Ive got a work death story...
I was the building and grounds, facilities manager of a large, corporate scrap yard.
After my first year, they liked how I did things and added Fabrication Shop manager to my title.
Two years later, they added Safety Manager to my title as well.
I did everything OSHA would recommend.
Safety meetings, "tool box" talks.
I scheduled fire extinguisher training.
I purchased all PPE.
I went to all three of my locations doing inspections and making sure everyone was complying.
Today, my opinion is that safety really isn't for the individual.
Its for insurance compliance and OSHA fines.
Sort of like the DOT...
Anyways, there were plenty of non English speaking employees.
One of which, was Cuban.
He spoke and understood English when it was convenient.
He ran what they call a Sierra Logger.
A mobile car crusher.
Gets pulled behind a tractor just like any trailer going down the road.
We could take to multiple facilities to crush cars.
Anyways, early on a Saturday morning, my phone is blowing up.
I answer and am told I have to get to our inner city location.
By time I got there, over an hour in and they still haven't extracted the body.
The unit has switches that the ram makes letting the machine know where its at in its travel.
At times, metal would get pushed ahead and make the switch shutting down the forward progress of the ram.
It is for safety.
There is a process for stopping the machine to clear faults.
It was later found out that he would take naps inside the machine.
He felt very comfortable running the machine. The crusher.
Found out he regulalry thought he was faster than the machine and would clear faults while it was still powered up.
Machine would take off slowly and he would jump out of the way after clearing the fault and work would continue.
Well, the Saturday I was getting called to come in, he wasn't faster.
I watched them extract the body.
His head was purple, and large like a pumpkin.
He got snagged, and then crushed from the waist down.
Pretty fucked up sight...