Worst workplace incident/accident?
Discussion
Europa1 said:
alorotom said:
It’s amazing how most of these seem to be people flaunting health and safety protections
If they were flaunting them, surely they'd have been OK? 
Lazermilk said:
bulldong said:
captain_cynic said:
bulldong said:
Lazermilk said:
bulldong said:
Nothing to do with me but I once watched an episode of 999 life savers when I was a kid and a guy with a fish and chip shop slipped and fell backwards into a deep fat fryer with his clothes on. Still remember that.
That must be a huge fryer! 
k off fryer Read how you wrote it again... he fell backwards into a deep fat fryer with his clothes on... (As opposed to doing it naked or with swimming shorts?
)It was meant as a lighthearted joke, although agree it was a horrific accident the poor guy had and I wasn't trying to make light of that!
The way you told it seemed like he was falling into some kind of swimming pool sized fryer that's all...
bulldong said:
Lazermilk said:
bulldong said:
captain_cynic said:
bulldong said:
Lazermilk said:
bulldong said:
Nothing to do with me but I once watched an episode of 999 life savers when I was a kid and a guy with a fish and chip shop slipped and fell backwards into a deep fat fryer with his clothes on. Still remember that.
That must be a huge fryer! k off fryer Read how you wrote it again... he fell backwards into a deep fat fryer with his clothes on... (As opposed to doing it naked or with swimming shorts?
)It was meant as a lighthearted joke, although agree it was a horrific accident the poor guy had and I wasn't trying to make light of that!
The way you told it seemed like he was falling into some kind of swimming pool sized fryer that's all...
I also remember watching a lot of 999 when younger, it was Sunday nights it was on, wasn't it? Still remember the theme tune too!
GIYess said:
Agriculture again.
- Was a friend of a lad who was drowned when a slurry bag burst that he was standing beside.
- Work to a farmer who was mixing slurry one day and felt a bit dizzy. He thankfully instantly ran for the door and dropped just over the threshold. Said he had the mother of all headaches for the next few days.
- Hooking the PTO shaft from a slurry pump to tractor. I hooked it up, stepped back then went in again to check if it had locked on. Had my fingers on the U-joint when the other man starts the PTO... I was pretty somber for the rest of the day!
- Once tried to take a short cut across a bit of what I thought was rough grass. I jumped the fence only to go up to the knees in a grown over slurry tank and every time I moved I sunk deeper. I had to lie back and yell for help till someone heard and pulled me out.
Were you in ' Apaches' . - Was a friend of a lad who was drowned when a slurry bag burst that he was standing beside.
- Work to a farmer who was mixing slurry one day and felt a bit dizzy. He thankfully instantly ran for the door and dropped just over the threshold. Said he had the mother of all headaches for the next few days.
- Hooking the PTO shaft from a slurry pump to tractor. I hooked it up, stepped back then went in again to check if it had locked on. Had my fingers on the U-joint when the other man starts the PTO... I was pretty somber for the rest of the day!
- Once tried to take a short cut across a bit of what I thought was rough grass. I jumped the fence only to go up to the knees in a grown over slurry tank and every time I moved I sunk deeper. I had to lie back and yell for help till someone heard and pulled me out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAQZaUixmpA
Couple for me from the world of construction:
As a young Engineer, was on a new aircraft hanger. Roofer slipped, and slid down the long damp roof. He had enough momentum at the eaves to smash through the scaffold toe boards. Died of his injuries.
The other one that stands out was a guy who was finishing operating his piling rig. Hopped out instead of climbing down, and impaled himself on a starter bar, inside of the thigh and out of his armpit. Amazingly he was fine, it missed anything major...
As a young Engineer, was on a new aircraft hanger. Roofer slipped, and slid down the long damp roof. He had enough momentum at the eaves to smash through the scaffold toe boards. Died of his injuries.
The other one that stands out was a guy who was finishing operating his piling rig. Hopped out instead of climbing down, and impaled himself on a starter bar, inside of the thigh and out of his armpit. Amazingly he was fine, it missed anything major...
My job involves defending insurers and companies where these types of accidents happen.
I've been to and investigated some horrific incidents, some of which have stayed with me for a very long time. Some of the H&S breaches I've seen are just astounding and you wonder how more people have not been seriously hurt.
Lack of guards on machines or falls from height are usually the most prevalent and some of the worst. Then there's the crushing accidents, electrocutions, fires/burns, degloving injuries....the list goes on.
I've been to and investigated some horrific incidents, some of which have stayed with me for a very long time. Some of the H&S breaches I've seen are just astounding and you wonder how more people have not been seriously hurt.
Lack of guards on machines or falls from height are usually the most prevalent and some of the worst. Then there's the crushing accidents, electrocutions, fires/burns, degloving injuries....the list goes on.
mintybiscuit said:
GIYess said:
Agriculture again.
- Was a friend of a lad who was drowned when a slurry bag burst that he was standing beside.
- Work to a farmer who was mixing slurry one day and felt a bit dizzy. He thankfully instantly ran for the door and dropped just over the threshold. Said he had the mother of all headaches for the next few days.
- Hooking the PTO shaft from a slurry pump to tractor. I hooked it up, stepped back then went in again to check if it had locked on. Had my fingers on the U-joint when the other man starts the PTO... I was pretty somber for the rest of the day!
- Once tried to take a short cut across a bit of what I thought was rough grass. I jumped the fence only to go up to the knees in a grown over slurry tank and every time I moved I sunk deeper. I had to lie back and yell for help till someone heard and pulled me out.
Were you in ' Apaches' . - Was a friend of a lad who was drowned when a slurry bag burst that he was standing beside.
- Work to a farmer who was mixing slurry one day and felt a bit dizzy. He thankfully instantly ran for the door and dropped just over the threshold. Said he had the mother of all headaches for the next few days.
- Hooking the PTO shaft from a slurry pump to tractor. I hooked it up, stepped back then went in again to check if it had locked on. Had my fingers on the U-joint when the other man starts the PTO... I was pretty somber for the rest of the day!
- Once tried to take a short cut across a bit of what I thought was rough grass. I jumped the fence only to go up to the knees in a grown over slurry tank and every time I moved I sunk deeper. I had to lie back and yell for help till someone heard and pulled me out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAQZaUixmpA
Must have been 3-4 kids die in various ways on the farm and nobody seemed to really react or care and just carried on playing/farming!
Mate of mine was working on a potato picker. A rock got jammed and he tried to push it through using his leg. It pulled his leg in to about the knee and then he tried to pull it out with his arm and that got dragged in as well plus his other leg got caught as well.
https://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/farmer-fought-...
He is now walking and driving around. Remarkable recovery.
https://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/farmer-fought-...
He is now walking and driving around. Remarkable recovery.
None on my shift (in my Business unit), but lots of historical accidents in the gases industry.
I ran a site in Manchester where previously:
There was a liquid Oxygen fire from a tanker pump failure where the liquid Oxygen froze the driver to the floor and then the intense fire consumed him. He begged the operators not to let him die..
Maintenance crew opening a cold box transition and didn't double check the purge gas pressure or leave the bolts partly on before opening the inspection hatch. The pressure gauge was faulty as well as the isolation valve and 20 millibar of pressure was behind a 1m2 inspection hatch. This equates to 2kN of force which killed one guy between the hatch and a pipe rack, this ripped the clothes off all the others.
Process manager climbing an access ladder without a back cage, holding an analyser in one hand and climbing with one hand. He missed a rung and fell 20m - fortunately he hit a large pipe on the way down which broke his fall. He medically retired with a brain injury.
Asphyxiation is quite nasty, lots of cases where operators die trying to rescue someone from a confined space (two for the price of one)
I have hundreds of examples that we all learn from and these prevent many more from 'moving further up the triangle'.
I ran a site in Manchester where previously:
There was a liquid Oxygen fire from a tanker pump failure where the liquid Oxygen froze the driver to the floor and then the intense fire consumed him. He begged the operators not to let him die..
Maintenance crew opening a cold box transition and didn't double check the purge gas pressure or leave the bolts partly on before opening the inspection hatch. The pressure gauge was faulty as well as the isolation valve and 20 millibar of pressure was behind a 1m2 inspection hatch. This equates to 2kN of force which killed one guy between the hatch and a pipe rack, this ripped the clothes off all the others.
Process manager climbing an access ladder without a back cage, holding an analyser in one hand and climbing with one hand. He missed a rung and fell 20m - fortunately he hit a large pipe on the way down which broke his fall. He medically retired with a brain injury.
Asphyxiation is quite nasty, lots of cases where operators die trying to rescue someone from a confined space (two for the price of one)
I have hundreds of examples that we all learn from and these prevent many more from 'moving further up the triangle'.
SCEtoAUX said:
Europa1 said:
alorotom said:
It’s amazing how most of these seem to be people flaunting health and safety protections
If they were flaunting them, surely they'd have been OK? Never you mind said:
Mate of mine was working on a potato picker. A rock got jammed and he tried to push it through using his leg. It pulled his leg in to about the knee and then he tried to pull it out with his arm and that got dragged in as well plus his other leg got caught as well.
https://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/farmer-fought-...
He is now walking and driving around. Remarkable recovery.
Never put your finger (or limbs) where you wouldn't put your cock.https://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/farmer-fought-...
He is now walking and driving around. Remarkable recovery.
Small lapses of concentration. "Which is the high tension side?" I point at the metal plate charged to 50kV and it arcs over to my finger tip. Huge in-line impedance protected me from the PSU that charged the plate, thank God.
I witnessed one near miss while gawping out the office window at a building being demolished on the other side of Queen Victoria St. They'd got just below street level and were using excavators to break up and shift the concrete and had a bloke using oxy acetylene gear to cut the tangled mess of rebar that was left behind. There were two big tanks on one side of the site and a pair of long lines so that he could cut anywhere on the site without having to shift the tanks. Not the brightest plan as demonstrated when an excavators snagged one of the lines as it turned, pulled one of the cylinders over, cleaving the valve off it. It took off across the site like a torpedo making a deafening whistle and creating a huge cloud of condensation behind it. Fortunately it embedded itself in a rubble heap and there was no sign of anyone being injured.
I witnessed one near miss while gawping out the office window at a building being demolished on the other side of Queen Victoria St. They'd got just below street level and were using excavators to break up and shift the concrete and had a bloke using oxy acetylene gear to cut the tangled mess of rebar that was left behind. There were two big tanks on one side of the site and a pair of long lines so that he could cut anywhere on the site without having to shift the tanks. Not the brightest plan as demonstrated when an excavators snagged one of the lines as it turned, pulled one of the cylinders over, cleaving the valve off it. It took off across the site like a torpedo making a deafening whistle and creating a huge cloud of condensation behind it. Fortunately it embedded itself in a rubble heap and there was no sign of anyone being injured.
GIYess said:
Agriculture again.
- Was a friend of a lad who was drowned when a slurry bag burst that he was standing beside.
- Work to a farmer who was mixing slurry one day and felt a bit dizzy. He thankfully instantly ran for the door and dropped just over the threshold. Said he had the mother of all headaches for the next few days.
- Hooking the PTO shaft from a slurry pump to tractor. I hooked it up, stepped back then went in again to check if it had locked on. Had my fingers on the U-joint when the other man starts the PTO... I was pretty somber for the rest of the day!
- Once tried to take a short cut across a bit of what I thought was rough grass. I jumped the fence only to go up to the knees in a grown over slurry tank and every time I moved I sunk deeper. I had to lie back and yell for help till someone heard and pulled me out.
That s- Was a friend of a lad who was drowned when a slurry bag burst that he was standing beside.
- Work to a farmer who was mixing slurry one day and felt a bit dizzy. He thankfully instantly ran for the door and dropped just over the threshold. Said he had the mother of all headaches for the next few days.
- Hooking the PTO shaft from a slurry pump to tractor. I hooked it up, stepped back then went in again to check if it had locked on. Had my fingers on the U-joint when the other man starts the PTO... I was pretty somber for the rest of the day!
- Once tried to take a short cut across a bit of what I thought was rough grass. I jumped the fence only to go up to the knees in a grown over slurry tank and every time I moved I sunk deeper. I had to lie back and yell for help till someone heard and pulled me out.
t is dangerous, man.Lazermilk said:
Jonesy23 said:
I once managed to put a 5.5mm hole through myself. In an office environment. Somehow managed to miss anything solid, tissue only.
Didn't react much at first as it just hurt a little (like a cut) & I didn't look too closely at what I'd done. I may have shouted a bit once I took a peek at the leak.
How did you do the 5.5mm hole?Didn't react much at first as it just hurt a little (like a cut) & I didn't look too closely at what I'd done. I may have shouted a bit once I took a peek at the leak.
I couldnt see what I'd actually done but couldn't move away either, from feel assumed I'd got trapped between the frame and the drill bit, backed the drill out by hand and then realised I'd scored a direct hit rather than a glancing cut.
Lots of blood, minimal gore, entry wound very tidy, exit less so. The story sickened everyone more than the actual injury did.
All very much my own stupid fault and I'm sure the H&S report made interesting reading.
Never you mind said:
Mate of mine was working on a potato picker. A rock got jammed and he tried to push it through using his leg. It pulled his leg in to about the knee and then he tried to pull it out with his arm and that got dragged in as well plus his other leg got caught as well.
https://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/farmer-fought-...
He is now walking and driving around. Remarkable recovery.
As someone that's done 15 seasons driving a potato harvester, he really should have known better.https://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/farmer-fought-...
He is now walking and driving around. Remarkable recovery.
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