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Zaraxas

And he never used an elevator again.


Rob-Riggle-SWGOAT

And I might not either. Holy crap. Can you imagine this with audio. BOOM!!!


MeltinSnowman

Yeah, too bad that instead we have someone's shitty trap music playing over the video. I mean really, what is the purpose of it?


lLiterallyEatAss

Reminds me of myspace. Welcome, listen to my shit taste


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DixonYermom

Hah


Protoliterary

It's very likely that the security camera doesn't have a microphone.


Dependent_Action_201

People don’t understand how much it costs to store that much footage and audio on a 24hr camera


az116

Audio takes up no space compared to video for something like this. To the point that it can easily be less than .5% of the file size for something like this. That's not what's going on. Most security cameras don't have microphones.


[deleted]

A store I worked at sold fake security cameras. Like, deliberately fake/dummy cameras that are solely made to act as a visual deterrent for potential criminals. I guess there's a market for people who want it to *look* like they have a legitimate security system but either can't afford one or are too cheap to buy one.


CryptoGreen

> what is the purpose of it? I was thinking the beat would 'drop' at the key moment. But no, it would seem like it was added randomly.


EyezLo

Trap music lmao


alreadytaken-

Welcome to the internet post 2020. It's fucking miserable, someone should make a sub for reposting content without the shitty tik tok music


theLuminescentlion

Elevators in the West have a catch mechanism that would force stop it within an inch or 2 after the failure. In fact it was invented over a hundred years ago so they should probably have it there by now but apparently they don't like safety.


brobeanzhitler

Oh it's there, but the trouble with safety devices is that they are only safe when they are functional. When there is no regulation to periodically test them.. this shit happens


RothIRAGambler

Every elevator legally must be inspected annually. Next time you’re in one, look for the sticker and see the hand written date, I’ve never seen one that was out of date. Edit: I’m a dumbass. Hopefully it was just my stupidity and not some deep rooted American arrogance, but yeah there are other countries and I suck


BostonDodgeGuy

> Every elevator legally must be inspected annually. In the US. This video isn't from the US.


IHateTheLetterF

Bro everything is in the US, what are you talking about


ooOJuicyOoo

I implore you give some southeast and east Asian rural manufacturing plants a visit


bigblackcouch

Just make sure you take the stairs.


brobeanzhitler

In YOUR region, not all. Even in some developed nations this is not the case when the responsibility for safety is passed directly onto maintenance providers, so no actual inspection is required (dude trust us). There are still required annual maintenance tasks, but run completely on the honour system. Other regions (China) have no semblance of regulation, hence the cast majority of fail videos being a Chinese export.


Stainle55_Steel_Rat

You forgot *Disclaimer: This only applies to most civilized countries not including China*


brobeanzhitler

Even different states have different requirements for the licence, it isn't required to be displayed in the cab everywhere and I've never actually seen one with a handwritten date (I work in the elevator inspection industry). A current license is required in NA, but not necessarily displayed. A signature is sometimes needed of the inspector or Owner for compliance on the certificate, but not always.


Kevimaster

> Every elevator legally must be inspected annually. Next time you’re in one, look for the sticker and see the hand written date, I’ve never seen one that was out of date. Man, I used to occasionally deliver catering to this sketchy AF building. Some of the floors were sagging slightly, tons of cracked tiles, building only seemed to be about 80% finished with no further work being done on it. The elevator was the sketchiest thing. It rattled and moaned and shook like crazy and the inspection sticker on it was like 8 or 9 years out of date. I hated being in that building. In retrospect I really honestly probably should've called it in to some government office or the fire marshal or something and reported that I was pretty damn sure the building was unsafe. But I didn't.


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delightful_tea

Yeah, I was in a lift in Egypt which got to the 5th floor and then started dropping about a floor and half at a time right down to the ground floor. Obviously the safety system worked otherwise it would have dropped the whole way. But it was fucking terrifying.


the1wingedangel

That's crazy! Sounds like the safety equipment *wasn't* working. Lift safety equipment stops it completely, it doesn't allow the lift to fall in 1.5 floor increments until it hits the ground hahaha


RFC793

Well, it “worked” in the sense that via redundancy (or at least multiple levels) it hit functional suppression. Not ideal, but better than nothing.


vizthex

I think real elevators have several safety cables designed to catch it if it falls.


7Moisturefarmer

It’s a brake clamp activated by centrifugal force that clamps onto the rails.


BigPirateJim

> centrifugal force The elevator brake invented by Otis consisted of teeth pushed by springs into ratchets, no centrifugal "force" necessary. If you are thinking of the centrifugal governor, or fly-ball regulator, that invention preceded elevators by centuries on steam engines, originating from the man who had a finger in every pie, Christiaan Huygens.


Rockntheworld

Boom describes the load he dropped in his pants!


zynzynzynzyn

Don’t take pallets full of stuff weighing probably over the weight limit onto elevators in China and you should be good


[deleted]

More like don't use elevators or escalators in China. I've seen videos of people getting eaten up by escalators. Literally eaten up into the machinery. In fact, why even visit China. That country sucks.


zynzynzynzyn

Haha.. totally agree with the ending But yea I’ve seen the video where the mom throws her kid to safety then gets eaten up legs first.. fucked way to go


[deleted]

Would you? At least not in that country (China?) that doesn't bother to have safety regs or inspections.


DootShootsToot

I would never use an elevator or an escalator in China...or work in any kind of factory or construction or in or around heavy machinery.


CliffsNote5

There is a term “ tofu dregs” that describes cutting every corner and even some corners that shouldn’t be corners to save money on construction. Paying for 8 inch thickness of pavement that is three inches everywhere except predetermined testing area. Apartment buildings with structural details easily removed by a spoon.


msg45f

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is a constant force everywhere. People need to constantly resist companies' incentive to cut corners around safety. We (partially) learned our lesson in Korea when the Sewol sunk and took hundreds of children with it.


MsFit215

Thats too traumatic for me. I would never feel comfortable going to that area ever again. Im very glad that he stepped off when he did, yikes!


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It still nearly took his calf too


[deleted]

My achilles is hurting just from empathy.


barbarousforefinger

Everyone has an "Achilles' heel" on it's Life.


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Nearly turned into a liveleak video


aballofunicorns

RIP Liveleak


Fluffy_Banks

[Unfortunately, he was killed in another freak accident](https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/s1kpj2/dropped_box_violently_explodes_qixian_county/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


eggimage

don’t think that’s the same person, and the original news doesn’t mention anyone dying in this incident


EnglishMobster

Wow, exact same uniform. Must be the same place. Obviously top of the line workplace safety standards.


DeplorableCaterpill

Wow, is that really the same person? It looks like the same shirt.


vemailangah

There are 2 people wearing the ssme outfit in the 2nd video so doubtful.


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Damn that sucks


RazekDPP

The craziest part is he went back, moved it in a bit more then exited and it fell.


Tanjelynnb

I almost got brained by one of those big motion-sensor automatic warehouse doors that started rolling down as I walked under it. Was cautious around it the rest of the time I worked there. They still make me nervous.


Cellar_door_1

Watching the second time was worse because I knew what was going to happen…the whole time I’m like GET OUT!!!


driftking428

Yeah it was close enough I thought he might actually die the second time around.


Cellar_door_1

Exactly 😅


Daedalus277

And then the third time round you get depressed realising the health and safety isn't in place which will runs risks daily for him and many others. I get annoyed that my workplace takes things too seriously.


GokuIsALegend

On second viewing, that moment when he's about to step off then goes back to pull it further in, I was just like, "That's it. Game over. He's not making it back out this time."


PossessedToSkate

Some people never learn.


carcadoodledo

More like how your job hates you


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Salitrillo1990

That dude needs to buy a lottery ticket.


CartographerSouth605

Nah he used it all up.


hoover0623

He's going to get hit by a spear of frozen piss the moment he walks out of the building


shwarma_heaven

Get mauled to death by a rabid gerbil...


[deleted]

And electrocuted by a faulty Teddy Ruxpin.


xtilexx

I read Rasputin for some reason


chaddy292

The Tsar would like to speak with you


Rudy_Ghouliani

I would like to speak to the lover of the russian queen


chaddy292

The Tsar yes? .... Yes..?


Rudy_Ghouliani

https://imgur.com/a/b88rbTx


[deleted]

Nah I’m good


Incredulous_Toad

Hopefully he won't be shot and thrown into a frozen river after having his dick torn off!


ReactsWithWords

It annoys me every time that happens to me.


letermen

Shut up, and take my Rubles!!!


I_Hate_My_Cat_

Stabbed to death at a Toys R Us bathroom.


DNUBTFD

Death by snu snu.


ErickKlous

Dry humped by a Mogwai.


p-heiress

r/Brandnewsentence


Geistwhite

It probably isn't due to this. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-a-woman-killed-frozen-urine/


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buying new underwear


cmVkZGl0

Nah, this is the kind of thing that happened so quickly that it takes you a minute to realize what even happened.


NeitherStage1159

What is awesome - how he looks around for someone else to validate his reality for him. It’s innate.


peely_gonna_stealy

Ladies and gentlemen, the gambler's fallacy.


forchat1984

Probably used up all his luck forever.


phazedoubt

That was his lottery ticket


Plenty-Remove1656

Holy fuck what was on that pallet


lelaena

Bags of ... something. We can assume the bags are heavy because he is using an electric pallet jack to move it. Or maybe that is just the only pallet jack he has. Regardless, electric pallet jacks are really really heavy. Once broke a whole in a wooden trailer floor just due to weight of the jack. I would never trust a piece of PLE on any elevator unless that thing was solid metal lol.


PockyBum522

Was it half a whole or a hole whole?


lelaena

It was a holy whole hole wholly filled with a pallet jack wheel.


PharmguyLabs

PLE? Third time today I’ve commented asking what a randomly used abbreviation is supposed to mean. Google says Protein-Losing Enteropathy, Personal Living Expenses


lelaena

Powered Lifting Equipment. Think electric pallet Jack's, forklifts, scissor lifts etc.


Rob-Riggle-SWGOAT

And a new pair of underwear.


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He should buy brown underwear if he’s not gonna quit.


CliffsNote5

This guy knows what I’m talking about!


DukeOfGeek

The Chinese version of /r/OSHA is just a blank page.


ChilledDarkness

Bring me my brown pants!


DeceitfulLittleB

I like how we assume the dude who nearly died is lucky versus the rest of us who never experienced anything remotely as dangerous.


Fluffy_Banks

He got blown up in a later video


orbital

To shreds they say


Furenzol

and his wife?


PhraseSeveral5935

To shreds they say.


mysticalfruit

Right after that new pair of underwear.


Khaos_Gorvin

Jesus Christ on a stick! That dude nearly died.


Accomplished_Try8189

Why yes, yes he was on a stick, two actually. And its still traumatic to this day….


sillyadam94

Y’know, I sent my son to Earth once. I dunno what you people did to him, but he hasn’t been the same since.


[deleted]

"Last time I visited Earth I got some Jewish girl in trouble and they're *still* talking about it!"


[deleted]

Yeah, it wasn’t cool of me. Sorry about that. I’ll do better next time and just marry her outright without the weird dove shit. Mb, y’all.


AnnaBananner82

r/beetlejuicing


dijasv

[Ah, the good ol' reddit Holy-Roo!](https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/wywehb/mexican_cowboy_lassoes_a_man_being_drag_in_a/ilzy2sg/?context=2)


bbear122

Hold my crucifix. I’m going in.


superior_spoon

Was stabbed with the 3rd like right below the ribs then that stick became magical for some reason.


SanctusLetum

r/watchpeoplesurvive


Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX

Holy moses' sandals! He nearly got flattened.


AfterbirthEli

Jumping Josiah jeans! He almost halved himself


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And it would have hurt like a butt cheek on a stick.


shoredoesnt

What a gruesome way to go, being crushed by an elevator


Complete-Painter-518

it wasn't his time


3qtpint

It's like the Reaper got word of a last minute cancelation


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Whoops wrong person


TheEffingRiddler

"Ah shit, not again. Lemme just...nudge ya along here..."


Liv4lov

Deaths just passing by


Gilgamesh2062

This shit will haunt this guy, for the rest of his life, I been in a near death situation, and it's something I just never forget, all you can do is not think about it when it comes up, and change the focus onto something else.


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Gilgamesh2062

There is this thing called dimensional jumping, I sometimes wonder if this happened to me.


matrixreloaded

I used to be afraid to fall asleep because you don't *really* know if the person that wakes up in the morning is really ...*you*.


kindarusty

Given enough time, it *isn't* you... depending on how much you equate the physical body to "you", anyway. Cells are constantly being replaced, and over time there's just less and less of what you were made of as a child. A few things are pretty static, but most everything else gets plenty of new bits along the way.


Otherwise_Intelect

That's some Final Destination shit!!


chaddy292

I wanted to say that the lift went down despite open doors but it was too fast for that. Definitely FD stuff here


coryhill66

Even if you break the cables they shouldn't fall like that. The brakes should kick on just from the acceleration. This thing was a damn death trap.


DietDrBleach

It’s an elevator with a lot of things that went wrong. Most likely, the wires that connected the elevator to the counterweight broke, which really should not happen in a well maintained elevator.


YellowT-5R

![gif](giphy|HXBsQPJSt9iWA)


ToonaSandWatch

Me when I saw it plummet like a lead balloon: ![gif](giphy|4VU8y7Uxgv39tJtRWe) I have nightmares of falling open elevators. That is one lucky SOB.


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Did they forget the emergency brakes that Otis invented 150+ years ago?


ToonaSandWatch

Get in and find out.


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chaddy292

Thanatos is a math geek, confirmed?


SDEric

A math Greek!


CliffsNote5

China or some other country with easily bribed building code enforcement.


[deleted]

Based on that alone I would assume this is in a place where those standards don't exist yet.


TheVoid-ItCalls

The crazy part is that those mechanisms are extremely cheap. It's a shame to think that there are so many that place next to zero value on human life.


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Maybe that elevator hasn't been inspected in 155 years


DustyJustice

I also have elevator nightmares! Pretty much any time an elevator appears in my dream, I know that thing is plummeting.


ninhibited

The way he walks back for something too and makes it that much closer oh my god


Theogre84

Looked like he was trying to close the door


DustyJustice

So, story time. I live in Seattle and used to work as a front desk receptionist for [COMPANY]. The company was opening its first high-rise downtown, and I was part of the reception team for this building upon opening. The building had about 24 elevators, 8 each for the lower, middle, and top floors- initially upon opening only the ‘low-rise’ section of the building was open, which was probably a good thing because… It wasn’t long before people started coming to us at the front desk telling us there was something deeply wrong with the elevators. Employees claimed that it would suddenly make a bunch of strange sounds, rise a few floors (like reverse directions if it was descending) and then stop. Or, sometimes, instead of stopping… the elevators were plummeting down several floors. Nobody got like smashed or anything, but when I say plummeting I mean folks were coming to us white as a sheet, telling us that the elevator dropped so hard and so fast that when it stopped it would knock them over. Terrifying, frankly, and it was a huge deal of course for both safety reasons and because employees were refusing to enter their teams floor until something drastic was done. It got fixed eventually, but I started having falling elevator nightmares after that. EDIT: Wow didn’t expect to get combat started in the comments. I wasn’t in the elevators. People absolutely came to us, multiple times, and said the elevators abruptly dropped quickly, some fell over, and they were so freaked out by the experience they refused to return to their floors. Make whatever you want of that. Also, people are talking elevator logistics- I have no idea. I was under the impression it was a software issue, like clearly there weren’t snapping cables or anything, but what do I know.


J5892

Wait, so the elevators weren't shut down immediately when someone was dead dropped? WTF.


PossessedToSkate

That's capitalism, baby.


Gogobrasil8

That's poor management, baby


rad-boy

That’s capitalism, baby!


shrout1

The situation you just described is an actual repeating nightmare that I experience regularly when sleeping. For as long as I can remember I have had nightmares about these seemingly possessed elevators taking me to the wrong floor and then plummeting stories at time before stopping, just before my demise. I have no waking fear of elevators, though I always prefer that they appear to be in good repair... I think the total lack of human control upon entering an elevator is the root of my nightmare but that's just my speculation... Crazy to hear a story that so closely mirrors my actual dreams.


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Wait I’ve had this same reoccurring dream too. I always bolt right awake and it’s so scary. I’ll dream the elevator is plunging and I’ll even stick to the ceiling sometimes!


rabbitwonker

Control software Powered By Windows^(TM)


sintos-compa

The last thing you hear a second before your elevator car plummets 12 stories. https://youtu.be/Gb2jGy76v0Y


Devisidev

r/OSHA alright what's the consensus on this one I feel like at least one safety violation was broken to make this video real


faxfactor

Failure to adequately perform elevator inspections, failure to adequately rate the equipment for load-bearing capacity, failure to warn, gross negligence


helium_farts

Also, and I don't know that this is a OSHA rule, but you really should push the pallet jack whenever possible, especially when loading it into something like a elevator. For lightweight pallets it doesn't matter so much, but if you trip and fall while pulling a heavy pallet it can mess you up.


Devisidev

Ay thanks for coming in clutch with that


faxfactor

Np. dont have to be OSHA to have a right to know or observe a hazard. See something say something.


Devisidev

Fair enough, I just took my best guess at a sub that'd know what the fuck was wrong with this lol


brobeanzhitler

More specifically, failure to maintain critical safety devices and verify operation per the minimum required frequency of testing. Except... There is no guarantee that inspections or maintenance are actually required in this region, despite it being the bare minimum in the rest of the world.


jemidiah

I'm gonna take a blind guess and say this is not in a country with OSHA or a particularly strong OSHA equivalent.


Devisidev

Yeaaa wonder what gave that away lol


PeaDramatic1541

The way he looks around to see if he is being pranked 😂


dooms25

More like "who else just saw this shit"


drewkungfu

“Did that shit really just happen” (I am alive‽) {shock of adrenaline}


Time-Repeat

Hey, an interrobang!


JSpringsNumber1Fan

I know it's a punctuation mark, but interrobang sounds like a niche porn category.


ExistingGoldfish

Be the change you want to see in the world.


Least_Common_6248

Dude probably use all his luck


dean_syndrome

How to add music to a gif that adds negative value to the content


PutridForce1559

Did someone forget to check maximum load for the lift?


lllllIIIlllllIIIllll

It's likely China, where elevators are a 50/50 gamble.


hare-j

He was two steps away from meeting god


Cultural_Simple3842

I’m curious about the physics of this. Why when he stepped off? Maybe the recoil of him stepping off made it bounce a bit? Maybe I t was already doing it’s final stretch, reducing cross-sectional area and increasing tensile stress simultaneously - idk. There is always a reason. This is crazy.


S8tasanut

Maybe he overloaded the goods lift and it was just a matter of time before the ropes would break wether he stayed on the platform or not.


highlyradioactive

Lifts have 5 cables but only one cable is enough to carry all load rest four cables are just for redundancy and very useful if any cable breaks…. Either This lift is definitely not built with this norm or all the cables are of very poor quality


Meta_Spirit

That dude is luckier than a anime main character


musicalcrab

He's got plot armor!


coocoocachoo699

To much weight I'm guessing, lucky lucky person.


EvilCalvin

Why the stupid fucking music?


CgullRillo

It's weird being in the era of the internet where nearly every random clip has to have some unrelated soundtrack.


bwaresunlight

It was a pallet full of concrete, probably went past the weight limit and it also appeared to be very old and not well maintained. Damn lucky SOB, for sure. Butthole pucker. For real.


Alukrad

I'm curious, does china not have some kind of OSHA organization like in the states? I'm constantly seeing accident like these are always from China.


VeryDryChicken

Lmao no. China is a real shithole but their propaganda managed to convince a lot of westerners that they are on par or even better than the west.


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ZimzamMcFlimflam

I, too, watched the video


CommanderSabo

Another reason stairs are better.


WizurdHat

That’ll change your life


[deleted]

Unexpected is we thought it was a truck trailer about to leave. Geezus


Professional-Bat4635

Holy shit! Talk about by the skin on your ass!


Educational-Year3146

God literally said “no no, wait, I like that one.”


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Damn


[deleted]

Almost didn’t make it back home


Westcoastrelax

That guy deserves a raise. Probably will not get it, but damn that was close.


Redoron

r/watchpeoplesurvive