Amazon worker killed on the job, not the first time

[John Connor]

Fuckin Amazon, I'm never buying from them again.... EVER!

:awe:

 

[IronWing]

Amazon worker killed on the job, not the first time

That Amazon return policy is something right out of the Bible.

 

[frostedflakes]

Some other accidents from big corps..

5/2/2014 - Time Warner Cable SE, LLC - Worker electrocuted when aerial lift contacted an overhead power line.
4/29/2014 - Home Depot USA Inc., - Worker rearranging shelves died after fall from ladder
3/31/2014 - Home Depot - Worker struck and killed by vehicle while collecting store carts
3/18/2014 - The Coca Cola Company - Worker killed in fall on stairway
3/8/2014 - Kraft Foods Group, Inc. - Worker killed after becoming caught in food blender during cleaning operations
2/28/2014 - Nordstrom Inc., - Worker killed in fall from ladder
1/1/2014 - Wal-Mart, Inc., - Worker killed in fall from ladder

Clearly, we need to ban ladders.

We're technically not even allowed to use ladders above a certain height (8ft maybe? or 6ft?) without special training at my place of employment. Not sure if that's an OSHA reg or company policy. But yeah if I remember correctly falls are either one of the or the most common cause of workplace fatalities.

 

[KK]

Some other accidents from big corps..

5/2/2014 - Time Warner Cable SE, LLC - Worker electrocuted when aerial lift contacted an overhead power line.
4/29/2014 - Home Depot USA Inc., - Worker rearranging shelves died after fall from ladder
3/31/2014 - Home Depot - Worker struck and killed by vehicle while collecting store carts
3/18/2014 - The Coca Cola Company - Worker killed in fall on stairway
3/8/2014 - Kraft Foods Group, Inc. - Worker killed after becoming caught in food blender during cleaning operations
2/28/2014 - Nordstrom Inc., - Worker killed in fall from ladder
1/1/2014 - Wal-Mart, Inc., - Worker killed in fall from ladder

Clearly, we need to ban ladders.

1/29/2014 VCA Buckeahd, NE Atlanta, GA 30324 Worker died after being dragged by dog he was walking.
there's gotta be more to this story.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

1/29/2014 VCA Buckeahd, NE Atlanta, GA 30324 Worker died after being dragged by dog he was walking.
there's gotta be more to this story.

Dragged in front of a car?

 

[Strk]

A pallet jack? Like a hand truck?

Sounds like she drove it poorly and killed herself...

If it was electric, you're talking a 3000lbs machine that goes 5-10mph.

 

[ch33zw1z]

When I worked at a high-velocity food distribution center, the Raymond pallet runners were nearly all defective. The stop / reverse function would intermittently fail and you couldn't stop it when you were walking along side and loading your pallets. I can't believe there were no deaths because of it while I worked there for over 1 year. It severely impacted productivity and all the management seemed to be in denial about the problem.

My experience in a warehouse is the same. Repairing fork lifts is not cheap. And the real kicker is that instead of repairing the lifts, they'll just drug test the person running it and hope that they fail. Terminate the employee, continue to use broken equipment. It's all the operators fault, every time.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yeah, newsflash, warehouse work sucks.

Best wishes to their families though.

 

[Kaido]

Man, I can't stop reading them. Some are just terrible!!! Be careful out there folks....

Worker electrocuted while installing computer component.

 

[Jeff7]

My experience in a warehouse is the same. Repairing fork lifts is not cheap. And the real kicker is that instead of repairing the lifts, they'll just drug test the person running it and hope that they fail. Terminate the employee, continue to use broken equipment. It's all the operators fault, every time.

Yup. A company frequently gives less than two shits about its workers, except where required by law. If companies could fire injured workers on the spot, they would. Cheap, disposable labor is all they're really after. Instead we've got a bunch of whiny people that want to be treated like people, with silly requests like a working wage, benefits, weekends off, a safe working environment, and to be shown at least a shred of respect.


I remember the drug test policy as well. They're recently implemented that where I now work - any accident that results in injury is an automatic drug test.
Obviously if you get hurt, yes, you've got to be on drugs. Unless you're a salaried manager, I'm sure.

 

[twinrider1]

That Amazon return policy is something right out of the Bible.

Very nice.

 

[notposting]

3/8/2014 - Kraft Foods Group, Inc. - Worker killed after becoming caught in food blender during cleaning operations

Probably knew it was gonna happen too.

[thinking] Shit, I've fallen in, Bob is out there, and he is just dumb as fuck. If I yell for help, he's gonna try to see what's going on, and hit the switch that requires two hands to activate and is surrounded by warning signs and is clearly not a light switch...but damn it, I don't want to stay down here! He can't be that dumb, can he?" [/thinking]

"Hey, uh Bob? Yeah, it's Gary. Could you come over here? I've fallen in the vat while cleaning and I need a hand up buddy, I'm right here."

"SURE DUDE LET ME GET THE LIGHT. MAN, THEY MAKE IT A TOUGH ONE DON'T THEY!? HAHAH"

"BOB NOOOO" whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Jeff7]

Probably knew it was gonna happen too.

[thinking] Shit, I've fallen in, Bob is out there, and he is just dumb as fuck. If I yell for help, he's gonna try to see what's going on, and hit the switch that requires two hands to activate and is surrounded by warning signs and is clearly not a light switch...but damn it, I don't want to stay down here! He can't be that dumb, can he?" [/thinking]

"Hey, uh Bob? Yeah, it's Gary. Could you come over here? I've fallen in the vat while cleaning and I need a hand up buddy, I'm right here."

"SURE DUDE LET ME GET THE LIGHT. MAN, THEY MAKE IT A TOUGH ONE DON'T THEY!? HAHAH"

"BOB NOOOO" whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrr

Or just "I bet I can clean it while it's still running. I'll be careful not to reach in too far."

 

[notposting]

SAFETY THIRD

Also, as an aside, this is one area where having a good* union and business relationship is invaluable. Certainly in the construction trades, injury and death are less on the union side, and productivity/quality is higher.

Coming up through an apprentice program recently, and just the general attitude with large jobs, customers, contractors, you learn where to place safety. They want something built and low insurance premiums. Presumably I want to go home alive and well at night. So working equipment, safe ladders, etc.

We just bought a home and I do my best to make sure we are doing things safe here. Safety glasses (if I so much as pickup a screwdriver, our 3 year old is telling me to put them on ), ear plugs, gloves, masks, steel toes, proper ladders and not overreaching, etc etc etc. Have the whole safety glass cleaning/anti-fog station, 200 pair of ear plug dispenser, anal prob-I mean, gloves, leather gloves, and my wife is now a nurse.

* the ever elusive one where neither side over reaches and uses common sense...

 

[notposting]

Or just "I bet I can clean it while it's still running. I'll be careful not to reach in too far."

Sadly. I kind of just mentioned this obliquely, but yeah...who does that benefit? Oh look the company saves a few minutes of me walking to the shutoff? And I might get blended?

It was really quite refreshing once I understood a good and healthy outlook towards on the job safety and productivity.

I think a LOT of people probably never get there nowadays...

 

[Harrod]

Doesn't surprise me, I worked at Walmart overnights for 5.5 years while in college, I had a few close calls, I was once operating a walker stacker and backed up between bins, and hit myself in the chest with the handle.

I'm guessing it was something like this.

 

[MongGrel]

daddy tang attacked by gorilla



Sorry I had too.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vzce7vkrJs

 

[rockyct]

A guy died rolling a forklift at Stone Brewery last year: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Stone-Brewery-Escondido-Fatal-Forklift-Accident-221040161.html

I have a lot of forklift experience and fortunately the place I worked out actually maintained their equipment quite well. We had a few accidents but no one ever got hurt.

 

[MongGrel]

I've seen a few misses on people almost dying on tow motors (forklifts) in my day.

 

[chimaxi83]

1/29/2014 VCA Buckeahd, NE Atlanta, GA 30324 Worker died after being dragged by dog he was walking.
there's gotta be more to this story.

This was when Atlanta was basically shut down because of winter ice. Maybe the dog pulled someone down, slipped and hit their head or something.

 

[Engineer]

Working in automation with a serious focus on implementation on safety, you would be surprised on what companies try to do to bypass/avoid safety in this country (not saying that's the case here). Not only do the companies try to bypass/avoid safety, many of the people implementing them know little to nothing about the rules of doing so.

Let one little accident happen though and watch the policies and changes come in by the dump truck load.

 

[bradley]

Reading all of these accidental death stories make me so incredibly sad.

 

[shortylickens]

Reading all of these accidental death stories make me so incredibly sad.

It was much worse at the start of industrial revolution. No worker rights, no safety policies, no government oversight.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, I'm not sure why this is news or surprising to anyone..... People die in their respective industries, all industries, every day.



LOL, exactly. Damn. Some of those sound pretty gruesome......

Edit: Man, I can't stop reading them. Some are just terrible!!! Be careful out there folks....

a cpl don't really all under OSHA like " worker shot and killed"

 

[bradley]

It was much worse at the start of industrial revolution. No worker rights, no safety policies, no government oversight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire

Still doesn't make it any less tragic. I guess everything remains relative till it happens to someone in your family or an acquaintance.