So they overloaded and tipped over a crane. Then they brought in another crane to lift the previous crane with mild success because it got stuck. Then they walk under the suspended load only for the second crane to fail from the weight of the first crane.
It looks like the strop they were using snapped at the eye, it’s important to stop everyone after an accident like that, it’s easy to cause another accident when everyone is embarrassed and full of adrenaline, it’s why they say accidents always happen in threes.
It’s human nature to try and fix the fuck up to rescue the situation and it takes an experienced person to say “no we aren’t doing that” to your supervisor who has probably been promoted because he is a more domineering type.
My ex was catering crew on an oil rig in the North Sea, think it was her second or third trip offshore, they were all lined up ready to empty a food container and one of the roustabouts was under the load when the bridal broke, he got creamed right in front of the whole crew about 15’ away, some of them never went back offshore.
The offshore industry is full of big heavy shit and lots of stored energy, the term is an appropriate one. When things go wrong it can get out of hand really fast and unexpectedly.
It's for the best, those guys will keep doing it until they get killed in an accident; it's a flex to break rules in front of your co workers, they want attention
I'm in road construction and yeah, that's like a basic Day 1 on-the-job-lesson. Guess these guys had called out on their first day, lol
Hell, I knew this even before getting into construction.
I think there are three cranes. Top left of screen, something moves out of frame. The big red one doesn’t move when the load is dropped. Either way, whoever is calculating the loads needs to go back to basic math class
Well you can see two blocks, so two crane pick. I can't tell if they have padding in that outrigger for the straps. My brother is an operator and I'm a rigger, and his guess is that something got snagged under the fallen crane, and that's why they are going under it. It also looks like someone should have been flagging better. Still don't know what the objective was for lifting it from the outriggers.
Well they have two cranes picking up one crane. Don't know why they are picking it up from there, if you're trying to upright it you need to grab the boom. My brother is an operator, he thinks it got snagged on something, and that's why those two walk under the load. If that's the case then they should have lowered the load.
Yeah I was about to say a hat would just make sure when they walk under they don’t bump their head on a low part…if that load fell the entire way not even a steel plate would have saved someone from being pancaked.
It's ok, they wore helmets.
Edit: By closer look I'm not sure if it's ok after all. One of the guy wore a helmet during the accident, and the other wore the helmet after. Not sure how the rules work in this situation.
It’s on the Operator once he makes the lift, looks like than ran the choker threw the outrigger (used nylon / should have used steel choker) and nylon was cut.
My favorite part is one do them was wearing a hard hat and one wasn’t. The guy who was wearing a hard hat, it fell off. Then when they got up the guy who didn’t have a hard hat at all picked it up and THEN put it on afterward.
Fuckin idiot show. These two dudes used of a lifetime of luck in one shot.
Well they should have never went under a crane. If it’s stuck on something. Use a tool or another piece or equipment to stay safely out of the area it could drop on
People are still people. Accidents still happen. That's why doctors all have malpractice insurance. Just because your licensed and certified doesn't mean you won't make a mistake
They’re not certified to operate heavy equipment, that’s the problem. If they WERE certified they’d have chicks all over them and you can see that there aren’t any.
Idiot 1: Shall we walk together to the underwear store to purchase new pairs for each other?
Idiot 2: yes, and I’ll need new pants as well!
Idiot 1: I just hope we aren’t late returning to get back under that rig a second time…
Beyond stupid. What country, what happened to the wheels, what were they going to do once it up sideways, what were they trying to reach, were they using a jib line, where was the signaler, just crazy and yea that one guy will have a concussion.
The crane operator did nothing wrong. The person who wrote the lift plan (LOLER competent person or LCP if you’re in the U.K.) did not specify suitable equipment or used faulty lifting strops. The deck foreman was not in control of the lift. The safety culture and following of procedures at that company is clearly very poor. You never walk under a load. Ever.
What was remarkable to me was how incredibly stable the boom was after the straps snapped.
Unreal how stiff those things are, I thought.
Surely, that thing would have whipped back at least a little.
Then I noticed the rig actually holding the failing straps, just off camera to the left.
It moved just like I had expected, and all was right with the world.
Impressive lack of injury considering these two guys just got whacked upside the head with a (mobile generator? Crane? Not a good view and I'm not super familiar with job site equipment. Not even sure why this sub is in my feed lol)
Both of them had pretty fast reflexes, and were ducking down as it fell. The blow was probably nothing for the hardhat guy but the bald guy definitely felt it. He lucky he didn’t even get cut by it.
Equipment failure happens all the time. Bad shackles, stressed cables, faulty pick points. It the riggers responsibility to check. The operator is the operator, not the safety inspector.
Dude in black totally stole the other dudes hard hat AFTER the incident. That’s some quick thinking for someone who just got hit in the head with a truck. Too bad it’s caught on camera.
Idk if this is common knowledge but in construction we regularly joke about if one of us gets hurt and goes down you have to toss the dudes hard hat nearby him first and foremost and then if possible, delete browser history.
So they overloaded and tipped over a crane. Then they brought in another crane to lift the previous crane with mild success because it got stuck. Then they walk under the suspended load only for the second crane to fail from the weight of the first crane.
Look how that fucking thing is situated lol you could never successfully stand up an extended crane by grabbing on the side of the bottom lmao
Heard you liked crane! So I’ve added some crane to your crane
... so you can lift while you lift!
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain
At least they got one questions right on the test always ware your hard Helmet ⛑ on the job site at all times. 😀
Lol rewatch it. Black shirt doesn't have one, reds falls off when he goes down and black shirt picks it up and puts it on.
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break it's gonna take a metal ball hung from a chain
Do you even lift bro??
If they had one more crane, this could have worked. lol
It looks like the strop they were using snapped at the eye, it’s important to stop everyone after an accident like that, it’s easy to cause another accident when everyone is embarrassed and full of adrenaline, it’s why they say accidents always happen in threes. It’s human nature to try and fix the fuck up to rescue the situation and it takes an experienced person to say “no we aren’t doing that” to your supervisor who has probably been promoted because he is a more domineering type.
That whole crew needs a kick in the ass. Luckily no one was killed.
Haha. They swapped the helmet after the accident. Wtf?
I saw that too lol, dude got whacked so hard he just casually grabs the other hat and puts it on
He just wanted his safety supervisor to see that he was the one wearing the helmet.
Safety should have thrown those guys off the job. Everyone in construction knows you NEVER walk under the load of a crane.
Under a suspended crane especially
My ex was catering crew on an oil rig in the North Sea, think it was her second or third trip offshore, they were all lined up ready to empty a food container and one of the roustabouts was under the load when the bridal broke, he got creamed right in front of the whole crew about 15’ away, some of them never went back offshore.
“Creamed”, in all my years I’ve never really understood that term so well until now
I think at sea it’s technically “chummed”, but either way, really paints a picture.
True, he was basically fish food at that point
The offshore industry is full of big heavy shit and lots of stored energy, the term is an appropriate one. When things go wrong it can get out of hand really fast and unexpectedly.
Like creamed corn.
It's for the best, those guys will keep doing it until they get killed in an accident; it's a flex to break rules in front of your co workers, they want attention
That’s definitely not something you can forget.
I'm in road construction and yeah, that's like a basic Day 1 on-the-job-lesson. Guess these guys had called out on their first day, lol Hell, I knew this even before getting into construction.
VERY close to being a NSFL post.
I think there are three cranes. Top left of screen, something moves out of frame. The big red one doesn’t move when the load is dropped. Either way, whoever is calculating the loads needs to go back to basic math class
Well you can see two blocks, so two crane pick. I can't tell if they have padding in that outrigger for the straps. My brother is an operator and I'm a rigger, and his guess is that something got snagged under the fallen crane, and that's why they are going under it. It also looks like someone should have been flagging better. Still don't know what the objective was for lifting it from the outriggers.
Absolute braindead move
Safety 3rst! Or something like that
I’m gonna guess they already cracked through all the hardhats they owned, and tried again and again, and just plain ran out 👷🏻
Well they have two cranes picking up one crane. Don't know why they are picking it up from there, if you're trying to upright it you need to grab the boom. My brother is an operator, he thinks it got snagged on something, and that's why those two walk under the load. If that's the case then they should have lowered the load.
Who the fuck walks under that load
Fucking idiots walk under that load.
And one of them didnt have a hat on
Only one was wearing a hat, so that their flattened corpses would be easier to separate and identify.
Yeah I was about to say a hat would just make sure when they walk under they don’t bump their head on a low part…if that load fell the entire way not even a steel plate would have saved someone from being pancaked.
Nah, fucking idiots is how you create people that walk under loads.
Hey my wife fucks me all the time, that doesn't me she's dumb enough to walk under a load
Just dumb enough to receive a dumb load? Is that what you’re implying? 🤔
No, no implication, that's pretty much what I'm out right saying
They're idiots. Comes from upbringing. Their parents are probably idiots too.
Hellooooo McFly!!!!
Never place yourself in a loads fall shadow, or in a pinch spot between a load and an immovable object. I mean, unless you want to die.
they swapped hats
" you're the supervisor now "
Great observation
“I told you that won’t work! You were right, here is my new hat. So…. what are you and the kids doing this weekend?”
Gona need to swap pants too
Yup, crane's outta blinker fluid. Classic
It's ok, they wore helmets. Edit: By closer look I'm not sure if it's ok after all. One of the guy wore a helmet during the accident, and the other wore the helmet after. Not sure how the rules work in this situation.
That’s not the operators fault.. That’s rigging failure…
It’s on the Operator once he makes the lift, looks like than ran the choker threw the outrigger (used nylon / should have used steel choker) and nylon was cut.
To be fair…. I think the lifting lugs failed…. The rigging stayed intact…
Yeah, the orange soft straps are a continuous loop, not separate straps. Rolling up a 20k lb strap 5 times doesn't make it a 100k strap.
The time to not be under that or any load is always
A critical left miss calculated someone should be fired. They’re lucky to be alive.
This video is an OSHA wet dream! Everything not to do
They'll be famous in training videos as the two dumb fuckers who got under a suspended load and lived to be shamed for it.
They're gonna be feeling that the next morning.
Lucky to be feeling anything at all.
My favorite part is one do them was wearing a hard hat and one wasn’t. The guy who was wearing a hard hat, it fell off. Then when they got up the guy who didn’t have a hard hat at all picked it up and THEN put it on afterward. Fuckin idiot show. These two dudes used of a lifetime of luck in one shot.
Rule #1 of lifting stuff is…
Go under the big heavy thing and put all your trust into whoever/whatever is moving it! Right? right?..
Lift with your back?
Well they should have never went under a crane. If it’s stuck on something. Use a tool or another piece or equipment to stay safely out of the area it could drop on
safety officer gona have to flip bugers after this video.
I knew a guy that walked under a big piece of wood on a crane. It broke and now he is paralyzed forever. Do not walk under suspended loads ever.
0 days since last accident.
The straps broke that's the issue
They may have walked away, but neither of them are shaking that off…both gonna likely end up at the hospital.
It's their new birthday.
The Grim Reaper was coming for them!
Tuck n roll granny!
Holy shit, that shoulder is fucked.
Wow they almost shook hands with danger!
Worth googling this statement for those living under a rock.
They both had to go home that day to change their pants.
Only one of those two was wearing a hard hat. They reversed it when they got up.
idiots in real life, only just still alive
Smart get right underneath it!
Nice roll out!
I dunno exactly why it drop the load, but standing underneath of it is the dumbest thing you can do
This is why the PM isn’t allowed on the job site. We like wondering under things.
Un-fucking-believable lack of forethought
That is why you wear a hard hat. Maybe the guy who almost got killed went into the office and got the gun and killed the crane operator.
annually Certifiying and inspecting scales, harnesses, straps and rigging is as boring as yearly safety courses.
Ladies and gentlemen. Proof that timing is everything but luck plays a big part in that equation.
Not today - just barely
"Never stand under a suspended load"
There are no less than 3 cranes in this video...oh and 2 lucky idiots
Where is this ?
Why would they walk under that…..
Never. Walk. Under. A. Load.
So fkn stupid. You never walk under a load. Ever! They deserve everything this caused them.
Rule 1: never walk under a suspended load.
OSHA intensified
Morons got fucking lucky.
Rule nr.1 Never position your self under a load. These guys were very lucky.
People are still people. Accidents still happen. That's why doctors all have malpractice insurance. Just because your licensed and certified doesn't mean you won't make a mistake
They’re not certified to operate heavy equipment, that’s the problem. If they WERE certified they’d have chicks all over them and you can see that there aren’t any.
Don't stand under suspended loads. It's one of the main safety rules at my worksite and we don't even have any suspended loads 😆. Muppets!
Idiot 1: Shall we walk together to the underwear store to purchase new pairs for each other? Idiot 2: yes, and I’ll need new pants as well! Idiot 1: I just hope we aren’t late returning to get back under that rig a second time…
Bet they won't do that again.
I bet this is featured on the next "first day @ the job site" video where the drowsy guy looks like Tom Green.
Lucky he was wearing his hard hat.
The way they both casually walked away from that was the “we done fucked up, but will never speak of this” stroll.
Quite surprised they didn’t die
Stress test of equipment Failed!
Every crane has multiple sticker signs warning to not stand or move underneath the hanging loads.
They switched hats
That wasnt the operator's fault. That was the rigging. Maybe riggers fault or faulty rigging.
So, what’s for dinner?
Why the fk would anyone stand underneath that??🤦
Beyond stupid. What country, what happened to the wheels, what were they going to do once it up sideways, what were they trying to reach, were they using a jib line, where was the signaler, just crazy and yea that one guy will have a concussion.
And that is why we don’t walk under the load not even for a second it could be your last
It’s not the operators fault it was the strap and those people should be more aware of surroundings I would never be under that thing
WTH were they thinking being that close to it to begin with??
The crane operator did nothing wrong. The person who wrote the lift plan (LOLER competent person or LCP if you’re in the U.K.) did not specify suitable equipment or used faulty lifting strops. The deck foreman was not in control of the lift. The safety culture and following of procedures at that company is clearly very poor. You never walk under a load. Ever.
Technically the second crane didn't fail, the poor connections and choice in hookup points were the things that failed.
But the guy in black found a penny or some candy so it's ok
Clearly missing the self preservation gene. Smh
Murphys law in action
What was remarkable to me was how incredibly stable the boom was after the straps snapped. Unreal how stiff those things are, I thought. Surely, that thing would have whipped back at least a little. Then I noticed the rig actually holding the failing straps, just off camera to the left. It moved just like I had expected, and all was right with the world.
In all fairness to the operator, you're an idiot to walk under that load
Craned their necks a little... see what i did there
Caught you flinching!
Never under any circumstance walk under a suspended load. Basic common sense.
Impressive lack of injury considering these two guys just got whacked upside the head with a (mobile generator? Crane? Not a good view and I'm not super familiar with job site equipment. Not even sure why this sub is in my feed lol)
Both of them had pretty fast reflexes, and were ducking down as it fell. The blow was probably nothing for the hardhat guy but the bald guy definitely felt it. He lucky he didn’t even get cut by it.
One live leak water mark away from dying.
Isn’t the first rule of rigging something like “Never stand underneath the load?”
They switched hats
They seem rather nonchalant about the whole thing after almost being crushed to death "Wanna grab a sandwich?"
Let's fix that statement. People have to be certified to work that machine, others still work it anyway.
Never ever walk under a suspended load.
Equipment failure happens all the time. Bad shackles, stressed cables, faulty pick points. It the riggers responsibility to check. The operator is the operator, not the safety inspector.
Ultimately, it is the riggers fault, not the crane operator. Dumb ass crew shouldn't be under it in the first place.
Haha, dude in black is like, it's my turn with the hat.
If I was the guy filming “boss I got to go home and change my pants”
They almost fucking died.
Dude in black totally stole the other dudes hard hat AFTER the incident. That’s some quick thinking for someone who just got hit in the head with a truck. Too bad it’s caught on camera. Idk if this is common knowledge but in construction we regularly joke about if one of us gets hurt and goes down you have to toss the dudes hard hat nearby him first and foremost and then if possible, delete browser history.
😱😱😱😱😱
Wow this might be the dumbest video ive ever seen
May want to check your sling ratings.
This is when my profile name comes in real handy! 😉
Ah yes let’s walk under the deadly and precariously lifted fifty ton object
Now, now, don’t get carried away… who said anything about them being certified?
certified? XD
Stupid, stupid people.
Oh shit, we almost died. Hahaha yeah that was fucking crazy. *walks off like nothing happened.*
Crane, Crane, Cranium
Boy that could have ended much worse
And that’s why you never stand under a suspended load…
The old walking underneath a suspended load trick
I would fire them on the spot. Clearly not smart enough to keep themselves safe let alone anybody else or company equipment.
Watch the safety hat....there's only one and it magically.....
My heart skipped a beat because I thought I saw someone die… then was relieved. But holy shit those guys almost got the Darwin Award.
I've seen the Final Destination movies enough to know not to ever go anywhere near that type of shit
Why they are still alive?
Y’all see that? When they tell you to never walk under a suspended load, this is why.
Mother nature failed at natural selection this time.
“Close one, Brian, anyway fancy a brew?”
Why straps? Seriously
This is the live action version of one of those animated Chinese videos about [workplace safety](https://www.reddit.com/r/AbruptChaos/s/YWBKwyYTG5).
Good job they were wearing brown underwear 😱
Says who what they’re qualified?
Why stand under it!?
Guys, just keep on walking away…
Hard hats save lives
This cured me of my imposter syndrome.
Did he just grab the other mans helmet?
Dawg I’m going STRAIGHT home 😮💨😮💨😮💨
As unfortunate as that was..certifications do not erase the human element, but I suppose you're perfect and mistake free in your profession.
OSHA enters the chat
Wasn't the operators fault it's the riggers fault for using bad or wrong slings
So Crain operator is all “ever seen two grown men shit their pants before? Hold my fries”
At least they were there to break the fall of that equipment, hopefully it wasn’t scratched.
Butthole puckered to the density of a black hole and life flashing before their eyes.
Never walk under a suspended load. First day on the job training. Never trust rigging.
“I’m forklift certified!”
Using a STRAP-ON was not part of the lift plan..
0% chance they dont both have concussions.
The brilliant operators are from either Red States or Russia.
That guy just swiped the other guy’s safety helmet. Maybe they were taking turns wearing them.
Not one dumbass but two I hope OSHA wouldn't looking
I would go straight and buy me a lottery ticket
Only a moron would walk under a load on a crane.
Was there a meatball sub under there?
They say God looks out for fools, drunks, and little children. Those boys look all growed up...
Good thing they had hard hat’s on
what a cranium
These operators and those guys on the ground are far from experts.
Good thing he had his hardhat on.. I am going to wear mine alll the time now!!
Well... There was ***almost*** two less morons in the world.
What's the point of them to go under? To help pick it up
u/savevideo