Horror in London's West End as man is crushed to death by a 'telescopic urinal' on Shaftesbury Avenue - just yards from Harry Potter theatre

Daily Mail ^ | 1/27/23 | Olivia Jones

[Libloather]

A man has been crushed to death by a hydraulic urinal while working on the device in London's West End this afternoon.

Emergency services tried to save the man, who has not been named, but he died at the scene at Cambridge Circus on the junction between Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road - outside the Palace Theatre, where the Harry Potter play is being shown.

The victim was performing maintenance on the pop-up urinal which rises from the pavement for those out in London at night.

The theatre is uncertain whether tonight's performance of the stage show at 7pm will take place, a spokesman said, adding: 'It is an ongoing situation. We will try and give as much notice as possible.'

**SNIP**

Hydraulic, pop-up urinals were brought into use by Westminster City Council about 20 years ago in an attempt to discourage street urination.

[Libloather]

What a way to go.

[PROCON]

That’s a real pisser.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Damn! That's a real pisser.

[BenLurkin]

[dfwgator]

[Rurudyne]

Take something simple and make it move .... what could possibly go wrong.

[TexasGator]

[dfwgator]

It's bad enough you have to deal with those vicious gangs of "Keep Left" signs over there.

[Seruzawa]

At least he died doing what he loved.

[Duke of Milan]

You 2 timed that, I refuse to believe otherwise.

[fruser1]

Pretty bland object.

Maybe they could add open alligator jaws or something.

[Delta 21]

Proper Lockout/Tagout procedures were NOT followed.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Was the theater suppose to provide some magic sort of protection?

[monkeyshine]

I wonder which Lord’s idiot cousin got the contract to install such an idiotic contraption.

[Delta 21]

Do those things just pop out of the ground whenever you need to whiz? What will they invent next?

[rhinohunter]

Take something simple and make it move .... what could possibly go wrong.

Take a whizz in the middle of the street on a big fire hydrant … what could possibly go wrong?

[Rurudyne]

Don’t Whizz on the Electric Fence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSdG9_8PEo

[Bonemaker]

He got the shaft on Shaftesbury Avenue.

[Samurai_Jack]

There’s gotta be some kind of interlock! This is like that 767 that deployed thrust reversers at full speed and altitude. It shouldn’t happen.

Someone call the NTSB!! errr... Maybe the NUSB?
There needs to be a full ARC analysis on that public facility.

Urinal Disasters: Coming soon to the Smithsonian channel

Someone’s gonna be pissed!

[heavy metal]

pissed on or pissed off is the question in this situation...