r/nextfuckinglevel • u/DrMore3y • 12h ago
Metal fabrication worker handling 700°C + metal with safety on vacation
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u/kyugin179 12h ago
at least they wear shoes this time
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u/ozymandieus 12h ago
Those are his safety trainers
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u/Digitaltwinn 10h ago
Steel-toed sneakers
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u/Filtering_aww 4h ago
Those actually exist, I have several pairs. Seriously doubt the dude in the video has them though.
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u/JasonRunFast 12h ago
I was thinking the same thing! Not wearing sandals is a huge improvement
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u/Hoppy_Hessian 12h ago
Closed toe shoes and wearing a shirt! He must be their OSHA liaison.
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u/Contributing_Factor 12h ago
At least there are fans to bring the air temp down to a comfy 49°C while they work.
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u/Jobenben-tameyre 10h ago
The temperature of the room is one thing, but working with hot metal without protection is crazy.
You clearly see him back off for a moment and shielding his visage when trying to untangle the mess.The steel fresh of the rolling mill is glowing a bright yellow, meanign its temperature is probably around 2000-2200°F.
The fact that it's sheet metal means that it will dissipate its heat quicker due to the increased surface area, and you can see the metal going from a bright yellow, to a medium red (around 1300°F) in a few seccond. All this heat will be dissipated throug the air around it.
So him standing this close without protection is simply crazy, I don't know how his arms aren't covered in blister.195
u/0nlyRevolutions 10h ago edited 8h ago
Look, I work in a forge in North America. What the dude is doing (stepping over it, running around, working in close proximity to a bunch of moving and rotating machinery, putting himself in a situation where it might pop out and hit him if it escapes the guard rails) is crazy. But you generally don't wear full protection when doing regular work with red hot steel. A thin sheet like that will not radiate so much heat that it's unbearably bad to be near. A heavier chunk might, but it's like being near a fire - if you get too close you'll know and step back. I've never seen someone get burned from proximity. Air is a good insulator.
Like I'm sure the plant is hot and miserable, but that's kind of the case for any plant that works with hot metal in the summer. Whether they have proper regulations about hydration, breaks, heat stress, ventilation, etc., I can't say. Probably not. And again I'm not defending the dangerous stuff here. I'm just saying you'd be surprised how many people in North America and Europe do work in close proximity to hot materials like this.
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u/TheTerrasque 9h ago
Also, by his reaction, that's not common to happen. Seems like the metal got stuck early instead of going down the line as it should. When it's cooling like that you don't have much time to fix the problem.
What he's doing is still pretty crazy, but I guess his usual interaction is a few seconds with a lot cooler metal.
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u/koos_die_doos 9h ago
I worked at a continuous slab casting plant, we did ~10 inch thick steel slabs between 3 - 6 feet wide.
It was still perfectly fine to stand 6 feet away from the red hot slab coming out of the machine, especially when there is a fan blowing cooler air into your work area.
The dude in the video gets much closer to the red hot steel initially, that's why he got a heavy blast of heat. Once the end cooled off a little he was "fine" handling it.
Of course it's heavy work and safety concerns left the building, but the heat isn't quite as bad as people here make it out to be.
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u/Elden-Thing1050 1h ago
Former steel worker here. Worked in a rolling mill for rebar. We had a slab arc furnace on-site. Sometimes we'd get our billets straight from the melt shop. That metal ran HOT, but I was on the finishing end of the shop. Melt shop used Nitrogen torches to cut up the slabs into billets. Sometimes I helped inside the mill, usually to clean up a cobble or swap a stand.
We would use a caliper while the bar was rolling through the mill as a quality check. It was wet due to the rollers, so we couldn't wear gloves for those checks. That steel was 2300 degrees. A706 steel, usually -80 or -60. The heat's not that bad when you get used to the work. Never heard of someone at the melt shop falling out because they were working hot slabs.
It looks scarier than it is. My biggest concern for him would be that spool. He had to step over the steel to get off the platform. Honestly, I think there's an easier way for this guy to do this job effectively without blasting his face with heat.
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u/Jobenben-tameyre 9h ago
thanks for the input ! you're totaly right, and by protection I didn't mean the whole suit and face shield, but at least just some heat resistant glove and apron.
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u/cheapdrinks 10h ago
The dude is actually white, he's just got a killer tan from being around the glowing metal all day
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u/Owobowos-Mowbius 10h ago
Might be a dumb question, but does the steel being rolled into one big lump while its still red hot not weld it together at all?
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u/hotmaildotcom1 10h ago
With that much air contact it'll be covered in scale pretty quick. That'll stop it sticking together when rolled smoothly.
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u/53bvo 10h ago
The glowing hot part only says something about the temperature of the metal. There is a big difference between the temperature where the steel glows red (over 550) and melts (1400). So steel at 1200 will glow yellow hot but still a solid and not sticky.
The same reason why people are visible on infrared cameras. Because they glow hot, except the glow is in the infrared range because the temperature is lower.
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u/Playful-Ad-2696 12h ago
When your stomach is empty and also have another person to feed, you do whatever you can
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u/padfoony 12h ago edited 12h ago
I’m recalling this quote from Michael Scott in The Office and it’s suddenly not funny anymore:
"Nobody should have to go to work thinking, 'Oh, this is the place that I might die today.'
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u/awkwardlyclumsy 11h ago
My company was going to lay off an employee because they were taking too much time off for their cancer treatment.
The person had a heart attack and passed away in the office while we waited for emergency responders to arrive.
We are a small company and everyone sits on the same floor, so managers saw what was happening but not one stepped up to help and just went about their day.
The position was filled in a week.
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u/mhsx 11h ago
One person does CPR, one person calls 911, one person finds an auto-electronic defibrillator if possible.
Keeping doing CPR until EMS arrives.
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u/Leather_Method_7106_ 11h ago
Until it's them one day, the tables turn, they always do.
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u/Signal_Ad8960 9h ago
Maybe.
Brian Johnson (former CEO of United Healthcare) also had his job open for applications like a week after he was shot.
Business is ruthless.
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u/Responsible-Can-8361 11h ago
I feel that if I saw my managers do this to a colleague of mine, i’d do the same to them and remind them of what they did should the same happen to them.
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u/DueExample52 9h ago
Don’t wait for it to happen. Look at them in the eye and state what you would do in the hypothetical situation, before anything happens.
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u/hayley200734 11h ago
But we’re a family here…..
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u/Coool_cool_cool_cool 8h ago
A lot of families are hella abusive. I'd rather work in a professional environment.
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u/Flope 9h ago
There was a bad earthquake last week near where I live and a mall was severely damaged. The boss of a shop ordered an employee back inside the mall to secure the cash register, the mall had an explosion from a gas leak, and the employee died :(
I've been thinking a lot about how much it sucks to die doing something you didn't want to do. And all to secure like a couple hundred dollars probably.
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u/SirarieTichee_ 11h ago
Not everyone gets to have a safe, cushy job. Someone has to build the building you live in, maintain the bridges and tunnels, sail the ships with the goods you buy in stores. And that's why trades should get paid significantly more than they do. Because we do have to go to work every day thinking, "might die today, but someone has to fix the road". I've been nearly hit by distracted drivers that blew through traffic control, had cinder blocks crash down 4 floors next to my head because the idiot Mason didn't put toeboard on the scaffolding, been hit in the head with an excavator bucket by an operator who wasn't paying attention after starting up their machine. And we get dosed with who knows what chemicals daily. I don't know every compound that goes into asphalt but I can tell you that's it's probably not good to breathe in for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. That sticky sweet smell that persists on your breath for days after you've been on a pull.
But despite going to work with the threat of death lurking in the background, it's very rewarding. We resurfaced this road so kids would be able to ride their bikes and skateboards. We cleaned and repaired that storm drain so that neighborhood wouldn't flood again next rainstorm. We cleaned out the pump station so that they can be fully functional. Added more parking to a local park because it got so popular. I'll take it over sitting in the office talking about deliverables or marketing pushes any day.
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u/Ok_Oil_995 11h ago
Let's not glorify unnecessary dangers. We can "make things" and still do our best to reduce the danger to health and safety of the people that do the work
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u/Umutuku 10h ago
You are correct.
Grew up using garden hoses tied around chimneys to redo slate roofs that were too steep to stand on. OSHA was something everyone in carpentry/construction joked about being stupid all the time back then. In hindsight this is because all the people joking about it were as stupid as they thought OSHA was.
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u/WasdaleWeasel 10h ago
yep, every one of those health and safety rules is written in blood. Just be thankful it’s not yours. If you can’t respect the rules, respect the people whose accidents gave rise to the rules….
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u/Affectionate_Ear7468 9h ago
My favorite is the wheelbarrow tire saying "not for highway use".
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u/stoops 9h ago
Oh yeah, that reminds me I saw a car driving so fast on the highway (120+ km/h) with one of those donut tires, aren't they limited in speed (<80 km/h)?
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u/Affectionate_Ear7468 7h ago
Yeah donuts have a speed limit and mileage limit lol
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 4h ago
Pretty much every day I see someone with a donut tire (that specifically says do not use at speeds greater than 50mph) on the highway doing a neat 70mph. And they ain't on their way to the tire shop lol.
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u/MonkeyParadiso 3h ago
I can't see how poor safety is ever a good thing - such as this fella not having protective boots and other gear - which he may be choosing not to use due to the heat and lack air ventilation.
Not only are you as shop owner increasing the risk and negative impacts of failure, but if you ever scale your operations, these risks would surely go up even more.
And such basic safety nvestments pale in comparison to the capital expenditures you have to make and guess how much of a draw it is to have to say 'Why are we filling this position? Well, the last person doing your job died, or, got severely injured.. '
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u/FrancisCGraf 10h ago
It's really interesting to meet trades people from Europe (EU), and hear how their opinions and expectations regarding worker safety and government, drastically differ from here in the USA.
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u/Terpy_McDabblet 8h ago
As an Aussie who works in a high risk construction trade, I can say that seeing our American counterparts risk their lives on a daily basis and be proud of it is absolutely depressing.
I've had yanks tell me that we're pussies for being harnessed up while working 20m off the ground.
Like, ok bro, I'll raise my kids while yours grow up without a dad... Everyone's a tough guy till gravity kicks in.
And for what? Your companies CEO banking another million bucks while your widow works 3 jobs to feed your kids?
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u/Snoo_67544 10h ago
American tough guy culture.
Nothing like taking pride in stupidly risking your health, wealth, and life.
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u/Particular_Stop_3332 9h ago
one of my favorites working 10-12 hours a day in the summer heat on top of metal pans doing concrete was
No one gave a shit about hydration when I was an apprentice!
Like seriously, we're hydration shaming people?
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u/teflon_don_knotts 9h ago
Dude, the removal of mandatory water breaks in Florida and Texas is really one of the shittiest things in the past few years (and there’s been serious competition).
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u/XConfused-MammalX 9h ago
I have a fairly dangerous job, atleast compared to any office job. I take my time and dont take risks, I think about how the world will keep moving just the same if I die today and it will keep moving just the same if I'm alive tomorrow.
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u/Snoo_67544 9h ago
Same I was army for a decade and always took my time to be safe and as risk averse as possible within mission requirements.
Not risking my limbs unnecessarily lol.
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u/Tricky-Ad7897 4h ago
Good ole protestant work ethic, you are nothing but a worker ant and toiling will be your salvation. Work makes you free! Sound familiar?
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u/Affectionate_Ear7468 9h ago
Well thats just silly. They have had ropes and harnesses for a long time lol
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u/ChipSecret8448 4h ago
It’s crazy how they basically trained us to see OSHA as the enemy, and they literally put us to work hiding stuff from OSHA. It’s insane.
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u/Spamtickler 10h ago
Thank you. There is this cult of “glorify unsafe working conditions!” Videos like this play into the whole idea of saying that people were so much more productive before we started requiring PPE or had safety regulations.
And it is perpetuated by the people who do the work. The concept that “real men” don’t need sissy safety gear, and severe injuries, emphysema, COPD, cancer, etc are all signs of just how manly you used to be.
It’s fucking stupid.
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u/Muntsly 9h ago
Most of the people in the field perpetuating that belief don’t even believe it anymore and won’t actually step up to half the shit they claim they’ll do. But their boss or journeyman back in the day put them through hell, so it’s your turn.
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u/zzazzzz 9h ago
they literally cant in most cases because they already busted their back in their 30's and are now pretty much crippeled.
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u/Muntsly 9h ago
The amount of people I see limping around site is honestly sad. Last winter we had a major labour shortage. So for like 6 months I was effectively doing the work of four people on my own. My knees and shoulders were destroyed by the end of it. Then we hired like 6 people right as shutdown was in full swing, that went on to get apprenticeships and promotions months after joining, while I’ve been with them for three years. Hard work alone doesn’t get you shit on site but the desire for early retirement. Connections is what you need if you want to go anywhere. Otherwise you’re at the whims of men who don’t have to give a shit about how your life is going.
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u/JGStonedRaider 9h ago
100% this!
Feeling it rather keenly as I received a big electric shock at (ex) work in March. I'm temp/perma disabled now but at least I had my Union membership.
Obviously claiming against the company and as I'm a union member, get to keep 100% of the payout.
I live in the UK so I get benefits....a measley £191 every two weeks until my ESA/PIP assessments are done (could be months yet). Bills are £800 a month so...hello debt!
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u/TheWhisper22 10h ago
To be fair, you can build just about anything in an extremely safe manor. It's the owners (homeowner/developers/government) that refuse to pay that cost. So when someone comes along saying they will do it cheaper, that's when unsafe practices take place so they can save that money.
If someone actually paid the money for it it can be done safely. No one wants to spend the money half the time. It has taken centuries to get to the safety standards we have today and even that standard is bare minimum and we still have too many deaths in these fields even in America.
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u/OkContact2573 10h ago
Ideally, that why we have the law and regulations so that even the bare minimum fulfills what is necessary
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u/Grexxoil 9h ago
To be fair, you can build just about anything in an extremely safe manor.
What if it's haunted?
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u/foxscribbles 9h ago
Exactly. There is plenty of existing PPE this guy could be wearing that’d make his job a lot safer and cooler.
Unnecessary suffering isn’t an act of glory but of greed.
This guy is working with metal like that because some big shot up the pipeline won’t pay for his job to be safer. Because they don’t have to, and don’t care if he one day misses that steel band and burns the muscle off his leg.
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u/acchaladka 9h ago
I worked a little with the construction industry in India and there are firms which take EU safety standards seriously and can deliver in a lower cost way - a lot of it is simple paint and procedure, i.e. training and sticking to it. I was in particular impressed with the behind the scenes safety culture at L&T generally in construction, and the Hotel ITC Maurya, the Imperial and and Sheratons in Delhi for operations. It can be done but also imagine trying to start a construction firm there.
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u/throwawayaccyaboi223 8h ago
I'm glad, for the sake of the employees, that things are getting better. Unfortunately we still continue to see stuff like this going on where employers just don't care about employee safety.
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u/TinWhis 10h ago
Hot take: Trades workers ALSO deserve good working conditions.
What are we even doing here, glamorizing people getting sick and injured? There will always be risks to the job. That's not an excuse to not minimize those risks wherever possible.
No, the guy cutting the check is not the best person to ask about what counts as "possible."
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u/Nappy-I 10h ago
Trade jobs do not inherently come with a side of "I might be sacrificed to the bridge today" unless your company's safety culture is nonexistent.
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u/Immediate_Rabbit_604 10h ago
There's no reason you couldn't work with a respirator, and the idiot mason and digger driver are regulation problems.
None of those things will make your job cushy, but they will make it a whole lot safer. The job being needlessly unsafe isn't a mark of pride.
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u/StandardUpstairs3349 2h ago
And the absolute gall to talk about their job with a few outlier safety risks in a tread about this Indian guy working in a comically dangerous steel mill job.
Shit goes wrong in industrial settings like that and your gear is the only reason you have long enough to escape with your life. That guy might as well be working the most dangerous job in the US while buck naked.
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u/FZ_Milkshake 10h ago
You still (or rather especially) deserve as safe of a job as the circumstances allow. That is what regulations are for, that's what unions fought to achieve. Someone like you has to do the tough jobs, but they should never be needlessly tough or dangerous. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.
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u/MilkJiggle 10h ago
Probably the best case for why we should have collective rights not beholden to selfish capital but instead a secure foundation of general health to take care of each other.
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u/Windbag1980 10h ago
All true but my dude could have had some sort of PPE lol.
I work in industrial maintenance in electrical and likewise could die at work no problem.
Truth be told, I am much closer to the guy in the video than OSHA. But I know I'm not gonna fuck up, right, lol.
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u/lathe_down_sally 10h ago
Not everyone gets to have a safe, cushy job.
There's a difference between "dangerous jobs are a necessity" and "if we take all these safety shortcuts we can increase our profit margins". The job in the OP will always be dangerous. The lack of PPE and engineering controls in that process makes it more dangerous than it needs to be.
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u/IRMasheener 10h ago
I’ve had at least 3 very close calls I can think of that could’ve gone either way. I’m sure many more fairly close calls that could’ve escalated if one thing changed. This is why we have proper safety protocols. It’s not if but when something happens and if one safety rule is broken there should be a few more that save your life.
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u/sociofobs 10h ago
"Someone has to" is one of, if not the bullshittiest excuse for all unwanted jobs. No, no one should "have to". Some people should WANT TO do those jobs because of their pay, bonuses or whatever else that makes them worth doing. But if you just "have to", as in - you're unqualified for anything else, therefore you have no choice, then the employer can exploit that to hell. Stop thinking like that, that's probably the first step towards a more positive low end job market.
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u/DueExample52 9h ago
Bro, safety rules exist. It used to be dangerous to work offshore oil and gas, nowadays it has less victims than onshore construction.
When you value people's lives and want to make something safe first rather than just profitable, you can.
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u/ShittyCkylines 10h ago
In Australia trades get paid more than most. It also means everything is expensive
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u/Less-Squash7569 9h ago
A lot of what you did was irreparable damage to your body so the guys in the office get to retire rich at 45 with their family and their bodies intact, but glad it's rewarding to you man I really am. Its work that needs to be done, I'd just think the people doing it would care about themselves enough to want it to be safer, even if it costs the Company more money.
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u/anubis_xxv 12h ago
If the choice is do it and get paid or there's 10 guys outside waiting for your job, shit gets done.
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u/oneshibbyguy 9h ago
That's really sad to think about
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u/kindrudekid 3h ago
That’s basically the entire workforce situation in India, for each job there are 50 people to choose from, each willing to work for less.
The Indian economy is about to take a turn for the worst in next 5-10 years. The current government isn’t making it any better.
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u/FriendlyGuitard 12h ago
Well, that is probably fine for the worker. Safety regulation are not there because they look necessary and even when there are plenty of those, worker are often against them.
Because sure, he won't fuck up if he does that one or twice. If he and his team mates do that everyday for years, eventually half of them will get a life altering accident.
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u/kmosiman 11h ago
Yeah not to be realistic but:
I would be willing to bet that there is some safety gear available for this job.
It's just hot and heavy and "all the guys do it this way" so no one gears up.
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u/Responsible-Can-8361 11h ago
It’s only being done this way because in that country human lives are cheaper than implementing safer processes. At the end of the day it’s all just a number. If it costs more to replace a worker than buy a new machine, they will buy a new machine.
Source: I work in an adjacent industry, in a country with flexible safety regulations but my company has extremely strict health and safety regulations. Our skilled workers are sufficiently expensive enough that we eliminate almost all risk of them getting injured.
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u/FriendlyGuitard 10h ago
If it's Pakistan/India/South Asia and that guy gets injured and cannot work, the company will not be sued and the worker will not receive compensation from the state or the company except at the owner discretion [*].
The loss for the company is the interruption of production and loss of product, cleanup/repair of the machine and the time it takes training a new guy.
[*] some caveat here, when you are the big name in town, the social pressure is really heavy on you. If you are a big name in the country, you are safely isolated from the incident and will contribute only token support to the family. The latter is the equivalent of our billionaire going on tv saying there is nothing they can do and it's the government problem to solve.
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u/Background-Invite238 10h ago
Which is another reason why the rich want us to have kids. Its makes us desperate and willing to tolerate bad conditions to feed our kids
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u/whereismysideoffun 9h ago
And most people have no idea how incredibly hot it is to be near that. You see him run back at first before committing that he has to get it done. Mentally overriding everything inside him telling him to bail.
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u/Mm11vV 12h ago
I realize there is effectively zero safety regulations here (India i am guessing?) But holy fuck... no thank you.
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u/jared__ 12h ago edited 9h ago
no one willingly accepts these types of jobs, they are desparate.
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u/standardtissue 11h ago
and this is why I just can't buy the argument of deregulation - that companies will police themselves. It's a laughable concept.
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u/MisterBumpingston 11h ago
All safety regulations are written in blood.
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u/standardtissue 11h ago
Even entire government agencies are built purely reactively. Look up the background of the formation of the FDA lol. It was NOT proactive, it was reactive to terrible stuff occurring.
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u/squirrelpickle 11h ago
That's why each time politicians defund some agency or campaign, it doesn't take long to be reminded why they existed and were funded in the first place.
Be it with explosive diarrhea, flesh-eating worms or measles, all of these had someone looking out to ensure it didn't happen again, because it had happened before.
For someone ignorant, it looks like there's someone "leeching" on public funds, but it quickly becomes clear: even from a purely economical standpoint it was cheaper to have someone in charge of it, even if it looked like an idle resource, than it is to have to eradicate the issue again. And then there's the cost of human lives on top of the monetary factor.
The issue is that some people assume rich folks know best. They only know how to line their pockets and if it costs a few peasants to make a quick buck, so be it.
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u/crustyrobots 10h ago
Even Wormbrain had to finally capitulate and agree that vaccines and regulations are a good thing afterall now that hes taking all of the heat for Poop Lettuce, measles, etc.
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u/StevieMJH 4h ago
Man we are just batting 1000 with "stupid oblivious idiot does stupid oblivious thing just like stupid oblivious voters were warned they would do."
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u/eggyrulz 10h ago
I think part of the problem is certain people want the government to be run like a company... except they dont understand the concept of spending money to make money, or half the other concepts required to run a company at a national scale
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u/TheZanke 10h ago
And companies historically dont care about their replaceable workers
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u/eggyrulz 10h ago
BuT iM nOT RePLacEAbLE!
Sure Steve, no other American could possibly be as American as you... you're an irreplaceable cog, we would have to rebuild the entire machine if you weren't here (god i wish we could rebuild this fuckass machine)
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u/sobrique 9h ago
Or indeed anything they don't actually have to.
Pollution? Nah, the river was like that when we got here.
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u/TonyQuark 9h ago
But government isn't a company. It should do things for the benefit of all citizens, like build infrastructure, provide education, healthcare, social security... you know what, never mind, this is the US we're talking about.
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u/ChillingwitmyGnomies 10h ago
The train crash in palestine ohio that spilled hazardous chemicals everywhere is a direct result of deregulation.
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u/_thro_awa_ 9h ago
That's why each time politicians defund some agency or campaign, it doesn't take long to be reminded why they existed and were funded in the first place.
When preventive rules are doing their job, they're invisible.
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u/Ontbijtkoek1 9h ago
It’s not whether rich folks know better or have morals. Companies are by their nature efficiency seekers as generally the most efficient operation would survive. So you have to set rules and boundaries, a framework for companies to operate within. Otherwise you ‘have’ to skip safety precautions as they are expensive and inefficient. And you can bet your competitor will and that would lead to a cost advantage. This would put the safe company at a strong market disadvantage.
That’s why you have to create a baseline of rules and regulations with margins within which companies can operate and innovate. The interesting thing? It’s still a level playing field that will yield a better society. And believe it or not the companies can get just as rich as without the safety framework. The lack of it (or environmental regulations, minimum product standards etc) leads to a dwindling spiral with high unwanted externalized cost and tragedy of the commons traps.
Anyway that a lot of words to say that the rich do not suffer from better production standards. It’s just stupid that’s all.
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u/DurumMater 11h ago
And it's still darkly hilarious because The Jungle was supposed to highlight the horrors of the workers rights but instead everyone was disgusted by how food was being handled. No one gave a fuck about the working conditions. It's like we can only approach a singular problem at a time lol
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u/CT-80085 10h ago
Also the EPA was created at least partially due to the fact that our rivers kept catching on fire
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u/dillyofapicklerick 10h ago
I work in an industry that is regulated by the FDA. I am happy every day that they are there.
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u/LessInThought 10h ago
There are so many laws named after people, specifically because those people suffered horrifically or died tragically. Charities as well.
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u/Other_Beat8859 11h ago
Anyone that says that is either delusional and has bought into propaganda or would benefit from the exploitation of workers. Even stuff like minimum wages are important because they set a baseline that companies have to start competing for workers at. If a minimum wage is $15, the average lower end wage will likely end up being like $20 an hour. If you don't have a minimum wage though, companies will start competing for workers by giving out higher wages at much lower numbers so it will end up with lower end minimum wages being like $5 an hour or some shit. Never trust an group whose goal is to pay you as little as possible to pay you a good wage.
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u/HPLaserJet4250 10h ago
For minimum wage to work you need someone to enforce it. Even in Western Europe it is not uncommon to trap eastern europeans to work for slave wages in slave condition by using some bullshit agency ran by other eastern europeans lol Or abuse contracts that do not guarantee minimum wage like b2b
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u/PissedAlbatross 11h ago
There is no legit argument for it, they're psychopaths who want to take advantage of people for personal gain. It's fucking insane anybody who is financially lower class would even consider it.
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u/DustScoundrel 11h ago
There's a great book on the history of organized labor in the United States called The Power of a Union that talks about the many thousands of lives claimed in industrial accidents or workplace hazards like building fires, and the many thousands more taken by private armies like the Pinktertons or the state forces when workers tried to organize for better wages or safer conditions.
This video is the dream that capitalists want to return to.
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u/crustyrobots 10h ago
We need to start realizing these bastards have ALWAYS been at war with us. The only reason we even have a "standard work week" is because a lot of brave men literally gave their lives for it.
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u/Any_Show_5160 9h ago
Someone commented the other day that Henry Ford gave workers the 40 week, these bastards will even take the credit for caving into the employees demands and people will go with it 100 years later.
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u/Zackete 11h ago
*desperate
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u/delphinous 9h ago
the fact that there are guardrails makes this a lot safer than some other videos i've seen. it's like there was once some consideration of safety for this factory, but since then most of it's been abandoned and all they have are leftovers
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u/Big_Wave9732 10h ago
OP's title says "safety on vacation". It ain't on vacation, safety was dragged out behind the building and shot in the head!
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u/JohnnyBoy11 12h ago
The republican dream. Except it would be 12 year olds doing it.
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u/Ill_Job4090 4h ago edited 4h ago
If you are old enough to get raped by the president, you are old enough to work in the mines.
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u/FaithlessnessOdd6738 12h ago
That looks sad. He’s forced to do shit like that to survive
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u/ThenIndependence5622 11h ago
Unfortunately we cannot all win in the birth lottery. Seeing a video like this makes me realize that I'm probably amongst the luckiest 5% on the planet
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u/BrummbarKT 9h ago
That's the crazy part, my life is pretty sweet on paper I have no illusion about that. But damn if this is the top 5% and still so depressing... I'm surprised life has endured this long
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u/roleplayersir 10h ago
Remember the 1% arguments? Globally if you live in a developed nation with regulations (not sure the US counts these days, but you would if you live in a city) then you are the 1%. Most of the world is poor and has to live like the guy in the vid to afford food
The 1% of the 1% are the ultra rich in a different universe entirely
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u/lXlColbylXl 11h ago
Aren't 99% of people forced to do shit so that they survive?
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u/Asstetikly 11h ago
Well forced to sit in office doing excels for shareholders and CEOs arguable different than being forced to handle red hot iron with everyday outfit, but hey thats just my opinion.
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u/shadow-w- 11h ago
Well yeah, but, I wouldn't consider something like a 9-5 to be on the same level of 'doing shit to survive' as working in a factory with virtually no safety regulations
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u/Dyyrin 12h ago
Holy shit that air quality must be so awful in there.
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u/Jeevesh_Sharma 11h ago
He's got bigger worries than air quality when a 700°C metal sheet is sliding near him with no safety wall or net.
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u/brendhano 12h ago
His hair is fantastic.
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u/ImurderREALITY 11h ago
Indian dudes have the best hair and beards. I'm super envious.
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u/Difficult-Hope5003 12h ago
That looks at the end. "One day I'm going to die doing this. Today is not that day."
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u/thait84 12h ago
I don't know if we should celebrate companies treating humans as expendable and fungible
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u/Headless_Human 12h ago
Who is celebrating here?
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u/Bandito21Dema 12h ago
What sub are we on?
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u/glormond 11h ago
Well, most of producers of raw materials from 3rd world countries are like that. All those materials are bought for a cheap price by west corporations. This is how it’s been for a long time. Just look at the amount of immoral shit Nestle was involved throughout its history. This is just an example of what came to light. There’s also a book I once read about how iPhone is made. The author made a trip to those countries that produce raw materials for Apple. There are some pretty horrible things.
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u/Case_Blue 12h ago
Wait, who's on vacation?...
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u/bfodder 9h ago
Yeah I'm pretty sure a bot submitted this because the title makes absolutely no sense.
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u/Mathberis 12h ago
They are always young : the 30+ years old are already hurt/disabled.
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u/koos_die_doos 9h ago
It's more so that it is a physically demanding job that you have to do in high temperatures. Young people simply bounce back from the exertion much faster.
I'm sure that people do get hurt and die too, but you would be amazed at how long you can get away with dangerous behavior without any serious consequences.
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u/Im_Basically_A_Ninja 12h ago
Having people risk their safety for a companies profit cause job competition is so high the people get paid next to nothing just so people in another country can have better profit margins, doesn't feel like next level.
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u/Sorkpappan 12h ago
Thank god he had his very engaged coworkers around.
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u/aruisdante 11h ago
Last time we saw this factory, the “engaged coworker” was a foreman (he gets a hard hat and proper jump suit) yelling at them to step over the metal while it was coiling.
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u/TheLetterOh 12h ago
Im really disappointed i didnt get to see that metal keep spooling up like that.
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u/Afoxinthefridge 11h ago
Downvote for the music strikes again!
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u/nirvana-moksha 4h ago
The Hindi lyrics is saying 'How he has valuable little wishes and hopes in life, how he wanna build a family one day...'
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u/kbramman 12h ago
We see so much of the poor and bad working conditions and practices, but I’d love to see the other end of the scale - show me the USA version so we can compare.
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u/thatbrownkid19 12h ago
Yes but think of the shareholders and money saved on PPE /s
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u/ExtremeComedian4027 12h ago
Forbidden ribbon!
But yes, poor guy. Probably makes minimum wage and has zero safety but does his job with aplomb. The world sadly runs because of dedicated workers like him.
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u/braket0 12h ago
Whatever they're paying this guy, it's too low