johnnyvt9]

@@TheGrumpyEnglishman I don't know what you watched this on, but that is not what happened. It trapped his legs underneath a severed them. His head violently it the steel beam that severed his legs and that is why his hard hat flew away. The rest of his body was still intact. THe force of the blow to his head hopefully knocked him out and he did not suffer. I pray that he never came back to see his injury.

[@MayimHastings]

His chest was hit hard first, which whipped him backwards, then hit his head, then the legs happened. That’s immensely comforting thinking the poor man was unconscious and likely never knew a thing. At least, that’s the narrative I choose to go with. I know nothing about this field of work, but this whole setup was idiotic! To let your employees walk underneath that is despicable. God bless the loved ones of the fallen man, and may he rest in joy with God.

[@MrPLC999]

Yeah, one second you're fine and dandy, the next second your soul has been torn from your body. You never know when the end will slap you in the face. So you have to be ready at all times to meet your Maker, and that means you have already accepted Jesus as your lord and savior. If you have not done so yet, think about the man who died in this video.

[@TaintedMojo]

@@MrPLC999 Ooga booga booga, booga booga booga

[@Dolly-Days]

I wonder why they didn’t have the area prepped before lowering it? Why not have the boards already laid out before so nobody would have to be that close.

[@bryanboone7363]

I don't think so. When the cables broke on the right side, the red support frame did hit him in the chest first. When the cables broke, the load initially just swung back to the left a few feet hitting him in the chest. If that is all that happened he would have walked away with minor bruises. As he was being pushed in the chest backwards, his legs bent slightly under the red frame. The red frame is attached to the bottom of the load. As the right hand side of the frame hit the concrete and the full weight of the load fell on the frame on the right hand side, it caused the left side of the frame to break free from the mounting points on the bottom of the load. Then the red frame slammed down on his legs with incredible speed, because the load and red frame acted like a lever and fulcrum. If the red frame stayed attached to the load, he would have walked away without major injury.

[@MayimHastings]

@@TaintedMojo Go away kid.

[@seanmanwill2002]

I've seen, or was in very close proximity, to around seventy-five serious accidents and fatal accidents over thirty-five years in heavy construction. It happens so fast, and it's always heartbreaking to hear of the loved one's left behind. Safety is not merely a catchphrase, it's the practice that will hopefully save your life.

[@user-vf8im7bj4l]

Mr glass is that you

[@seanmanwill2002]

@Chris h, and @T1000, I'm beginning to wonder myself! I've nearly been killed twice at Yosemite. Once as a Pilebutt welder in 1992, and once as a Pipeline welder/owner operator at Hetch Hetchi Reservoir in 2004. Several times in the oil refineries and chemical plants, to name about ten or fifteen more. The amazing thing is, I can verify at least thirty times that it was nearly me. It's on the report! I was almost killed one the job twice in one day in 1979! My boss was fined BIGTIME by OSHA and his jobs shut down. Don't ask me why, but I was always the guy who came out of it unscathed, when one, two, three or four others died. I don't know why, but in this life, have been Blessed and I am truly grateful! 👈🙏👋

[@HitLeftistsWithHammers]

Maybe change your name to the reaper.

[@seanmanwill2002]

@@HitLeftistsWithHammers my friend John told me that years ago.

[@justme-ij2qy]

Same here and you never forget a moment from any of those accidents.

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

Good god that's horrendous. RIP to the poor worker :(

[@jamescaliendo1030]

Being in the crane industry here in NYC and working for a major crane company here, we transport and pick Con Edisons transformers. Usually between 110 and 200 tons, no where near the weight and size of this blowout preventer. But watching this video certainly humbled me and will keep me on my toes when work picks up again.

[@michaelfoye1135]

Don't be afraid to send the video to your friends and coworkers. It just might make the difference between something like this happening or not.

[@madrx2]

As a construction worker the lack of safe lifting practice disgusts me. The company CEO's should be fined for industrial manslaughter.

[@xephael3485]

this...

[@tnmwheatley]

F.y.i. this was not in Houston, Tx. If you notice, all the workers are from Asia somewhere! And no and i mean NO Houston Port Employees around at all to moniter! I think they call them Stevadores! 🤔 Gulf Port Supplies most of the Stevadores in Texas. No safety at all. No Fall protection. 👎 OSHA would have found out about this. And it would have been alll over the news.

[@briansmyla8696]

The people responsible won't feel the pain of the fine because the money is coming out of someone else's pocket. Hell, the CEO probably didn't even know that shortcuts were being taken, and there were safety protocols put in place by the CEO that were disregarded.

[@kokobwild2413]

Join a union and stay in it.

[@kraftwurx_Aviation]

That was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen posted Madrx2. I feel dumber for having read it and even more dumb for responding.

[@marby602]

Regardless of "what the job requires" , you NEVER get that close to a lifted load !!!

[@petergriffin383]

I've seen new workers slowly and discreetly get let go if they actually hold up their end of the bargain when it comes to safety. Employer's preach safety for legal reasons, they don't want you actually practice it because it's most often the slower way to get things done. Blue collar my whole life, I know how the pencil pushers behind a desk are.

[@scavenom2008]

@@petergriffin383 what you are speaking is the truth nevertheless the truth must be changed and a life should be more important than any job always.

[@williamenright1129]

Especially one this heavy

[@burnerjack01]

No "Legitimate" job requires getting in harm's way unless it's a Military, Police or Fire&Rescue. That's just poor/lazy management. If anything, it shows that the Insurance Industry isn't charging enough and/or observing enough. If it costs so much that Executive Management is fired due to sloppy practices, this would be almost impossible.

[@petergriffin383]

@@burnerjack01 No offense but it doesn't sound like you have experience working blue collar jobs, many of which are far more dangerous than a police officer. Did you know that police officer/law enforcement doesn't even make it on the top 10 list of most dangerous jobs? In fact it doesn't even rank in the top 15. The "danger" in law enforcement is not that high, and statistically the loss of life/severe injury rate is pretty low.. it's actually a pretty safe job.

[@krail5500]

I'm a heavy equipment operator, former crane operator and I run my equipment knowing that, what can go wrong, probably will. ALWAYS EXPECT THE WORST TO HAPPEN AND BE PREPARED FOR WHEN IT DOES. I can't even say how many times that this way of thinking has saved lives.

[@Pooneil1984]

A very casual attitude toward safety by the load master and the company and it got a man killed.

[@ferrallderrall6588]

How is it supposed to be done?its there job

[@juangonzalez9848]

Why would you be standing anywhere near that thing on the deck until it was fully lowered? Also, what was all of the fuckery with the wood about? If the plan was to weld it down, why put anything beneath it during the move? If there was supposed to be something there, it should have been there before anything was in the air. At no point in time should they have been near the suspended load for this exact reason.

[@shotgunbettygaming]

...because it's your job to help seat and secure the load?😐 You've never moved anything REALLY big have you?

[@bigdaddydaddy3203]

@@shotgunbettygaming 🤣 u r correct my friend

[@reggierico]

When you are dealing with severe loads, especially when using multiple cranes, you really have to have everything choreographed and rehearsed so that the load is suspended for a minimal amount of time. This did not appear to be the case here. What exactly was the purpose of sliding those boards under a load like that? If you were going to put temporary dunnage under that load, you better have some oak blocks and have everything ready to place. I was involved in a dual crane accident at Electric Boat in the 1970's. A small pedestal crane was hit by the much larger hammerhead crane and was nearly sent to the bottom of the dry dock. OSHA came to my house for an interview a few weeks later. Guys get killed in shipyards, it's a dirty, dangerous place to work. Be careful out there...

[@wertiaaudit5746]

It was probably rehearsed look at how they move

[@Daytonaman675]

I was wondering why they didn’t have the dunnage down first.

[@michaelashby4036]

Any time two cranes are involved it’s a”critical lift” . Over

[@ceruleanc505]

@@Daytonaman675 That would make the most sense, right? I don't understand the need for dunnage, what does it provide?

[@cnf6045]

@@ceruleanc505 I’m a relatively novice welder, so I’m not comfortable enough to say ‘this is 100% why’, and I’ve certainly never welded anything that big. But, they said that was going to be welded to the deck to be secured durning transport. When you weld 2 pieces of metal together, you want a small gap between them, so you get more complete penetration with your weld. The dunnage could have been serving as a ‘spacer’ to leave that gap between the floor and the blowout preventer.

[@dangeroustoman]

My question is why didn't they put the boards down first.

[@CCW1911]

Why put the boards down at all if the red stand was going to be welded to the deck?

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

@@CCW1911 - This. I don't understand the purpose of the boards.

[@andrewt.5567]

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH They prevent the deck from being torn up if the load does not sit down 100% straight, which is likely. This will be at sea for a while before moving again, so would also prevent the the stand from seizing to the deck. The welding will be done in accessible locations, but if you let nature do its thing they may need to cut in inaccessible locations. Wood is also the softest material when comparing the deck and whatever steel the stand is made of. The wood will deform to any unflatness. The boards probably could have been laid first. Not like they would not know where the load was going to land. But, people are stuck in old ways sometimes.

[@ypaulbrown]

@@andrewt.5567 well said

[@SuperTrb0]

I worked on a mechanical construction crew the first summer after high school, I watched a guy get crushed by a massive piece of steel scaffolding. I quit the next day. The money was great, especially for an 18 year old but hanging out under suspended loads like that freak me out, more so after you see what’s left after a load crushes a person.

[@medea27]

I really wish organisations would use footage like this to ram home the deadly consequences of heavy lifts going wrong. It's too easy for people to laugh off their health & safety checklist without stopping to think that all those regulations are written in blood. When things happen they happen fast, hit hard & can kill in an instant. The only positive that can come from tragedy like this is for other workers to learn to take their safety _deadly seriously._ RIP.

[@ttripz66]

I agree with this! But I don't think this is avoidable even with safety measures

[@thermalzoo6550]

I think they do, just usually it’s animated

[@medea27]

@@thermalzoo6550 The problem is, in today's world we're desensitized to simulations & animated re-enactments... real footage just triggers a different part of our brain. It's easy for a worker to shrug off an animated accident, they don't think it can happen to them... completely different when you can _show them_ how fast things can go drastically wrong.

[@ypaulbrown]

@@medea27 yes, I agree

[@terrydavis8451]

Industrial gore videos would be #1 on my new hire training class.

[@bass305-HCCA]

My friend is an iron worker in NYC. He said his crew had a guy who was 3 weeks away from retirement with a beautiful pension and a hefty savings account waiting for him. He was under an I beam that let loose, and was gone instantly. Terrible. Live life without regrets.

[@firey551]

That’s sounds weird like I think these company’s be killing dudes who got a hefty pension so they don’t have to pay out . Different situation from a documentary called capitalism a love story . Woman husband died and he worked at Walmart mart dude had a inscurance policy with the company worth I think it was 500,000 They did tell the widow anything about it and kept it !

[@efone3553]

I can't believe how massive that structure is and that is what goes at the bottom of an oil well on the seabed. We can do amazing things. It's too bad it's dangerous as well. Kudos to all of the workers who take on dangerous jobs for the rest of us. Rest in peace brother.

[@endgovernmentextremism]

I've heard a ~2 ton load falling from 8 feet. This made it sound like nothing. Absolutely terrifying.

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

May he rest in peace. As a retired factory worker after 43 years there. Two lives were lost while I was there. This hits me hard. Unless you have lived it you can't realize the impact of a co-worker getting killed, while just doing his job.

[@hyperu2]

Didn't know you had your own brand of blowout preventers.

[@WhatYouHaventSeen]

You should see my line of vans -> rwp.yt/van

[@bnandersonx]

@@WhatYouHaventSeen hahaha

[@cyclone4life_isu142]

It’s what we hadn’t seen .,. Until we saw it…

[@angelseliteautodetailing]

LMAO 😂

[@Blast6926]

This gives me the chills as I was working in rigs a few years back 😥

[@danielwanner8708]

That is no accident . There is no reason for anybody to be down there putting boards in place . Boards could have been placed before lowering the load . That is stupidity .

[@jessieestock9142]

Rip to this man . To all workers building the world I salute you and respect you . Please keep your life first priority

[@alccl1643]

RIP to be equipment as well. Afterall that's what companies and the CEO who's getting some good sex somewhere in a yacht is thinking. Who cares about employees these days, anyway

[@rolandocrisostomo2003]

Many people every year dont make it back home to their family. Safety should always be job #1

[@VeIxity]

Much love to our men. Industrial death is probably one of my biggest fears, and the fact that physics beyond our control is what determines our life is terrifying. Rest In Peace.

[@komrad1983]

One split second when he hesitated before taking one last step that sealed his fate. The death is like that, probably was working thinking about to go to lunch, other life plans, snap and darkness.

[@SkyChaserCom]

Another example of worker complacency near and under a suspended load. That poor guy walks casually around the left side and a split second later he is killed. It's very sad seeing accidents like this. I hope his family receives compensation.

[@cal-native]

As a manufacturing/facilities manager in Southern California a number of years ago, I can tell you we were subject to regular Cal-OSHA inspections. Although they were a pain, I found them usually reasonable and useful, and it ultimately enhanced workplace safety. Lots of armchair quarterbacks here using this tragedy as a platform to criticize OSHA, while at the same time lamenting lack of worker safety. Where do you think the regulations come from? Who will enforce them? Self regulation doesn't work, as evident in other countries. Bless this poor man's soul, and his family.

[@p00pie]

Regulations are written in blood. Remembering that would be important to all who think it's not serious.

[@aurelienyonrac]

If a boss gets his men to not like osha...

[@hidingposer3422]

I got electrocuted at work one time. They forced me to go to the ER. A couple of days and asked him about it. He had no clue. I nearly died......or could have. No paper trail. Never happened.

[@Alilretard1]

Wow that happened fast.

[@corey3668]

Accidents only take a split second

[@JeriahsWillGDP]

Yeah after what felt like 6 hours of waiting for something to happen.

[@rnqtn]

Even though I try to be proactively aware about safety, this video really brings me to my knees to be more safe. Rest In Peace and condolences to his family and friends.

[@ronaldbarrett1506]

Looks like little or no safety procedures, or staff present and or protective measures (as would be known by a failure mode-effect analysis). This was a catastrophic failure. Was there any back-ups to the most critical effort, i.e., the load lift? Any drills or simulations?

[@Bikewithlove]

There are clearly moments where workers are meandering close to the load with what appears to be zero reason to be there. I often observe men in the workplace who have this unconscious thing about showing off with almost hyperbolic bravado by violating safety rules that will result in the worst thing happening that could happen. It’s an absence of leadership, and the owner or CEO of the business is ultimately responsible for not fostering a culture of safety.

[@millomweb]

The really odd thing is not the failure of the cables but the failure of the stand falling off the bottom of it !

[@pamike4873]

@@millomweb The stand broke off when the right side hit the deck. That in turn caused it to slide to the left. When you're dealing with that much weight, even falling a couple of feet generates a massive amount of kinetic energy. Had both cranes failed, or if they used a single crane, I would bet the farm that worker would still be alive.

[@millomweb]

@@pamike4873 The attachment of the base seemed weak to me. Questionable as to whether it'd be strong enough for on board a vessel or in an earthquake zone !

[@ferrallderrall6588]

@@millomweb probably just tacked or temporary bolts,that took a heck of a whack

[@Hellefleur]

I hope it was quick for that dude. He had no chance to get away.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

He shouldn't have been standing there in the first place, IMO. Was there some reason he needed to be so close? Alive one minute, dead minutes later.

[@joshyoung1440]

​@@OMGWTFLOLSMH "Alive one minute, dead minutes later." What... what was he doing for those minutes in between? Lmfao the phrase is "here one minute, gone the next," or you can replace here/gone with alive/dead but the point is it changes from one minute to the next. You don't like... turn the "alive" off, wait a bit, then turn the "dead" on lmao

[@deathpyre]

Damn, he wasnt even standing directly under it

[@srogers9313]

Loads never fall straight down.

[@andrewt.5567]

@@srogers9313 Especially with a tandem lift.

[@cole3823]

That thing could've fallen any direction and crushed all of them

[@proto57]

I know the description says "The employee's legs were severed below his knees", but that is not how it looks to me. It seems his body was severed at about the waist level, completely in half. You can see his upper torso slide to the left, with what seems to be the bared half of his abdomen visible.

[@firemanjeffgg2440]

305 metric tons being suspended by a few cables. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that.

[@far1002]

The cable that snapped probably cut into the side of the ship

[@drake5560]

Very unfortunate accident. I'm curious if there were any additional injuries to the worker, or if he succumbed mostly due to bloodloss. One would think this site would have well trained first responders/paramedics nearby.

[@CaptVirtual]

One would also think this site had well trained and adequate safety procedures in place, but that is clearly not the case. RIP to the victim of this potentially avoidable accident.

[@MillionFoul]

Shipyards and ports tend not to keep paramedics on standby all day for many obvious reasons. One of the more subtle ones being that injuries in which the patient needs critical care immediately and which will not kill the patient regardless are rather rare. Provided the guy wasn't severely injured otherwise, applying tourniquets to both legs would likely have prevented his death, but it would have to be done by his coworkers. With both legs severed, he has significantly less than four minutes to live, and it would almost certainly take longer than that for a paramedic to reach him and begin care even if he was next to the cranes when it happened.

[@GuyWhoReviewsStuff]

The first thing you need to look at is scene safety, No paramedic of First responder will go near that thing until its secured and poses no other risk of injury, according to the video both his legs were severed it can usually take 5 minutes to bleed out (You can possibly cut this in half since its both legs) by the time medics were even notified he was probably already dead not to mention the time it took for them to stabilize everything. Looking at the way he was slammed back and then down I wouldn't even be surprised if he had his neck broken and or massive head injuries. All around it was a loose loose for him.

[@christopherwarsh]

@@SuperPhunThyme9 not something they cover in CPR class....

[@jcims]

Clearly the most likely cause was the amputation, but his helmet flew off just before his head smashed onto the pavement at a pretty high speed.

[@882952]

Seeing this video just hammers home a lesson I myself learned by observation, watching a fellow employee sever his fingers in a press. And that lesson is, things can happen FAST. In one instant. And in that instant, there is no time to think, "Oh, wait, no...." and change what you are doing or where you are. The first realization you will have that something is wrong is the realization that something has already happened, and it's done and over, and too late. If only we could go back in time... but actually, (and this was my lesson to myself) you CAN "go back"... in a manner of speaking. Just think to yourself that you are yourself, from the future - what would you tell yourself about what you about to do? A few times, I have told myself I need to change something about how I'm doing a task, or where I am positioned at, thankful for pretend "future me". ;) But this poor man - makes me sad. Poor guy had no warning, probably no realization that anything had happened. Looks like he was out before he hit the deck. That helmet FLEW off like he took a tremendous blow to the head. I think I'd rather be knocked out like that than be laying there, conscious, in agony, bleeding out, too.

[@timbaldwin6283]

Good point worth repeating. We cannot always rely on management or OSHA for our safety. WE need to discipline ourselves. Condition yourself so that the red flags appear in your head and corrective action can taken before someone gets hurt.

[@High_Desert_Tanner]

Complacency kills. All the time.

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

I like the future thinking approach. When working in the home shop if I notice I am tired a tricky job waits for the next day. When I feel Lazy about workholding, fastening, safety….nope. Do it and double check it. Not worth an irreversible ooops.

[@K-Effect]

It looks like the blow knocked him out, but having his legs removed at the knees he would've bled out extremely fast. The part that gets me is when the support structure slides, that's turning both of his severed shins into meat & bone peanut butter

[@angrydingus5256]

Yes and no about the bleeding. Often times with really quick amputations like this the pressure kinda fuses your veins and arteries together and your muscles and skin immediately tighten up around the wound. He may not have bled much at all for the first 10 minutes or so, especially being unconscious. Now if he came too and started panicking and getting his heart rate elevated that extra BP might force the bleeding to start.

[@MardukTheSunGodInsideMe]

It came in at a slight angle. Wouldn't that have pushed blood up into his body with force? Like squeezing one end of a balloon.

[@youngeshmoney]

@@MardukTheSunGodInsideMe no not at all, it would theoretically if the volume of blood was in one single vessel but it's distributed throughout the vessels in the entire body and the amount in the legs displaced wouldn't be enough to cause an insane pressure spike

[@shillian4770]

@@angrydingus5256 There’s a shit tone of blood in your calves so just by loosing both of his legs he’s pretty much fucked.

[@charlesethridge5312]

They knew exactly where they were going to set the blowout preventer down. They could have easily had a preassembled wooden pad in place to set the load down. Without anyone having to be close to a suspended load for that length of time.

[@roseanneroseannadanna9651]

Exactly. We can shoot points within mm and lay out the pad before and make the pad just a wee bit bigger.

[@gustavosoto8644]

R.I.P brother.Its awful when this things happen.I just hope they learned from this tragedy and provide the necessary equipment and training to keep our workers safe!

[@brendanwood1540]

I feel I have to mention this. Anyone working out there with steel poles, scaffold, ladders and cranes. Always watch for power lines and make sure you stay well clear of any lines. This is just a reminder that everyone is fragile and life can change in a split second. Take care and be safe.

[@charlesbosse9669]

I've worked with heavy loads over my head before, I should say, overhead, I do not go under a load when it's in an elevated position like that, NEVER!!!. And the important thing to remember is, what will that load do, if it falls down or if something fails. This poor man wasn't standing under the item, but look at what happened to him. Nothing it seems ever falls straight down and that's the end of it. God bless this poor man and his family. But these guys are all struttin' around there like they haven't a care in the world. Complacency, will get you killed in an instant. This gentleman never stood a chance once the rigging let go.

[@asheshinfinite3766]

So sad! Condolences to the bereaved family!🙏

[@kevintucker3354]

The man was likely dead very quickly. The load hit him in the chest or abdomen area and probably shattered his ribs and sternum and then immediately cut his legs clean off. He may have stopped breathing almost instantly.

[@m80116]

For what I seem to notice from the pictures he didn't end up under the stand, he rebounded after the first hit that crushed his legs.

[@CCW1911]

Looks like his head hit he deck too.

[@Battlefresh]

@@CCW1911 Yes most likely unconscious when his head hit the floor. He never felt a thing. Poor old guy worked himself to death, but I don't think he suffered so maybe a blessing in disguise.

[@xBloodXGusherx]

RIP to that man. Literately could have been any of those guys had they been seconds closer. This is so fucked up that regular men, wake up and go to a job that does not give a fuck about their safety. Too many of us risk our lives for companies looking to line their pockets. Sickening this happened to this man.

[@kevinmarchemurica1135]

Ugggh! I see guys get complacent on my jobs when there are loads being handled and I go nuts. Gotta be safe out there guys.

[@58fins]

The sound it made on video was horrendous! Imagine being there! Unbelievable how careless these guys were!

[@InteriorDesignStudent]

Welp. Now I'm super happy I left my earbuds off.

[@ferrallderrall6588]

How would you have gone about it then?there's not to many other ways to do what they had to do

[@58fins]

@@ferrallderrall6588 stay the hell out of the way!

[@ferrallderrall6588]

@@58fins that wont get the job done boss

[@ferrallderrall6588]

@@58fins pretty tough to anticipate that one bro but yes if at all possible stay out of the way of course

[@burtbrooks7731]

Oh my god!!!! That’s awful!!! It can happen that quick tho, you gotta have your head on a swivel. God bless that man, I pray he didn’t suffer!!

[@GlockRevolver]

What's weird it doesn't look like any of the slings failed when they fall. I wonder what failed?

[@nonna_sof5889]

Now that you mention it, the slings are clearly still intact well dangling after the failure. Must have been the part they were connected too. Which brings up all sorts of questions about how they were checking to make sure their equipment wasn't damaged.

[@ferrallderrall6588]

They say a pin in the lifting bar came out,it doesn't show the bar setup

[@teamgay]

Is there info on where this is? Others have mentioned the lack of safety protocols and I'm getting goosebumps every time one of these guys moves close to put those wood planks underneath... wondering where this is to have such lax safety protocols.

[@bashkillszombies]

Where is no longer the big issue. Who is. Foreign workers give zero shits about safety, safety costs money and takes effort.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

I heard Spanish.

[@youngeshmoney]

@@_rtj this can't possibly be in the states

[@WhatYouHaventSeen]

Gulf Stream Marine, in Houston. "A pin in the spreader bar came out of its housing causing the wire rope to disengage." Gulf Stream Marine was fined $7,000.

[@ferrallderrall6588]

@@WhatYouHaventSeen wonder how we didn't have a pin bounce through the scene?the chance it landed on the load os a maybe...

[@danlamartina8583]

Being a retired Longshoreman out of the port of Baltimore I must have witnessed this a hundred times to included myself being involved with an incident where I was in the hold of a ship on a forklift tractor waiting for a 20ft container to be lowered down the hold where I would push it under the wing The rigging on the ships deck Crain failed while the container was halfway down the hole, It happens too fast to react I had to leave that day just to straighten out my nerves. This is a testament that this work is very Dangerous and the people that do it Deserve every dollar they make.

[@GUCR44]

I truly am sorry this happened to you my friend... I will pray for you.

[@mordokch]

It's difficult to understand why anyone would be daft enough to even get too close to a thing like that, never mind actually go under it. It's literally an instant sacking offence in many places, and with good reason. Darwin is always watching.

[@Ohaiuze]

He wasn't under it. You can see in the alternate perspective in the lower right of the screen @3:30 that the cables come loose on the right side causing the white structure to swing from the cables still attached and knock the man over before ultimately landing on his legs. He was only under it after an unforeseeable accident had swung the object a considerable distance.

[@_DrDrakeRamoray]

Probably because they have done many times.

[@mordokch]

@@Ohaiuze Yes but earlier in the vid someone does go pretty much under it on the opposite side to the guy who got killed.

[@akimbo7053]

Looks like the shock wave and pressure alone knocked him out instantly while his legs were severed.

[@jackiecheung1465]

It's just crazy how casual they are right up till the accident..

[@TheRebelOne.]

Always expect the unexpected! A harsh lesson. RIP that worker.

[@tdubz1154]

I served on a base Honor Guard for a couple of years back in the early 90’s. One of our primary functions was to perform military burial honors for fallen soldiers, mainly fallen veterans. Out of the 60 or so burials, 22 of the deaths were a result of people failing to adhere to simple safety rules and regulations. One of the worse was a triple service for four veteran friends, with two of them being brothers who died pinned under an RV raised and sitting atop cinder blocks. They were beneath the RV in sweltering 95° heat for at least 6 hours because the wives had taken the children to a matinee. When the wives returned, they called out and checked the RV and didn’t see anyone. The initially thought the me were out away from the house because they hadn’t realized the camper was on the ground at first. After a few hours unsuccessfully trying to reach the guys by page, they began to worry. One of the young children told his mother that the RV was beeping and that’s how they found their husbands. It still makes me cold to think about that mother. She’s the one who told me the story. She kept repeating “What do you mean the RV is beeping?” I’ll never ever forget it.

[@theomnipresent1]

Did the cinder blocks tip over or what happened?

[@tdubz1154]

@@theomnipresent1 yeah one block broke starting a chain reaction and then If I remember right the RV wasn’t raised on solid or level ground. In the yard not the driveway

[@evilchili4787]

"We care about your safety!.... Now work 16 hours straight and don't fk up."

[@justuskruse8268]

As someone working in the shipping industry I am very glad not to have to work in cargo ops. I wish all the best to the guys, that are. Safety first!

[@tomrogers9467]

A striking example of lack of “Situational Awareness”. No apparent supervision, a casual attitude among the workers and a lack of safety precautions.

[@blipco5]

There's a reason safety protocols dictate "never stand under a load".

[@imtheonevanhalen1557]

I watched this awful series of errors, and kept thinking that the stand's separation from the BOP is what killed the poor soul, and then remembered an old physics equation....F=MA......F (force) equals M (mass) times A (acceleration..). 305 tons is 610,000 pounds (Mass)......32.2 feet per second (acceleration of gravity...) A....it struck the deck with 19,642,000 lbs of force. Nothing could survive that.

[@WhatYouHaventSeen]

Minor clarification, though an important one in the context of rigging: 305 metric tons is 672,409 pounds. Either way, it’s heavy… (One metric ton is 1,000 kg. One kilogram is 2.20462 pounds -> one metric ton is 2,204.62 pounds -> 305 of those is 672,409 pounds.)

[@ferrallderrall6588]

Metric tonnes have coused there share of troubles

[@Smiley1701]

I was hoping for a little more info in the video or the description. When/where did this happen? What caused the load to break free?

[@gasdive]

Next time you hear someone say "it's OH&S gone mad", think about this. What they are really saying is "there's no danger to me personally, and I don't care who else is killed, my convenience is more important than any worker's life.

[@asianboyyy117]

What is oh and s

[@gasdive]

@@asianboyyy117 occupational health and safety. Often regarded as pointless rules that make it slow and expensive to get things done. When someone wants to do something and the rules say they can't, they often say "it's just OH&S gone mad".

[@chuckeberth4370]

Complacency is the cause of more work related injuries and deaths. Rest in Peace for the worker and prayers to his family.

[@billmoran3812]

All the comments from armchair safety experts. SMH. Anyone who has ever worked in heavy industry knows there are times you have to put yourself in danger because there is simply no alternative. It’s a calculated risk and we all know what could happen. Otherwise nothing would ever get done. People who don’t work in that world think you can make rules for every situation. It’s just not possible. You do the best you can to be safe on the job. That’s the best you can do.

[@MentaIPatient]

That's true in most cases, but if you are going to tell me that this situation and the way they were handling it was a dangerous risk worth taking. Give me a brake. This whole situation was Sloppy from the get go.

[@master7chief]

@Bill Moran Finally a pragmatic comment. Its appears to be a freak accident. The load was as low as possible and controlled. They tossed the wood keeping limbs clear. They had several spotters at multiple angles watching from a reasonable distance and the victim was completing a necessary task. Who would predict the rigging (or part of the crane?) would first support the load no problem for several minutes before catastrophically failing without warning? And fail the exact second the victim was next to it. Who thought a partial rigging failure and the load's shape would cause the bottom to kick out SIDEWAYS several feet and shock load it's stand at an odd angle causing the stand to fail and crush someone standing NEXT TO the waist high load. You can only minimize, not eliminate, risk. There is always room for freak accidents like this. They could have placed the wood earlier but it could still hit a spotter.

[@MentaIPatient]

@@master7chief You just said it yourself, "They could have" done something differently. The whole thing was a shit show. They should of pulled it back out and reassessed the situation. The straps may of been rated for that kind of weight but I'll bet it wasn't rated too hold said weight for an extended period of time. But am I understanding your comment correctly in that you yourself seeing the conditions of the work environment that you felt it was worth risking your life for. Really.

[@master7chief]

@@MentaIPatient Well first off, load ratings are not time dependent. Second, the wire rope slings didn't fail and are intact when they fall into view; something else failed. Third, the cause was EQUIPMENT failure. Close proximity doesn't equal disregarding safety. Sometimes you must be close to, on top of or even under the load. Have you watched the joining of ship sections or wind turbines? We don't know the true cause. The rigging could have been correctly rated but incorrectly installed or unknowingly damage or maybe the expected weight was miscalculated; we don't know. Your logic says, a guy standing at a bus stop gets run-over because he didn't value his safety by backing off of the sidewalk to wait in the grass and reassess. I say vehicles leaving the roadway is the issue. Standing near danger is sometimes needed, equipment failure and out of control vehicles is never.

[@ferrallderrall6588]

@@MentaIPatient how would you go about it bro?

[@rackets001]

His hard hat went flying about 30 feet away just from the centrifugal force of his body whipping down to the ground. His head hit the ground without anything covering it. I imagine he was unaware of his demise. Scary situation. RIP

[@clintkeenan4657]

Rest well sir.. sorry for your loss, and to the family

[@winterburan]

final destination, he approached exactly when the sling broke, there are thousands of people survived with severed legs in car and motorcycle accidents, in Italy we have 2 famous, one is Zanardi and the other is Giusy Versace, she remained conscious all the time when he got off the road due to heavy rain on the motorway the guardrail went through the door, cutting his two legs over his knee, and he came out dragging himself from the ground from the car, a hero rescued her by giving rescue, she survived, the blow that took that worker at the top was deadly more than 2 severed legs

[@PerfectInterview]

I thought this was happening in a foreign country where worker health and safety rules are lax but I see the icon for Port of Houston Authority. Perhaps OSHA rules don’t apply if the vessel is foreign flagged (as most of them are)?

[@shawntandy4326]

crazy shit happen everywhere! been construction 30 years as a ironworker in louisville ,ky...

[@Holabirdsupercluster]

Buddy, there's no workplace safety regulation in this country any more, and especially not in Texas

[@TickledFunnyBone]

Ive worked industrial jobs and have had lengthy osha 10 training and the i get to the job and they are not doing what osha says to do i kindly remind them about it and i hear "ive been doing this for such and such years i know what i am doing" they look at me though im an idiot and treat me that way also. heard it many a times.

[@Mercmad]

Waterside workers union will have questions to answer ,if there is still such a thing anymore.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

I heard a lot of spanish being spoken🤷‍♂️

[@RareVBlue]

Ive worked on ships for decades and the complacency... is astonishing. You never get complacent in this job. As soon as you get comfortable thinking nothing bad will happen, thats when it happens and people get hurt. Always be aware of your surroundings and be aware of your quickest way to escape. Equipment failures can be deadly.

[@ibelieveyou2066]

Rule number one,He probably knew this,but forgot.NEVER,EVER,be in a position if the load falls/slips from rigging,whatever,to be in harms way.For EXACTLY this reason.R.I.P. bro.

[@donc9751]

Wow, all because he was careless when he put the board under the lift and needed to move it, too bad he didn't think to use another Ling board to maneuver it with. We never know at what instant our fate may be looking to take us and need to be on our toes all the time.

[@derekgray1633]

i did training in Houston for oil field weld inspection and alot of what they pounded into us for a week was not to stand under suspended load and we watched a ton of videos like this from OSHA but they are animations of the incidents so im surprised to see an oil production components being loaded with like 6 dudes standing under the load this is literally day 1 shit.

[@stephenmelton2532]

Quick work with a tape measure and that dunnage could have been placed before the lift began. I used to be a crane operator and this is the stuff of nightmares

[@tymac3306]

So sorry to hear this, my sincere condolences to all those who knew

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

Oh damn! I've always been very nervous when around suspended heavy objects, be it me operating a crane or forklift or somebody else I try to make sure nobody even gets withing falling then tipping over distance and this reinforces how important extreme caution needs to be taken very seriously. That poor bugger didn't even move after it falling so I guess shock just stopped him from feeling it right away. I hope he never really became aware enough to feel the pain that would have eventually got through to him.

[@millomweb]

One of the 'hidden' dangers is a heavy thing falling a small distance causing a relatively light thing - say a good-sized spanner - travelling at high speed horizontally and killing someone. Rope breaks, especially horizontal ones have the most unpredictable results.

[@onemoremisfit]

The board he had just slung under the load from the front did not land quite where he wanted it, so he walked around the side and went to kick the board in place with his foot just as it broke. You could see as he approached the load he had his arm extended as if to steady himself while intending to give the board a kick, and never got there. Suppose he had gotten another plank to push the board under the load and the load broke free while he was pushing with the other plank. Then he'd have been standing several feet farther away from the load and might have escaped injury. Instead, he stepped right toward the load in a complacent manner intending to get close to the load and even partially under it. He was actually moving toward the load when it slammed into and onto him.

[@tomrogers9467]

The relaxed attitude of all the workers shows they had little respect for the danger they were so casually walking around and under.

[@onemoremisfit]

@@tomrogers9467 Yeah, a couple of other guys were right in the death zone seconds before.

[@fredboat]

I live in Houston and until 911 it was pretty easy to enter the dock areas, So the media might have told about this accident. The ship yards and docks are a private world we almost Never hear about events. Sorry for the guy. Thanks for the video.

[@BC-2]

My 1st week as an EMT student back in 2011, saw a guy who had been pinned with a trailer house on his chest for about a half hour. Poor guy was California raisin purple from the neck up. Very unsettling. I know that isn't much compared to this. Sometimes I still get a little uneasy crawling under my vehicle to change the oil, even with proper equipment. I truly hope this guy here went quick.

[@j_m_b_1914]

This injury reminds me of the trainyard stories where someone would be standing between two trains and they would be in the wrong place at the wrong time when two different carriages ran into one another. The only thing keeping them alive after being pinned between hundreds of tons of steel was the steel itself keeping pressure on the wound. They would call out their family to say their last goodbyes because nothing could be done for them and once the trains were pulled apart, the loss of pressure would cause them to lose consciousness and die immediately. Unfortunately there weren't much medical could do for this guy. The only thing keeping him alive briefly was the extreme weight of the device sitting on his bottom half. They couldn't really get to him because of a load that is in a precarious situation. All you could do is call his loved ones and hope they could get there in time to pay their respects and say their goodbyes before they pulled this off him (if he was still semi-conscious to hear them). Once they remove the weight off of him, he will have blood pressure loss immediately and bleed out in seconds. Let this video and his death have meaning by teaching others to take this shit seriously. Suspended high weight loads can go sideways in seconds (literally) and cause massive destruction and casualties if people are standing around and underneath it. Treat suspended weights as a mean animal wanting to kill you at any chance it can get.

[@madtrucker0983]

Man that story's been told at every rail yard from the East coast to the West coast. LOL I doubt it ever really even happened. It's like the story of the lady in white on the side of the road, or cry baby bridge, etc.

[@GICK117]

How sad. It appears he was hit then crushed. I am sure the blow knocked him out. Then the legs are crushed. Any fraction of movement with a human getting hit by such mass would be fatal, let alone the crushing. Then, the area has to be secured before rescue can take place. As to not kill more crew. Prayers for the gentleman who lost his life just doing his job. I hope the site was shut down for a full and thorough investigation. .

[@WiIdbiII]

I used to work train wrecks here in Texas. We'd be in these dangerous positions all the time. Even though at no time were you supposed to get directly under a lift , you still had to go within a foot or two of the locomotive or car while lifted. You'd make it fast and keep your eyes on the load. It was nerve racking sometimes.

[@stevemcfarland875]

1 minute you're here one second you're gone, he never felt it rip my friend , so sad..

[@Masterr59]

If he had just decided to check somewhere else really quick he would have been fine :/

[@hamentaschen]

That poor dude. At least it was fast, no suffering. But how sad.

[@RyanTheMalamute]

You know what the saddest part is? His position was probably posted 2 days later looking for another body. Don't ever put your job before yourself or others.

[@apo412]

I'm so sorry man. Rest in peace

[@master7chief]

Everyone appears to be working safely but it was a freak accident. The load was positioned as low as possible and under control. They tossed the wood while keeping limbs clear. They had several spotters at multiple angles watching from a reasonable distance and the victim was completing a necessary task. Who would predict the rigging (or part of the crane?) would support with no problem for several minutes before suddenly failing without warning? And fail at the exact second the victim was next to it. Who considered that a partial rigging failure when lifting this particular shape would cause the bottom to kick SIDEWAYS several feet, shock loading it's stand at an odd angle causing the stand to fail and crush someone who was NEXT TO a waist high load? You can minimize risk but you can't eliminate it even when doing your best. Theres always room for freak accidents. They could have placed the wood earlier but it could still fall and hit a spotter, etc.

[@ferrallderrall6588]

Exactly how you put it there cheif

[@James-oo1yq]

Presumably blood loss was why this guy died. You'd have thought this survivable. Entirely preventable accident, and I cringe as all those guys are wandering around the load.

[@MillionFoul]

It would be survivable if one of his coworkers could have stopped the bleeding (provided his other injuries were not fatal).

[@GuyWhoReviewsStuff]

Possibly (More than liekly) but if you watch the MOI I wouldn't be surprised if he had a broken nech from the quick jolt back and then down and or massive head/brain injuries either. If you notice there was no movement from him once he hit the ground which would lead me to believe he was dead before he hit the ground.

[@James-oo1yq]

@@MillionFoul That's my thinking. Surely some type of tourniquet could have been made with whatever was just lying around? Everyone working in this type of job should be trained in First Aid, and know how quick this guy would bleed out. That being said he did look to take a heavy knock, perhaps it wasn't blood loss but a head injury.

[@James-oo1yq]

@@GuyWhoReviewsStuff I did notice he wasn't moving at all, and watching again it does look like he gets a knock on the head.

[@MillionFoul]

@@James-oo1yq Improvised tourniquets are almost universally ineffective. Up to the individual of course, but I carry a TQ with me everywhere I go.

[@smartycummins2500]

Wow, talk about bad timing. Ugh that’s so sad yet so avoidable

[@shakascloset1700]

So sorry for the family, RIP 🙏