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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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#1
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.
#2
The Sign I Keep On My Workbench
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.
#3
I Took This Call Yesterday
#4
Safety 3rd!
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.
#6
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.
#7
All Good. She'll Hold, Now Back To Work
#8
No, I Do Not Need To Secure The Load, I Will Unload It Soon
#9
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.
#10
Installing An Air-Conditioning Unit
#11
On The Brink Of Decapitating Someone
#12
"Oh Yes Lets Lock The Emergency Stop Button"
Teucer T 3 years ago
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.
#13
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
#14
At My Work
#15
I See That Evertbody Followed Safety Rules On Last Nights Shift
#16
Longest Ladder In The World, Edinburgh,scotland
#17
Meanwhile In Russia
#18
Acid You Say?
#19
Makes My Knees Weak To Imagine Climbing Up It
#20
Holy Cow, How Fast Was He Going Or How Thin Walled Is That Metal Post?
Alexis Alcaide González 3 years ago
A combination of collumns A and B, void interior plus forklit's top speed
#21
Changing A Light Bulb
#22
Bless Him
#23
Tree Limb Removal- Oof
#24
Don’t Worry, This Bar Will Help Protect You From The Spinning Fan Of Misfortune
#25
Nothing Wrong Here
#27
Gravity And Stretch Wrap Should Do It
#28
It Smells Like B**ch In Here!
#29
When You Got A Lunch Break On A Crane But You're Too Lazy To Go Down
#30
Convenience Outlet
#31
How The Other Trade On Site Was Charging Their Batteries
#32
Using A Heated 2700psi Pressure Washer To Clean Your Boots
#33
Anyone Up For Jenga?
#34
There Was A Meeting About This....
#35
I Can Almost Reach It!
#36
Don’t Worry, I Got You
#37
At Least His Eyepatch Is Protecting One Of His Eyes
#38
Guess Something Got Stuck In The Wood Chipper
CowboyHank 3 years ago
This kinda looks staged. I'll bet it's locked out. Not very funny though.
#39
It's Probably Fine, But I've Seen Too Many Collapse To Not Cringe
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What do you think ?
White Paper Tsuru 3 years ago
I'm a nurse. I'm nodding my head at all the stupid things people do that land them in a hospital bed.
Aragorn II Elessar 3 years ago
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”
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Kate J 3 years ago
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.
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
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.
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Hazel Waring 3 years ago
I'm studying to become a coroner; these pictures are the "before" to my "after" XD
White Paper Tsuru 3 years ago
I'm a nurse. I'm nodding my head at all the stupid things people do that land them in a hospital bed.
Aragorn II Elessar 3 years ago
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”
Load More Replies... Kate J 3 years ago
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.
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... Hazel Waring 3 years ago
I'm studying to become a coroner; these pictures are the "before" to my "after" XD
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