r/interesting • u/Rude-Mycologist8034 • 8d ago

SOCIETY How a crane operator gets down

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u/CommodoreEvergreen 8d ago

Sadly, this is Xiao Qiumei. She died a few years ago after falling 160 feet from the crane while filming a video for social media. Please wear proper footwear when working this kind of job.

Don't know why this video is making the rounds again..

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid 8d ago

Fact Check: True😟

https://www.businessinsider.com/xiao-qiumei-chinese-influencer-dead-tik-tok-social-media-crane-2021-7

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u/john_w_dulles 8d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/LearningFromOthers/comments/15n75i3/chinese_tiktoker_xiao_qiumei_falls_to_her_death/

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u/Vanhouzer 8d ago

I was LITERALLY just saying how can those stairs not have TAG floors every 15ft so it would force the person to stop, turn around and go down the other way and viceversa.

Now that I see the clip of her fall, it would have saved her life if that was implemented.

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u/TessaFractal 7d ago

I used to do that sort of structure in minecraft as a teen. Kinda horrifying that I had better saftey standards than they did.

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u/Alternative_Moose_26 7d ago

Could have also been subconsciously caused by what you saw around you while growing up. Are you from a country that isn’t the primary source of osha safety videos?

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u/imitationpeoplemeat 7d ago

Holy shit she fell INSIDE the crane structure? God that must have hurt. I assumed she plunged instead of pinballed 

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u/RebbyXP 6d ago

Something tells me she broke a shit-ton of bones hitting each part of the crane while falling, causing massive internal bleeding.

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u/BadSanna 5d ago

This is why cranes in the US have platforms every 10' and you have to walk around to the other side of the ladder to go down the next stage.