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Police were quoted as saying the man struck the rear of a car on Wilshire Boulevard when he fell.

It was reportedly only the man's second day working on the project.

The man died at the site of the Wilshire Grand Center, part of $1bn (£690m) development which will be the tallest building on the US West Coast when completed.

Officials from the construction company said the man was not supposed to be above the third floor and had removed his hardhat.

An eyewitness told AP the driver of the car that was struck was "hysterical',' waving her hands in the air and holding her head. She was later taken to hospital.

Sentient Data posted:

They don't have extensive procedures in place yet since the method is still relatively new. It seems to have begun after the staff started reading Twilight

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A 10-year-old boy who worked in a spinning mill in Bangladesh has died after other workers inserted a high-pressure nozzle into his rectum and activated it, local media reports say.

Police in Narayanganj say it is unclear why Sagar Barman was assaulted.

Last year, a 13-year-old boy was killed in the same way in a vehicle workshop in another part of the country.

Two men were sentenced to death over the case, which sparked large protests.

Rakib Hawlader died in August last year after air was pumped into his body in retaliation for leaving his job.

Say Nothing posted:

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An architect has fallen to his death from a New York City skyscraper after losing his footing while at work.



Bruno Travalja, 52, was kneeling to take a measurement on the 42nd floor of the Manhattan building when he stood up and felt "dizzy", say police reports.

His body was found between 52nd and 53rd streets in midtown on Thursday afternoon, according to local media.

Officials are investigating whether faulty equipment or any violated safety protocols were factors in the death.

Darkman Fanpage posted:

there's an article by air & space magazine about the disaster here, too.

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/disaster-at-xichang-2873673/?no-ist=&page=1

Humphreys posted:

Late to this topic, but as a kid we had the local cop (we had one) come to school once a month to teach us about the law and other things. 'Constable Barry' will forever be a memory as is his advise to run in zig zags from a shooter. VERY small town in country Australia. Not much violence at all. But it will always be a memory.

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

Talk about foreign OSHA: scaffolding at a Chinese power plant construction site collapsed, killing at least 67. I wonder if we'll ever hear of the reason. Do they even have any kind of industrial accident investigations, or is life too cheap in China?
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/24/construction-site-collapse-in-china-kills-at-least-67.html

Jose posted:

so close to a funny number

czg posted:

Re: Manhandling robot joyrides:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFWLlx_GzB0&t=521s

OSHA content; the hair of the woman at 9:55 is kinda long and I was worried it would get caught somewhere.

Lime Tonics posted:

http://i.imgur.com/LRbtGDJ.gifv

Whooping Crabs posted:

Noclip mode enabled

Bubblyblubber posted:

At this rate my motorized mains voltage dildo will never get the ethernet connection it so desperately needs.

Isn't there an actual technical reason against it? I'm in Brazil, so code is... not really an impediment to anything.

Improbable Lobster posted:

Cops are frequently incredibly dumb

Humphreys posted:

And if I recall the designer of that cage was copping a lot of poo poo about his design and how it should have crashed 'better'

Those people survived. 'Mission Accomplished' I say.

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it should have a full X-brace behind the driver/passenger instead of a single diagonal
it should have another X-brace over them again instead of a single diagonal, NASCAR style bars are worthless in a rally type environment
should've been classic X-style door bars that wouldn't have folded
the B-pillar of the cage should've been tied to the B-pillar of the car,
the seats should've been tied to the cage - bottoms and backs - instead of just the floor(the car's B-pillar collapsing is what broke the passengers seat free)
it should've had loving straight A-pillar supports like the builder was told NUMEROUS times
on top of that, the car should've also had window nets and arm restraints.

186 posted:

Hell, in Wisconsin a building lobby almost had a proposal snuck in to the building codes that would've removed the requirements for sprinkler systems in apartment buildings with three-twenty units.

As is, they turned down a requirement for GFCIs for new construction because not having the requirement saves a few hundred dollars, which would apparently be the difference in affordable housing and not affordable or some bullshit.

So yeah.

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The death toll from Saturday's landslide at a vast dump in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, has now risen to 113 people, local officials say.
A search operation at the Koshe landfill will continue overnight. As many as 150 people are believed to have been at the site during the landslide.
Meanwhile, the funerals of some of the victims have taken place.
The dump, which has served the city of four million for more than five decades, provided shelter for some.
The country is currently observing three days of mourning for those who died.
Hundreds of people attempt to make a living by scavenging at the landfill site, sifting through the rubbish for items they can sell. Some resided at the rubbish dump permanently.

Sagebrush posted:

http://i.imgur.com/bHmxIaH.mp4

The Dark One posted:

https://twitter.com/cambusken/status/844766836675665920

PostNouveau posted:

Yeah it sounds like brake pedals don't actually have the physical connections anymore after all? Seems like an awful idea.

Evilreaver posted:

The proper procedure to link trolley cars
http://i.imgur.com/zflfdiu.mp4

azurite posted:

Couldn't they add something that would give the oil a bad or telltale taste/smell? They probably already thought of that, though. It would probably impact the job they need it to do.

Wasabi the J posted:

Techmoan rebuilds Earth's technology with LGR.

LifeSunDeath posted:

Driving is dangerous yo
http://i.imgur.com/XNNQeLk.mp4

beamrider posted:

Needs more electrical tape, to keep the angry pixies at bay.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

The big metal thing stays attached to your wrist but not the alarm. Even a time where they thought building an airport on city roofs was fine wasn't quite that insane: