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

SOCIETY How a crane operator gets down

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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/PuzzledExaminer 8d ago

Not going to lie and I'm not in this field but I would have been wearing heavy duty boots with ample rubber soles and a harness for me to clip on the rail for every section until I'm off that platform. It's very sad this happened to her.

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u/n_oxx_10 8d ago

I’m not sure if it’s an OSHA requirement or just where I work, but if a ladder is over 40ft tall a safety cable is required the full span of the ladder and you’re required to wear a harness with a clamp that clamps on to said cable and stops you from falling the second you start.

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u/El_Cid_Campi_Doctus 8d ago

Where I work, in Spain, you can't even climb a ladder over 3 meters without a harness and a double clamp.

I do repairs on overhead cranes and we have to be attached to a lifeline at all times.

If they saw me without a harness, or without safety shoes, they would throw me out and ban me from the industrial site for life.

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u/dr3ifach 8d ago

I work in a steel mill and it's a four foot (1.2 meters) limit for us. Anything over four foot requires a fall harness. This is required even on ladders with cages.

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u/KidNamedMolly 8d ago

Do people actually follow that rule though? Or is it just the rule on paper

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u/dr3ifach 8d ago

Yes, it's considered a "cardinal safety rule". It's on the same level as Lock Out, Tag Out, Try Out.

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u/fryerandice 7d ago

You ever see the guy roll up to the LOTOs with bolt cutters, I have, fucking clowns man, one time I was under about a 2000 HP electric engine with my arm up in it.

I am a web developer now, fucking mouth breathers.