Overhead Crane ACCIDENT - 75 Tons Dropped

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  • Overhead Crane Accident - 75 Tons Dropped. Extremely expensive turbine switch out gone wrong. Never stand under a lift. Luckily nobody was hurt during this accident.
    Hoist and Crane Sales - 800-724-4052 - www.beatonindustrial.com/
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  • @ericoxford7069
    @ericoxford7069 3 года назад +979

    It's no biggie, we'll just leave it for night shift.

    • @toxacid124
      @toxacid124 3 года назад +48

      swear to god, you speak the truth!

    • @yaboiii64
      @yaboiii64 3 года назад +51

      i work night shift and can confirm!

    • @ericoxford7069
      @ericoxford7069 3 года назад +15

      @@yaboiii64 Me too brother!

    • @cCH3artlessCc
      @cCH3artlessCc 3 года назад +30

      I work at a power plant and work night shift. So true

    • @kimmer6
      @kimmer6 3 года назад +21

      @@cCH3artlessCc All of the bosses and lookey loos are gone then you can get the real work done on night shift. How can you spot a Plant Operator? When his feet hit the desk before his ass hits the chair, that's an Operator.

  • @jj3449
    @jj3449 3 года назад +781

    After an incident like this there’s literally nothing to do but go to the bar.

    • @myview5840
      @myview5840 3 года назад +16

      Shout OOPSIE first

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 3 года назад +19

      And thats where Tony comes in...
      ..."Ok Tony. Here's how you make big points with the boss on your first day. Stand here, and when he shows up, put your hand on this lever and yell "OH FUCK"".

    • @myview5840
      @myview5840 3 года назад +7

      @@siggyretburns7523 Its always Tony's fault

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 3 года назад +14

      @@myview5840
      that F***ing New Guy Tony did it👉🚶

    • @aramirez8427
      @aramirez8427 3 года назад +17

      you cant.....everyone is pissing in bottles.

  • @BobBob-kw2xq
    @BobBob-kw2xq 3 года назад +636

    Im sure somewhere there is a safety man saying "see thats why we wear steel toe boots"

    • @rylanmartin8590
      @rylanmartin8590 3 года назад +28

      Why wouldn’t there be, steel toe boots can easily stop 75 tons from crushing your toes

    • @xyz4165
      @xyz4165 3 года назад +6

      Hahahahahahaha

    • @froglaps40
      @froglaps40 3 года назад +37

      Don't forget the hard hat.

    • @matthewbohn3996
      @matthewbohn3996 3 года назад +28

      And safety glasses

    • @Branhawk
      @Branhawk 3 года назад +11

      Steel toe boots cut my toes off my right foot.

  • @DayRider76
    @DayRider76 3 года назад +21

    I've been doing heavy lifts for years, I have no fear when it comes to over head cranes. As long as the load is on the ground, no rigging attached, the crane is off and I'm not in the shop.

  • @stevefarrington5618
    @stevefarrington5618 3 года назад +729

    Is that a harbor freight label on that crane?

    • @davidbumpus8574
      @davidbumpus8574 3 года назад +12

      🤣😂😅

    • @scavenom2008
      @scavenom2008 3 года назад +26

      Central Machinery 😆

    • @michaelsnyder6922
      @michaelsnyder6922 3 года назад +47

      I wonder how many people don’t get that joke and how many people like me think it’s brilliant

    • @snoodles1234
      @snoodles1234 3 года назад +20

      Hey I like harbour freight 😂 😉

    • @rhinomite5203
      @rhinomite5203 3 года назад +2

      priceless

  • @07slowbalt
    @07slowbalt 3 года назад +22

    I was the rigger as an apprentice of some 20ft hat channel being hoisted to the roof on a university when a strap failed sending the load crashing into the roof just feet away from killing my foreman. The strap wasnt cut or rigged wrong, come to find out the strap was just old and came from the shop. Lesson learned was to always inspect the straps and make sure no red threads are visible and that the straps arent weathered. Life long lesson learned in a fraction of a second. Inspect your straps, inspect the load, and most importantly never stand under a load.

  • @2whl4re
    @2whl4re 3 года назад +165

    That's the sound of a job opening.

    • @DesertEagleV
      @DesertEagleV 3 года назад +6

      Really? You wanna start your new job by getting that thing out?

    • @suomik1988
      @suomik1988 3 года назад +2

      Or a business going under.

    • @geraldbal461
      @geraldbal461 3 года назад +2

      _or nam flashbacks_

    • @austindarrenor
      @austindarrenor 3 года назад +3

      @@DesertEagleV A crow bar and a little paint. That'll buff right out.

  • @mikedillard835
    @mikedillard835 3 года назад +227

    I CAN HEAR MY OLD BOSS SAY "SHIP IT" !.......

    • @gregk.8802
      @gregk.8802 3 года назад +9

      Now, that is funny. I've heard that a time or two...

    • @adrian9098
      @adrian9098 3 года назад +3

      Lol it's the same thing all across the world 😂

    • @TimCBuilders
      @TimCBuilders 3 года назад +1

      @@adrian9098 hilarious

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 3 года назад +9

      Its still within specs...ship it.

    • @xiro6
      @xiro6 3 года назад +2

      like opening the hood of my car and find some tools from the mechanic in top of the engine.it got me thinking what other things he could forgot.

  • @ET_Don
    @ET_Don 3 года назад +407

    That is why most riggers wear brown pants.

    • @davidsutton414
      @davidsutton414 3 года назад +11

      With incidents like this, they become brown!

    • @waynegreen8815
      @waynegreen8815 3 года назад +2

      LMAO

    • @WertzOne
      @WertzOne 3 года назад +12

      Half of them wear them on their knees, oh! wait, rigges, my bad!

    • @KevinFreist
      @KevinFreist 3 года назад +3

      in my world , we called the brown pants and paint , " pre emptive brownness" ha! i shit myself just wTching this vid when a dufus walks under / next to lift. duuuumb . not b4ave stupid. glad no one got hurt.

    • @agmc4me
      @agmc4me 3 года назад

      Lol

  • @CR-ou4hl
    @CR-ou4hl 3 года назад +548

    I'm not an expert in overhead crane technology, but: after extensively reviewing the footage (including a frame-by-frame analysis, and extensive processing to enhance the light and contrast), it is my professional opinion that someone definitely got fired for this.

    • @utharkruna1116
      @utharkruna1116 3 года назад +6

      Maybe he had to work it off.

    • @ivok9846
      @ivok9846 3 года назад +26

      i like the subtle humor of this reply

    • @l.a.2646
      @l.a.2646 3 года назад +24

      I came to the exact same conclusion! Especially when the whole thing makes that BOOM sound.... Don't believe that it should make that sound! Seriously glad that no one seems to be injured. Especially the guy that walks directly under a live lift!

    • @fredbentley4944
      @fredbentley4944 3 года назад +2

      Maybe more than one got fired ! Operator and maintenance I would imagine!

    • @Cavalier1025
      @Cavalier1025 3 года назад +35

      Why would they get fired? The crane failed.

  • @southronjr1570
    @southronjr1570 3 года назад +324

    My first thought when seeing that fall was " Damn, thats gonna be expensive".

    • @jonb5817
      @jonb5817 3 года назад +15

      Eh, it'll buff out . . .

    • @wfermier
      @wfermier 3 года назад +2

      Thank you Captain Obvious!

    • @REXXSEVEN
      @REXXSEVEN 3 года назад +3

      That's what I thought.

    • @gunnem4756
      @gunnem4756 3 года назад +15

      each one of the fins on something like this is around $15,000 USD

    • @istra70
      @istra70 3 года назад

      Insurance will cover ....

  • @f9qo
    @f9qo 3 года назад +176

    That's one that you can't blame on the apprentice.

    • @joetuktyyuktuk8635
      @joetuktyyuktuk8635 3 года назад +1

      Yup, pretty sure I saw him up there on a lift last week, wasn't he supposed to be just blowing the dust off the bridge? What was he doing up there with a crescent wrench in his hands....

    • @kingcosworth2643
      @kingcosworth2643 3 года назад

      Watch me!

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 года назад +1

      And he’s usually just standing there slack jawed anyways.

  • @caudleryan123
    @caudleryan123 3 года назад +7

    I worked at a plant that builds transformers up to 700kv range. The biggest one we were rated to build is 400 tons. We had a core assembly of a transformer drop. 120 tons. Punched through 2 inch steel plating on the floor and then put another 4 foot wide by 6 inch deep hole in the concrete. The whole assembly fell on its side. This shit ain't no joke. We got extremely lucky that day. I have seen some very stupid people do some very stupid things with an overhead crane.

  • @bjb7587
    @bjb7587 3 года назад +107

    For sale on ebay.
    Some cosmetic damage.
    Not in original box.
    Shipping not included.

  • @SSChambers1
    @SSChambers1 3 года назад +56

    This takes 'bearing crush' to a whole new level.

  • @alexanderSydneyOz
    @alexanderSydneyOz 3 года назад +121

    Imagine being the one who made the awkward phone call to someone after that.

    • @fischX
      @fischX 3 года назад +2

      "It's a little bit a tight fit, just to be on the save side let the insurance evaluate it and check the tolerances."

    • @ivankuzin8388
      @ivankuzin8388 3 года назад +4

      @@HobbyOrganist In this case, there is no repair. They have to make new rotor. That, together with additional plant idling for several weeks at best, will cost north of 5-6M. Hopefully, will be payed by insurance, but still the contractor gonna feel it next time he will be buying insurance, premiums rise after incidents like that. And, of course, heads gonna roll.

    • @stlyns
      @stlyns 3 года назад +3

      You don't make.a.phone call, you text them a picture of the carnage.

    • @sjuas690
      @sjuas690 3 года назад +7

      @@stlyns ... and then switch your phone off! 😃

  • @LM-qk2xt
    @LM-qk2xt 3 года назад +216

    "Hey boss should i do a crane inspection before starting work?"...
    "NO, that's going to add another hour and production wants the machine now." ....
    "Ok, I'll just sign off the check sheet."

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 3 года назад +30

      That happens more often than we know.

    • @benderc7778
      @benderc7778 3 года назад +34

      Than after the fact, boss - "why didn't you follow our company safety training? Every employee watched the safety video and took the test and signed off on that training. No excuse from you, We have to let you go"

    • @Mongoliantreecow
      @Mongoliantreecow 3 года назад +6

      Bruh I’m taking an aviation maintenance class and there’s an entire PowerPoint that the faa has designed to make sure people don’t sign work they don’t do. At that point it’s just ignorance

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 3 года назад +6

      @@Mongoliantreecow Good luck in the class. Safety is a religion with the manufacturer's documentation as its bible. Do everything by that book, and you won't go wrong.

    • @77thTrombone
      @77thTrombone 3 года назад +5

      @@Mongoliantreecow actually at that point, all ignorance is dispelled. Moving forward, any such situations would be pure dumbness.
      I echo what Joseph said. If there are situations with ambiguity or variance (or anything that's not straightforward by the book,) talk it around with the team & get a consensus with the necessary buy-in. If it's important enough for a boss to justify "one-off" behavior, then it's important enough for the boss to document.
      If that changes the boss' mind, you know you did the right thing.
      If that makes the boss say you'll get fired, you know you did the right thing.
      If the boss says, "Yeah, we should document the variation," you know you did the right thing.

  • @MustObeyTheRules
    @MustObeyTheRules 3 года назад +143

    This is where you grab your car keys, walk out the door and never come back

    • @MrJx4000
      @MrJx4000 3 года назад +6

      This is _exactly_ what happened in a nuke power station a few years ago. They were lifting a steam turbine rotor, just like this one, and it dropped onto the concrete floor (I even have a photocopy of a photo). The crane op never came back.

    • @anthonysaponaro6318
      @anthonysaponaro6318 3 года назад +1

      Welp I guess that's the end of that career

    • @FineEngineer
      @FineEngineer 3 года назад +1

      Looks to me like a mechanical failure of the crane, not an operator error. Was the failed part subject to routine maintenance or required to be inspected? If so, that is the person / people that would be polishing up the resume.

    • @tobyhel0
      @tobyhel0 3 года назад

      @@FineEngineer what’s a typical cause of a failure like this one?

  • @tubefluid
    @tubefluid 3 года назад +42

    "Hey Sam, remember that turbine that you helped finish up right before you went on vacation?
    Well, it should go a lot quicker the second time around"

    • @NIHILWR
      @NIHILWR 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @joetuktyyuktuk8635
    @joetuktyyuktuk8635 3 года назад +39

    Wonder what the first thought the boss had, when his coffee cup on his desk jumped.... "shit...that didn't sound right...."

  • @onemoremisfit
    @onemoremisfit 3 года назад +188

    The turbine blades held the lifting device when it fell and nobody was near the center where the pulley block landed, very lucky, because there are plenty of ways to get crushed without being directly under the load.

    • @Cenobyte40k
      @Cenobyte40k 3 года назад +5

      Those vanes are tough, i expected way more damage to them.

    • @thecurtray
      @thecurtray 3 года назад

      about when you typed this a tree fell on me and i admit,it was trying to use me for a nail. it got me like never before. i am still laying from it. all i did was walk under it. i feel the strategic air injection is killing all the trees on our street. they are breaking in large large chunks at any time. never seen this b4 in life

    • @JonSnow-bc6ro
      @JonSnow-bc6ro 3 года назад +4

      1 minute earlier there was a guy standing right there

    • @ushoys
      @ushoys 3 года назад

      Turbine vanes eh?

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 3 года назад

      @@JonSnow-bc6ro Could have been a lot longer than a minute as there was an edit in the video just before it dropped. But still, had it happened when he was there he most likely would be dead or severely injured.

  • @BryanTorok
    @BryanTorok 3 года назад +28

    Many years ago, possibly the 1960s, my uncle was a police officer in Cleveland and was working a part time job at one of the steel mills. Some how a load was dropped and crushed his legs. I seem to recall that it took something like seven operations and over a year before he could walk again. He did recover and did get back on the police department.

    • @gmcinnis6304
      @gmcinnis6304 3 года назад

      surprised he can walk...takes OXY's like M&M's... and they are abt as useful as M&M's?

    • @BryanTorok
      @BryanTorok 3 года назад

      @@gmcinnis6304 That was at a time before OXYs were even a thing. I won't say that he was like he was before the accident, but he healed and was functional, capable of doing his job. He worked something like another 20 years after that and eventually retired.

    • @PiscatorLager
      @PiscatorLager Год назад +1

      At my old place my neighbor got his hips smashed by his own tractor. He had removed the rollover-bar so it would fit into his garage and ironically that's probably what would have saved him.

  • @brentbarnhart5827
    @brentbarnhart5827 3 года назад +12

    This accident couldn't have happened at a more perfect time. But THAT DUDE, good god he is lucky to be alive.

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 3 года назад +69

    Just a split second before it dropped, I heard the winch motor or gearbox whine.

    • @Bal4833
      @Bal4833 3 года назад +7

      I heard that too. It sounded to me like the brake was no holding and you could hear the gear train whining as the load descended. The old millwright saying “beat to fit and paint to match” comes to mind.

    • @johnverney
      @johnverney 3 года назад +5

      That broken coupling was most likely attached to the brake

    • @Bal4833
      @Bal4833 3 года назад +4

      @Ci' Absalon the sound I am describing starts at about 1:50 and happens before the load falls. The crane operator is intermittently energizing the electric motor to slow the descent. If the brake truly fails, I am not sure if the gear train could even support the hook. So I am not sure if the cable broke at all. The load in this video is the rotor for a gas turbine.

    • @johnverney
      @johnverney 3 года назад +1

      @Ci' Absalon No, and why would they brake when there was no load on them once the coupling failed?

    • @andrewnardo1021
      @andrewnardo1021 3 года назад +5

      @Ci' Absalon if the ropes broke one of them would be on the ground. Once the block stops the ropes stopped. It looks like the brake failed. Without the brake a load will just drag rope out and won’t stop until the block hits the ground. The popping was likely from the rails. The cranes in our shop will creak and pop when going over certain spots on the rails. Overhead cranes make all kinds of odd sounds.

  • @Glitch-nr9ct
    @Glitch-nr9ct 3 года назад +49

    "Llllliike a glove"

  • @andrewyork3869
    @andrewyork3869 3 года назад +121

    No amount of flex seal can fix that....

    • @toolnuts7777
      @toolnuts7777 3 года назад +11

      Ya gotta step up to gorilla glue !

    • @jeffhightower8085
      @jeffhightower8085 3 года назад +2

      Nice job of centering it

    • @artmchugh5644
      @artmchugh5644 3 года назад +4

      JB. WELD !!!! Those journals will buff out !!!!😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😄😄😄😄😄😄🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

    • @dinosaurcomplaints2359
      @dinosaurcomplaints2359 3 года назад +1

      J B Weld!

    • @moose2577
      @moose2577 3 года назад +1

      That's a lotta damage!

  • @martyyoung3611
    @martyyoung3611 3 года назад +42

    I worked in a place that handled heavy steel coils. Whenever they started lifting I would get as far from them as I could.

    • @myview5840
      @myview5840 3 года назад +5

      Cable whip is still dangerous at distance

    • @georgeisaak5321
      @georgeisaak5321 3 года назад

      Smart reliable method to stay alive and one piece ! I would do the same no matter what !

    • @gilbertolopez5257
      @gilbertolopez5257 3 года назад +1

      Call me a pussy for it any day of the week...but you aren't gonna find me over a suspended load..no sir...👍🏼...give me chills watching some guys do it like nothing...

    • @georgeisaak5321
      @georgeisaak5321 3 года назад +3

      @@gilbertolopez5257 You are not a pussy , you are intelligent enough to not gamble with your own life . Nothing wrong with that , personally i believe those who do that have a deathwish or they are doing it completely lost in their thoughts ...I saw one too many accidents in a dock at a port once and it was more than enough to convince me NEVER i would do such thing ...let's say it didn't look nice , too much "ketchup" for my taste !

    • @joetuktyyuktuk8635
      @joetuktyyuktuk8635 3 года назад +4

      Yeah, I always told apprentices, if someone tells you to do something you think is unsafe or makes you uncomfortable... refuse to do it, you have that right and if it comes down to it, better your job than your life.

  • @jadesluv
    @jadesluv 3 года назад +65

    They bought a 100 T crane, however it was shipped a with 50 T gearbox.

    • @geovani60624
      @geovani60624 3 года назад +2

      is it true or are you just trolling?

    • @gmcinnis6304
      @gmcinnis6304 3 года назад +1

      cheapest pot cast iron in the world on that part they showed... next time BILLET OUT OF SOLID STEEL MACHINED ... x rayed for imperfections. costs a little more... but not as much as the settlemment will cost for this $$$$$ gas turbine engine fan/bearings/work...

  • @cruzanmongoose
    @cruzanmongoose 3 года назад +47

    The guy at 1:55 was one lucky dude!!! standing under a 75 ton load is nuts..

    • @rrs_13
      @rrs_13 3 года назад +13

      Relax. Can't you see he was wearing a safety helmet?

    • @TomJones-uf5sl
      @TomJones-uf5sl 3 года назад +3

      Standing under a five pound load is nuts. Standing under a 75 ton load is well beyond your pay grade!

    • @joetuktyyuktuk8635
      @joetuktyyuktuk8635 3 года назад +1

      He is lucky to be sure, if it got him there wouldn't be anything more than a hard hat pancaked down onto his safety boots, but the safety supervisor would say "see? Hard hats and boots work..."

  • @cmoudyrybicka
    @cmoudyrybicka 3 года назад +12

    Yes, it happened to me as well. I am always fascinated and annoyed by people who are casually walking around the heavy loads. Nobody knows what is happening with nylon slings, a crane shaft or entire crane structure. You have to ALWAYS keep distance from lifting objects!!!

  • @nrood3821
    @nrood3821 3 года назад +48

    its a sad day when people still need to be told to not stand under stuff like this.

    • @istra70
      @istra70 3 года назад +5

      Yeah, that idiot in blue nearly finished as bearing lubricant.

    • @revisedcandy4295
      @revisedcandy4295 3 года назад

      @@istra70 calm down dude we are just humans

    • @istra70
      @istra70 3 года назад +1

      @@revisedcandy4295 Yeah, I know. Many times I would think - who cares - let natural selection do it's job .... But it creates problems for others ....

    • @MrJx4000
      @MrJx4000 3 года назад

      Just make sure they're wearing their helmets and safety glasses.

    • @gmcinnis6304
      @gmcinnis6304 3 года назад

      Yup... Yup... yup (3 WISE MEN... in the alley.. drinking and THINKING about.. SAFETY!!!! IS JOB 1!!!!!!)

  • @dmp9135
    @dmp9135 3 года назад +7

    That Crane Companies motto: "We stand behind our cranes...not under them"

  • @mnwoodshop3877
    @mnwoodshop3877 3 года назад +15

    And failure occurred right after that guy walked through there.My dad is a retired overhead crane operator.I don’t know how many times he’d come home telling how someone walked under the load.

    • @BirdWhisperer46
      @BirdWhisperer46 3 года назад +3

      I worked in the Quincy Mass. General Dynamics shipyard in the mid 60's and If you work with cranes and tell me you never walked under a load, I call you a liar.

  • @grom7826
    @grom7826 3 года назад +162

    Note to maintanence boss. "When getting ready to lift million dollar machinery have the crane inspected for any issues"

    • @SparkeyDogfish
      @SparkeyDogfish 3 года назад +25

      Probably wouldn’t have caught this one but you would be covering your backside.

    • @sammyd7857
      @sammyd7857 3 года назад +4

      No safety brake

    • @peternewman3487
      @peternewman3487 3 года назад +8

      Due to political correctness I can’t say what I would like to say.

    • @snaplash
      @snaplash 3 года назад +1

      @@sammyd7857 Looks like there's a brake in the left side of 3:16, or at least the outer friction shoes. The rotor and shaft have gone elsewhere.

    • @sammyd7857
      @sammyd7857 3 года назад +7

      @Craig Tucker it showed the broken coupling.

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg 3 года назад +146

    Ahh, pair of pliers, straighten those vanes out - badda bing, badda BOOM turbine!

    • @TechGorilla1987
      @TechGorilla1987 3 года назад +8

      It will buff right out.

    • @dustinmoline3572
      @dustinmoline3572 3 года назад +2

      Budget meeting: " Is this a type-o? I see 2 $350k steam turbines here.
      Everyone else in the meeting: .............

    • @rvarnum
      @rvarnum 3 года назад

      I was thinking needle nose.

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg 3 года назад +1

      @@rvarnum How dare you call me that!

    • @rvarnum
      @rvarnum 3 года назад +1

      @@godbluffvdgg Ha. My apologies.

  • @gert_kruger
    @gert_kruger 3 года назад +146

    And that is why you have to over-engineer, I don't care what anybody says.

    • @chrislyle2675
      @chrislyle2675 3 года назад +1

      Not always

    • @markriddle3282
      @markriddle3282 3 года назад +5

      Gert that is so true. Safe then sorry

    • @david667766
      @david667766 3 года назад +6

      The safety factor was low

    • @hpt08
      @hpt08 3 года назад +1

      There's still some incredible idiots out there that design without thinking the basics through though. Has to be seen to be believed.

    • @istra70
      @istra70 3 года назад +3

      That's what Russians do. But in USA it is all about savings .....

  • @johnmorrison3555
    @johnmorrison3555 3 года назад +27

    Ouch. That was one hell of an expensive coupling failure.

    • @historybuff8136
      @historybuff8136 3 года назад +1

      that coupling looked like it suffered a sudden total failure, it did not appear as if it was a fatigue break

  • @pamike4873
    @pamike4873 3 года назад +5

    Oh man. That was a VERY expensive fail. Many millions down the drain I'm sure. Those things have to be balanced to insane levels. The machining cost alone must be huge.

  • @SoloSailorDave
    @SoloSailorDave 3 года назад +110

    "We're calling an early lunch, smoke 'em if you got 'em"......

    • @keystonedaytrip238
      @keystonedaytrip238 3 года назад +1

      LoL 😂

    • @gmcinnis6304
      @gmcinnis6304 3 года назад

      at the steak house, company is buying... to MAKE US ALL SIGN LIABILLITY RELASE FORMS... SIGN THIS THE weMEN WILL TELL THE MEN!!! weMEN have suchh big ones now

  • @retroguitarmaster
    @retroguitarmaster 3 года назад +11

    can you imagine "guys, where's pete, has anyone seen pete?"

    • @skylined5534
      @skylined5534 3 года назад

      "Is that a foot?!"
      "Ohhhhh boyyyyyy, here we go again"

  • @DJC3.
    @DJC3. 3 года назад +83

    Management at steel mill “can you still run?”

    • @chrissd40
      @chrissd40 3 года назад +6

      Production manager: All I know is it needs to be running before tomorrow!

    • @LM-qk2xt
      @LM-qk2xt 3 года назад +4

      Ain't that truth... or "how much longer before start up"?

    • @jasinere35
      @jasinere35 3 года назад +1

      titanium fins

    • @alanblyde8502
      @alanblyde8502 3 года назад +1

      Bring back the old turbine “we need this to run” 😂

    • @DJC3.
      @DJC3. 3 года назад

      @@alanblyde8502 “that one was smashed before this one” “looks a little better run it!”

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips6296 3 года назад +5

    I am glad that no one was injured, but I have to say that is one expensive drop!

  • @jdwht2455
    @jdwht2455 3 года назад +10

    One more GE design gas turbine bites the dust. That rotor, probably a Frame 7, is well up in the 6 figure range, low 6 figure if it's repairable. Then there is bearing housing damage and maybe even turbine case damage. including blading since clearances are measured in thousandths.

    • @NIHILWR
      @NIHILWR 3 года назад

      Lots of new openings at the job site tho! Always a positive 🤣🤣

  • @stanleykeith6969
    @stanleykeith6969 3 года назад +7

    The same thing happened to me moving a Large Transformer at a local steel mill in Pa. Brakes left go. No one got hurt and the transformer came down and sat on the floor. The only thing was, I just had the crane inspectors and repairmen just look everything over. You never know. I was watching the one worker walk almost underneath that lift. WOW ! Very Lucky man.

    • @tazman572
      @tazman572 3 года назад +1

      Things can break/go wrong at any time.
      As for the guy walking under the load...very stupid guy.

  • @ric84
    @ric84 6 лет назад +200

    That sounds expensive.

    • @dominicpetruzzelli3134
      @dominicpetruzzelli3134 3 года назад +6

      Looks expensive too

    • @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757
      @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757 3 года назад +13

      It is, I think it was 5 million in damages

    • @aarondavis8652
      @aarondavis8652 3 года назад +10

      That rotor is well over 30 million. I was on a job where we messed up a rotor dur to poor supervision and it had to be unstacked and repaired. It was a smaller unit but we were told it around 30 million to replace

    • @cobra02411
      @cobra02411 3 года назад +3

      Hello State Farm?

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist 3 года назад +1

      @David Bryant Not JUST the rotor though, the casting it was so rudely dropped on was also ruined!

  • @BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo
    @BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo 3 года назад +36

    It’s called “Preventive Maintenance” for a reason.

    • @mikethatguy27
      @mikethatguy27 3 года назад +2

      "Preventive"

    • @bjb7587
      @bjb7587 3 года назад

      A good example.

    • @dgronzega8073
      @dgronzega8073 3 года назад +1

      the piece that broke looked like all fresh

  • @vernonbear
    @vernonbear 3 года назад +1

    Used to work at a steel stockholder, we lifted anything upto about 20 tonnes with our cranes, you’d NEVER see me anywhere under a load, we only wore hard hats cause we’d walk into the racking and crack our heads on it. Saw chains fail (that’d been regularly checked and tested), saw cranes fail (likewise, tested and serviced), and had humans controlling the cranes, we were good at what we did but one wrong button press and you could cause all sorts of damage.
    As a side note I delivered steel into the Airbus wing factory near Chester and they have entire wings moving about on remote cranes, that was a sight to behold 😀

  • @gregoryclark3870
    @gregoryclark3870 3 года назад +25

    Glad they were wearing safety helmets

    • @jamesparker437
      @jamesparker437 3 года назад +2

      Those guys were in great danger of damaging their shiny white helmets

    • @johnmarshall4442
      @johnmarshall4442 3 года назад

      Yes , good point, hahahah

  • @johnferguson4989
    @johnferguson4989 3 года назад +64

    Gonna need to take some emery cloth to the journals

    • @1035pm
      @1035pm 3 года назад +3

      A bit of brasso and that will buff right off.

    • @Nivicoman
      @Nivicoman 3 года назад +1

      @@1035pm It will still be within 0.0000025" of the finished roundness and taper

    • @peternewman3487
      @peternewman3487 3 года назад +1

      Lots of 40 grit will soon sort that out.

    • @mwnci1000
      @mwnci1000 3 года назад +5

      Nah, quick breath on the journal and it will polish out with a shirt sleeve. Job's a good un!

    • @jacksbackable
      @jacksbackable 3 года назад

      And some sh!t tickets! ( )) 😆

  • @riccardorampini9266
    @riccardorampini9266 3 года назад +60

    I work in the same field and I feel desperate for them.
    To replace a turbine rotor maybe it could take 1 year.
    A super expensive damage.

    • @patcowley6378
      @patcowley6378 3 года назад +6

      i guess at least 5 people instantly lost their jobs...

    • @riccardorampini9266
      @riccardorampini9266 3 года назад +10

      @@patcowley6378 maybe not directly them.. but it's for sure that somebody got fired.
      The problem is that the power plant can't work until the turbine rotor is replaced.

    • @perryfarmer3280
      @perryfarmer3280 3 года назад +11

      @@riccardorampini9266 And possibly replacing part or all of the pedestal.

    • @riccardorampini9266
      @riccardorampini9266 3 года назад +7

      @@perryfarmer3280 that's for sure.
      But what I dont understand is why there was installed that coupling joint crane... It's a very cheap type and not reliable for this kind of installation.

    • @perryfarmer3280
      @perryfarmer3280 3 года назад +17

      @@riccardorampini9266 I never saw turbine rotors installed coupled. This places stress at the coupling unless supported on both sides. This whole lift starting with a worker filmed without safety glasses looks like a disaster. The worker near the coupling when it finally dropped was lucky but oddly didn't seemed especially concerned.
      This accident probably damage the pedestal, the chest, the bearings, the blades and the shaft. Probably a simple bora scope will reveal damage when looking for brittle bore shaft issues. An accident like this in an older plant have caused early plant retirements.
      During most of the lift there were noises that did not sound good. This may have been avoided by returning the unit back to the cradle.

  • @skeetermcswagger0U812
    @skeetermcswagger0U812 3 года назад +20

    Well that's one way to seat the bearings in a rotating assembly.

    • @markkens9
      @markkens9 3 года назад

      New meaning to tilting pad bearings.

  • @vegas11t
    @vegas11t 3 года назад +1

    Heavy assembly group leader Bliss-Salem use to do 100-ton lifts all the time, the heaviest lift I observed was 500 tons in Cleveland as Field service rep for Alliance Machine.

  • @Fitzpatrick65
    @Fitzpatrick65 3 года назад +12

    Damn, that brings me flashbacks of when I was working under a Cat D7G Crawler Dozer that was sitting on big wooded blocks with their tracks off. Cause 5 minutes later after I when to launch that Cat D7G Crawler Dozer fell off the blocks. I was very damn lucky that day. I never worked under a dozer like that or any other again I didn't care how much they pay me. I worked there for 3 months after that and found a better job cause they didn't care about safety. A friend of mine got his arm torn off by a steel beam fell on his arm.

    • @gmcinnis6304
      @gmcinnis6304 3 года назад

      and the companies shyster lawyers will DO EVERYTHING TO DISAVOW ANY WRONG DONIG!!! EVERYTHING.. didnt happen... he was fired 30 mins ago, i want him arrested for trespassing

  • @jerrygarner8115
    @jerrygarner8115 3 года назад +6

    That's going to cost them plenty! Glad no one was under it!

  • @onradioactivewaves
    @onradioactivewaves 3 года назад

    I like the sales ad in the description.

  • @OttoVonKonrad
    @OttoVonKonrad 3 года назад +2

    And that is why you have a double brake system on your hoists. Even if the motor blows or or coupling fails, as long as the gearbox does not explode the load will not fall.

  • @billdobbins8372
    @billdobbins8372 3 года назад +31

    I think that the place down the street is hiring

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 3 года назад

      "Shit! Oh well.
      Lets go have another beer guys!! Let swing shift deal with it."

    • @patricknesbitt4003
      @patricknesbitt4003 3 года назад

      The Springfield nuclear power plant. Ask for Homer.

  • @carpballet
    @carpballet 3 года назад +18

    Low elevation gravity pressure bearing seating method.

  • @bretthess6376
    @bretthess6376 3 года назад +2

    "That's not as bad as I thought.... Oh yeah, that'll buff right out."

  • @rayteale8883
    @rayteale8883 3 года назад

    Boss! We are suddenly ahead of schedule on assembly!

  • @genegeneish
    @genegeneish 3 года назад +10

    Thats the call you dont want to make.

  • @charlie6629
    @charlie6629 3 года назад +5

    433 Ironworker here. I know that brake sound, I've saved several lives in my career from telling them to take cover. Brakes gave out. Bunch of dumb shits under that load also.

    • @carloscortes5570
      @carloscortes5570 3 года назад +1

      I'm not a 433 ironworker here!! But I did stay at the Holiday Inn last night and I totally agree!!

  • @jeroldfoster8058
    @jeroldfoster8058 3 года назад +1

    The anticipation in this video is killer.

  • @thebrain7065
    @thebrain7065 3 года назад +4

    "Well....this is another fine mess you've gotten us into"

  • @simplywonderful449
    @simplywonderful449 3 года назад +5

    The guy walking up the stairs, who just passed beneath the turbine, ran off to change his pants!

    • @paulculbert1281
      @paulculbert1281 3 года назад

      May have a bit of shake to her but they can sort that during commissioning. It was fine when it left the plant!

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 3 года назад +3

    Despite tremendous effort, nobody died.

  • @Gliderking80
    @Gliderking80 3 года назад +1

    My first thought when seeing that fall was " Damn, that was so precise"

  • @engineear5571
    @engineear5571 3 года назад +1

    He protecc
    He attacc
    But most importantly, he gives the crane cable slacc

  • @Youssef-bn1ez
    @Youssef-bn1ez 3 года назад +4

    Before performing this important operation with the crane, it is necessary to do a dynamic test (the nominal load + 10%) to be sure of the crane, and preferably this type of crane must be equipped with a safety brake or drum brake.

    • @jamieeast4974
      @jamieeast4974 3 года назад +1

      brake failed !

    • @Youssef-bn1ez
      @Youssef-bn1ez 3 года назад

      preferably to have in addition to the service brake, a cable drum safety brake which reacts after an overspeed measure on the lift, and stops the fall.

  • @craigstephens8845
    @craigstephens8845 3 года назад +9

    Wait, you want me to pee in what cup?

  • @davidaxman
    @davidaxman 3 года назад +1

    Especially on a worksite: assume that everything is going to kill and that everyone is using the equipment wrong. The amount of times I've seen people walking under loads is ridiculous. One of the most common reason for dying at work is having something fall over you.

  • @Bathygnostic
    @Bathygnostic 3 года назад +9

    "Break time!"

  • @Tonnsfabrication
    @Tonnsfabrication 3 года назад +126

    When your overhead lifting components say ( made in china)

    • @meyou245
      @meyou245 3 года назад +10

      Underrated comment. SO True!

    • @michaelangelo6378
      @michaelangelo6378 3 года назад +1

      Racist bigots

    • @w34356
      @w34356 3 года назад +14

      @@michaelangelo6378 I am someone who buys tools for a living including rigging equipment (including wire and chain hoists.). For the majority of products marked “made in china” I would recommend you stay away from if its to be used for any life safety situation. I had a contractor I hired show up with two brand new/ still in the box made in china wire rope hoists. First they could not even lift their rated and then were falling apart on the first day. It put the job back 3 days for them to get the right equipment in and this put the project behind and cost me money. From my experiences you are asking for issues since the products are made to a lesser standard.

    • @mattblack9069
      @mattblack9069 3 года назад

      It was in Russia

    • @meyou245
      @meyou245 3 года назад +14

      @@michaelangelo6378 Please tell me what race has to do with it? China historically has been know for producing junk tools. Since you automatically went to the race card, maybe you should look in the mirror?

  • @jeremy7923
    @jeremy7923 3 года назад +10

    "Hi.... is this Jake from State Farm?"

  • @miguelsalami
    @miguelsalami 3 года назад

    I have seen complete Booms collapse & fall from Shipyard Gantry Cranes before. Thank God nobody got hurt or ended up dead. When you are an operator or rigger your life is on the front lines every day. Your Very worst mistake would be to take that for granted.💙

  • @nomar5spaulding
    @nomar5spaulding 3 года назад +2

    Well at least turbines are really easy to build, very cheap, and can be redone very rapidly. It would have been a real bummer if this was something that is difficult to make, very costly, or with a long lead time required.

  • @hereinoz7051
    @hereinoz7051 3 года назад +3

    "Hey Boss"
    Yeah???
    "You know you cancelled Saturday overtime for crane inspection and PM due to budget costs"
    "Yeah"
    "Well, looks like we are now working Saturday and Sunday, unfortunately you have just became the next budget cut"

  • @TruckerMark52
    @TruckerMark52 3 года назад

    Back in the 1990s when I delivered a truckload of I-beams to a jobsite in Denver the crane lost a half-dozen 48-foot beams at-once when one of the straps broke. They fell from probably 40 feet in the air.

  • @hokanut
    @hokanut 3 года назад

    Landed right on the bearings...nice shot man!

  • @siggyretburns7523
    @siggyretburns7523 3 года назад +4

    "When we clocked out, it was fine. They did it!" 👉 "We found it like this when we clocked in, They did it."👈

  • @joedapro555
    @joedapro555 3 года назад +10

    That's the break-in procedure.

    • @jeffbeck9444
      @jeffbeck9444 3 года назад +2

      "Break in procedure" ,... that is a good one.

    • @Phoenix88.
      @Phoenix88. 3 года назад +2

      I mean they broke it and it's in...

  • @briansteffmagnussen9078
    @briansteffmagnussen9078 Год назад

    We had an accident at my plant, IAI industries many years back, A brand new cable on a 30 t. overhead crane snapped due to the cable was eaten from the inside. When it was rigged up again the same cable snapped again after less than a year. The crane routinely was used with overload, The max load of 30 t. was routinely exceeded, You could see the cable stretch like a rubber band when you stopped hoist down. Many times it was used to lift under misalignment. A crane is made for normal SWL load under normal XYZ axis, Not for moving dropped load out of some tight spot.

  • @dsc0273
    @dsc0273 3 года назад

    Man they were lucky. We used to pull these out when I was an apprentice. Always stand back.

  • @Moparmaga-1
    @Moparmaga-1 3 года назад +3

    Now that we have the short block assembly complete we can move on to installing the head

  • @bebo5558
    @bebo5558 3 года назад +60

    A little JB weld and that will buff right out!

    • @lquinn7212
      @lquinn7212 3 года назад +1

      Exactly! Also, a shot of WD40!

    • @hillaryclinton2415
      @hillaryclinton2415 3 года назад +1

      And duct tape

    • @bebo5558
      @bebo5558 3 года назад +1

      Just call it the "new and improved" version 2.0 and charge twice as much!

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 3 года назад

      Booger snot, save the buck.

  • @narcisist83
    @narcisist83 3 года назад

    On the bright side, the load placement was perfect. 👍

  • @aleksanderlikar5375
    @aleksanderlikar5375 3 года назад

    On the ship, MV / Bovec, the first officer on the cargo lift tore the steel rope because the ship was rocking and a 16-ton grapple + a load of approx. 3-4 tons fell from 10 meters to the bottom of the ship's warehouse.
    The floor did not break, but a 1.5 m deep comfort was created and the grapple was destroyed. The old helmsmen refused this work and advised against it because of the situation.
    I was 18 at the time and it was cool to be a sailor. Hard work with a lot of adventure.

  • @Imnotyourdoormat
    @Imnotyourdoormat 3 года назад +3

    must be those old fashioned style type of "crush-bearings"....

  • @theginganinjaofficial
    @theginganinjaofficial 3 года назад +3

    "That's a lot of damage!"

  • @davesstuff1599
    @davesstuff1599 3 года назад

    You scratched my anchor!

  • @Derangedforsure
    @Derangedforsure 3 года назад

    He actually had it lined up pretty good.

  • @getchasome6230
    @getchasome6230 3 года назад +12

    I cant even imagine how much that cost to replace. You cant use it once those fins are bent

    • @ronflippen9135
      @ronflippen9135 3 года назад +1

      4 year waiting list for G.E.

    • @moderndaydrifter4672
      @moderndaydrifter4672 3 года назад +1

      Why not it might make a bit of noise but it should still work.

    • @MrNeptunebob
      @MrNeptunebob 3 года назад +1

      If it were a coal fired plant, with so many of them shutting down perhaps it was never replaced, the utility just shut the place down and had electricity from somewhere else. They might have just left the turbine and crane there and abandoned them.

    • @getchasome6230
      @getchasome6230 3 года назад

      @@MrNeptunebob hell I just assumed it was a nuclear plant since they're changing out turbines.

    • @getchasome6230
      @getchasome6230 3 года назад

      @@moderndaydrifter4672 they have to be perfectly balanced. You dont want that thing spinning a bearing and coming loose lol

  • @CharlesHuse
    @CharlesHuse 3 года назад +4

    my dad used to repair turbine engines. That shaft with the blade disks, blades mounted and balanced was about $20 million.

    • @CharlesHuse
      @CharlesHuse 3 года назад

      @UNABOMBER MANIFESTO Some major manufacturing companies will use a jet turbine engine to power an onsite generator for whatever purpose. Without knowing the specifics of the facility in the video, that turbine core they just busted up could simply be tied into a steam system and spin a generator.
      My father spent 30+ years working at the jet shop at Dallas Love Field Airport breaking down exhaust casings for Pratt&Whitney, Westinghouse, and GE engines used on commercial aircraft. He did get sent out to San Francisco years ago (early 80s) to repair a jet engine used for electrical power generation for some company.

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 3 года назад

    Glad to know no one got killed!

  • @JustPlainRob
    @JustPlainRob 3 года назад +1

    Those turbines are insanely expensive even when you don't drop them...

  • @dystopianlucidity4448
    @dystopianlucidity4448 3 года назад +3

    This is why you never get beneath a load suspended.

    • @dystopianlucidity4448
      @dystopianlucidity4448 3 года назад

      @@michaelzahnow255if anyone had been beneath the load they would be dead.

  • @thevalley2008
    @thevalley2008 3 года назад +4

    Well at least the straps held up, definitely a crane malfunction.

  • @peterw6791
    @peterw6791 3 года назад +2

    Failure of shaft coupling. Usually there is redundancy via having the brake unit in line. Unfortunately there are still cranes out there with this set up...

  • @WeGoWalk
    @WeGoWalk 3 года назад +1

    “Hey boss, you’re not going to believe this, but the funniest thing just happened”...

  • @JohnDoe-fz3nu
    @JohnDoe-fz3nu 3 года назад +5

    When you are at the finish line and celebrate to soon.

    • @thecurtray
      @thecurtray 3 года назад +1

      bingo

    • @h8evil685
      @h8evil685 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, much like the Beijing Biden Camp...