• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Today on hoodroolic press channel, ve haff an intern, a new intern who’s cleaning the press, and he looks prooty dangerous, so ve must deel vif it.

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    7 months ago

    Is there a charge for “attempted negligent homicide” or something? You did something so catastrophically stupid that was all but guaranteed to kill someone except you got lucky, but you still should end up getting censured so you don’t roll the dice on someone’s life again

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      7 months ago

      Reminds me of an story I heard once. Guy working on a job locks and tags out a circuit so he can work on it. Guy goes up on a ladder to do the work.

      Coworker comes along and sees circuit left locked; he decides he needs to activate the circuit. Coworker uses bolt cutters to remove the lock and flips on the circuit.

      Guy on ladder gets literally knocked off the ladder, falls 10-20 feet onto grass. Guy is rushed to the ER.

      Boss investigates, gives coworker two options: either he can quit immediately, or he can keep working and personally explain himself to guy in a month when he gets out of the hospital.

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        7 months ago

        Where I live, for that kind of incident the employer would be obligated (as in, $50k worth of fines and likely criminal charges if you don’t) to report it to an independent investigator to determine who was at fault; the person cut the lock would be liable for a fine, and the employer would have to prove that they adequately trained the employee before allowing them to work in a high risk area, or the health and safety officer and company directors could be found criminally liable

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          In my area, there’s a decent chance the guy with the bolt cutters could be criminally liable, if he was adequately trained. That could easily be negligent homicide.

          You do not cut locks. If your boss asks you to cut a lock, report them so they get immediately fired. We don’t fuck around with LOTO.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        7 months ago

        I worked briefly at a store where the Store Director was clearly still traumatized about an employee death years prior. Didn’t press for details, but it was preventable and they were hyper-vigilant about safety precautions.

        The world would be better without Captain Bolt Cutter and their kind spreading misery with their weaponized stupidity.

      • makyo@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Option three - lock tag and then send coworker up, leaving original guy behind at the circuit with the bolt cutters to do as he sees fit.

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        7 months ago

        I remember reading something similar, with someone responding that they were always two people for these tasks. One doing the job and one guarding the circuit, making sure this does not happen.

        • Agent641@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          This is why you need 2 people to reactivate the circuit, one with the boltcutters, the other to fight the guard.

    • jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      No, this is a corporation, so unfortunately the best we can do is some tax cuts maybe a massive bailout.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Hey at first it said “only hit this button if you really hate Phil, it will kill him.” but they thought better and changed it.

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          7 months ago

          Respectfully, you are not required to get any information in a format that you don’t want it. But also I don’t have to provide anything in a way that would otherwise inconvenience me for a random stranger who doesn’t even have the decency to say please.

          If you don’t have less than 2 minutes for a video then don’t take the time to watch it.

          • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            7 months ago

            I’m in public and don’t have headphones. I’m not clicking a video and bothering everyone around me.

          • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            I didn’t say you were required to, jeez. I just asked.

            I don’t click on video links because they are almost always a giant waste of time.

      • MartianSands@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Just one padlock is enough, but you can use up to 6.

        You need all the locks removed before it’ll open, so you don’t need to count on someone to carefully count everyone back in. You just make sure that each person uses their own lock

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        7 months ago

        I think it’s so you can create “and” conditions for unlocking. IE: If you’ve got two locks, each with their own key, both person 1 AND person 2 need to unlock it. So you can have multiple people and/or multiple crews working on the machine across different aspects. Maybe one crew is doing electric, the other some kind of plumbing, and they’re working at different times. When one crew finishes their work, they can release their lockout without making it unsafe for the other crew.

        • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          Exactly this. Everyone working on that machine slaps their lock on it, and every last lock needs to be removed before the tag can come off. The welders might finish in half a day, but the electrical or water or hydraulic guys might need a whole weekend to get done, so this makes sure someone doesn’t say “oh the lock is gone” and make mincemeat out of some dude’s head.

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            7 months ago

            Thought so. I work around this stuff but my end of it usually low voltage/low pressure/ low risk. We should observe it more but usually we just have someone that LOTOs anything going to us.

            But yeah, and for anyone else, repairs can wind up being more complicated than anticipated, parts arrive late, etc. It’s not uncommon for these to be in place for weeks sometimes when say, electrical starts something, but then plumbing needs to finish whatever before the pump motor hookup can be complete. Before you know it it’s 2 weeks later, electrical had a bunch of other jobs. The LOTO makes sure they come and inspect before unlocking rather than go “yeahhhh I’m pretty sure we left that ready to turn on, go for it” plus making sure no other work got screwed up (like a wire conduit getting drilled into by plumbing).

            To be sure, handing off the keys does happen, but if and when it happens there’s the weight of “by handing this off you’re personally taking responsibility”.

            • waz@feddit.uk
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              7 months ago

              You’re entitled, usually required, to add your personal lock onto this when you start working on a locked out job, that way you can be confident they’ll come looking for the last guy to lock off the job before they can get running again, it may save your fingers/arm/life or job. Usually there’s a permit involved and you should know the conditions of the permit, or have your own permit to join a job.

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                7 months ago

                You know, we’re not required to do that but because of you I just ordered some locks and labels for the field kit (edit: as well as breaker locks).

                Our stuff is always temp (8-12mo) and on a dedicated line. The sites we’re on always involve coordinating with the clients appropriate people and specifically stating we’re not trained in this to their standards (which is why I know some of this stuff but not to the letter), but an extra layer is always a good idea. No harm ever came from an extra lock that couldn’t be fixed.

                Thanks.

                edit: for the record it’s not like we’re negligent, everything in our system is designed to fail-safe, and we compartmentalize power delivery, but still, no harm in a few extra items in the kit.

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      7 months ago

      The airlock pressurizer is keeping them alive. DO NOT PRESS THE AIRLOCK BUTTON UNLESS THEIR SPACESUITS ARE SEALED AND TETHERED. You don’t want the maintenance crew shot into outer space!

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    7 months ago

    When preparing/working on a machine, TURN IT OFF. IT IS LITERALLY THE FIRST STEP WHEN REPAIR ANY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT.

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      Sometimes this isn’t possible if the machine needs to stay up to temp, like with plastic injection molders. In those cases, the operation can usually be stopped by a padlock placed somewhere on the controls. There’s usually training about it for everyone involved to make sure they know what’s up.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        7 months ago

        And if there’re multiple people involved each one should have their own pad lock placed on the controls.