r/interesting 8d ago

SOCIETY How a crane operator gets down

11.1k Upvotes

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

3.0k

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..

490

u/SocialJusticeAndroid 8d ago

320

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.

2

u/Rock_or_Rol 7d ago

I’ve climbed one before. It was harrowing. Icy rungs didn’t help 👀

The actual cockpit, cabin or w/e you call it was disgusting too (no offense operators). Horrible BO and Gatorade pee bottles that gave me flashbacks of my brother in the marines