Posted on 01/13/2011 2:45:52 PM PST by OneVike
This happened in Russia, and from what I understand it is supposed
to be a warehouse for a vodka bottling company, but I never see any
fluids from broken bottles so I question that. Either way, this guy
had a very bad day at work. No knowledge if he was hurt or not. If it
was me, and it was vodka warehouse, and I was not too injured...
Well they may find an empty bottle or two in my lap.
Is there a Russian OSHA?
HEADACHE!
There are so many things wrong with the design and construction of those shelves, that this kind of accident was inevitable. Perhaps they should have involved an engineer in the construction, instead of a ten year old with an erector set.
The motto is: "You violate safety rules, you disappear."
I understand he runs other agencies in the country as well.
Coulda been worse, coulda been Irish Whiskey
It was on TV about a year ago. That was not a bottling company but a retailer warehouse. That guy was not wounded but it cost him some $180,000.
Yikes, if I were that guy and had to face him, I’d tell them to just leave me buried.
I doubt they have lift trucks of that quality in Russia, much less the modular racks
Wanna get away?...
Certainly not a good day.
But a REALLY bad day at work was when an operator had his forks too high & punched both of them them through 2 750 lb HE bombs on the ammo pier.
500 pairs of underwear were ruined when they went off low-base, (burning, rather than exploding) sending flames over 100’ in the air.
Fortunately the only injuries were minor burns to the driver, as he bailed over the back of the forklift.
That I would have loved to have seen. Were you present when it happened?
Good one, someone needs to contact Southwestern Airlines.
It was the previous shift to mine, so I didn’t see it. I did know the driver, though.
Vietnam Era, Port Chicago Naval Weapons Station, California. We were all Civil Service DOD longshoring employees.
The forklift got hauled to the fork driver school, as a reminder to trainees. It joined the destroyed boxcars from previous accidents that were there when I took the class.
There were other reminders, too. They never removed the burned stumps of the pilings from the WWII explosion that destroyed the entire waterfont. An anchor from one of those ships was recovered from 20 some miles away, and placed at the main gate to the base.
I did question whether or not it was vodka, but because the storage bins were neither secured to the floor, nor had support cables to keep from moving, I figured it very well could have been in Russia.
Not sure what the safety rules in Ireland are, but I do think they are much more strict in their regulations than Russia is. If it is in Russia, Putin has probably sent him to Siberia where his new employment is keeping snow off the local runway lights, with a whisk broom.
cunning_fish, you say it was on TV last year, did they say it happened in America?
I only ask because I find it difficult to believe that any court in the USA would fine a lift operator that much money when the storage bins were not properly secured.
So in America, the company would be liable and be fined plus they would be forced to pay every ones unemployment if they were layed off due to work stoppage. Not to mention the company would also be liable for any and all medical bills plus facing a possible lawsuit, regardless if the driver is in the wrong. Sucks I know, but such are the laws in America, and I won’t even get into the difficulty the business would have in retaliating against the operator if it’s a union shop.
Wow, 20 miles away. that would even impress Timothy McVeigh.
And Sarah and Rush and all the Freepers...
Direct Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4sHd0PVu3g&feature=player_embedded
Something VERY similar to this happened in the warehouse of one of my customers at my former job.
The driver was raising the forks to get a pallet down, when he hit one of the supporting rails. They later determined that it had been damaged previously at some point, which caused the failure.
Anyway, he saw it starting to “buckle” and RAN..RAN..RAN; the entire wall of pallet racking came down along with about 100,000 pounds of inventory. It threw the forklift 20 feet, if that gives you any idea of the force. In the office, they heard what they thought was an “explosion.” I guess the driver was literally shaking so badly he was unable to speak for a time.
My product was on those shelves, and I had just been there earlier in the day, so the joke became that I really must have needed some sales...LOL! Seriously, it was a miracle that no one was killed.
I'd add uncovering thepreviously secret "nooner lovenest" and maybe the #10 can that spilled out the used condoms as it snagged on the end of the shovel.
There are so many things to add I just can't imagine them all. That's why my buddy has got to be brought in on this one.
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