Probably the most timely and important safety video ever created.

[shmokes]

http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box_id=51208&f_id=1000

Don't worry about language.  This video transcends all that.

[Zakk]

That crazy Klaus. 

[JoyMonkey]

ROFL! That was frockin hilarious! It started off a little slow, but that finale was well worth the wait.
And they say Germans's have no humour!?

[DaveMMR]

Sehr gut!   

[toolaa]

It's been a month since I have had time to visit.

What a great welcome back!!!


On a serious note, I had a guy at my old job working on the weekend decided to hop on the lift while our shipping manager was checking in some packages.  He had his right hand on the metal frame support on the outside of the cab.  When he was backing up he did not know how to steer and turned into a shelving section.  It happened to smash right where he had rested his hand and he severed two fingers. 

Sucks because he was not a certified driver and he had no business using the lift but in the end he endured 5 surgeries to rebuild his hand which cost our insurance close to $90K.

[Harry Potter]

Here's the link if you want to save it:


Saw this about 3 years ago and been looking for it ever since.

Thanks Shmokes.

Apparently there was a whole series of these made. The DVD is available in Germany but is hard to find.

[GGKoul]

Klaus... 

[mr.Curmudgeon]

I used to drive those electric forklifts. Stuff like this was a daily occurrence. Especially near the end of an 18hr day.

Seriously though, we had so many accidents it wasn't funny. Ok, some of them were. One guy had to go to the hospital because he somehow got stabbed with a pencil. It went deep into the muscle, and the lead broke off inside. Another guy drove the truck right off a dock, the semi-trailer he was loading wasn't blocked, so it slid when he flew into it (We used to drive like 500MPH on these things! hehe)...another guy bumped into an set of stacked boxes and dumped 4 tons of plastic beads (used for injection molded auto parts) on him and his lift, completely burying both. We had to shovel him out.

My favorite prank to pull was to put a LARGE empty box (w/ lid) on a pallet, place the pallet in the middle of an aisle in the back of the warehouse, essentially blocking passage, crawl inside, close the lid and wait. Someone would eventually come down the aisle and need to move the pallet/box. They'd lift the pallet on the forks a bit and start driving down the aisle. After about 10-20 seconds I'd burst the lid off the box and scream, standing right in front of the guy as he's driving. It always scared the living sh!t out of whoever it was, since after working with these boxes all day, you NEVER expect them to friggin' attack you.

There was also an industrial-sized, motorized, spinning stretch wrapper, for wrapping boxes onto pallets. These boxes were huge, they held each 2-tons of plastic and were about the size of a small car. Anyhow, you'd wait for a guy to climb up on the deck and start tying the wrap to the base of the pallet. If he was standing in the right place (or wrong place, for him)...you could ambush him and start the machine, where he'd end up sealed against the box. We'd leave him there for a good 10-15mins., as long as he could breath ok.   Good times!

I didn't last long at that job.

Great video though, brought back a LOT of memories!

mrC

[Harry Potter]

I see how you got your name.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

I see how you got your name.

heh. Compared to everyone else there, I could have rightfully been called "Sunshine". 

[Crazy Cooter]

I ran those before too.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

They're fast, aren't they!! 

We used to race 'em around...I remember sliding them on the wet pavement too. Best game I ever came up will was "Pick-Pole Joust." We used to have these long poles we'd carry around on the lifts, so we could unlock these cages up above. There we also these large, pillow-sized bean bags in with the plastic beads, like for moisture absorption or something. Anyhow, I came up with the idea of attaching them to the side of our lifts, and throughout the work-day,  if you came across another driver (this warehouse was HUGE!!) you'd have to try to 'joust' the bean-bag off their lift. Great fun, very dangerous!

For another game, I figured out our laser-scanners (used for scanning SKU's into inventory) would set off my toy Lazer Tag sensors, so I brought in the four sensors I had and we'd occasionally have an ongoing game of high-speed, mobile Lazer Tag. I miss that, actually.

mrC

[Dexter]

Seriously though, we had so many accidents it wasn't funny. Ok, some of them were.

LOL! I like the cut of your jib. Accidents are hilarious (within reason of course)

[Harry Potter]

A bloke at work was telling me that an entire 4 meter shelf of paper fell on him, and he survived.

I laughed ---my bottom--- off BEFORE asking if he survived. 

[ChadTower]

Stop talking about his jib before he jibs you in the tooth.

[toolaa]

My favorite prank to pull was to put a LARGE empty box (w/ lid) on a pallet, place the pallet in the middle of an aisle in the back of the warehouse, essentially blocking passage, crawl inside, close the lid and wait. Someone would eventually come down the aisle and need to move the pallet/box. They'd lift the pallet on the forks a bit and start driving down the aisle. After about 10-20 seconds I'd burst the lid off the box and scream, standing right in front of the guy as he's driving. It always scared the living sh!t out of whoever it was, since after working with these boxes all day, you NEVER expect them to friggin' attack you.mrC

Sounds like you a fun person to hang around with.  As long as nobody is operating a 16" table saw or 20HP log chipper arround you

[Stingray]

Klaus was a victim of circumstance.

-S

[ChadTower]

I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong
Don't get me wrong
You can speak your mind
But not on my time

[Stingray]

Are you insinuating that Klaus dresses like a woman for cheap rent?

-S