I spent over 30 years inspecting, repairing and modernizing overhead cranes. The one thing I could not fix was bad operators. Fortunately, they usually don't last long.
@@pyrofestimo I worked at Zenar, Crane Pro, P&H Material Handling (Pro Care) and Orley-Meyer Kone Landell (Konecranes) as overhead crane field services tech. Rigger / erector / welder / electrician (VFD's, contactor logic / DC magnet cranes). Most large cranes (like a foundry or steel mill hot pot melt bay class F ladle crane) today are operated from a shielded room up high overlooking work area, glass windows all around like a bay window, a ship's bridge. That's common on the 300 Ton and up cranes (I've rebuilt a 900 ton ladle crane.) Smaller cranes like in a pickling or heat treat line (65 Ton - 300 Ton) are remote control operated by man walking the floor with load. Or by a dangling hard-wired pendant. I did work on a very old Shawbox melt bay ladle crane with rivetted fish belly girders that had a round bottom operator bucket hung under catwalk off G1. I also had to repair a large magnet crane with an operator's bucket up on the crane still in use. It was a magnet crane for scrap steel that came in on rail. Bridge of crane had hydraulic brakes. Control yoke was an early Harnischfeger inductive reactance ferrite plunger on bellcrank joystick style. I am a terrible operator. I mean terrible! But I think I got pretty good at fixin' a crane! Crane operator control buckets up under the crane catwalk all look the same: An electric space heater. The last electric space heater that broke and got replaced. It sits not too far away. Maybe they get emotionally attached? Porno. pigeon crap. foundry dust.
I worked in an aluminum die cast plant. Saw two furnaces blow up. One beside my machine. A lift operator left his lift between me and the furnace. The only thing that saved me. Saw molten aluminum pored in the floor several times. Almost had my foot it it once. Yes, it will melt concrete. Yep, I am a lucky guy.
@@ioreodream that one would have been easier than some I have done. Less junk. First step is take a long bar, think like a plow,lol.. And plow thru the middle of it. And man is it hot. Break up as much as possible while doft. Then air chisels , finally torches. Trick is get it while it's hot.
So what happened here the hook didn't release? Or what? I work with commercial equipment constantly as well at being a firefighter so my mind is really thinking what's at fault as well as how to fight this if it blows out of proportion.
I worked in the Heavy Foundry at Sheffield Forgemasters for 40 years, we made castings with a finished weight of 350 tonne, with 7 ladles simultaneously pouring 650 tonnes of molten steel, I've seen moulds leak before which has resulted in molten steel all over the shop floor, but I've never seen a crane tip over a ladle. The way the driver was laying the legs down was an accident waiting to happen.
The bail is made to be laid over like that. The issue it he was traveling before the hook lowed clear of the bails. Simple rule of thumb for all crane operations is one movement at a time ie lift or lower to the height you need then travel. Anyone with a little experience can easily move the crane around in three dimensions but there are times when its just better to stick to doing things as simply as possible. I worked at what was the worlds largest Aluminium and one issue we had to deal with that most places dont is the magnetic field generated by the massive current flow on the pot lines (pots or cells as they are know is what the aluminium is smelted in). The magnetic field was strong enough to get your hook caught on the lift point. We used to have 3 ton forklifts tow each other around by just butting the counter weights up against each other.
I worked at Bethlehem steel and at 300’ away you could feel the heat off that kettle when they poured it. Burning slag would fly in all directions, it was something to see. Ppl have no idea how dangerous and truly wild a place like that is.
I do. I'm 1500 miles away and tensed up just seeing how close those men get to that thing. I gotta stop watching these videos. I'm gonna have a heart attack. And I thought bakery ovens were hot, cereal ovens were hot, and I once was fire walking all drunk and stupid. Stepped in a hole and landed in the glowing hell below me on my side. Hopped out. I was burned to crisp from finger tip to shoulder, both arms. Facial hair singed, only time since high school I didn't sport a mustache, burned it off, but it grew back. Me no like molten metal, neither. You guys are nuts working around that stuff. Must pay real well?
@@trentstewart2558 OUCH MAN!😳 I’m glad you’re ok now, that’s brutal. Those mills are all gone now. It’s a giant Amazon hub amongst other warehouses now which is depressing. My Grandfather worked there after he served in WWII for 40 years as did many that lived around Baltimore and it’s so sad to see it all gone. Now the bridge is gone after the ship took it down. There were 11 major chemical plants around that area too, only one remains. We outsourced everything to other countries…..
My grandfather worked in a lead refinery back in the 1950s. His I.D. card was stamped steel, because if you got caught in an accident like this, that would be the only thing left of you.
In the 80s I worked in a iron foundry, a transfer ladle 1/2 this size shorted out and dumped just a few feet from a guy, 60% of his body burned. Absolutely preventable, it had been acting up for 2 weeks
My grandson witnessed a death at an aluminum foundry. Even though he was a fearless bear of a man, this stressed him pretty bad. All he could say was "I didn't know a human could make a sound like that." Two weeks later an aneurysm exploded in his brain and he died too. I watch this video and try to imagine what he had seen
As an H&S Engineer, I can identify at least a dozen of non-conformities. It’s always “I know this job, don’t tell me how to do it” in the beginning, but when the shait hits the fan, their big mouth shrinks to atomic size.
Ikr? I was like "wow, that's a little bucket, it's probably bigger than I think it is." And then the grown man walks into frame 🤣 DEFINITELY bigger than the camera made it seem.
And what debrief steps should we take after an event such as this safety officer: go outside lean against a sturdy wall look up to the sky and thank your lucky star that you're alive and smoke 5 cigarettes at the same time. Chain smoking them is not an approved debrief Move 😂😂.
Anyone who had ever welded or handled molten metals like this knows what happens to a concrete floor when it gets this hot. The top layer explodes as the air pockets heat up. Much of what you see happening after the spill is the concrete exploding.
i know someone who dumped a FIVE GALLON BUCKET OF GREEN PLASTIC DYE on herself - she had to leave work that day -and for 2 weeks her arms and parts of her face were green. they had to have an employee meeting to make everyone stop teasing her! LOL - this was more dangerous, for sure - but that girl at our plant takes the cake for looking/feeling like an ass.
Its subjective. Some people feel some amount of stress when talking to people while others feel same amount of stress when fighting for life. So i guess he feels same as the guy who spills gallon of paint.
I once worked in a foundry. Something similar but much smaller happened. That was the only time in my life I found myself running before I had a thought about it!
@@tipsymcstagger623 I checked. The closest people in frame were walking away when it fell. If it was hot enough maybe they hurt their eyes and got a couple burns. Maybe.
by looking at the floor space and size of the metal pillars/equipment and stuff you would figure that pot is half the size of an M1-abrams tank, which it is
I worked in a steel fabrication mill for about three months when I graduated high school, pay was about $10 an hour (good money back in the day for a pile of goo like I was) Hated that job but I tried to stick with it so I wouldn't look like the pile of goo that I was. I was a light crane operator, picking up steel beams about ten to twenty feet long and feeding them into a punch press to stamp holes in them. Still can't believe they let me do that job with NO training. One day at lunch they were talking about a co worker who was just getting out of the hospital and going into prosthetic rehab and training. "Wait, what?" I asked, "prosthetic rehab - what's that?" "Oh, he had an accident where his leg was crushed completely and had to be amputated........" Everyone went silent and awkwardly coughing and clearing their throats and whispering and shushing. After lunch was over I asked my co worker about it and he reluctantly told me that he was the guy that worked my position before me. I quit that job with no notice at the end of that week on payday.
When my grandfather was 16 he and his friend went to take a job at a local saw mill in the early 1940's during their summer break in high school. Good pay and they figured good gig for a summer. The hiring manager was asking them things like "are you sure you want this job?" while interviewing. The last part of the interview they took them out on the floor for a tour of the facility. My grandfather noticed that no one working on the floor had all their fingers and/or hands/arms. He and his buddy left and never took the job. A year later my grandfather lied about his age to join the Marines and fight in WW2. He'd do war but he wouldn't do this bullshit.
I work at a steel mill, and have seen this happen multiple times. Never seen anyone get fired, usually just put in a different position or department. One guy did over a million dollars in damage and now he runs the saftey department.
One of my relatives used to work at a factory that had huge smelters that had metal bridges over them for the workers to walk across. One of his coworkers fell off the bridge and was basically instantly smelted.
I've seen an accident like this first hand and its fucking terrifying seeing 2800° iron rushing at you with the consistency of water I'm forever thankful I ran track all through school
Seems like a floor consisting of a thick steel grate suspended over an empty space (or not) would give it someplace to go. Expensive, but no spilled liquids melting people.
@@paulkahler6373 exactly, or barriers or gutters to halt waves of molten metal from spreading around the plant... Would likely only need them in key areas too...
Oh crap. That was shocking. I worked in a cast iron foundry once. I poured the metal. It was great that the crane operator I worked with was so very good at it.
I drove cranes in Smelters and foundries for 25 years. Basic rule of thumb is to move only in one direction at a time, go up or down dont travel until youve reached the desired/safe height to safely continue. You want to long travel dont cross travel or go up or down. Keep it simple. Sure experienced drivers can move in 3 dimensions easily but knowing when to keep it simple is far more valuable than a guy who thinks he can drive lights out all day every day. Another hazard in an Aluminium smelter most people are completely unaware of is that pot rooms (the building where aluminium is smelted) can have a massive magnetic field in them due to the current that flows through the bus work which supplies electricity to the pots/cells. You can have a crane hooked to something 30 ft from the nearest pot/cell and the hook will get stuck to the lift point. It takes some clever manipulation to get it loose without assistance. That being said, after watching this video I dont believe the magnetic field played a part in this incident. An example of the strength of magnetic field is, if we had a 3 ton forklift break down in an difficult spot we would get another 3 ton fork and but its counter weight against the counter weight of the broke down fork and the magnetism would allow you to tow it out. If you stalled a fork you wouldnt be able to start it back up because the magnetic field would jam the solenoid on the starter motor.
(sees one person walk into frame) Oh _no_ (sees him touch the bucket) Oh _NO_ (he walks away) Okay phew (two people and an electric vehicle are now in frame) *_OH NO_*
I’ve worked in a steel mill where a crane carrying a 160 ton flask of molten steel just poured from the furnace lifts it to a continuous casting section. No one was allow in the area of the flask being carried near the Crane or when pouring from the furnace.
@@0623kaboom One would think the company would have iron-clad (no pun intended) operating instructions and process steps laid out for a responsibility like this. Will never know the facts leading up to or the consequences though, will we?
Back in the 80's I worked in an iron foundry for engine blocks. We had two cranes lifting ladles. One was a little dodgy and when you got a newby operator and he jolted the thing the crap would spill out over the top. The problems start once the molten metal hits the cold concrete floor. It jumps and goes everywhere. If when doing the slag off on the floor some of it reached you then it was time to do the dance, as in little burning balls finding their way into the top of your fireproof overalls and travelling downward, hopefully not ending up in the tops of your boots.
Scratch nuts, hold descend button for six seconds, slam trolley lever to left; done it every day for 30 years, always worked before. Equipment failure for sure.
I was expecting a puddle of glowing liquid, not an instant portal into hell. Edit: Wow. Didn't expect this comment to get so much attention. If only my actual content was so entertaining 😂
Bridge moved before unlatching completely. Guy with radio who verified ladle was in position was the lucky one here, otherwise he would be like the terminator
I’m saving this to my RUclips favorites so that every time I have a shitty day, I can rewatch this and know that at least I didn’t melt the warehouse floor with molten lava.
@@vanquisher4700 i indeed believe you're wrong. I think you have some other metal in mind. But then again i didn't check. Also i would like to point out that lava is per definition molten (pointed at the original comment).
Bob probably kept his job. Imagine hiring some random pussy off the street and training him to do this, good luck with that. That's an intense job. He obviously made a huge mistake, but considering the position he's in, he probably learned from it and would do everything to prevent that from happening again. From management in a production metal shop, shit fucking happens, and it's hard to find guys to replace an old timer. Dudes probably done this 1,000 times but got complacent and continued moving backwards when he should have paused and moved a little forward to complete the lift safely. Sure he fucked up, but I doubt they could replace him in an instant. The working man is hard to come by these days
@@scotcheggable Still really bright though. I've spilled a 4kg crucible of molten aluminum on concrete before. It is bright and terrifying. The shimmering you're seeing is any moisture (from humidity) trapped in the floor bring explosively turned into steam and throwing molten metal all over the place. Yeah the camera totally overcompensates on the white balance, but it's still just ridiculously bright.
I can't get over the guy that nonchalantly walked by while cauldron was still on table. He wasn't looking at it even though the crane maneuver still in progress and connected.
You know its hot when everything explodes and you enter black and white mode (aka almost dying screen) and it suddenly becomes nighttime and the floor is sparkling and you don't know your name anymore
Small electrical current through the hook of the crane and through that pot with a kept the crane from being able to go out so far while it was still attached. Of course that small electrical current would have had been relayed to a sensor, but the sensor would have realized that the hook was still attached to the bucket and not allowed to crane to go far enough as to pull the bucket over. 😅
My grandpa died in this kind of accident at work. In 1987, 50 tons of molten steel tipped over somehow and fell/splashed right on him and a few other workers. 4 people died that day. I never got to know him sadly, I heard he was a great man
A few decades ago there was an accident in China. Plant had a piss poor layout; the locker room was along side the path of the ladle. Only had doors on the plant side. Just before a shift change the ladle was being moving parallel to the locker room when the side of ladle had a breakout. Molten steel crashed through the wall; trapped and engulfed the guys coming on shift.
He stopped his vehicle at the top left of the video and got out to talk to another worker. They were both there when it happened and I’m sure had to run for their lives. He totally should not been driving though there and parking to get out by the vehicle in this area. Even though the crane operator should not be distracted by anything, this might have been part of the distraction. It would be great to see the aftermath and how something like this is cleaned up.
Curious as to who is actually running the crane. Is it the guy who came and checked the cauldron and then walked off to the left? Or is it someone remotely we do not see on video. Not sure how you cannot have your eyeballs on that thing the whole time. I often run an overhead crane moving tons of sheet glass and crates of sheet glass at a time and you just never take your eyes off of it. At least not while it is moving and you know when it is moving. Boggles my mind. But others have been killed doing what I do and other jobs like it. It takes extreme carelessness but it has been done.
My mother worked at Cominco tech in Trail. For years, we all wanted a job at Coninco. After about a decade, my mother had to quit her job because it became too unsafe. Nobody respects the job. Nobody respects the danger. Rough housing, pranks, ignoring safety regulations. When dealing with 50tonne ingots of zinc and copper, ignorance is NOT tolerated. Well, it used to not be. My mom had to quit because she was getting harassed for DEMANDING they follow REGULATION!
@@SoakieCatNah you would be dead instantly. That level of heat would flash fry your brain. You would fucking explode as all the water in your body basically converts to steam instantly.
@@BlindSquirrel666 That appears to be lead. But with lead & aluminum being non ferrous metals more than likely its the infrared of the camera making it appear that way.
I think one of the other things is the possibility that the material on the floor may also be causing it as it may handle small spills but not a whole container from spilling and possibly metal dust and could be igniting causing this
I feel like they can come up with a better and safer design than swinging pot of lava
better? absolutely.
Safer? 100%
Cheaper? nope.
and thats why we still have swinging pots of lava
@@nuarius you win the internet for today with that comment.
Capitalism, baby!
Operator didn't release the bucket before he moved the crane... human error...
It swings so it can be poured out.
Safety is so overrated... we all die in the end
- dude inspects the cauldron
- everybody watching starts to have anxiety
Hey!.... Don't call me out like that....
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
@@thecrazyeagle9674 No ! You're not in this video and i don't like it.
Live leak logo appears in the top right 😳
You got me lollll
I spent over 30 years inspecting, repairing and modernizing overhead cranes. The one thing I could not fix was bad operators. Fortunately, they usually don't last long.
The operator of the crane is fine. It's the ones on the floor that have a problem.
@@grantofat6438not if the operator was stuck above the crane inhaling all of that toxic fumes
@@pyrofestimo I worked at Zenar, Crane Pro, P&H Material Handling (Pro Care) and Orley-Meyer Kone Landell (Konecranes) as overhead crane field services tech. Rigger / erector / welder / electrician (VFD's, contactor logic / DC magnet cranes). Most large cranes (like a foundry or steel mill hot pot melt bay class F ladle crane) today are operated from a shielded room up high overlooking work area, glass windows all around like a bay window, a ship's bridge. That's common on the 300 Ton and up cranes (I've rebuilt a 900 ton ladle crane.) Smaller cranes like in a pickling or heat treat line (65 Ton - 300 Ton) are remote control operated by man walking the floor with load. Or by a dangling hard-wired pendant. I did work on a very old Shawbox melt bay ladle crane with rivetted fish belly girders that had a round bottom operator bucket hung under catwalk off G1. I also had to repair a large magnet crane with an operator's bucket up on the crane still in use. It was a magnet crane for scrap steel that came in on rail. Bridge of crane had hydraulic brakes. Control yoke was an early Harnischfeger inductive reactance ferrite plunger on bellcrank joystick style. I am a terrible operator. I mean terrible! But I think I got pretty good at fixin' a crane! Crane operator control buckets up under the crane catwalk all look the same: An electric space heater. The last electric space heater that broke and got replaced. It sits not too far away. Maybe they get emotionally attached? Porno. pigeon crap. foundry dust.
How long does it take to cool enough to be cleaned up?
Maybe dude was working 15 hours a day because company cant afford more workers? Who knows maybe He was tired and tired people make alot of mistakes
Floor : Became lava
Auto Camera : I think it's night rn.
*Foreman casually walks over to the safety board, and erases the 10 of the "Days since last incident" plaquard.
Highly underrated comment.
This comment is gold lmfao
People won’t get this unless they work in a plant. Fucking funny 🤣
It’s a sad walk to do that
You're the real mvp for that comment
For sale: One large sheet of aluminum, rough finish.
For sale, one second hand idiot crane operator!
*Notice*
Sheet of aluminum may contain one or more human skeletons...
🤣🤣🤔
Work of art made of aluminum for sale.
You all misspelled aluminium
Your honor, my client would like to plead "oopsey daisy"
Lmao
I'd like the phone number of that lawyer please...
I worked in an aluminum die cast plant. Saw two furnaces blow up. One beside my machine. A lift operator left his lift between me and the furnace. The only thing that saved me. Saw molten aluminum pored in the floor several times. Almost had my foot it it once. Yes, it will melt concrete. Yep, I am a lucky guy.
Thank God for that Lift Operator
This kind of thing doesn't happen in the US. We have much higher safety standards.
@@wcswood Is was bars of Russian metal full of water.
I don't have a clue what the hell you just said man.
@@wcswooddon't make me laughing so hard 😂
As a foundry worker, this is literally my nightmare.
seen it, and cleaned that shit up before. ruined a good pair of boots bar cutting that crap before it cooled too much.
@ross voss how did you clean up all that spilled over metal?
@@ioreodream that one would have been easier than some I have done. Less junk. First step is take a long bar, think like a plow,lol..
And plow thru the middle of it. And man is it hot. Break up as much as possible while doft. Then air chisels , finally torches. Trick is get it while it's hot.
Serious nightmare material.
So what happened here the hook didn't release? Or what? I work with commercial equipment constantly as well at being a firefighter so my mind is really thinking what's at fault as well as how to fight this if it blows out of proportion.
It’s so hot even the CCTV camera went back to the 1940’s for a few seconds.
🤣🤣🤣
🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Fucking genius😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂😭
im surprised it didn’t melt the damn camera. i was expecting the screen to go black.
That was just the GTA "wasted" cutscene effect playing
Dad told me to never work in a factory like he did because it’s unsafe.He was right.
I was shitting bricks when those employees walked by, and THEN dude on the Austin Powers cart drove up..
Classic
Austin powers cart hahaha😂😂😂
No joke i was horrified theyd be hit
Me too!!!!
Lol
Imagine just chilling and finishing your night shift, then suddenly everything around you turns into a Doom cutscene
Lol first time someone mentioned Doom
@@jaredevans8263 Somebody had to, it was perfect.
I'm here
BFG division starts playing
@@doomslayer960 oh no, HE'S here!
I worked in the Heavy Foundry at Sheffield Forgemasters for 40 years, we made castings with a finished weight of 350 tonne, with 7 ladles simultaneously pouring 650 tonnes of molten steel, I've seen moulds leak before which has resulted in molten steel all over the shop floor, but I've never seen a crane tip over a ladle. The way the driver was laying the legs down was an accident waiting to happen.
The bail is made to be laid over like that. The issue it he was traveling before the hook lowed clear of the bails. Simple rule of thumb for all crane operations is one movement at a time ie lift or lower to the height you need then travel. Anyone with a little experience can easily move the crane around in three dimensions but there are times when its just better to stick to doing things as simply as possible. I worked at what was the worlds largest Aluminium and one issue we had to deal with that most places dont is the magnetic field generated by the massive current flow on the pot lines (pots or cells as they are know is what the aluminium is smelted in). The magnetic field was strong enough to get your hook caught on the lift point. We used to have 3 ton forklifts tow each other around by just butting the counter weights up against each other.
How come u still alive?¿
I worked at Bethlehem steel and at 300’ away you could feel the heat off that kettle when they poured it. Burning slag would fly in all directions, it was something to see. Ppl have no idea how dangerous and truly wild a place like that is.
I do. I'm 1500 miles away and tensed up just seeing how close those men get to that thing. I gotta stop watching these videos. I'm gonna have a heart attack. And I thought bakery ovens were hot, cereal ovens were hot, and I once was fire walking all drunk and stupid. Stepped in a hole and landed in the glowing hell below me on my side. Hopped out. I was burned to crisp from finger tip to shoulder, both arms. Facial hair singed, only time since high school I didn't sport a mustache, burned it off, but it grew back. Me no like molten metal, neither. You guys are nuts working around that stuff. Must pay real well?
@@trentstewart2558 OUCH MAN!😳
I’m glad you’re ok now, that’s brutal.
Those mills are all gone now. It’s a giant Amazon hub amongst other warehouses now which is depressing. My Grandfather worked there after he served in WWII for 40 years as did many that lived around Baltimore and it’s so sad to see it all gone. Now the bridge is gone after the ship took it down. There were 11 major chemical plants around that area too, only one remains. We outsourced everything to other countries…..
My grandfather worked in a lead refinery back in the 1950s. His I.D. card was stamped steel, because if you got caught in an accident like this, that would be the only thing left of you.
Sobering, but logical
In the 80s I worked in a iron foundry, a transfer ladle 1/2 this size shorted out and dumped just a few feet from a guy, 60% of his body burned. Absolutely preventable, it had been acting up for 2 weeks
My grandson witnessed a death at an aluminum foundry. Even though he was a fearless bear of a man, this stressed him pretty bad. All he could say was "I didn't know a human could make a sound like that." Two weeks later an aneurysm exploded in his brain and he died too.
I watch this video and try to imagine what he had seen
@@davehaggerty3405 did you know what caused the aneurysm?
@@davehaggerty3405 sorry for your lost though
My anxiety increased massively everytime someone got close to it.
well you'd have to hit confirm if someone died
Same
Oh god, me too. Molten aluminum?! Yikes...
Same
1:18 Look at the 2 guys in the top left corner of the screen... Yeah!
this look like the crane operator was too lazy to even check if the hook is fully unhooked.
As an H&S Engineer, I can identify at least a dozen of non-conformities. It’s always “I know this job, don’t tell me how to do it” in the beginning, but when the shait hits the fan, their big mouth shrinks to atomic size.
"But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction..... human error"
Chemical X!
This shit is way funnier than it should be
To err is human; but if you really want to f thing up, you also need a computer
CHEMICAL X
I’m dead
When the guy walked in, my size perspective expectations quickly changed
Ikr? I was like "wow, that's a little bucket, it's probably bigger than I think it is." And then the grown man walks into frame 🤣 DEFINITELY bigger than the camera made it seem.
Same
Yeeeep
Wholeheartedly agree
Right?!
The two seconds that the company needed him most, he wasn't paying attention. Complacency is a quality killer.
Safety Officer: What steps should one take in the event this happens in your workplace ?
Me: Long ones and fast ones ...
me: grow a pair of wings. and let them grow instantly.
Run to my car 🚗 and getting a new job 😂
🤣🤣🤣
And what debrief steps should we take after an event such as this safety officer: go outside lean against a sturdy wall look up to the sky and thank your lucky star that you're alive and smoke 5 cigarettes at the same time. Chain smoking them is not an approved debrief Move 😂😂.
What two thing should you do in the case of a medical emergency?
1) Run.
2) Hide.
Anyone who had ever welded or handled molten metals like this knows what happens to a concrete floor when it gets this hot. The top layer explodes as the air pockets heat up. Much of what you see happening after the spill is the concrete exploding.
Imagine the forklift driver and two guys who had just walked past it seconds earlier reflecting on their lives.
I counted 13 seconds!!!!
The crane operator have to stop when ppl close to the crane working zone. I have a tower crane operator license
@@1996axon i worked in a such place with melted alumilium and i can tell these rules are not respected, so it couldve happen
Some serious career choices were considered shortly there after.
@@vaiav19 It is a great way to hide the evidence! Won't be much left to recover!
I was waiting for the Terminator's hand to come out of the molten metal
🔥👍🔥
Extreme example of: Always remember to unhook the crane.
Now, no matter how long he has operated, or how good that crane operator is, this will be his legacy.
Hopefully his legacy is that he is a complete moron.
Unfortunetly yes
He probably got fired
It depends...
It was China probably. No loss
Think how much you'd feel like an ass to spill a gallon of paint on the floor at work, now imagine this
Well don't just stand there, get the mop out and clean it up!
i know someone who dumped a FIVE GALLON BUCKET OF GREEN PLASTIC DYE on herself - she had to leave work that day -and for 2 weeks her arms and parts of her face were green. they had to have an employee meeting to make everyone stop teasing her! LOL - this was more dangerous, for sure - but that girl at our plant takes the cake for looking/feeling like an ass.
Its subjective. Some people feel some amount of stress when talking to people while others feel same amount of stress when fighting for life.
So i guess he feels same as the guy who spills gallon of paint.
A boat load of hell juice this is.
Lol
I saw similar accidents in real life. Always put %100 attention what you do.
That is absolutely terrifying and a miracle nobody was injured. I cant imagine working that night and having something like that happen.
"Ok, lower it a little more."
"Floor it?"
"No, lower it!"
"Floor it!"
"NO, LOWER IT! LOWER IT!"
"FLOOR IT!"
My wife told me to get the wax out of my ears! Arrgh
To be fair, normally the crane operator is not allowed to work if he's drunk, has a concussion, and his glasses have been replaced with a snake.
Reminds me of a very specific SpongeBob quote, "BACK IT UUUUUP."
I read this as the Paul Sr/Paulie Jr meme template 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dump it!
The reason we're watching this on youtube and not liveleaks is because those guys weren't standing any closer
One of them died anyway
I think 1 person died
Wasnt live taken down
@@canthandlethislol too bad bestgore isnt up anymore
@@ohhkennny766 sad
The aluminum was so hot, it opened a dimension shift to the shadow realm
I once worked in a foundry. Something similar but much smaller happened. That was the only time in my life I found myself running before I had a thought about it!
As soon as the people walked into frame my eyes got huge like “noooooooo, ruuuuuun!!” Hope no one got hurt here
I'm hurt.
They all died
@@jordanquill8079 really I was thinking that 😮
Did they really die?
@@tipsymcstagger623 I checked. The closest people in frame were walking away when it fell. If it was hot enough maybe they hurt their eyes and got a couple burns. Maybe.
“I want that floor so clean it shines”
“You got it boss”
Lol 😆 🤣
Ain't no bacteria hes not wrong
@@pyrokine9538 How could he not be wrong... the guy LITERALLY Incinerated any bacteria with the heat of the devil's anus (X"D) *LMFAOO*
@@AlexLopez-vm7uq
Nah, some bacteria are archaic prokaryotes that they are immune to immense temperatures. Like thousands of °C.
The plan may have been FOILED it appears.🤪
Everybody gangsta until the floor really IS lava.
I’ve witnessed this same thing at an American Steel plant in Alabama. You could see the heat wave moving across the floor. So very dangerous!
And it blinds the camera sensor like in real life this would be so bright
Did anyone else not notice the scale of this until the guy walked up?😅
by looking at the floor space and size of the metal pillars/equipment and stuff you would figure that pot is half the size of an M1-abrams tank, which it is
@@FieldBoy111 i couldn't lol
@@LUCSchnl ive been in a lot of factories though
the scrap marks on the floor and the loader bucket on stand by tells me this is not the first this has happened
Absolutely, without a frame of reference you can't easily judge the scale. That is one big container.
I worked in a steel fabrication mill for about three months when I graduated high school, pay was about $10 an hour (good money back in the day for a pile of goo like I was) Hated that job but I tried to stick with it so I wouldn't look like the pile of goo that I was. I was a light crane operator, picking up steel beams about ten to twenty feet long and feeding them into a punch press to stamp holes in them. Still can't believe they let me do that job with NO training. One day at lunch they were talking about a co worker who was just getting out of the hospital and going into prosthetic rehab and training. "Wait, what?" I asked, "prosthetic rehab - what's that?" "Oh, he had an accident where his leg was crushed completely and had to be amputated........" Everyone went silent and awkwardly coughing and clearing their throats and whispering and shushing. After lunch was over I asked my co worker about it and he reluctantly told me that he was the guy that worked my position before me. I quit that job with no notice at the end of that week on payday.
Lol same... about feeling like a like of goo... but at least my job is not dangerous like that.
This is why I stuck to selling bud
So you stayed a pile of goo?
@@Hammett175 This is Patrick from Spongebobs origin story.
When my grandfather was 16 he and his friend went to take a job at a local saw mill in the early 1940's during their summer break in high school. Good pay and they figured good gig for a summer. The hiring manager was asking them things like "are you sure you want this job?" while interviewing. The last part of the interview they took them out on the floor for a tour of the facility. My grandfather noticed that no one working on the floor had all their fingers and/or hands/arms. He and his buddy left and never took the job. A year later my grandfather lied about his age to join the Marines and fight in WW2. He'd do war but he wouldn't do this bullshit.
I come back and watch this every so often to give myself a bit of perspective at those times when I feel like I'm having "a bad day at work".
The man driving that little cart was seconds from a horrifically painful death
We just installed some new aluminum flooring. It was a last minute decision.
Now that’s funny! I needed that
Worker motivation is at an all time high.
Aluminium flooring sounds pretty cool tbh
Aluminum? You must be from USA
Nice and shiny
I work at a steel mill, and have seen this happen multiple times. Never seen anyone get fired, usually just put in a different position or department. One guy did over a million dollars in damage and now he runs the saftey department.
D'OH !... WOOHOO ! !
"I quit."
I could say the same thing about the steel mill I work in.....your not buy chance in northern Kentucky are you?
How IS good old Homer Simpson?
That guy is "million dollar trained" and therefore too good to go to waste.
One of my relatives used to work at a factory that had huge smelters that had metal bridges over them for the workers to walk across. One of his coworkers fell off the bridge and was basically instantly smelted.
There was so much time and opportunity for that not to happen
I've seen an accident like this first hand and its fucking terrifying seeing 2800° iron rushing at you with the consistency of water I'm forever thankful I ran track all through school
Seems like a floor consisting of a thick steel grate suspended over an empty space (or not) would give it someplace to go. Expensive, but no spilled liquids melting people.
@@paulkahler6373 exactly, or barriers or gutters to halt waves of molten metal from spreading around the plant... Would likely only need them in key areas too...
Its aluminium, i expect it to be around 800°C
@orwor i dont think so, they wer pretty far from ot so they would have noticed and ran
@orwor melted the soles off my boots and my pants weren't salvageable but other than that no
"Thank god night shifts about to clock in. Aight see yall tomorrow."
That is just like a 15 minute to shift change accident
Yep, fuck up near shift change so it's someone else's problem. Then pretend it never happened the next day.
@@Natcam3 yep and i call people like that lazy do your job you get payed to do it
@Wrathof GOD boss says no OT. What am I supposed to do?
More like night shift fucking shit up at my work lol
I mean, it's quite pretty the way it sparkles.
Oh crap. That was shocking. I worked in a cast iron foundry once. I poured the metal. It was great that the crane operator I worked with was so very good at it.
I drove cranes in Smelters and foundries for 25 years. Basic rule of thumb is to move only in one direction at a time, go up or down dont travel until youve reached the desired/safe height to safely continue. You want to long travel dont cross travel or go up or down. Keep it simple. Sure experienced drivers can move in 3 dimensions easily but knowing when to keep it simple is far more valuable than a guy who thinks he can drive lights out all day every day.
Another hazard in an Aluminium smelter most people are completely unaware of is that pot rooms (the building where aluminium is smelted) can have a massive magnetic field in them due to the current that flows through the bus work which supplies electricity to the pots/cells. You can have a crane hooked to something 30 ft from the nearest pot/cell and the hook will get stuck to the lift point. It takes some clever manipulation to get it loose without assistance. That being said, after watching this video I dont believe the magnetic field played a part in this incident. An example of the strength of magnetic field is, if we had a 3 ton forklift break down in an difficult spot we would get another 3 ton fork and but its counter weight against the counter weight of the broke down fork and the magnetism would allow you to tow it out. If you stalled a fork you wouldnt be able to start it back up because the magnetic field would jam the solenoid on the starter motor.
(sees one person walk into frame)
Oh _no_
(sees him touch the bucket)
Oh _NO_
(he walks away)
Okay phew
(two people and an electric vehicle are now in frame)
*_OH NO_*
same
Panik. Kalm. PANIK...
*Kool-Aid man bursts through wall*
"OH YEEEEAAHH!!"
He was seeing if it was hot.
Yes, Redditer, everyone knows you really love Hooman.
He was texting.
"Be home late."
"Never mind"
Lmao 😂, on the way home honey
Be home rest of the year
If he was smart he wouldn't of sent that msg because of the time stamp.
@@frankbeans5921
----- the joke
🤓 you
@@frankbeans5921 "wouldn't of"
I’ve worked in a steel mill where a crane carrying a 160 ton flask of molten steel just poured from the furnace lifts it to a continuous casting section. No one was allow in the area of the flask being carried near the Crane or when pouring from the furnace.
Never give the new guy directions to the basement for the metal stretcher whilst holding the remotes for the overhead cranes
But, the beam stretcher is definitely needed. Might want to have him grab the sky hook and checkered spray paint while he’s down there.
They say you learn from your mistakes, the crane operator learned that he will never work in this field again.
oh...you'd be surprised...
or he will learn to lower the hooks after he sets the crucible down ... so they DONT tip the crucible ...
"Would you like fries with that?"
@@0623kaboom I feel like they should probably try learning that before they get put into the operating seat of the crane
@@0623kaboom One would think the company would have iron-clad (no pun intended) operating instructions and process steps laid out for a responsibility like this. Will never know the facts leading up to or the consequences though, will we?
It’s like the inside of a McDonalds apple pie.
Glad I never stuck my dick inside of one
What a burn!
Or a hot pocket.
Could go your way, could go mine
Here, in France, we don't have McDonald's Apple Pie since the 90s... :(
Back in the 80's I worked in an iron foundry for engine blocks. We had two cranes lifting ladles. One was a little dodgy and when you got a newby operator and he jolted the thing the crap would spill out over the top. The problems start once the molten metal hits the cold concrete floor. It jumps and goes everywhere. If when doing the slag off on the floor some of it reached you then it was time to do the dance, as in little burning balls finding their way into the top of your fireproof overalls and travelling downward, hopefully not ending up in the tops of your boots.
What a careless operator. He was paying any attention. Most unsafe work place I have ever seen. You had one job make sure the hook was released
Boss: Why this happened?
Mechanic: It was electrical problem.
Electrician: it was mechanical problem.
Operator: It was electromechanical problem.
LOL as an industrial electrician that statement is so true.
Failure code...SCADA
Boss: You're both fired.
Don't forget management: a big fucking problem
No no, that's an electrical problem. There is a wire within 100'.
That guy who just drove by before it spilled is so lucky he wasn’t a few seconds behind
I think he actually died. There is no way he can run that fast
@@murdechoc Nah. He was furthest away from the spill
@@murdechoc He was in a vehicle! And it was long gone. 🙄
he would have been a crispy critter.
@@deanvanluven6813 Yeah ,that's what i saw also. They had things they could have got out of the way and it didnt get to that corner instantly
I love how everyone here is a certified crane operator with +30 years of experience.
Top comments are, that's why they have something interesting to say
@@Rodrigo-jd2wg Sure buddy
Scratch nuts, hold descend button for six seconds, slam trolley lever to left; done it every day for 30 years, always worked before. Equipment failure for sure.
They are the ones that lived....
Am I the only one that thought it was a small bucket until people started walking around?
Uh, yes. Yes u are. 🧐
No
I thought it was a bucket of molten metal being lowered safely onto a table... Wait, why is that guy so small... Oh.
Nope lol
SubUwU
I was expecting a puddle of glowing liquid, not an instant portal into hell.
Edit: Wow. Didn't expect this comment to get so much attention. If only my actual content was so entertaining 😂
For real, this looks like special effects from out of a movie.
OMG this is the best comment 😭😭😭
I think the floor is actually boiling once the lava hits it
Well, a puddle of lava _is_ effectively a portal to hell for a little while.
Sounds like my wedding night
Worker: wasn’t me
Crane operator: wasn’t me
Boss: imma head out
Bridge moved before unlatching completely. Guy with radio who verified ladle was in position was the lucky one here, otherwise he would be like the terminator
I’m saving this to my RUclips favorites so that every time I have a shitty day, I can rewatch this and know that at least I didn’t melt the warehouse floor with molten lava.
And kill a fellow coworker...
I love bad days. They are good day for me
It's molten aluminum not lava, lava is molten volcanic rocks and I believe aluminum is far hotter because of its melting point, I may be wrong tho
@@vanquisher4700 i indeed believe you're wrong. I think you have some other metal in mind. But then again i didn't check. Also i would like to point out that lava is per definition molten (pointed at the original comment).
You don't melt the warehouse floor with molten aluminium. It's just a few hundred degrees hot. Also it's quite easy to remove afterwards
"Umm Bob, the Boss wants to see you in his office"
🤣🤣🤣
“Umm Bob , you mind peeing in this cup “
You mean the office that used to be above the factory floor?
Bob probably kept his job. Imagine hiring some random pussy off the street and training him to do this, good luck with that. That's an intense job. He obviously made a huge mistake, but considering the position he's in, he probably learned from it and would do everything to prevent that from happening again. From management in a production metal shop, shit fucking happens, and it's hard to find guys to replace an old timer. Dudes probably done this 1,000 times but got complacent and continued moving backwards when he should have paused and moved a little forward to complete the lift safely. Sure he fucked up, but I doubt they could replace him in an instant. The working man is hard to come by these days
@@jeffd4056 he's probably suspended without pay. And endured the ass chewing of a lifetime from his higher ups
That fiery spill was totally metal! 😂 I cannot imagine how dangerous that would be, nonetheless how expensive or hard clean-up would be.😊
-seeing the pot on the table,
-sees people entering the area,
-brain; "nononononONONONONONONONO!!!"
The glow from the spill was so bright, that the video went to black and white for a moment.
Good lord.
At least it didn't go to plaid.
@@tim2point0 That would be ludicrous
It wasn't as bright as it looks, the camera just whites out due to overexposure.
was looking for this comment!
@@scotcheggable Still really bright though. I've spilled a 4kg crucible of molten aluminum on concrete before. It is bright and terrifying. The shimmering you're seeing is any moisture (from humidity) trapped in the floor bring explosively turned into steam and throwing molten metal all over the place. Yeah the camera totally overcompensates on the white balance, but it's still just ridiculously bright.
RUclips really recommended this to me an hour before I go to work at an aluminum foundry
Yup, never again!
Maybe its a sign to find another job?
Babysitting small cousins yesterday... They were playing "the floor is lava!" not six hours ago.
A good reminder that your job is dangerous. Don't get complacent, stay safe bud.
Complacency Kills! It’s a reminder. Stay safe, internet friend!
I can't get over the guy that nonchalantly walked by while cauldron was still on table. He wasn't looking at it even though the crane maneuver still in progress and connected.
You know its hot when everything explodes and you enter black and white mode (aka almost dying screen) and it suddenly becomes nighttime and the floor is sparkling and you don't know your name anymore
Yeah... but the forklift dude though, he drove by like seconds before
yeah too much vodka and weed
Kinda like a Monday.
the sparkling is probably moisture from inside the concrete itself flash evaporating and causing bubbles of steam to rise through the molten metal.
mom: the soup is not that hot
the soup :
The soup: "hold my beer"
@@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel No, iHisam's comment was funnier
😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😜
@@sasazapadnik9335 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
After eating that ghost pepper as fast as possible so I couldn't feel it I think it wasn't that bad.
Later on the shitter:...
Small electrical current through the hook of the crane and through that pot with a kept the crane from being able to go out so far while it was still attached.
Of course that small electrical current would have had been relayed to a sensor, but the sensor would have realized that the hook was still attached to the bucket and not allowed to crane to go far enough as to pull the bucket over. 😅
me and my old man, lived down in Decatur, he worked most of his life, at the grain elevator.
My grandpa died in this kind of accident at work. In 1987, 50 tons of molten steel tipped over somehow and fell/splashed right on him and a few other workers. 4 people died that day. I never got to know him sadly, I heard he was a great man
Oh how terrible!
I am so very sorry for your loss
RIP... And respect for your grandpa, it's a hard but important job, you should be proud of him
Condolences.
Maybe he’s still alive and he only dipped because he got fired
@@sailemartini5902 Have some respect or don't comment at all
Ever since little Billy spilled his apple juice when he was a kid, he knew he was destined to spill great things
lmao
Way to go, Billy!
Billy will have to answer to HR for this. At least he get a chance to score with Stacy.
Hahaha
GODDAMNIT BILLY NOT AGAIN
I imagine the protocol afterwards is nobody is around until the crane in confirmed to be unhooked.
This is going to be the shiniest floor ever.
They should have known this was gonna happen after he spent $30 trying to get the teddy bear out the toy machine
This comment is underrated
@@Comanchee0689 I don't know whether or not I can add to that.
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@@iglesianifuhuaw4228 777th like!
You know its hot when the floor starts to boil
1800degree
Water and CO2 from the disintegration of concrete.
Yeah and I'm preeeeeeerty that floor is rated for VERY hot.
What floor🤣
Rip MF DOOM
That's the prettiest life-threatening industrial accident I've ever seen.
A few decades ago there was an accident in China. Plant had a piss poor layout; the locker room was along side the path of the ladle. Only had doors on the plant side. Just before a shift change the ladle was being moving parallel to the locker room when the side of ladle had a breakout. Molten steel crashed through the wall; trapped and engulfed the guys coming on shift.
That person who drove by seconds before this happened was probably counting their lucky stars after seeing this video.
They are probably the reason the crane operator was distracted and dumped the load. Crazy
He stopped his vehicle at the top left of the video and got out to talk to another worker. They were both there when it happened and I’m sure had to run for their lives. He totally should not been driving though there and parking to get out by the vehicle in this area. Even though the crane operator should not be distracted by anything, this might have been part of the distraction. It would be great to see the aftermath and how something like this is cleaned up.
Curious as to who is actually running the crane. Is it the guy who came and checked the cauldron and then walked off to the left? Or is it someone remotely we do not see on video. Not sure how you cannot have your eyeballs on that thing the whole time. I often run an overhead crane moving tons of sheet glass and crates of sheet glass at a time and you just never take your eyes off of it. At least not while it is moving and you know when it is moving. Boggles my mind. But others have been killed doing what I do and other jobs like it. It takes extreme carelessness but it has been done.
Don't think he needed to watch this video to see what happened. He was right there lol
@@punknhead23 He shouldn't be the reason, because the operator wasn't near the release point when the cart rolled through.
Interviewer “are you responsible?”
Me...”yeah, at my last job they said every time something bad happened I was responsible.”
Lol
😂😂 okay
Lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow this was a joke I read on a Bazooka Joe bubble gum wrapper 30+ years ago that I've used quite a few times and never heard again until now...
😄😂🤣😅😭😆🤡
My mother worked at Cominco tech in Trail. For years, we all wanted a job at Coninco.
After about a decade, my mother had to quit her job because it became too unsafe. Nobody respects the job. Nobody respects the danger. Rough housing, pranks, ignoring safety regulations. When dealing with 50tonne ingots of zinc and copper, ignorance is NOT tolerated. Well, it used to not be.
My mom had to quit because she was getting harassed for DEMANDING they follow REGULATION!
PoV: you acidentally right-clicked with a lava bucket in your hand in minecraft.
Just when you think your day can't get any worse... imagine how this guy feels
Fired?
@@Lisandro8327 I think both him and the dude who was supposed to detach it from the crane are probably fired
Definitely fired
He’s probably at the employment office now..
@@Lisandro8327 in both ways cuz this lava just ignited everything around
Minecraft players be like: "Just put it back in the bucket, bro."
Yes... the operator was slow with the clutch after he had placed it, if he had not waited so many ticks it wouldn't have spread
Right click, right not left, bruh
Modded minecraft players don’t use buckets. They use pipes or conduits.
@@Flodu60500 nobody cares
"Put some dirt blocks over it bro"
Jeez, the hook got stuck right at the final edge... how unlucky. Glad no one got hurt on the process
Reminds me of one of my favorite Bernard Kliban cartoons: "Ned, fooling around, fell into a vat of croutons and was severely breaded."
It's terrifying how fast accidents happen in real life. There's no drama, it's just instant death if you're in the wrong place
well you might want to hope its instnt death in some of these cases
The drama comes after
I can imagine the death is not so instant and quite dramatic when you're coated in molten metal
@@SoakieCatNah you would be dead instantly. That level of heat would flash fry your brain. You would fucking explode as all the water in your body basically converts to steam instantly.
Yeah if you walking around under a huge caldron of molten metal,
When your pocket gets hung on a kitchen cabinet as you’re walking away with a hot cup of coffee.
😂🤣😂🤣
This is the realest comment I've read so far
The operator could have tried to stay awake a little harder.
🤣🙈yes, Happened less than 24 hours ago
Then you cuss the maker of your cargos. Solves everything.
So the floor actually IS lava. This day just keeps getting better.
Sir your aluminum floor job in done 👍
Imagine just being next to this thing then a “liveLeak” logo appears above your head
Oh god
Mama mia
Lmao
Fug
EXACTLY!!!!!!
LMFAO
Its always impressive seeing how dark the cameras get when trying to adjust for stuff like this, it must have been absolutely blinding to look at
A lot of it's probably infrared light that the camera didn't filter out, it wouldn't look quite that bright in person
@@Scribblersys p
Molten aluminum does not glow. I've seen enough for a lifetime.
@@BlindSquirrel666 That appears to be lead. But with lead & aluminum being non ferrous metals more than likely its the infrared of the camera making it appear that way.
I think one of the other things is the possibility that the material on the floor may also be causing it as it may handle small spills but not a whole container from spilling and possibly metal dust and could be igniting causing this