This Online Community Is All About People Who Don’t Prioritize Safety, As If They’re Immortal (New Pics)
Like Bored Panda explained in our first article on this online community, r/OSHA is a subreddit devoted to a really noble cause—reminding people to stay safe at work. It borrowed its name from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and is collecting pictures of folks who are really pushing their luck, trying to deter others from trying similar stunts. We're talking drivers who aren't securing the load, ladders that are tied together using hair and hope, and such intricate wire mazes, even electricity can't navigate them. So get out your safety goggles and keep scrolling, the pics are wild!
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Look At The Mama Forklift Holding The Little One!
One of the moderators of the subreddit, -eDgAR-, told Bored Panda in an earlier interview that above all, the online community is meant to be lighthearted, where everyone can come for a laugh at how ridiculous some people can be. "It's not meant to be a place for serious discussions about safety, although, often times comments can actually get into great analysis about the issues shown in posts, which is great," they said.
"We don't get a crazy amount of posts like other subreddits and have seen days with only a handful of posts. If you're one of the lucky first chances are you'll get to the top," -eDgAR- explained.
But even though this subreddit doesn't take itself seriously, its photos do represent a broader problem. There were 5,250 fatal work injuries in the US in 2018, with falls being the leading cause of death. A year before, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported 5,147 workplace fatalities.
The United States consistently outpaces other industrialized nations in workplace fatalities: here, the average rate for these incidents has hovered at 3.5 deaths for every 100,000 workers over the past decade while workplace fatality rates in the UK have remained under 1.0 death for every 100,000 workers over the past decade, and under 1.5 deaths for every 100,000 workers on average for the 15 earliest member states of the European Union.
In the steel industry, for example, several workers die every year from a fatal fall, and the occupation is regularly cited as one of the most dangerous in the US. Even though
Sadly, Mike Wright, director of health, safety and environment at the United Steelworkers union, told The Guardian that all of these deaths are preventable. "I've seen a lot of fatalities where you walk in and you think: 'I can't believe this didn't happen 10 years ago," Wright said.
Hello I'd Like To Change A Lamp
According to him, fatalities most often happen in shifts where supervision is lacking in cases where routine safety procedures are ignored, such as workers rushing to fix a broken piece of equipment to return to production as soon as possible.
Wright explained that many fatal falls are underreported because of how coroners rule on causes of death. If a cardiac event was included as part of a workplace fall, OSHA will often refuse to code these incidents as workplace fatalities even if the United Steelworkers union argues the victim would have survived the cardiac event otherwise.
All Good. She'll Hold, Now Back To Work
No, I Do Not Need To Secure The Load, I Will Unload It Soon
Happened A Few Years Back, Supervisor Of These Guys Said He Had Done This Technique For Years
Employers should not only look for ways to eliminate risks and hazards but also use administrative controls, such as proper training, providing personal protective equipment, and creating systems where production pressures, miscommunication, or poor training don't enable something to go wrong where it could cause a worker to get injured or die in the workplace.
"Oh Yes Lets Lock The Emergency Stop Button"
Seriously, though... When you have weird regulations you have to do something. For instance, when regulations say you need to have an emergency stop button for a hospital's emergency generator outside the hospital... And if anyone touches it at the wrong time 50 people on artificial life support will die.
I See That Evertbody Followed Safety Rules On Last Nights Shift
Makes My Knees Weak To Imagine Climbing Up It
Holy Cow, How Fast Was He Going Or How Thin Walled Is That Metal Post?
A combination of collumns A and B, void interior plus forklit's top speed
Changing A Light Bulb
Tree Limb Removal- Oof
Don’t Worry, This Bar Will Help Protect You From The Spinning Fan Of Misfortune
LOL, "the spinning fan of misfortune" sounds like something you need to complete a fighting fantasy book. Anyone else ever played those?? 😄 Either that, or some kind of deadly game show 😄
When You Got A Lunch Break On A Crane But You're Too Lazy To Go Down
How The Other Trade On Site Was Charging Their Batteries
Using A Heated 2700psi Pressure Washer To Clean Your Boots
Guess Something Got Stuck In The Wood Chipper
This kinda looks staged. I'll bet it's locked out. Not very funny though.
It's Probably Fine, But I've Seen Too Many Collapse To Not Cringe
How About A Bmw
Why could not it happen to someone else? Rich people always get the wrong end of the stick, life is so unfair...
Note: this post originally had 59 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
I'm a nurse. I'm nodding my head at all the stupid things people do that land them in a hospital bed.
Teucer, what makes me think that your daughter’s degree means that you lack one, at least in the relevant field, is because you would have mentioned your own. This is a typical variant of “I deserve recognition because my husband was in the Navy”
@TeucerT But is your daughters degree your degree, if you have a degree in medicine that fine and jolly but you have not said that. Just because my father knows how to fly a helicopter doesn’t mean I have any experience whatsoever in it. Your daughters degree is not your degree. Also a nurse is involved in the medical field.
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First, I didn't mention my daughter's degree, I mentioned my daughter's field, like the OP mentioned hers. And my daughter's field is every bit as relevant as the nurse commenting on the practices of fields she is not directly involved in.
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The degree of their daughter doesn't make them smarter, but does expose him or her to the stories from her workplace. And as someone who has spend her time in hospitals, those stories are right. Nursing staff has a tendency for victimizing themselves while being arrogant as crap about everything and anything. From messing up records, to the craziests checks on meds because even the simplest calculations are f's up. People. Are. Stupid.
So close...the post is at 99 points. Someone needs to upvote this!
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@BlackPearl: Why do you feel my making a comment similar to hers is "being a jerk"? Why is a nurse allowed to comment on the "stupid things" some people in my field have done, but it is not allowed for me to comment on the "stupid things" some people in her field have done? Is there some code I am aware of that states certain fields are off-limits?
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My daughter is a doctor... I'm nodding my head at all the stupid things nurses have done... And they actually have college degrees.
Wow. Why are you being such a jerk? You could just let people say things and not try to act better than them.
So, your daughter's degree makes you smart?
A degree does not equal intelligence or logical thinking.
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Downvote? Okay, an example then. The maintenance team at one of the hospitals my daughter has privileges at had to go around and remove all the foot pedals for the hopper sinks because nurses kept setting bins on the pedals and then calling maintenance because the water wouldn't shut off. And, remember, these people have college degrees.
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@ 2wheel... Kamikazes aren't supposed to live. And what makes you think that just because my daughter has a degree that I don't?
That was disturbing, but I've seen similar situations while working in a stockroom. Management always shorted us on the equipment we needed to work so you make do with the old, rusty and broken equipment as well as go along with the inane suggestions of managers on how to use that broken equipment to do your job. I almost lost a finger in that place because of the outdated equipment they made us use.
Accidents are almost always due to management issues. Either people don't have the equipment or training to do the job safely, or they're told to hurry and just do it, or there's a culture of not being allowed to stop and say I won't do it, or there's no maintenance plan, etc etc.
Same here, and it always comes down to management not wanting to spend the money for proper, functioning equipment - then they can show the boss that they "saved" a bunch of money for the company & get a raise.
wow
I'm studying to become a coroner; these pictures are the "before" to my "after" XD
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No. Most of your job will be boring as hell with very common findings.
Fortunately I have had the foresight to research my career change and I am well aware that the majority of my job will be routine deaths. "Boring as hell" is your opinion, I find routine with a purpose satisfying.
I'm a nurse. I'm nodding my head at all the stupid things people do that land them in a hospital bed.
Teucer, what makes me think that your daughter’s degree means that you lack one, at least in the relevant field, is because you would have mentioned your own. This is a typical variant of “I deserve recognition because my husband was in the Navy”
@TeucerT But is your daughters degree your degree, if you have a degree in medicine that fine and jolly but you have not said that. Just because my father knows how to fly a helicopter doesn’t mean I have any experience whatsoever in it. Your daughters degree is not your degree. Also a nurse is involved in the medical field.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
First, I didn't mention my daughter's degree, I mentioned my daughter's field, like the OP mentioned hers. And my daughter's field is every bit as relevant as the nurse commenting on the practices of fields she is not directly involved in.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
The degree of their daughter doesn't make them smarter, but does expose him or her to the stories from her workplace. And as someone who has spend her time in hospitals, those stories are right. Nursing staff has a tendency for victimizing themselves while being arrogant as crap about everything and anything. From messing up records, to the craziests checks on meds because even the simplest calculations are f's up. People. Are. Stupid.
So close...the post is at 99 points. Someone needs to upvote this!
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@BlackPearl: Why do you feel my making a comment similar to hers is "being a jerk"? Why is a nurse allowed to comment on the "stupid things" some people in my field have done, but it is not allowed for me to comment on the "stupid things" some people in her field have done? Is there some code I am aware of that states certain fields are off-limits?
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My daughter is a doctor... I'm nodding my head at all the stupid things nurses have done... And they actually have college degrees.
Wow. Why are you being such a jerk? You could just let people say things and not try to act better than them.
So, your daughter's degree makes you smart?
A degree does not equal intelligence or logical thinking.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Downvote? Okay, an example then. The maintenance team at one of the hospitals my daughter has privileges at had to go around and remove all the foot pedals for the hopper sinks because nurses kept setting bins on the pedals and then calling maintenance because the water wouldn't shut off. And, remember, these people have college degrees.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
@ 2wheel... Kamikazes aren't supposed to live. And what makes you think that just because my daughter has a degree that I don't?
That was disturbing, but I've seen similar situations while working in a stockroom. Management always shorted us on the equipment we needed to work so you make do with the old, rusty and broken equipment as well as go along with the inane suggestions of managers on how to use that broken equipment to do your job. I almost lost a finger in that place because of the outdated equipment they made us use.
Accidents are almost always due to management issues. Either people don't have the equipment or training to do the job safely, or they're told to hurry and just do it, or there's a culture of not being allowed to stop and say I won't do it, or there's no maintenance plan, etc etc.
Same here, and it always comes down to management not wanting to spend the money for proper, functioning equipment - then they can show the boss that they "saved" a bunch of money for the company & get a raise.
wow
I'm studying to become a coroner; these pictures are the "before" to my "after" XD
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
No. Most of your job will be boring as hell with very common findings.
Fortunately I have had the foresight to research my career change and I am well aware that the majority of my job will be routine deaths. "Boring as hell" is your opinion, I find routine with a purpose satisfying.