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quote:A Notice of Offense and Penalty was submitted by Roy Janson, Competition Director, on July 22, 2013, for crew and family member Jeff Alessi using a green laser pointer to distract other racers at the starting gate during the Washougal National July 20, 2013. It's indicated that "Mike Alessi is hereby held responsible for the actions of his crew members, and is fined $10,000" as well as a fine of $5,000 for Jeff Alessi's verbal confrontations with race officials. 
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Toadvine posted:For the curious, this spools the cable, the other end of which is tugging that coaster train w/ 16 people, accelerating it from 0 -120 mph in 3.8 seconds. I've recited a similar spiel to riders countless times. Are there rules about not letting brittle old people on the ride, or is it assumed grandmas with osteoporosis will know better than to try it?
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Angela Christine posted:Are there rules about not letting brittle old people on the ride, or is it assumed grandmas with osteoporosis will know better than to try it? 120mph in 3.8 seconds is only about one and a half G, and it's straight back which is the safest direction. I'm pretty sure that if you can survive the walk to get to the ride, the ride itself won't hurt you.
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fatman1683 posted:120mph in 3.8 seconds is only about one and a half G, and it's straight back which is the safest direction. I'm pretty sure that if you can survive the walk to get to the ride, the ride itself won't hurt you. I'd be a bit questioning of that. This website lists amusement park and theme park accidents and has a full list of 2011 to 2013 accidents at major theme parks. Islands of Adventure alone had 69 significant injuries, most of which were caused by rides. Dragon Challenge caused 7 blackouts, 4 neck injuries, and 15 losses of feeling in legs. The Incredible Hulk caused 13 neck injuries and 4 back injuries that same year. This is obviously a small fraction of the total number of riders, but plenty of people are able to get hurt on these rides through no fault of their own. Also you're discounting that the ride goes up a vertical incline. The straight back Gs aren't that bad, but you experience 4 to 5 Gs elsewhere. chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Aug 15, 2015 |
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Aug 15, 2015 06:56
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Cat Hatter posted:My uncle, having been involved in an industrial accident before, immediately dropped his poo poo and took off running truly a wise man, knowing that a full colon would only slow him down
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Angela Christine posted:Are there rules about not letting brittle old people on the ride, or is it assumed grandmas with osteoporosis will know better than to try it? No. Many coasters even have wheelchair entrances. If necessary, an attendant or two will come up and literally lift you from the wheelchair into a coaster seat. Speaking of which, can anyone confirm this story for me? I heard it years ago, and don't know if it's real. It happened in some theme park, probably in the UK. So employees went into the 'box' under a coaster for a yearly big cleaning thing. You always get people losing stuff while in the coaster, of course. This time, they found an artificial leg. The kind used by people who lost a limb. The strange thing is that nobody ever called up or came to the lost&found saying "Can I please have my leg back?". Not only are those things expensive as hell, you'd think someone who loses a leg would notice when they walk to the exit. So, fake leg in box under rollercoaster, owner never came back for it. True or not?
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Carbon dioxide posted:It happened in some theme park, probably in the UK. So employees went into the 'box' under a coaster for a yearly big cleaning thing. You always get people losing stuff while in the coaster, of course. This time, they found an artificial leg. The kind used by people who lost a limb. The strange thing is that nobody ever called up or came to the lost&found saying "Can I please have my leg back?". Not only are those things expensive as hell, you'd think someone who loses a leg would notice when they walk to the exit. I don't know about on a roller coaster, but unclaimed limbs aren't unheard of at major water parks.
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This China explosion keeps getting better and better:http://www.ibtimes.co.in/breaking-cyanide-leakage-tianjin-blast-site-china-deploys-military-units-642831 posted:An elite team of military personnel, who entered the warehouse in Tianjin to remove 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide, have found that the toxic chemical has leaked into underground drain water.
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Angela Christine posted:Are there rules about not letting brittle old people on the ride, or is it assumed grandmas with osteoporosis will know better than to try it? Cedar Point has a whole book you can read about this: https://www.cedarpoint.com/assets/uploads/Guest%20Assistance%20Guide%20REVISED.pdf I'm sure everyone takes the time to read it before getting in line.
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surebet posted:Oh god, in the related videos, the most OSHA and IŽd expect people to run faster than that when a firestorm of gas leaks erupts, or am I just in good shape and sense?
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Samuel posted:IŽd expect people to run faster than that when a firestorm of gas leaks erupts, or am I just in good shape and sense? I'm sure this is (or should be) covered in some safety procedure, but my first thought looking at that video was "where the hell do you run to?". The big, open spaces probably saturated with explode-y vapours or the structures full of pipes filled with explode-y everything else?
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surebet posted:I'm sure this is (or should be) covered in some safety procedure, but my first thought looking at that video was "where the hell do you run to?". Welcome to working in a refinery  Run crosswind to pre-determined emergency assembly locations that have been deemed explosion resistant and have emergency HVAC shutdown switches. The other end of the spectrum I came across was a glass case with a roll of duct tape in it to "tape up door seals incase of toxic vapour release". 
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Sockington posted:The other end of the spectrum I came across was a glass case with a roll of duct tape in it to "tape up door seals incase of toxic vapour release". 
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The duct tape was in the case for all of 12 minutes before someone nabbed it for their stash, right? Duct tape is like fuckin money in a crackhouse, I swear. It disappears as soon as you turn your back because everyone has a use for it and no one has any. Arrath fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Aug 15, 2015 |
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Aug 15, 2015 17:06
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A true socialist society would provide free duct tape and pens for every worker.
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Sakurazuka posted:A true socialist society would provide free duct tape and pens for every worker. I'm going to steal a few pens out of the shipping room on Monday and hide them at my desk. They keep getting "borrowed" by other people and never returned.
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chitoryu12 posted:Also you're discounting that the ride goes up a vertical incline. The straight back Gs aren't that bad, but you experience 4 to 5 Gs elsewhere. Where are you getting 4 to 5 Gs? Coasting up a vertical slope (which is what this ride does) subjects you to exactly 1G. There are no loops or tight turns on this ride, just out, up, down, and back. The only other place where you could experience positive G is in the turns to and from the vertical section. Without knowing the precise radius it's difficult to calculate, but I really seriously doubt the ride is hitting 4G at those points. Maybe another 1.5-2G at most, and even that would be pushing it. Dragon Challenge and Hulk are both far more complex rides with positive-G decreasing-radius turns, which cause blackouts, and rapid lateral transitions, which contribute to neck injuries. Top Thrill and rides like it are probably the safest coasters running.
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Zero One posted:Cedar Point has a whole book you can read about this: https://www.cedarpoint.com/assets/uploads/Guest%20Assistance%20Guide%20REVISED.pdf Almost all the rides say people with back or neck trouble are prohibited, lol.
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Every refinery I've been at had windsocks everywhere and you always kept an eye on them. H2S is no joke.
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c0ldfuse posted:Every refinery I've been at had windsocks everywhere and you always kept an eye on them. H2S is no joke. Yeah. Two of the plants I'm in have mandatory constant gas monitoring in place. One, because they refine petrochemicals. The other is because their plant is run down and leaks CO everywhere 
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surebet posted:I'm sure this is (or should be) covered in some safety procedure, but my first thought looking at that video was "where the hell do you run to?". As fast as you can into the desert, and keeping going. Then head back to a road in a wide circle around the gently caress zone.
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Drive until you encounter a fire truck. Is the fire truck heading toward the fire? You are probably okay. Is the fire truck heading away from the fire? Run you fools!
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I almost feel like that should be spoiler ed, it's giving me itchy chills Also it needs a small thermo-nuclear device dropped on it
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What does OSHA say about how many spiders is too many spiders?
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Saw this yesterday at a Chipotle. Got my burrito and asked to speak to the manager and showed him the picture. Background for those looking at the photo. The power wire going into the burrito shell warmer is completely frayed, touching the stainless steel counter. That counter is touched/interacted with by all line employees and about 10-12 customers during busy times. I was leaning up against it until I looked down and was all  Dude told me he'd fix it shortly and had a spare cable in the back.
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dietcokefiend posted:Dude told me he'd fix it shortly and had a spare cable in the back. lmfao that's the weakest sounding excuse
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Segmentation Fault posted:lmfao that's the weakest sounding excuse
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zedprime posted:Potentially, drive home. Places that explode like that often have (what I assume are) insurance credits for making staff back into parking spots so nonessential personnel can drive away at maximum efficiency. None that useful for sudden unexpected explosions, more the sort of thing in case something is on fire that shouldn't be. It's because these companies want "your first move to be forwerd" since backing up can get you into a accident.
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Segmentation Fault posted:lmfao that's the weakest sounding excuse Yea well I'll be back in there in a few days. No fix and I'll just ping the local health and safety guys.
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dietcokefiend posted:Saw this yesterday at a Chipotle. Got my burrito and asked to speak to the manager and showed him the picture. Background for those looking at the photo. The power wire going into the burrito shell warmer is completely frayed, touching the stainless steel counter. That counter is touched/interacted with by all line employees and about 10-12 customers during busy times. I was leaning up against it until I looked down and was all That's not good. You can install little plastic fittings that help prevent cable damage with something like that.
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A pizza shop I worked at had a similar thing. Overhead wires going into a electrified steam table got frayed. I was the first to discover that when I touched two steel tables and got a nice little shock. I did a few times going "Wooop!" until the manager asked me what the gently caress am I doing? He tried it a couple times too but it didn't get fixed till next day.
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Jesus, that was horrifying.
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fatman1683 posted:Where are you getting 4 to 5 Gs? Coasting up a vertical slope (which is what this ride does) subjects you to exactly 1G. There are no loops or tight turns on this ride, just out, up, down, and back. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQtXtDGehMI I wouldn't be that close to a fire like that. Those wall sections between the transformers are firewalls - when you have multiple large high voltage transformers in close proximity you separate them with firewalls. So when one catches fire it won't damage the other transformer nearby.
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Champenema posted:A pizza shop I worked at had a similar thing. Overhead wires going into a electrified steam table got frayed. I was the first to discover that when I touched two steel tables and got a nice little shock. This is the most amazing anti-OSHA reaction to finding a problem & I love it  Uthor posted:What does OSHA say about how many spiders is too many spiders? If the number of spiders blocking your progress is more than the average number a human supposedly eats when they sleep, then gently caress off & eat your way through them. Mmm, venomous land crabs... BOOTY-ADE fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Aug 16, 2015 |
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A gym near me has a bunch of treadmills that I assume are not grounded properly. If you run for a bit and then touch the control panel, heartbeat monitor interface, or brush against any metal on the chassis, you get a shock. The longer you run without touching anything, the more piss it will shock out of you when you finally do brush against a screwhead or something. It's like a van de graaf generator where you're the big metal ball.
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