nomad2020 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjOvI0TOx98


Wonder how long those two had to sit in that pile.

Humphreys posted:

qld.gov.au

H110Hawk posted:

quote:

Some, as yet unconfirmed, posts on social media indicated that a number of eyewitnesses had claimed that the boy had been decapitated.

...

He climbed aboard a blue raft containing two other people. When a metal gate opened, he plummeted down the slide at about 96km/h before hurtling up and over a second hill.

"Witnesses describe the boy going down the steep 168-foot drop of the world's tallest water slide Sunday afternoon, then going airborne over the next hill, colliding with a safety net," KSHB reported.

A section of netting on the far side of the second hill was removed by a fire crew after the incident, presumably to preserve evidence. The blue raft was also taken into custody.

KSHB reported that "more than one water park guest" said the harness on the ride was not working before the incident.

"A lady in front of me said that multiple times she rode the ride today, the Verruckt, and that the front harness did not work any of the times that she rode it," Jessica Lundquist told the TV station.

Mithaldu posted:

I remember reading that recently the thinking on this has changed, in that previously they told you to sit upright, but they now think it's healthier to be slightly reclined.

zedprime posted:

You don't want to know the magic spells that let chemical plants be safely run by hillbillies.

Mithaldu posted:

Some may have already seen this, but it's worth posting again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHpeBubb_M&t=47s

du -hast posted:

Is it included in OSHA if you "walk" the ladder? Like straddle it and then move it while you are on it by rocking back and forth. I do it all the time so I am not sure, it doesn't seem too bad.

Humphreys posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfkhdKcEiE

dis astranagant posted:

That's mostly just a weak alpha emitter. Don't eat it and you're fine. There's also barely any in there because americium-241 is hilariously expensive.

Slanderer posted:

Wouldn't this have been the rigging supervisor's responsibility? So first the dude fucks up on attaching the line, and then he fucks up again trying to remove it.

Doc Hawkins posted:

There's a shot of the train in High Noon, when it's on its final approach to the station, which is taken from the tracks in front of it. I remember seeing a documentary about the film claiming that something went wrong when they were filming that, and the train just ran over and destroyed the camera, but they were able to recover the film.

There were two people standing with the camera, and they all got away, but it was the one who was not actually filming who started to say, "I think it's not stopping," and the one who was that kept saying "it's fine, this is a great shot."

e: There's some great OSHA stories from those old films. A handful of people died filming the avalanche scene in Lost Horizon, achieved using the amazing practical effect of triggering a real loving avalanche, jesus christ.

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Another issue was that of casting the part of the High Lama. After a screen test of 56 year-old retired stage actor A.E. Hanson, Capra decided that he was just right for the part. He made a call to the actor's home, and the housekeeper who answered the phone was told to relay the message to Hanson that the part was his. Not long after, the housekeeper called back telling Capra that when Hanson heard the news, he had a heart attack and died. Subsequently, Capra offered the part to 58 year-old Henry B. Walthall. He died before shooting began. Finally, to play it safer age-wise, Capra cast Sam Jaffe who was just 45.[7]

dmnz posted:

Car vs level crossing on my commute last night.
Why do people continue to think its worth the risk of racing a train at a level crossing?