Mechanic Reacts to Dangerous OSHA Nightmares

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We asked real mechanics to break down some of the worst garage safety violations we could find on the internet.
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Junior @ / beejay_ej6
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[@rlarocque214]

🎶"Come with me...and you'll be...in a world of OSHA violations..."🎶

[@colchronic]

God damn it have your upvote

[@highbrass7563]

Amazing

[@Manjustman_25806]

Nice mat pat refrence

[@WhiskyOctober]

Take a look, and you'll see, there's no safety at your station

[@rlarocque214]

@@WhiskyOctober 🤣🤣👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@thomasmiddlebrooke1012]

In the second fire, with the vehicle on the lift, the gas tank ended up melting open and leaking. This is why the fire got worse. FireDept Chronicles did a video on this case a while back.

[@mrsnezbit2219]

We want metal gas tanks back

[@thomasmiddlebrooke1012]

@@mrsnezbit2219 I know, right?

[@Seb-Storm]

How the fire started?

[@mrsnezbit2219]

@@Seb-Storm it seems from an oil puddle

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Wasnt much they could do in this case. They had the extinguisher out pretty quick (CO2?) And they werent able to move the car out of the way in time. Only thing that would've really worked was a blanket probably

[@LunchboxNinja]

As an actual safety / OSHA guy here.... I really tried listing the OSHA violations in this video. I had to stop somewhere around 100 and I wasn't even halfway through lol.

[@gazz3867]

I am not but I got chills and not the good kind. That was some Darwin Award material.

[@RealP3A]

as someone who breaks osha laws daily this gave me nightmares

[@LunchboxNinja]

@@RealP3A hahhaha we're paired wonderfully then

[@RandomsFandom]

So many of the violations were just not knowing where the extinguisher is, or playing with fire in general.

[@gazz3867]

@@RandomsFandom Also, any time that "fire" and "playing" is used in the same sentence. =P

[@DeepJJ1269]

For all the times we may or may not follow OSHA standards, always remember those rules are there for a reason. As once stated from my quality assurance instructor, “every OSHA regulation is written in blood.”

[@taitsmith8521]

Yeah, the "reason" is that some random Karen that has no experience in your field or industry ( or any kind of actual trade or labor experience) decided to insert themselves into every situation and create regulations based on their own ignorance. You clearly have no experience dealing with OSHA.

[@caseydarrah]

Amen to that. In my construction days, we'd have people bitch a lot about various rules, and the reply was always "the rule is written in blood, just be thankful it isn't yours".

[@someday8465]

@@taitsmith8521Tell me you’re going to lose a body part without telling me you’re going to lose a body part

[@taitsmith8521]

@@someday8465 never dealt with OSHA before have you ? Then shut up.

[@Kataxu]

@@someday8465 drone cope

[@Felipera_]

I Love Junior's assessments: - no glasses - no gloves - no proper footwear - putting your damn hand inside a moving machine 😂

[@ramirezthale]

In his defense gloves in that situation can be a lot worse, because they are more likely to pull you hand into the machinery

[@jasonstclair6293]

@@ramirezthale I'll second that thought. Normally with any exposed rotating or moving machines your employer will have a no glove rule if they are smart. Glasses won't do a bit of good for that and I would consider normal shoes proper footwear for a dyno. The idea is to not be anywhere near the tire when it is moving.

[@TGears314]

@@jasonstclair6293yeah as someone with almost his whole life experience around moving machines, all I know is that machines do what you ask, whether you’re in the way or not. And they are typically a LOT stronger than you (why make them if we could do the work ourselves). Sooo ALWAYS go in with caution, even if you’ve done the same thing for 25 years. It takes one split second in a lapse of judgment to end up mutilated.

[@HarmonRAB-hp4nk]

no proper tools, no common sense.. and... the lack of a normal brain LOL... oh ps this is where OSHA doesn't operate, they cant simply because they'de never pass safety's

[@ronmani9476]

I have a HEALTHY respect for coil springs... was working on my 64 ford, used a spring compressor to remove the springs. they were cheap ones designed for clamping on to either side of the spring. as I was removing one, the compressors both slid over to one side of the spring... I took it out VERY carefully and placed it on the ground near me, the 1/2" drive ratchet still on one of the compressor ends. I was watching it and there was a blur and boing noise and now im looking at the full spring, compressors on the ground under it and no ratchet.... 4 or 5 seconds later i heard a metallic "ping" down the street, go to see and its my ratchet around 200ft away from the house.

[@raven4k998]

he's tightening cause I don't want to see him get that spring to the face

[@keithlibner9259]

I have used those spring compressors before and i like to use at least 3, sometimes 4. It might be overkill but those things scare the hell out of me.

[@jackclark1994]

Springs are the one thing on a vehicle i will NEVER mess with. I'll do anything else i need to (that i know how) but I'm paying someone if those have to come off.

[@SuperMarioSlasher]

​@@raven4k998 how'd you get that emoji

[@OMGITSAAAJ]

Next time you go to an old shop, look up at the shop ceiling.... I guarantee you'll find a circular, coil spring shaped patch in the roof... Every old shop has at least one..

[@bringonthedead2]

My dad was a mechanic and a machinist his entire life. Since I was a very young kid, he always repeated the same saying over and over: "Machines don't forgive". Thanks, pops! Still got all my fingers 😅

[@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830]

Mine was a sheet metal guy, but same lessons taught. He used to say “one hand is for the work, one hand is for your safety, something happens to you…then fuck the job”. His meaning was don’t go doing stupid shit and not take safety into account. It became literal when I worked construction when I was young. I saw many people fall from having two hands on the job when it was clearly warranted to be hanging on with one. I saved my dads best friend when he took his safety hand off, he stepped on a row of nailheads at a joint in the roof sheeting that had frosted over. He grabbed for hand tools with one hand, the chicken stick with the other, only to divert to try to keep his nail gun from going off the roof. He was lucky I was able to grab his bags with one hand and arrest his fall, I had the window sill with my safety hand. He almost went off a second floor roof over tools, without that dormer sill, I’d have had to just watch him go.

[@bringonthedead2]

@@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 oof! That's one close call. Good advice too!

[@kevinspacey5325]

Machinist, manual tool and cutter grinder, and cnc tool and cutter grinder for over 17 years here. My pops told me close to the same thing. . . "these machines cut through metal, if you F up, they won't even notice you're there."

[@eveschaan]

Operator in a Manufacturing plant. We often make jokes about how quickly our machines can turn you into spaghetti, but there is definitely a serious undertone to it. If your hand catches between feed rolls, you are going to be promptly relieved of a limb before anything in the machine tells it to stop.

[@bringonthedead2]

@@eveschaan 💯💯 in some cases, if it's only 1 limb, consider yourself lucky!

[@Voltikz95]

I'd love to see this again but with someone from OSHA so we can know exactly what would be a violation. Could also be a good learning time to make everyone safer

[@definitelynotobama6851]

Kinda nice to know Donut isn’t full of snitches tho

[@thatstranger6114]

Well I can't tell you specifically what all violations are in these videos. Lack of proper safety equipment, and inadequate safety training. It takes almost nothing to get dinged during an inspection and each individual violation, even the most menial thing, carries substantial fines. An electric receptacle (outlet, junction box, etc) with one of the round punch-outs missing, a single missing/out of place fire extinguisher, fire extinguisher tamper-seal broken or missing, etc. I've heard of companies being over a million dollars in fines because of how quickly they add up.

[@Rockardo_]

@@definitelynotobama6851dumb

[@OldSkullSoldier]

Good idea. Eg. in the last one it would depend on the tool used - if the tool allows switching direction then it is very risky to do that way, as you could make a mistake a set it wrong!

[@beardiemom]

@@thatstranger6114 a single missing/out of place or tampered-with fire extinguisher can cost lives, so makes sense those would carry hefty fines.

[@FrazzledSeer]

This whole show could easily just be Sandro and Angelina just doing this everyday and i would literally watch every single day if you uploaded daily

[@redddirtgaming6955]

I come to you from the future. The newest video gives you your wish. I think Angelina might have a new job!

[@joeedgar700]

On the OSHA dream clip, that ladder needs to be stored while folded and leaning against a wall and secured with some kinda of fastening, usually a chain of some kind. I don’t remember which chapter of OSHA guidelines it’s from but my instructor drilled Ladder safety into us a lot because of how often we would use it while running cables and other things in overhead wire ways.

[@phillipfeital7228]

Sandro always gives the best responses. You guys need to get him more on the channel

[@dr.doolittle8179]

Yea he's tight

[@OneHellOfASandwich]

Dream blunt rotation def has him in it

[@Dodi-jf2jj]

@@OneHellOfASandwich sandro dont smoke swisher sweets he the backwood type fasho

[@_omc_fishing_7757]

Sandro is a beauty inside and out you can just tell 😂❤

[@fdyujyrsvhyjn]

@@Dodi-jf2jj 😂

[@someoneelse878]

That Dyno clip is seriously horrifying. A stark reminder that machines do not differentiate between metal and flesh.

[@jimryanor6616]

And things that spin have an insatiable hunger for flesh.

[@shubhambobhate4941]

Reminds me of people who clean motorcycle chains running them in the first gear. Yikes.

[@teddyf9438]

Don’t lookup russain lathe

[@pancake5830]

@@shubhambobhate4941 reminds me of people who clean motorcycle chains by spinning the wheel the wrong way

[@BigUriel]

Sure they do. Flesh is much easier to tear apart.

[@soffes]

I like how Sandro always mentions the boys 😂

[@sleep7.5R]

It really goes to show that he’s for the boys. 11/10

[@Feeling_IVY]

If he’s not in an episode I don’t watch it. Thankfully he’s been in all

[@bishop8hit148]

The boys! The boys!

[@marshelindra1714]

Do it for the boys

[@tydi9]

Sandro knows what’s important.

[@johnberry8180]

As a firefighter/ paramedic I want to ask you to thank everyone in those clips. It proves my profession will always be needed. As a DIY “ mechanic type person “ I can neither confirm nor deny I may have taken part in things close to every clip.

[@38Maelstorm]

Loaded springs are something that must be treated with respect. Hooks Law determines how much kinetic energy is stored in a spring. You do that math and it's shocking. I just hope than when you are called to perform your profession, that it's not a fatality.

[@TheColosiss]

My high-school had many custom tools meant for compressed springs. My town is rural so the things in the shop were a bit different. Some of the senior welders were tested by building new tools for the Auto shop. They were tested like you wouldn't believe. If the tool was found wanting, the welder passed and was asked to make another tool for the school. The coolest I saw was a modified compressor designed to alleviate weight on broken leaf springs from multiple points so that they could be replaced with little effort. The tool fit a plethora of vehicles and was tested on a few different platforms that had severely bent springs. It was a very simple tool, very efficient, and saved the shop countless hours working on lifted beasts. The kid that made it was a year older than me and was a literal genius. He got a perfect score on his ACT tests and built a program to backdoor any program on school computers. His program was so good that the shop teachers used it to for KZbin or music. The kid was *WAAAAY* smarter than me. He was also a very kind person. He was given a special award for his contributions to the school. *GENIUS*

[@nevarius9010]

Always a good day when the boys (and Angelina) get together.

[@javik3995]

Angelina is basically our bruh.

[@jasonday5143]

Guys, this is Angelina. She's one of the boyyys! *mongolian throat chanting*

[@devonburkhalter9840]

Everything Sandro says "the boys" you know something lit is going down 😂

[@raven4k998]

sir I have to tell you your cars on fire🤣

[@LagrangePoint0]

@@raven4k998 "sir, was your car insured? because I have bad news..."

[@ExUSSailor]

I once watched a driver weld something on his trailer, which was loaded with bales of hay at the time.

[@joeys8701]

Well, probably was doing it for the boys. They needed that hay.

[@DarkRaiish]

Dumb ways to die?

[@thatfastchevy]

That’s sketchy as hell

[@JackieBright]

I saw a video yesterday of a driver doing that exact same thing Right Infront of their pump at the gas station 😐

[@Peron1-MC]

sounds like that episode of top gear where they get a truck each XD jeremy has hay bales in the front and a heater in the back hammond has a minicooper thats completely unstrapped and james has a giant cake. jeremys trailer is on fire as he reaches the finish line XD

[@nocount7517]

I remember FDC's video on the second clip. That's pretty much a worst-case scenario for a vehicle fire, as they're virtually impossible to extinguish since the fire is feeding from two sources.

[@JohnSmith-xv1tp]

Not to mention, he aimed the extinguisher at the top of the fire rather than sweeping the base, the place where the accelerant is actually being burned.

[@dbrock1553]

As mentioned in another comment, FireDept Chronicles did a video on the fire and said that the guy did the best he could but there were actually two bases for the fire due to the leak and he couldn't deal with both.

[@UnnamedSeeker]

Fun fact about the log engine hoist. During WWII Russian T-34 and some other tanks included a similar method as one of factory approved field repair technique, including official ways to brace log on certain parts of the vehicle.

[@eleventy-seven]

Archimedes said, "with a long enough lever he could move the world".

[@joshuahadams]

Considering the rush most wartime T-34s were built under, you’d definitely wanna have something like that for your mechanics. Had comically stiff gearboxes, too. On the _improved_ ones it took 31kg/68lbs of force to push from second to third.

[@josephcoffey7013]

That's fair but then again noone ever accused them of caring about their people's safety either.

[@gamerknown]

Yup, 20 000 000 dead or we'd be typing on durohr @@josephcoffey7013

[@blackhawks81H]

"ВНИМАНИЕ! You want engine fix? Brace now Log!"

[@testickles8834]

The spring compressor is the only tool in the shop that truly kept me on edge.

[@hockman2020]

As it should. We had a comrpessor fail and the spring was launched and punched a hold in a cinderblock wall. Those things need to be treated with the utmost fear and respect at all times, like a live explosive.

[@testickles8834]

@@hockman2020 ya, chances are you would be dead before you even realized it went through ya.

[@TheForeverRanger]

My school metal shop had a tac welding machine that I refused to use and almost failed the class because of it.

[@jamesprice2163]

​@@hockman2020it's why whenever I mess with one (once in my life) i stand off to the side even if it makes it harder to work on it I watched a video of one failing and going through a dudes face and that's when I decided that theres some things on a car that I'll just flat out refuse to do myself

[@eleventy-seven]

Exploding truck rim. Oops forgot to take out the valve before a little weld. Fire department brought pictures to be developed in our lab. The 80s. The top of his head was found on the roof as he was bending over.

[@oscarpaz27]

As an amateur mechanic, I am amazed that people do stuff like this. If I don't have the tools or the know how, it's going to a pro. No way I'm losing a limb or worse out of stubbornness or stupidity. Kudos to the guys at Donut / Real Mechanic for making me cringe but watch to the end every time.

[@VB-bk1lh]

I spent over 25 years working in a shop. Years ago there was no OSHA anywhere unless someone died or lost a limb. Shop floors were covered in 6" of oil and gas soaked speedy dry, safety glasses were only required when using a torch or grinder, and even then, the only issue was that they considered it your fault if you got something in your eye when not wearing them. The biggest risk however was usually the guy working next to you. They would hire anyone, and put the new guys between two older guys with more experience. We always thought it was so they could learn but looking back it was more likely to have to more experienced techs close by in case the new guy did something stupid. Over the years I watched guys set cars on fire, set the shop floor on fire, explode tires, set lifts down on toolboxes or open drawers, dump cars off lifts, and even run cars in the walls or tool boxes. The number one fail was likely guys running over lift arms and blowing tires. Second was guys dumping front wheel drive cars off lifts by removing the rear tires because they failed to account for the front heavy vehicle when they pulled onto the lift. The worst fail I saw was a guy who drove a car off a raised four post drive non lift. He had the rear wheels lifted off the ramps with the car running at about 50 mph trying to find a vibration. The safety levers on the air jack was tied off. He stepped back, somehow caught and broke the yellow spiral hose that supplied air to the jack holding the spinning tires off the ramps. The car dropped onto the ramp, shot forward jumping off the ramp and falling across a 4ft mid wall that separated the two lanes of the shop. The car landed nose down atop another techs $25k SnapOn tool box. The car actually wasn't damaged that bad, it tore up the exhaust, lower valance panel, front bumper cover, and bottom of one fender. The tool box was destroyed, the lift was damaged slightly but the big damage was to the floor, as the car went off the front, it caught the tire stops, which in turn bent all four posts forward ripping the rear posts out of the concrete. The entire lift had to replaced, the floor had to be cut and repaired, and afterwards they redesigned the mid wall or divider with a heavy steel barrier that could catch a car. They did not fire the tech. However, a few weeks later he destroyed two cars, he set one on fire in the parking lot while 'checking for spark'. He pulled a plug wire, stuck a spark tester on one wire and failed to notice that the under hood insulation was soaked with gas and oil. It burst into flames and burned beyond repair in the lot. That same day, he was running a car through the automatic car wash and for whatever reason tried to get out of the car midway through. The mechanism caught the door, (and him), and folded it forward on a brand new truck. (The shop had a built in automated car wash and it was policy to wash ever vehicle that came in for any repair). A few days after that he filled both tanks on a brand new diesel truck with gasoline, then proceeded to take it for a test drive to get his lunch. It was on a Friday, the truck got delivered that evening with two full tanks of gas. The customer realized it but not till they got home nearly 70 miles away. They towed the truck back and realized what had happened the following Monday. That was his last day. That place is long gone, it closed up over 25 years ago now. I had later heard that the same guy was working at a local diner and was somehow the cause of it burning to the ground not long after he was fired from the shop where I worked.

[@elkyubi4281]

Lmao, that guy is an employer’s worst nightmare by just existing in the company

[@pjemje]

Makes me glad to be working now and not 30 years ago. I'm not a mechanic but I work with excessive amounts of noise and air pollution. My colleague has been doing this for 32 years and has very clear health problems. Primarily his lungs and hearing are f'ed up. I'm thankful to have access to all the masks, filters, custom fit ear buds and muffs that I need. Weird thing is, even now, he still refuses to use them. I guess back in the day it wasn't "cool" to wear protective gear.

[@NovaCaspian]

Didnt want to read all that so I copy-pasted it into google translate lol. Im so glad I did, there is no way someone could be that stupid.

[@eveschaan]

Reminds me of something a maintenance tech told me when I was new at my current job. "No offense to you, but never trust the greenhorn."

[@gamerknown]

Sounds like "The Kindness of Strangers".

[@ROSSIGRL584]

My dad always wore safety glasses. He’s a pro welder and at time was a farmer (outside of work) who couldn’t say no to neighbor farmers who needed something fixed. He was under some equipment when a spring broke and shot his needle nose pliers through his face and into his sinus cavity. Like just where his upper jaw met his sinus cavity in his cheek. He required irrigation, stitches, etc. But, like 1/8” up or down and it could’ve ruined his life.

[@Celestatiune]

Sandro and Angelica are like the cartoon devil and angel on your shoulder, but for safety vs dopeness

[@andrewenaje4140]

Hahaha😂 on point

[@jasonday5143]

Seeing Nolan and Angelina together is like seeing Nolan and a tougher little sister lol

[@aluxtaiwan2691]

Fun facts: The first rule my teacher ever told us in high school is never wear a glove when operating high speed spinning thingy such as lathe. The danger of getting your glove pull in with your hand in it are greater than getting your unprotected hand cut.

[@timothydraper3687]

Yes indeed.

[@jimgomez5396]

It will grab the glove an pull your hand into it,faster then you can say oh💩! Seen it done,

[@thatfastchevy]

Had a guy in shop class had his white T ripped off by a brake lathe.

[@keithlibner9259]

Also NEVER wear any rings. A friend's husband got his hand partially degloved.

[@jeffreymoffitt4070]

​@ThatFastChevy i had a sleeve torn off of my t shirt. It scared the absolute shit out of me. I changed my major from tool and die to music after that.

[@eriksteyn3986]

The last section of the OSH Act is awesome. There is this one "name" for organizing and keeping everything clean. I know it as "Everything in its place and place for everything "

[@dragongrips8095]

My first run in with an OSHA inspector was as a kid working in a hot tub manufacturing facility in the mid 90’s. The lead plumber had a life long beef with the inspector from back in their high school days. The inspector went to the lead’s station and started writing things up. The lead walked over as calm as could be and just laid out the inspector! One punch, to the face then he drug his body outside while a lady called 911 for an ambulance. The lead got arrested and fired but was hired back a few days later (owner’s nephew), the inspector dropped charges but the company was hit with some crazy fines. The lead (Jack) has provided me with many, many memories. Dude was drunk at work about 90% of the time.

[@Thatdavemarsh]

As a construction professional, I really appreciate this video emphasizing safe work practices for your audience. Thanks for setting good expectations.

[@evictioncarpentry2628]

I changed the springs on my F150 with a rented tool but quickly figured out they're meant for car springs not truck springs. I still did it, and the threaded rods bent like bananas when cranked down so I had my motorcycle helmet and chest protector on while doing it 😂

[@Meekmillan]

LMAO

[@jamesheffley267]

This is ducking hilarious

[@OfficialChrissums]

ngl bro all that motorcycle gear wouldve done is turn a quick death into a slow one lmao

[@user-white007]

@@OfficialChrissumsnah people make it over kill, unless hit in a super critical area it probs just gonna do damage not kill. Probs gonna put you in the hospital either way tho

[@sathos]

@@user-white007 oh they dont usually kill unless they get you in the forehead or smack you in the face so hard they snap your neck but they can vegetable you in an instant, smash ribcages to bits, remove bits of limbs… the only one I have been in person to witness was when one of those stupid threaded clamps gave out cause the other to snap from the sudden loading, the spring pretty much destroyed a colleagues shoulder area (collarbone, shoulder joint etc) he’ll never be 100% again. The scars are pretty epic from the surgery. These days I wont do them without a hydraulic compressor.

[@vamsterr]

Yo, using the wood engine hoist is brilliant! also, to be an OSHA violation they would have to be in a workplace, these lads are out in the bush by the look of it aha and tbh, with how steady that set up looked and hardly moved, they had pretty safe positions while it was being lifted. 10/10 brilliant Imo aha

[@MegaBengland]

Yeah. It has nothing to do with whether your boss asks you to do it or not, only if it is in the workplace.

[@wiedapp]

I think for that to be an OSHA violation that would have to happen in the US. That license plate does tell me this clip is from somewhere in Ukraine. Still: No point on taking this clip as a reference to do that at home, no matter where you live. Except if you're in a pinch somewhere, where you'd walk for days without meeting other people, let alone a shop of some kind...

[@thecloneguyz]

Funny everybody saying an OSHA violation has never actually received one when it's L&I that issues the fines and it just goes to show you guys don't know what you're talkin about

[@thecloneguyz]

Funny I've been in construction for 25 years and I've never seen an OSHA violation but I've seen lots of L&I fines

[@jwenting]

@@wiedapp Correct, OSHA is only applicable in the USA AND only for professional operations AND even then only for employees and contractors (not visitors and customers, though many companies will require those to comply as well because it just makes sense to be safe). For example if I work in a supermarket I'm required to wear fully closed shoes and there are rules for what clothes are allowed. As a customer I can walk in barefoot in a bathing suit (in theory, many stores don't allow bathing suits) and there are no laws preventing that. Of course many if not most countries will have similar regulations issued by a similar agency, with similar applicability.

[@Rogue0257]

A car suspension spring is dangerous, but a recoil spring in an M1A1 breech is a whole other level. The spring, when out of the breech and not under compression, is a 2" diameter coil, around 1-1&1/2 feet wide, that stands around 3 feet tall. (Not quite sure on actual dimensions, it was many years ago I worked on the turrets.) Under compression, it suppresses the recoil whenever the main gun fires. The compression bracket is a major piece of hardware.

[@michaellee8815]

Angelina’s instructor-ness really shined thru in this video

[@leogen8879]

She truly has a lot of knowledge!

[@cookiecola5852]

​@@leogen8879, gotta wonder if someone couldnt accept for her to fix their vehicle cuz she is a woman... heard a story about something like that She no doubt was a book nerd then she got hit in the head with a mechanical manual...

[@leogen8879]

@@cookiecola5852 Yeah, I just hope for this gender discrimination BS to end in order to make the automotive scene more approachable to women.

[@brianstraight9308]

She's the kind of woman I'd love working on my car and would trust more than any man.

[@pjemje]

@@cookiecola5852 The discrimination comes from both genders though. There are women who don't want a female mechanic / tech / engineer to work on their appliances either because they are clumsy and useless themselves and therefore don't believe other women can be capable. It's annoying as hell. It never comes from colleagues either. Always the customers giving trouble. My colleagues treat me wonderfully.

[@baronclime6423]

OSHA Occupational Safety and HEALTH administration. Lol. Just giving a little dig. Love you guys and this kind of content is perhaps my favorite. The folks you guys get to be the experts are fun and entertaining. Great all around stuff.

[@thecloneguyz]

These guys don't understand that OSHA only test products and processes they don't actually issue fines that's what L&I does PFFFFTTTTTBWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Uneducated people should really stay in their Lane before they talk about something they have no idea about

[@SoulforSale]

Anyone from OSHA can eff themselves

[@yomama9712]

Man that last shop looked just like the one I work at. If you use something it goes back the second you are done, clean your space or get told real quick. Love it there. Haaate shops where everything is a dirty mess and just finding the tool you need takes longer then the job ... my god damn nightmare Also he is tightening it in the last one, you can see it slapping his thigh ;3

[@theangryotaku3361]

4:05 I've seen enough broken grinding wheels stuck in safety glasses to be terrified of them things. i got everything short of a bomb protection suit on when handling these devils

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Love how the dude with the extinguisher with that car on the lift pointed the extinguisher at the top of the flames instead of at the base of the fire making that entire extinguisher completely useless.

[@n16161]

I saw that too, what a dumb ass.

[@beardiemom]

Except it was burning both at the top and at the bottom. So good luck extinguishing that with just one extinguisher.

[@lanemoore6054]

If you look close you can see its actually an oil change and the oil draining from the motor is on fire itself, and therefore the motor is literally draining fire onto the floor. The mechanic just panicked when he realized that the motor is literally draining fire. Im surprised no one at donut noticed

[@risingforce9291]

Angelina is such a beautiful woman. The way she carries herself. The smile, mechanic, and wears glasses?

[@Ryan-re7oj]

I’ve bought many tools to do one job once but they were worth every penny. A $30 spring compressor was one of them.

[@Javierm0n0]

Better paying to do one job once right than have that be your last one.

[@brokenrock13]

That totally clean and organized shop that y’all showed is so damn rare in this field. From my experience, anyway.

[@MonstertruckBadass]

Seemed pretty unrealistic as well, probably a reason why it is so rare.

[@Jey_PX]

the type of shop you don't do anything in like Sandro said

[@SmugAmerican]

Well they cleaned it up to take a video, probably to get ready for an inspection. I'm sure it doesn't look like that all the time.

[@pjemje]

You'll see this in a shop that outsources all their cleaning and pays heavily for it. It's so so worth it in the end, even if it looks like a mess a week later. Makes mechanics appreciate their workplace more and clean up after themselves, clean their tools regularly, replace overalls often. Our shop had weekly laundry and workplace cleaning.

[@Stuff_And_Things]

The tree branch engine lift isn't an OSHA violation because that's a private individual helping another private individual with a personal vehicle. Its not illegal to work on your own vehicle and have friends helping.

[@jniteshade5352]

I work in safety at a factory and the guy with the fire extinguisher was using a BC extinguisher, you can tell by the large metal horn at the end of it. Its carbon dioxide gas to smother the fire. He was mostly spraying it on the car rather than at the base of the fire which just seemed to fan it. Always sweep the base of the fire.

[@brianstraight9308]

That was my thought. Shoot the base of the fire not the flames. The stuff on fire is ON THE GROUND!

[@mandowarrior123]

​@@brianstraight9308in this case the gas tank melted through which is why he was aiming there first. The spreading is because it's blowing the pouring fuel. I don't think this one was controllable long before he got there

[@Hydraulic67]

My family business has been in the repair world for 89 years now, and little fires do happen, but we have NEVER had anything more than a small rag catch on fire, and then it was NOT under a job. Anytime a cut has to be made like in this video, we always confirm that we have at least TWO of the right type fire extinguishers along with a second person standing by with one IN HAND. This fire is inexcusable.

[@rysterstech]

I learned more about mechanic safety in this video than i learned in my entire mechanic middle school course.

[@raven4k998]

don't stick anything near a dyno while the cars wheels are spinning and don't get pulled in and under the cars wheels just saying

[@UltraMagnis]

Loving this channel guys, real gear heads love this shit. You should do a whole.list of dyno fails. Have the mechanics explain what they think went wrong to cause the huge failures we have all seen. For sure the diesel trucks. They go boom all the time.

[@zacharyrougeaux5677]

9:45 "AG1 does not reverse your age. Jeremiah is actually 47 years old" Anyone else temporarily mind blown until they googled the answer to his real age??

[@dhag72]

So how old is he?

[@imkaneforever]

​@@dhag72 ~36. Born 1986

[@ghostsmoke11]

@@imkaneforever i suddenly feel less old

[@Infernalhazard]

Work at a fabrication shop where no one is wearing safety glasses. Maybe some have prescription but I've already had pieces of metal fly directly at my eyes and bounce right off those safety glasses. It may not be comfortable but I'd rather have glasses squeezing my brain than being blind...

[@jaded9436]

I like how the guy was spraying the TOP of the fire in the second clip... Real smart.

[@Staynes89]

tempted to go back through a lot of the high low and other videos and count the violations 🤣. Fire is scary thing once it grabs on had a whole hall go up in flames in an old junkyard i worked at because some dude was welding someting and lit the whole car on fire could barely get all the people out before everything was engulfed in flames.

[@obeseperson]

Fire can get outta hand so quick, one minute you and some friends are playing wire fireworks, next minute you’ve burned down gatlinburg

[@Unimatrix08]

I remember a guy at work frying half a dashboard while welding a new inner fender panel. When he opened up the door the entire passanger compartment was filled with black/grey smoke.

[@siddharthshekher1101]

a violation is a violation when somebody else do it

[@liz-does-stuff]

7:28 thanks for adding citations! please continue this practice, it makes your content much more trustworthy 🤘🏽

[@williamroberts6803]

Supposed to be a fire watch if you are using a torch or a grinder and you should plan ahead with safety equipment like gloves,safety glasses,face shields,water, fire extinguisher and anything you might need. Always plan your work and what might happen and how to mitigate it.

[@DustinPlatt]

I love ANSI. I own an optometrist practice, and we have a contract with a contractor on our nearby naval base. We sell Z87.1 safety glasses on a daily basis. We also sell Z87.2+ safety glasses for military personnel, which follow Military Ballistic Standards but aren't technically ballistic safety glasses. Sadly, Uncle Sam won't let our office do ballistic safety wear. I finally found a KZbin video where I know wtf people are talking about because of my job. Idk why that makes me excited. Also, if you ever want a pair of great safety glasses. Go Wiley X. I've been dealing with glasses for nearly 16 years, and those glasses are amazing. Just food for thought.

[@rallywagon261]

During my time as a 63b in an S&R squad at Bliss, I spent most of that enlistment wearing saftey glasses. I had a few pairs of sunglasses style saftey glasses, which were great because they had padding all around the edge which kept the sand out while in the field. Seemed like every time we ent out there was a sand storm.

[@Rockhound999]

I have become addicted to this channel. Your humor just hits the right spot.

[@EpicATrain]

2:10 Dude, that's not fair! I know what happened in this situation. The mechanic was dealing with a gas leak on the gas line and static electricity sparked the fuel under the car which dripped down to the floor freaking everybody out. I feel bad for the mechanic. They rushed to get the fire extinguisher and weren't sure how to put it out. They tried putting out the gas leak in the car but that wasn't working so they tried the floor. They did all the right things. It was just a bad situation. I realize I'm 2 months late but common guys....

[@user-sx1fg7lc3c]

That homemade spring holder clip had me sweating.

[@sithyarael6807]

Oh the eye protection. That funny. I have a lot cause I shoot a lot. Yet for ear protection the foam ear plugs are one of the best if you use them correctly. 99% of people don't and have 75% of them out of their ears. Got to roll them up till the right on the ear drum for then to work.Yet to many don't know it. 40 years shooting and I see people doing it wrong I still call them out.

[@solillman2350]

The clip where he was sweeping both the car and the base of the fire, you can see flaming liquid pouring out the bottom of the car. There was no putting that out with just an extinguisher.

[@chrishines150]

3:00 not one of you could see the reason the guy with the extinguisher was sweeping up an down, it cus the oil is poring out the car onto the flames the was an obvious stream of fire showing that the fire was traveling up the stream of oil into the car

[@mattypontheroad]

@8:19 Sandro missed his chance to be like, "Hey ain't no problem when you got the BOIS!"

[@Berm_Blaster]

Those janky spring compressors you rent from AutoZone are the most terrifying thing I have ever used. Couldn't believe they held up when changing the strut springs on a dodge ram

[@caseydarrah]

Neighbor of mine as a kid raced ARCA cars. Had the heaviest suspension he could get as he liked super-super-stiff. His favorite method for replacing coil springs was to compress it with the right tool (good idea), install it into the support (okay), then knock the tool off with a hammer so it would *sproing* into place and save the few minutes needed to actually slowly release the spring. Screwed it up one day, the top of the spring support snapped, and he put that spring through his garage roof.

[@BradyT918]

Never heard it called the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration. Every source you look up says Health or health hazard in a few cases.

[@ardrofpv5128]

love seeing the healthier option for sponsors after the whole NOS incident. Love you guys! great episode!

[@Javierm0n0]

NOS incident?

[@brianmartonick3965]

I would love to see you guys do a video of sketchy cars either driving down the street, or being driven into a shop. The type of things that'll give you nightmares when you consider you share the road with these cars.

[@slumpmachinegaming]

That one with the wheel and tire inflating will live in my nightmares. Using either one of those methods is sketchy enough, and now you do them both. That shit scared me lol

[@marshallpeters7174]

I use a Cheetah as a last resort, if I can't get the bead to seat. Have never used fire. Another rule broken there was the wheel/tire assembly wasn't clamped down.

[@Eagle3302PL]

When I was 16 I did some part time work at a local shop, 1st day I was cleaning some shelves and saw a tennis ball sized hole in the 16 foot tall ceiling. When I asked about what happened the gents there explained to me about coil springs and told me that their retention bracket failed. I learned to respect the power of springs from their story.

[@just_to_suffer]

I've been considering getting an internship/accreditation to be a mechanic, but I always feel underqualified to be doing stuff with such a potential for property damage or risk to life and limb But y'know what I'm starting to think I'm over qualified actually. Maybe I should look into those options more and just see a therapist about my imposter syndrome.

[@scoobysean555]

The safety squint is acceptable in all situations 😂

[@xeridea]

My brother used to do this when using a grinder, but after I got onto him a bunch he realized it is easier to just put on glasses.... and you can see better.

[@CommanderJPS]

the safety squint is only acceptable while looking at a monitor while watching some crazy ass fools about to win a Darwin award🙂👍

[@velocityy1]

Safety squints are ok for jokes only.

[@CommanderJPS]

@@velocityy1 or if your mate says look at this and goes to show you his phone

[@timbonthuus1619]

Ok when you can't find your glasses and it's in an industry where the government doesn't care. Like farming.

[@jfdd43]

Bring Angelina onto the next season of HiLow! She’s so awesome

[@not_astronaut2033]

3:29 The man wasn't doing the wrong thing. The chemical that was on fire was coming from the car and since the fire grew so much, the fire was burning on the ground and falling from the car. Thus, the fire had two sources, that would reignite the other. Tough situation and did nothing wrong.

[@jublywubly]

The garage should have fire blankets, too. It would make putting out a fire a lot quicker. Another thing with fire extinguishers is to have enough of them to put out the largest fire that can be expected, then at least double that quantity, because fires can happen more than once, while waiting for new equipment.

[@codydayton3573]

As a welder . We where taught in school to know where a fire Extinguisher was in a room or building. And not to panic. Im pretty comfortable with fire.

[@BAYBAY_316]

OMG... just discovered this donut spin-off Channel, I had no idea it existed but so glad it does. Also seeing Angelina on it is definitely a bonus.

[@HCivicFg2]

Yearly. Died laughing at that. OSHA might come through every couple years at our factory. Sometimes 3 or 4.

[@dhag72]

Man I've never seen an OSHA rep in my life. Even after a guy had his leg crushed in 5 places in one go. They never came even after workman's comp got involved

[@thecloneguyz]

Funny I've been in construction for 25 years and I've never seen OSHA issue a fine it's always L&I that issues the fines these guys just don't know what they're talking about

[@marshallpeters7174]

I think OSHA's been through our shop once in the 5+ years I've worked there. We do have a safety advisor come through periodically to find and point out potential violations and keep us in compliance.

[@specialestness]

Depends on which portion of the country you live in. The last known OSHA inspection in my area was after somebody died from falling into a grain pit while a truck was dumping. MSHA on the other hand…

[@TheUncleVinny]

It could be fun to have the real mechanics check out car modifications in movies! From silly ones like in Wolfcop to more straight ones like in The Italian job, there's plenty of potential for future videos!

[@jeffmayo6002]

There's a scene from a movie called asphalt burning(swedish f&f) the boys need to get across country for a race but the car isn't ready so they are wrenching on a flatbed trailer going down the highway.

[@SpaceMissile]

at first glance I thought you said "it would be cool to check out the mechanics' cars" and now I want that too.

[@TheUncleVinny]

@@SpaceMissile Lol, that would actually be a great video too!

[@SpaceMissile]

@@TheUncleVinny they don't even have to be all that fancy. I know lots of gourmet chefs tend to eat frozen dinners and whatnot; I'd still _happily_ watch them show off a beater Corolla or something.

[@godofthunder6613]

​@@SpaceMissile I think you would be really disappointed and shocked. I'm a mechanic and myself and most other mechanics I've worked with over the years drive cars with the check engine light on and a bunch of other problems

[@mattmahoney9369]

The log segment at 7:38 had me in stiches. My family blew a tire on the way from our Maine vacation one time when I was a kid and we used spare railroad crossties(6x6 or 8x8??) at a rest stop to lever and fulcrum the back of the car/van to fix the tire when we had no jack. Pristine Marine Dad moment.

[@heatherk2467]

I loved this one, my daughter and I are huge fans, we love that you've got smart mechanics paired up for this channel..... as a safety professional.... it''s Occupational Safety & "Health" Administration. Lol. Many of these are a training or inspection issue or would fall under the general duty clause. There are in fact standards on hand and power tools. If you ever want a safety pro to callab on these or help with compliance in your own shop, I'd love to help. Thanks for the great content, as always. 😊

[@BayAreaMike99]

11:36 bruh💀💀💀💀 calm down Nolan you just got married😂

[@jjcoola998]

Angelina just out here wrecking hearts at a mere glance 😮🫣

[@caiquecardoso8513]

I am really not a big car fan, but guys your videos are amazing!!! Thank you!

[@Bealrah]

I just started watching these videos. As a former mechanic nothing makes me cringe like unsafe spring handling.

[@unwarranteddesign806]

Gotta love how many of these shop employees film unfolding dangerous situations (eg. old worker playing around with chemical fire, electrical panel overloading and catching on fire) instead of actually leaping into action to stop them.

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

7:41 Oooh, so THAT’S how Cavemen put new engines in! I always wondered how they would go about that without modern tools and technology.

[@IDEA_MEDIA]

Love real mechanic stuff ❤

[@bryanrodriguez1143]

I saw the thumbnail, saw Angelina, continued to look at her while enjoying the video and now I’m subscribed. I swear when I saw these videos tho, I knew I was at least a little better than them and being safe lol I can’t do much as I’m learning through you guys (thanks a lot btw) but I’m glad I’m not the very worst lol

[@mikethemechanic7395]

21 year Diesel mechanic. My first year I spent 3 weeks replacing tire chain links with the manual tool. I took a 30/30 brake chamber and added the chain link tool to it. It was air operated. My buddy did not pay attention and crushed his finger.

[@neoprofin]

I used to work in recycling, so metal compactors, shredders, etc. The first time you have screw with a spring mount (consumer electronics) hit you directly in your safety glasses you never complain again about having to wear safety glasses. We ran pretty tight ship but, there was definitely a night where the new guy tipped over a printer that for some reason had a multi-gallon reservoir of ammonia in it. He came running across the warehouse rubbing his bloodshot eyes. Thankfully it was an easy enough fix, tell bro to take a break and get some fresh air, open the loading dock doors, blast every exhaust fan in the building, wonder why someone puts gallons of ammonia in a printer... Sometimes you just can't see things coming. That just reminded me of when we received a drum of iridium exit signs that were probably 80 years old. Thin glass tubes, already broken. Guy definitely was sent home immediately and given the rest of the day off to shower and relax. I was in charge of "non-conforming equipment" aka "things you should never have ever sent to us" obviously the least stressful job in the world for OSHA compliance. :)

[@rostinrostai]

7:36 This is probably how they did a LS Swap during the Middle Ages.

[@darrenp1549]

Love that wrench charm Angelina is sporting!!!

[@lxSRTxl]

Noland out there cracking Angelina up! My boy!

[@rvmagnum5415]

Back when I was a young mechanic I was the strut master at the shop I worked ( I thought ). I had a strut in a vice pointing up, I hit the strut nut one more time with the impact gun for good measure and the new strut shaft snapped , the spring went through the sealing tiles 20 ft. up and came back down 5 tiles away. the next time same set up only laying flat in the vice I took the spring to the chest , that's when I discovered torque specs was a good thing. Don't pound the nut on with a impact gun, torque it to spec.

[@phillipzan2005]

A trick I learned is to lower the vehicle on to the ground and then loosen the spring nut, if the vehicle allows access to the nut. Allow the car to hold the pressure and slow jack it up. Now the right tools is best. But if you are in a pinch and you need to get the job done right now, there you go. Even tightening a strut nut can be very dangerous. If you strip the nut it will come off and the assembly will come apart.

[@thememecrusader6689]

11:15 that ain't an OSHA violation that's a geneva convention violation

[@PrankCallFan845]

I bet Angelina is a great teacher, she's got a such a great way of communicating information

[@Dirty_Habit]

Nolan and female Nolan are my new fave couple

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

I worked at a parts store with a broken alternator tester. Part of my training was how to reach behind the pulley to press a button while it was running to trick the machine into thinking the safety mechanism was engaged.

[@devinl.reynolds151]

I just started working in a mechanic shop and i can say i see multiple OSHA violations comitted on the daily but no one gets hurt so as long as you know what your doing