Yea that story pissed me off these assholes come up with some bullshit idea because there asses are so tight they won't spend the money they need for proper repairs and then they have the audacity to ask for volunteers promising extra pay to there most likely underpaid workers to do this horrible task that they came up with and all they got for killing someone is a fine...
What was that old Wiseman quote? "Don't do anything someone asks you to do they wouldn't do themselves." You wanna be a cheapskate? Great! You can go be cheapskate yourself, don't wrap me into your ghetto repair methods. Hopefully that lawsuit cost more than the actual mechanic and they received prison time for negligent manslaughter.
I love how he doesn't just tell the stories and leaves. He actually takes time to explain (in this case what saturation diving is) non-common things so we completely understand what is happening in the story.
Whenever I hear stories about industrial accidents caused by managers trying to save money, I remember a quote that one of my professors engrained in my mind: “If you think the cost of safety is high, wait until you see the cost of an accident. If you can’t do something safely, don’t do it at all; it is never worth it.”
@@debasishraychawdhuri considering that £1500x24 is £36,000, plus £2.5k for the mechanic (according to one source), totals to £38.5k, which is significantly less than they would have been fined for the deaths, as well as things like health and safety violations. according to one source I've seen, they were fined nearly £375k for the deaths, which is nearly 10x the cost if they had done the right thing and shut off the oven completely and paid for an actual mechanic
@@MrEvldreamrI’ll never watch that movie again. I was physically ill watching it. That’s a legit fear of mine. I work with prisoners and I was an innocent bystander in the F storm of an angry lifer who is in prison for burying 2 people alive. Even though we advocate for prisoners (to get humane treatment and encourage compassion over revenge to help stop the cycle of abuse/violence), but he’s the single prisoner I just cannot bring myself to support. I immediately took myself off his case. He scares me to death, especially seeing how fast he turned on people only there to help him. F that noise. I hope he doesn’t remember me and I hope he never gets out because of some technicality. I have an alert on him so I get notified even when he’s transferred to another unit. I have nightmares about what he did to his victims and despite everything we try to teach violent offenders about compassion, it’s clear none of that matters to him. So yea… I can’t watch that Ryan Reynolds movie ever again. Ugh I wanna puke.
Happens more then you think and in the past it was 100× worse. That goes to show you what you're worth to these companies. Because they'd lose 1500$ an hour they cut corners that killed 2 people. The most stupid part about this is they didn't even check the temperatures on the inside before they went in. Do you realize how fucking stupid you would have to be to make a mistake like that and somehow that person manages this company. Smh
@@mrb152 The oven wasn't on. If you paid attention it was residing heat. It's like making tea with a kettle then turning it off, the kettle isn't suddenly cool. The two men however were still stupid to rush a 'game' over their lives - go in before it was cooled and everyone was stupid to NOT check the fucking temp before sending in two guys on a operation never done before. Management shouldn't have gotten fines, but negligent manslaughter.
I think there would be nothing worse than knowing you're fixing to be rescued and sitting there for hours realizing it's not going to work out that was extremely sad
Not really sure why the first cable snapped, but the second didn't. Seems like they did something wrong on the first attempt. I hope the employer was prosecuted for some sort of negligence.
@@litigioussociety4249 That's why they get paid so handsomely. They get their entire life's worth of money in a short time frame because they're liable to go under. And I don't mean underwater.
When people die due to a company trying to save money, that's manslaughter, and that's what management should be charged with. It infuriates me that companies cut corners with safety, while probably profiting millions of dollars every year.
+Chris B When Mr. Ballen said that that company in Leicester was fined...I thought that surely it and its managers would have been more than fined (and maybe they were. I don't know). Life imprisonment sounds like the appropriate punishment, with regular time in solitary confinement to give the perpetrators some idea of what it was like for the employees they KILLED.
@@KiLLThemALL8820 While true, that's not the government, that's a company. One that didn't follow regulations. The government doesn't care about you and companies don't care about you.
When a company cuts corners to save money and lives are lost, they need to be stripped of their company licenses, bankrupt, and the executives are sentenced for 1st degree manslaughter. Minimal 5 years in prison and stripped of all their assets.
I dated a guy who worked on a Scottish rig at the time (not as a diver, that terrified him). He had some tales that even when you allowed for 'poetic licence' were awful. I don't doubt for one minute that wasn't the first and only time that something as essential as a dodgy transponder was ignored. He'd worked on others owned by different companies. The most dangerously profit driven according to him were the French and the Americans.
It's horrific, ppl go to work to earn money Support families and put trust into these ppl. I agree, a few deaths on construction sites here due to them cutting corners for safety. Young guys just starting out
I agree, the company should pay but the collateral damage might be pretty horrible too. Shutting down a company completely and putting the workers who are innocent bystanders out of work, can literally kill them. I grew up in a small town where 35% of the population is employed by one company. Prison for the people who thought it was a good idea and for the people who implemented it. I used to work for OSHA and companies may bitch about the fines they impose but, this is exactly what they prevent.
Number 2 is the most ridiculous cost cutting plan I've probably ever heard of. What a terrible and unethical decision. They should've been shut down and then charged criminally..along with paying the families. Unbelievable and sad.
You can hear the anger in Mr Ballin's voice when none of the bakery managers bothered to check the temperature gage of the oven before sending two of their employees in there.
I'm from Leicester and grew up 15 mins walk from this bakery. They did change hands, another bakery taking over but they never shut down and still operate today.
@@stephanienkurtzno they definitely get a portion of the blame. I guess you missed the part where they asked to go in early so they could watch a game or whatever. If they didn't, they would be alive. There were many protocols bypassed , but ultimately the one that killed them was not waiting the full 24 hours which was their choice. These were adults, not children.
Pretty much and leicester is really bad for this too! Boohoo pretty much have a sweat shop with illegal workers and had people crammed in during covid and whilst it was news when it first came out its like people have forgotten and still buying from them! These are the workers who would be killed by shitty practices and the owners would get away with it! I think the owners should start being banged up for manslaughter since its their company all the employee’s actions are their responsibility!
Thers people doing time in prison for crap like that , someone paid off the “law enforcement “ to avoid charges , happens a lot with people that have money , sick world
If I ever heard a manager ask an untrained person to go into a machine that could kill them to fix it I would excuse myself to go to the restroom and quietly go call the police to prevent them killing someone. Industrial safety measure are put in place for a reason and any manager who tries to get a worker to disregard them should immediately fired, and any company that encourages this type of management should be shut down.
All three stories were tough to listen to, but that last one really hit hard. To have those moments of hope that you were finally going to be rescued just for it all to be snatched away. That poor guy probably sitting there thinking about his wife and little daughter, the whole time. It is one thing to die in a few minutes, but it is a whole other thing to sit HOURS freezing and losing oxygen while the end creeps near, the whole thing so sad.
yeah. I cant imagine the rescuers seeing them smiling and having thumbs up, to slowly becoming more and more slouched over and dying. and the divers getting a little sense of hope just to have it snatched right back away from them
I don’t understand why the diving bell was so poorly designed that it was taking hours to get a cable through the cable hole. Nobody anticipates what could go wrong ?
@@doomnoises John mentioned their company had cut corners. I'm not surprised that the two men died due to negligence. The company likely knew what might've gone wrong, they just sadly and unfortunately didn't care.
@@Spookedjayyeah, they thought of everything that could’ve happened, but that almighty dollar was far more important than the lives of their workers. With as much money they make on those rigs, they should’ve had all the right equipment and extra, so nothing like that could happen to begin with. Those poor men; them and the ones who were burned alive. Very sad situation for them all.
Thats one of the worst episodes of disgusting, penny pinching, criminal negligence I've ever heard. Those people deserved nothing less than several years in jail. Companies who operate like that have no right to exist. Shut them down, lock up their owners and managers, compensate the victims' families 7 figures. Nothing less is satisfactory in this day and age.
Thought the same, then remembered the two who died did ask to go earlier than initially planned so they’d be able to watch a game that night. Seemed like all parties were negligent. Sad and horrible.
"It's fine", "You're fine", "Don't worry", and "It's perfectly safe" are 4 things you can NEVER trust from a boss/superior asking you to do something. And it any of them are followed by "it pays extra", then re-read this comment.
I think the government persuading, coaxing, coercing, bribing, and inundating people with advertising saying those same things applies here. I’m instantly skeptical.
Also if you get hurt, make a bitch fit about it then and there, make a scene. So the employer can’t turn around and try to gas light you into thinking it happened off the job so they can fuck you out of your compensation. Your employer is not your buddy, if you even have to question it, they definitely see you as expendable employees with a turnover rate
At the very least gross negligence which would at least be some prison time. The arrogance of the managers “we will do it ourselves” by which they mean they will get some worker who they couldn’t give a single solitary f**k about to risk his life to save them multiple tens of thousands of pounds then Chuck him a couple of hundred quid. Honestly, I’m my mind. I think they need at least 15 years inside and to be Permanently black listed from any position of authority ever again by HSE. Sadly even a shitty gross negligence charge likely resulting in a max 5-7year sentence is too much to ask for apparently.
yet another lession on why you should never risk your life for a company, they dont care about you at all, so why should you help them in a time of need?
i really can't fathom receiving a call that my husband was involved in an incident at work but that he would be fine and then soon learning that he had passed away. i seriously couldn't live without him and would likely never accept that new reality. Makes me cry just thinking about it.
What's sad is one of the reasons unions exist and increased safety regulations are enforced is due to company negligence to provide a safe work place. The hazardous conditions they put their workers in caused thousands of deaths that could have been preventable. Just Google: The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. Over a hundred women were burned to death because the employer didnt enforce safety regulations and locked the fire exit to prevent stealing which caused many to jump to their deaths from a burning building once a fire broke out.
@@DrElihuWhipple those fuckers should be prosecuted as if they themselves committed first-degree murder, only then will they think twice before cutting corners on someone's safety...
I'm a survivor of this. I was sent on a three hour round trip haul to go pick up a pallet and a half of brick coping and pavers. I was told it wasn't that much and I was to take one of the company's F150's. Even the warehouse guy mentioned before I left that he thinks I should take an F250 but bossman disagreed and wanted me to take the smaller truck. How this saves money or makes any sense, I have no idea. So I get to the factory and head out to the yard, hand a worker my PO and he drives off in his forklift. He brings me the order and I quickly realize things are getting sketchy. I loaded it the safest way I could. Put most of the weight on the axel and spread out the rest as flat to the bed as I could. I hugged the right lane going 5 under on my way back. About halfway back my right-rear tire blew. I slowed down and tried to stop on the shoulder but the soulder was really small and ended in thick wet muddy grass. I was going about 65 when my tires dug into the ground, truck slid sideways and I rolled over a full rotation (luckily) and a couple bricks shot in the cab. Had a couple minor cuts on the back of my head but was fine. I was on the interstate again the next day.
What really bothers me is that they left that oven in the apartment for the next tenants to use. No amount of bleach on earth would make me comfortable in using it. I dont remember the name of the episode but im sure you know the one im referring to.
It's so terrifying to imagine falling and falling and falling into an abyss that never ends - in the cold - only to know you'll never be found by any human or animal. It's absolutely heartbreaking in the worst way. May be one of the loneliest ways to die/be buried.
Everyone always talks about how your narration makes them feel like they were there, but I always think you sound like YOU were there. Your attention to detail is phenomenal
I think the secret to his success is that he doesn’t use notes or read from a script. Somehow he can remember everything in vivid detail including names, order of events,etc. That alone astonishes me. He’s a phenomenal speaker, no filler words, (um, ya know) and yet he speaks at a pace that’s neither too slow your mind wanders nor so fast you can’t follow the story. He also throws in the Easter egg challenge and a new version of the ongoing Like button hate gag, little delights no one else includes. Plus he’s got the extremely calm, cool and collected vibe we know he earned as a Navy Seal. He doesn’t go for fake emoting or overdramatization. The guy is a genius just by being himself but I’ve never detected a hint of ego or self importance. I’m happy he’s found TH-cam success.
The fact that they called one of the families and gave them an all good before they got them back means they have to call back and basically say "my bad your husband died a slow and completely avoidable death if our company didn't cut corners"
I used to work at a bakery. The eye squintingly face burning heat of the bread ovens gave me nightmares of being trapped inside there while getting bread out. I can’t imagine the horror of dying that way.
That Oven one. I can’t get it off my mind. It’s 2:23 am and I just can’t close my eyes without imagining it. That is an absolutely horrific way to die and I just hope those two’s families were alright afterwards and got proper justice. Those workers deserve more then a “fine”.
Been through a house fire with (amazing) grace--no loss of life, no injuries, though I basically lost everything. However, now, I'm frickin' terrified of fires. Out of my mind!
The manager just sticking his hand in instead of idk reading the actual gauge was so moronic i literally cannot comprehend it. Those two employees deserved so much better
That's how it's always been in Britain. People around the world like to shit on us based on the atrocities the British elites and our government have committed. What they don't understand is the British people were as much a victim of the British empire as they were
@@cheery-hex They volunteered because they trusted the company it'd be safe. If you can't see its clearly the company's fault then I hope you're never put in charge of something like this. Ever.
That third story sends shivers down my spine. Just him describing what a saturation diver actually does and has to endure is enough for me. I'm not even at the tragic part of the story yet and already I know I'm going to have nightmares about myself in a similar scenario. Hat's off to the guys and gals that do this kind of work because any amount of money offered to me would be met with instant rejection. Anyone with thalassophobia is probably squirming in their God damn seats.
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I can’t imagine how terrifying it would be to be diving at the bottom of the ocean and seeing a large fish hide behind you. Then knowing that you were being watched by a much larger predator somewhere in the hazy darkness.
Yeah there was bad decision after bad decision in that one, fucking greedy ass managers throwing workers in to a dangerous situation for probably no more than overtime pay or something. Those managers deserved jail time not just a fine.
Well the employees were probably not paid a lot, and not the smartest guys in the world. So if you offered them a few days pay for a few hours work, someone will volunteer. Pretty sad really, but thats nothing new in the world of mass production
I was a recruiter for a couple dozen manufacturing facilities, I’ve went toe to toe with any and every authority figure you could imagine when my employees were put in dangerous situations. Unfortunately temps are often taken advantage of and threatened with termination before full time if they raise a fuss. Lucky for the employees on my team I love to cause scenes and idc whose feelings I hurt when it comes to safety. Not one person makes enough an hour to leave their family grieving.
I already knew how the 2nd story was gonna go when you got to the part about the company worrying about how much money they lost from cutting the machine completely off. Yet again a company prioritized money over the safety of their workers and the workers had to pay for it.
I think what’s even more insulting is that they were scared of losing like what $1500?! Or maybe 3 grand if it took two hours!? Like wow. That’s worth more to them than the lives of two of their hard workers. Infuriating.
The workers wanted to go in early to catch a soccer game later, and the manager didn't check the temperature gauge... on an industrial oven... he just felt the entrance w/ his hand... on an industrial oven...
I just🙅🤯😤😠when managers/companies mess up big, huge time, regarding money saving, etc. Because of this stupid decision, 2 lives were lost. People, learn from this. Doesn't matter, even you'll get paid extra, if what they're sending you to do is not job, and don't know it, not to mention if you're scared, worried. DO NOT DO IT!!!!🙅🙅
No matter how many stories I hear regarding these saturation dives, it never fails to terrify me. I'd never do that shit for any amount of money. We don't know what's in the ocean. Just the thought of being down there in pitch blackness, my mind swirling with anxious thoughts that there might be a large ass predator watching me is so damn terrifying.
I actually think being eaten by a large animal would be better than being stuck for hours at the bottom with no lights slowly running out of air and freezing to death. The ocean is a scary place. I think I'll stay on dry land.
My dad is a sat diver for one of the regulators that check oil companies' systems. He's former special forces. I guess there's just some people that it doesn't bother. I couldn't do it.
Considering no sat diver has ever been eaten by a large predator I don't think it's that much of a thing as we all think. I WOULD how ever be terrified of it anyway :P I would also not do that for any amount of money ever.
@@caridennis3171 because it gives them a chance to use and show their survival skills, especially since they were the best performing students of the class it should be low risk
@@brendanhauser4644 But it wasn't low risk. Dude disappears down a 250 ft+ hole right after setting up camp. I'd call that very high risk. It's like my kid finally learns to use the potty so I say, "Good job! Now let's go stand at the edge of Niagra Falls and piss into the wind to celebrate!" It was a stupid thing to do.
that second story reminds me of a pool I used to work at as a lifeguard when I was a kid. I'd worked as a lifeguard at other pools for about 2 years at that point. This new pool I worked at was in a water park and had a giant filter that filtered water through giant holes (like, a kid or small adult could easily fit into it) in the very bottom of the pool (18 ft down) covered with grates. This hole was so dangerous that, even with the grates, we had a zone where people weren't allowed to swim under the water around them just to make sure no one got too close and got their hair stuck in it. So one day boss comes in and asks us to check the filter cover to make sure it's on right because some patrons have said it looked broken, and I'm like "sure, I'll go turn the filter off" and they were like "no, we'll have to shut the pool down for a bit if we turn the filter off, just check it while it's on and tie your hair back, that's what the grates are for"...you know, the grates, those things we're checking to make sure are still on right. So I'm like "not doing that..." cause if they are on right that's grate, but if they *are* broken I'm getting sucked into the filter hole and I'm tiny enough I'd get sucked down pretty far and definitely be in bad shape, if not very likely dead, by the time they got me out. So then my boss yells at me but like i don't care enough to die over it and then later I see her asking some kid to go do it and I run over and I'm like "this is how people die". So then she turned the filter off and we checked the grate. It was broken.
I've heard of people dying from wave pools for similar reasons. You were smart not to do that. Usually though and terrifying enough, people can be sucked in and electrocuted, since the wiring that helps move the waves are behind the water system. I remember hearing about it as a child and still fear it to this day. Whenever I see people going past the point they're not allowed to, I have the image in my head of them being sucked down. Seriously though, I'm not sure why people are stupid enough to risk that. I'm glad you used your head and didn't go (while also helping someone else).
I can't imagine the feeling of dread those divers at the end felt. All because their company cut corners and it ultimately killed them. I thought I knew what dread was when I can't find my toddler for 5 minutes.
Yeah, cut corners to save $, instead of spending it on safety they give it up in fines and cut a check to the families. They probably sleep well at night though.
Not to forgive in any way the cheap SOBs whose cost-cutting ways endangered and eventually killed their employees, but I do wonder a bit at the workers who are willing to risk their lives for a company that they know cares squat about industrial safety. Is the bakery the only employer in the area, like a mining company town in Appalachia? Was saturation working diving they only employable skill the last guys had, and was working for a crap outfit their only option? In most cases a paycheck or bonus isn't worth that kind of higher-than-usual risk (which in the case of diving was high enough).
That second story immediately sent a chill down my spine the moment i saw the picture of the oven and heard the description of it. I knew where this story was headed.
And there’s other horror story pages that are begging me to give them money on Patreon for one video a month and this guy is balling out 3 to 4 a week for free without requesting anything. Wild
Thats the difference between a person who works and makes content for fun on the side. Versus a person trying to get by on other people work for a few hours if video editing. Yes there are some who have costly content. Fans help because they believe in the content at that point.
@@1014p in one of his posts about this video he said he and his editor were up all night to edit and post this video today. He is working a second job basically. Not just doing it for fun. He is expecting money from add revenue. If he doesn't get any I don't see him continuing spending hours making videos when he could be with his family instead.
@@dip30ful him telling stories is literally press record and do it in one go. Then add in the background image as he does in post edit. I do this with my aquarium project intentionally to cut way down in post edit. Its easier to redo the recording than figure out where to stitch video. Effectively adding in text and titles take an hour about including audio screening for issues. Set to render and come back 30 minutes later and review the video, I mean watch the whole thing. Seems many don’t bother doing this important step. Id believe you if I actually saw moving backgrounds and video from the events. That would take time. Sure there is researching stories. Its not all day every day efforts. At best I can see his script creation to have challenge. It certainly isn’t tied up in editing adding the time. If this is the case he needs to record each story in one take. Either way I see him putting out one video a week at this point. Again as far as I can tell he hasn’t noted this is his job but for fun. He would save money doing his own short edit work than pay someone else.
@@1014p go.to Mr ballen Channel click the community tab and the second post from him says editor pulled all night. There is no "believing you" (me) I'm just saying what he posted.
I'll have to say that after listening to you relate these tragic stories, it gives me pause to reflect upon how precious each and every day is, and my heart goes out to these victims and their families. Thank you, John
As I listen to the stories unfold on this channel, time and time again I find myself holding my breath, eyes wide, waiting for the next tidbit of terror to arrive. Well-done, John!
Bread story: the stupid thing to this story? They still lost production for the same amount of time, if not more than if they had just done it correctly, without the lost of life of an employee.
@@BanaDoyabad Yes, that's what I said. They cost the lives of their employees in an attempt to "save time" but the whole process they devised to avoid shutting down the machine, even had the employees survived, still cost them as much if not more time and loss of production.
I just googled that bakery, and it looks like it still operated until 2010! How were they not shut down for killing those two men?! I can't understand why anyone would have thought sending them into the oven was a good idea.
Look at all of the things that killed people during the Victorian era and people knew but kept using these items. This is not surprising. Sad but not surprising. Plus, these grown men made the choice to do this. It is still the job's fault but they all played a part in this tragedy.
I agree and the business owner should have been shut down!!! They should have not been so cheap by not getting a mechanic!! Yes the guys agreed, but the owner /manager offered more money and did NOT know the heat inside nor had checked the temp gauge!!!
If it’s like with OSHA in the U.S. the plant would be shut down for about a week during the investigation & business plans for prevention of this. This happened when a crane operator killed a steel worker on an i-beam when building a large school in VA Beach. One week down and back to work!
Imagine how horrible you’d feel to be the person calling that guy’s wife and being like “yeah he’s fine don’t worry” and then having to call like 6 hours later and being like “umm actually ma’am-” that would be so horrible.
Well at least they were fined for their deaths.... I mean if they hadn't been fined I would've been severely disappointed... Smgdh how about criminal charges of negligence at the very least?!?!
Too dumb. One at a job I worked at hired a few people on the same day. One started at the same manual labor job but got called off the floor and invited up to the managers office. I saw her once 5 months later . She was wearing a short skirt and a tight top, she was hired to be a secretary cause the boss liked her . Dunno what happened after I left but we made fun of her new job 🤣
I'm not sure why when it was getting pretty hot, they couldn't have stopped the conveyor belt and it wouldn't get any hotter, and dismantle the machine or more of the conveyor belt facing the side they entered in.
When I started watching this series, I thought it would be crackheads or daredevils or something thinking they could defy the law and get no consequences, but these are even more horrifying. People who cut corners over their workers, people who don't even suspect where their going, people who don't even know what's coming to them. It's awful.
Yes! This is the reason why I enjoy the videos about survivors. I loove this channel but I need some more positive, good outcome stories lol. Watching only the horrible and scary things is getting to me
“The bakery and their management team were all fined for the tragedy” sounds like it should have been negligent homicide and some jail time to me...but what do I know I’m not a millionaire
I honestly don't know how I found this channel but I am so happy I did. In my opinion this is one of the best channel on TH-cam. I love his videos, he is a great story teller.
The last story was actually sad when both men died. Seeing them okay, but then each several attempts to get the dive bell up to the surface, the worse the situation gets. And when knowing that they died after getting the dive bell up kinda hits me with devastation. I thought that both men will make it out alive, but no. Rest in peace to them. 😔😔
Glaciers are scary af. I’ve worked on glaciers over the years, doing tours (dog sledding) and I don’t mess around up there. We mark crevasses and stay in the “safe space” then move along when it gets too late in the season. There is so much safety paperwork that you have to do through the state and borough as well. That’s one of those things you just don’t cut corners on anything. I’ve always worked for amazing companies with great safety policies.
i was looking for someone to comment on that......scariest thing is thinking somehow but unlikely he was still alive down that crevice and slowly died of hypothermia or drowning....
Imagine listening to MrBallen on your way home and walking into your bedroom and your husband is also listening to MrBallen... we love your stories!!! @MrBallen your a great story teller!!!
I think what makes the first story so horrifying is that it shows how fragile our lives can be and how unforgiving the world can be. Just a momentary error, one that would've been hard to see coming, ended with Thomas in free fall. I think people like to criticize in cases like these because it helps us feel like it could never happen to us, but everyone makes unforeseen mistakes and has momentary lapses in one situation or another.That's why it's important not just to be careful, but kind as well.
That's a rare but very insightful viewpoint you got there. I was previously on board with the people who were criticising the circumstances that led to the first unfortunate event before reading your comment. But you're completely right, we sometimes just do stupid things/commit mistakes because, we just do! We're not perfect ourselves so it's not fair for us to always criticise them. Thank you for putting that point out.
I'm sure everyone has made a mistake where they were fortunate that it didn't go worse than it could have. I read over jury cases sometimes and you see it a ton. I've definitely learned from the real cases to never go anywhere near a dump truck.
Good story... I fell into a crevasse, but was out of it before I realised what had happened. My ski's tied across the top of my backpack had arrested my fall, and when I turned around to see the crevasse.... you couldn't see it. I also worked on a deep sea semi-sub rig that had a bell and a chamber.... I was so totally shocked by the state of the bell and the chamber, I pitied anyone who would need it. The owners of the rig were against any new stuff being put into maintaining the rig, not even light bulbs (I was the Electrician), that I was sure they wanted it to sink.
@@no_peace yeah and how do they not check the temp beforehand? Like if Im ever crazy enough to go into an oven thats literally the ONLY thing I worry about. Wtf
Although I feel awful for everyone involved in these stories, the third one hit me the hardest and the worst. I couldn't imagine receiving a call stating that my husband has been in a slight accident basically but will be all right and will survive, only to know that he actually died. To sit there as those two divers, to think and hope in the highest degree, "Yes, we've been saved!!" Only to be let down..knowing that it's only going to be a matter of time before they both die has to be the saddest thing I've ever heard. I can only imagine what was going through their minds at the time that they were sitting at the bottom of the water knowing that they could do absolutely nothing to help save their own lives and that it was in the hands of others completely. My heart goes out to these two divers and their families. All they were trying to do was provide for their families and go back to them, but unfortunately, that never happened 😔😪🤧
MrBallen: Most people don't know you can't just put on scuba tanks and dive to any depth Me who has binge watched every single video on this channel: I have heard too many stories to be "most people"
Me too. I've lived within 2 miles of the Atlantic ocean my whole life. I'm big into snorkeling, scuba dove a couple times, years ago. After watching all the content on this channel, I will never do that again. Nor will I ever go anywhere near a cliff/national forest. This channel is the absolute best. Thank God my thing is theme parks, I get enough thrills in Orlando/Kississimee.
@@kristinwood8884 oh no theme parks was on the upload list for next week lol jk good thing it’s quarantine time bc all mr balíns people don’t go anywhere anymore bc we are to scared lol
@@folee_edge accidents are quite rare at Universal/Disney/Sea World. And I don't ride the roller coasters. Although my favorite rides are raft rides. I was shocked when I found out about the Dreamland(Australia) rafting ride accident that left four people dead. They were negligent, but everything carries a risk. th-cam.com/video/BurDAd6cNQ0/w-d-xo.html
These people went into an oven and didn’t check the temperature, they just put there hand on the oven and.... uh-oh, Mr Ballen said *Scuba* .... R.I.P. in advance.
these were probably the scariest he’s told on his channel for me. just the thought of them sitting there knowing they were going to die and no one could do anything to stop it
Ahh yes I see. Makes perfect sense then for this to be the first video of his I’ve ever seen. I’m completely horrified. I’ll spend the rest of the day and most likely into the night trying in vain to not imagine what these people went through. Can’t wait to see all of Mr Ballens videos though, they’re awesome!
@@misswindy13 yeah, it was my first video of his as well.. And even though it really got to me I still think the videos are amazing! Maybe I can watch more to help desensitize myself idk.. lol I feel like I'm too empathetic sometimes cuz I'm still feeling from that one
It happens bro. It happened to me once. I began back in November and just a mere 3-4 week's after... Here I am. Never can I come back to life as I once was, nor will I ever be the same. So, I just lay here. Dark, cold, alone where not even prayers are heard or vibrations of any kind are felt. Sealed for all eternity. I know exactly what those men went thru in those first & final 15 hour's. May their families rest in peace
I really appreciate the depth you go into to explain everything to us. Your descriptions help me understand all these things I'd never even think about otherwise. Also making everything that more real and terrifying. Please keep making content!!
i hear u i can feel that anxeity 2 the company i work for took 50dollars from pur 100dollar shoe voyture these poor people paid with rhier lives good god
i have a scar on my arm from 180 degree water touching it for less than 5 seconds 5 years ago. that shit hurt. those poor boys went through incredible pain and all bc of corporate greed, smh. fining them was not enough.
I'm a compliance safety and health officer with OSHA and I really enjoy your stories on the work-related catastrophes. The Bumblebee factory was unreal! Just trying to imagine what he went through being cooked alive is unimaginable. I also train workers on safety and health in the workplace so these stories are instrumental. Please tell more occupational horror stories when you can. Thanks for the videos.
That diving bell story involves my late father in law, he was a deep sea commercial diver on that rig and was in one of the Other bells. Word got to shore that they had a lost bell but no one initially knew which bell, so which divers were lost. It was an agonising wait for my late mother in law who was pregnant with my wife at the time and the other loved ones on shore. Ultimately it was luck of the draw it wasn’t but it was someone else’s husbands and dads who died. A hugely dangerous job with much better safety in the North Sea these days.
@@markmcelroy1872 to be honest I don’t know, safety back then wasn’t taken as seriously as it is now. I suspect they were fined and had to pay out to the families of the lost divers but they kept operating.
@@markmcelroy1872 I looked it up. An American court awarded the family money for damages but the British government protected the killers. Then a few years later a British TV investigation revealed the story to the British public and only then did they become interested in justice, there was a settled lawsuit. A little bit of money was paid out and nobody admitted any wrongdoing or got punished by the law.
What Mr. Ballen viewers would never ever do : Go Scuba diving, caving/spelunking, ignoring obvious warning signboards (especially under water), Hiking, venturing alone into the forests and respecting the like button.
AFTER THIS QIUARANTINE IS OVER,DUE TO MR.BALLEN,SOME OF US WILL NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE AGAIN, REGARDLESS...LOL,AND WE WILL PROLLY GET STALKED OR HAVE A HOME INVASION FFS...DEMONS IF YA DO, DAMNED IF YA DONT
His “creepy photo backstories” popped up on my recommended and I have never appreciated youtube more for recommending such a perfect fit of a channel for me. Way to go, algorithm lol
@@brittanyhyatt3407 Bro that's a quarter million dollars a year and I'm being conservative there too, I imagine there's benefits, and the insurance pay out must be huge if you die.
jesus christ…. I’m a safety guy and that oven story is absolutely insane… the amount of incompetence and lack of safety oversight is mind boggling to me. sending people into a confined space with no real escape plan, no temperature check, probably no atmospheric testing or rescue plan… wow
@@meghanmisaliar Key word: the workers. Not the management, not the owners, not the (apparently too expensive) mechanic. The low-wage workers who were desperate enough to volunteer for an extremely risky job. The higher-ups excuse their higher, in many cases ridiculously so, wages by the fact that their work requires more skill and education. They are the ones supposed to have the knowledge and experience to run things. The workers did not order the management to let them in early, they asked if it was possible, and trusted the competence of their higher-ups who came with the ridiculous plan to begin with.
I loveeeeeee that he takes his time to explain in detail everything.. Honestly feel so bad for all these men :( so sad especially the divers😞 I can't imagine being stuck in that situation to then see people there to save you but can't ugh heartbreaking 💔
I think there's a saying that goes something like "Safety procedures are written in blood." Every safety procedure was made because someone was either hurt or killed because they did something wrong or didn't do something, usually because the people they were working for unintentionally caused the situation.
Me too, I can't watch any more diving videos, because I keep unconsciously holding my breath and then feeling unwell. So sad these stories, so many errors.
As of July 1st 2020 employers and bosses can be charged with manslaughter if a worker dies due to unsafe environments and/or instructions. #2 deserved way more than fines for everyone in charge. I mean they never even checked the thermometer.... That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. What a horrible way to go out.
ESPECIALLY considering that EVERY recipe for bread I've ever had starts with an oven set to around 350 - 400 F... The protocol is a 24 hour "cool down" before repairs... just to reach reasonably safe through the whole machine... That's anything at or about 100 F so there's no dubious hot surfaces or surprises in the middle... you know... the hottest part... In theory, you could cut corner a little on that time schedule, but not by very much without some serious risk, and from the sounds of things, it was a 12 hour "cool off"... SO the easy math says it's going to be BAD. BUT no... Let's just fine the company and management... like they're not going to just gouge a higher price out of their customers to cover it anyway. Yeah... THAT'S a good idea. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 Should be jailtime for this. If you break rules & regulations & get people killed, anything less than jailtime is just a crime in at of itself imo. Like what the fuck is a fine going to do? Nothing. Even if they go out of business, you're hurting the workers more.
@@lockofmetal8894 Absolutely... At the risk of navel-gazing here... There ARE charges on the books like "involuntary manslaughter" and "reckless endangerment" and "criminal negligence" among many others that could be applied. I get that nobody intentionally tried to get someone killed, BUT someone put together the series of orders that directly resulted in killing someone... THAT guy or gal should be accountable... period... AND for hiring them and not putting their ego in check, the COMPANY should then be pursued over their negligence. ;o)
I’ve just listened to about 12 hours worth of Mr. Ballen while doing rehab work on my house. It’s bedtime, and all I can think about is the poor people who made some horrible mistake and died slow, often lonely, painful deaths. I’m also now hopefully inordinately afraid of the heated socks I just put on while climbing into bed. Wish me luck!
I went scuba diving in Brazil. We didn’t go that deep. I think it was only 40 feet at most. But the next day we had to take an 8 hour bus ride through the mountains to get back to the city. The dramatic change in atmospheric pressure caused my sinuses to practically explode. I was in agonizing pain for the whole 8 hours.
That poor guy on the glacier. I hope the fall killed him instantly so that he didn’t have to wait in pain in the dark and cold to slowly die, that would be horrific beyond words :(
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At 8:12 it’s Patrick star next to ur head in the bright light
Well done Lester!!!
Well done Watson!
Wait I got it 2 vids in a row dang
That small
dam 3 mins too late
Corporations cutting corners and leading to the death of their employees really pisses me off. Especially the last story.
Happens ALL the time. I’m 45 and I’ve worked in manufacturing since I turned 18. Gotta watch out for yourself and not be afraid to say hell no.
@@jakesneed3146 smart man
Both the oven and the diver story pissed me off!!!
@Drew Johnsom I like your advice in a sense cause you'll make money but you are telling us to become the ppl we hate?
Fithy corporates should be made to go into those death traps.
Notice that no matter how confident managers are that an action is safe, they always get someone else to do it.
That idea was so bad on so many levels. It ended exactly as I thought it would. What a f*kin shame.
Yea that story pissed me off these assholes come up with some bullshit idea because there asses are so tight they won't spend the money they need for proper repairs and then they have the audacity to ask for volunteers promising extra pay to there most likely underpaid workers to do this horrible task that they came up with and all they got for killing someone is a fine...
What was that old Wiseman quote? "Don't do anything someone asks you to do they wouldn't do themselves." You wanna be a cheapskate? Great! You can go be cheapskate yourself, don't wrap me into your ghetto repair methods.
Hopefully that lawsuit cost more than the actual mechanic and they received prison time for negligent manslaughter.
Then worst of all their only punishment is to pay a fine with no prison time
Fined I hope they were sued too
I love how he doesn't just tell the stories and leaves. He actually takes time to explain (in this case what saturation diving is) non-common things so we completely understand what is happening in the story.
it's like if Wikipedia read you scary stories ^.^
I used to work offshore as a life support technician running the Sat chamber for a dive company. Interesting job.
Yes. And very detailed!!! Love this channel
Did you just say non-common?
@@svolkmer did you live on a boat? Station? How did this work?
Whenever I hear stories about industrial accidents caused by managers trying to save money, I remember a quote that one of my professors engrained in my mind: “If you think the cost of safety is high, wait until you see the cost of an accident. If you can’t do something safely, don’t do it at all; it is never worth it.”
in fact, the cost of an accident is not so much for the company.
@@debasishraychawdhuri it is, they got fined 300k pounds for the deaths.
@@debasishraychawdhuri considering that £1500x24 is £36,000, plus £2.5k for the mechanic (according to one source), totals to £38.5k, which is significantly less than they would have been fined for the deaths, as well as things like health and safety violations. according to one source I've seen, they were fined nearly £375k for the deaths, which is nearly 10x the cost if they had done the right thing and shut off the oven completely and paid for an actual mechanic
A big fine is a rediculous punishment for blatant negligence. They never should have told the men to go in while the oven was on, hot and inescapable.
W@a 7r0p000
I think what is the most terrifying with these types of stories is knowing people are trying to save you but then knowing you won't survive.
heartbreaking. amazing stuff for a movie. A really real emotional one. but wow
Part of what makes it so hard for me to watch Everest.
@@princecrane1277 have you seen the movie "Buried" w Ryan reynolds? THAT MOVIE reminds me of these deaths
@@MrEvldreamr I have not. I’ll look into it if I have time.
@@MrEvldreamrI’ll never watch that movie again. I was physically ill watching it. That’s a legit fear of mine. I work with prisoners and I was an innocent bystander in the F storm of an angry lifer who is in prison for burying 2 people alive. Even though we advocate for prisoners (to get humane treatment and encourage compassion over revenge to help stop the cycle of abuse/violence), but he’s the single prisoner I just cannot bring myself to support. I immediately took myself off his case. He scares me to death, especially seeing how fast he turned on people only there to help him. F that noise. I hope he doesn’t remember me and I hope he never gets out because of some technicality. I have an alert on him so I get notified even when he’s transferred to another unit. I have nightmares about what he did to his victims and despite everything we try to teach violent offenders about compassion, it’s clear none of that matters to him. So yea… I can’t watch that Ryan Reynolds movie ever again. Ugh I wanna puke.
Saddens me to know that people die from companies cutting corners . Especially safety standards.
Cutting corners and pure stupidity. Everyone should be smart enough to stay out of an over that is on.
Happens more then you think and in the past it was 100× worse. That goes to show you what you're worth to these companies. Because they'd lose 1500$ an hour they cut corners that killed 2 people. The most stupid part about this is they didn't even check the temperatures on the inside before they went in. Do you realize how fucking stupid you would have to be to make a mistake like that and somehow that person manages this company. Smh
@@mrb152 do you think they knew what they where getting into? Do you think they were briefed and told about all the possible dangers? I dont think so.
@@mrb152 The oven wasn't on. If you paid attention it was residing heat. It's like making tea with a kettle then turning it off, the kettle isn't suddenly cool. The two men however were still stupid to rush a 'game' over their lives - go in before it was cooled and everyone was stupid to NOT check the fucking temp before sending in two guys on a operation never done before. Management shouldn't have gotten fines, but negligent manslaughter.
I hope they get sued
My new list of things to avoid based on this series:
A. Caves
B. Water
C. Caves with water
D. Ovens
Going outside during covid-19.
@@wildechild5 nope I will always go outside I don't care
I hide in my oven a lot and never been burned alive bc i only got some burns
Lol
And mountains, and forests. Just avoid wilderness in general.
Biggest personal takeaway from watching soooo many MrBallen videos: any desire I *might* have had to scuba dive is 100% gone.
These videos made me want to more lol I'm going to my certification classes on the 9th
@@nolanalmblad8684 With that atitude you may end up in one of these videos one day. Stay safe and don't do recless shit.
Good, you will live longer
Or camp, or drive alone, or.go the country, or national parks...lol
or camp, geocache, work at a job, go outside, or go to a store at night
I think there would be nothing worse than knowing you're fixing to be rescued and sitting there for hours realizing it's not going to work out that was extremely sad
Eventually they come to terms with it
Not really sure why the first cable snapped, but the second didn't. Seems like they did something wrong on the first attempt. I hope the employer was prosecuted for some sort of negligence.
i know this story was really sad
@@litigioussociety4249 That's why they get paid so handsomely. They get their entire life's worth of money in a short time frame because they're liable to go under. And I don't mean underwater.
@@stoiccrane4259 they can be sued this accident though.
When people die due to a company trying to save money, that's manslaughter, and that's what management should be charged with. It infuriates me that companies cut corners with safety, while probably profiting millions of dollars every year.
I agree and I can’t imagine how many injuries and deaths have gone under the radar due to their money.
I totally agree. This is just more proof that the government and corporations don't care about us.
+Chris B
When Mr. Ballen said that that company in Leicester was fined...I thought that surely it and its managers would have been more than fined (and maybe they were. I don't know). Life imprisonment sounds like the appropriate punishment, with regular time in solitary confinement to give the perpetrators some idea of what it was like for the employees they KILLED.
@@KiLLThemALL8820 While true, that's not the government, that's a company. One that didn't follow regulations. The government doesn't care about you and companies don't care about you.
Yep
When a company cuts corners to save money and lives are lost, they need to be stripped of their company licenses, bankrupt, and the executives are sentenced for 1st degree manslaughter. Minimal 5 years in prison and stripped of all their assets.
I dated a guy who worked on a Scottish rig at the time (not as a diver, that terrified him). He had some tales that even when you allowed for 'poetic licence' were awful. I don't doubt for one minute that wasn't the first and only time that something as essential as a dodgy transponder was ignored. He'd worked on others owned by different companies. The most dangerously profit driven according to him were the French and the Americans.
I agree with you 100%!!!! 👏👏👏
It's horrific, ppl go to work to earn money Support families and put trust into these ppl. I agree, a few deaths on construction sites here due to them cutting corners for safety. Young guys just starting out
I agree, the company should pay but the collateral damage might be pretty horrible too.
Shutting down a company completely and putting the workers who are innocent bystanders out of work, can literally kill them.
I grew up in a small town where 35% of the population is employed by one company.
Prison for the people who thought it was a good idea and for the people who implemented it.
I used to work for OSHA and companies may bitch about the fines they impose but, this is exactly what they prevent.
You'd think that they would know by now to follow maintenance instructions and not cut corners.
Number 2 is the most ridiculous cost cutting plan I've probably ever heard of. What a terrible and unethical decision. They should've been shut down and then charged criminally..along with paying the families. Unbelievable and sad.
You can hear the anger in Mr Ballin's voice when none of the bakery managers bothered to check the temperature gage of the oven before sending two of their employees in there.
I'm from Leicester and grew up 15 mins walk from this bakery. They did change hands, another bakery taking over but they never shut down and still operate today.
@@CallimooneI’m so glad I saw your comment. It answered my exact question! Thanks
It was the fking workers fault, manager shut the heat off and paid extra
@@stephanienkurtzno they definitely get a portion of the blame. I guess you missed the part where they asked to go in early so they could watch a game or whatever. If they didn't, they would be alive. There were many protocols bypassed , but ultimately the one that killed them was not waiting the full 24 hours which was their choice. These were adults, not children.
Damn. A company outright murders their employees in an oven and they get "fined". 😬
Welcome to Capitalism the child of chattel slavery. Where money is more important than people.
I know! Unbelievable!😦
Right
Money really is the root of all Evil.
I've worked for a few companies in Leicestershire and they are big companies and they are all dodgy. Proper dodgy work places.
Imagine simply being fined for what is literally manslaughter because you couldn’t be arsed to pay a bit extra to do things properly
Pretty much and leicester is really bad for this too! Boohoo pretty much have a sweat shop with illegal workers and had people crammed in during covid and whilst it was news when it first came out its like people have forgotten and still buying from them!
These are the workers who would be killed by shitty practices and the owners would get away with it!
I think the owners should start being banged up for manslaughter since its their company all the employee’s actions are their responsibility!
Yeah there should have been criminal charges imo.
Thers people doing time in prison for crap like that , someone paid off the “law enforcement “ to avoid charges , happens a lot with people that have money , sick world
Sounds like most businesses.
Lemme guess ; y'all are British.
"The company was known for cutting corners."
"The oven broke"
I see where this is going
Yeah I was like ohhhh boy here we go
If I ever heard a manager ask an untrained person to go into a machine that could kill them to fix it I would excuse myself to go to the restroom and quietly go call the police to prevent them killing someone. Industrial safety measure are put in place for a reason and any manager who tries to get a worker to disregard them should immediately fired, and any company that encourages this type of management should be shut down.
I wonder if they were sued...I'll be mad as hail if my Husband or Father got cooked in the oven because they wanted to save some damn money!
No amount of money is gonna get me into an industrial Oven lol fuck that
Yeah that whole story seemed pretty predictable
All three stories were tough to listen to, but that last one really hit hard. To have those moments of hope that you were finally going to be rescued just for it all to be snatched away. That poor guy probably sitting there thinking about his wife and little daughter, the whole time. It is one thing to die in a few minutes, but it is a whole other thing to sit HOURS freezing and losing oxygen while the end creeps near, the whole thing so sad.
yeah. I cant imagine the rescuers seeing them smiling and having thumbs up, to slowly becoming more and more slouched over and dying. and the divers getting a little sense of hope just to have it snatched right back away from them
I don’t understand why the diving bell was so poorly designed that it was taking hours to get a cable through the cable hole. Nobody anticipates what could go wrong ?
@@tryhardquesadila there is no true despair without hope.
@@doomnoises John mentioned their company had cut corners. I'm not surprised that the two men died due to negligence. The company likely knew what might've gone wrong, they just sadly and unfortunately didn't care.
@@Spookedjayyeah, they thought of everything that could’ve happened, but that almighty dollar was far more important than the lives of their workers. With as much money they make on those rigs, they should’ve had all the right equipment and extra, so nothing like that could happen to begin with. Those poor men; them and the ones who were burned alive. Very sad situation for them all.
"And they were fined" FINED! My dude if that ain't manslaughter idk what is! ALL managment involved deserved jail time!
Exactly what I came to say. I cannot fucking believe that one bit.
Thats one of the worst episodes of disgusting, penny pinching, criminal negligence I've ever heard. Those people deserved nothing less than several years in jail. Companies who operate like that have no right to exist. Shut them down, lock up their owners and managers, compensate the victims' families 7 figures. Nothing less is satisfactory in this day and age.
Yes yes. Or put them in a similar oven and let them die in a similar agonising way. 🤬
Thought the same, then remembered the two who died did ask to go earlier than initially planned so they’d be able to watch a game that night. Seemed like all parties were negligent. Sad and horrible.
Unknowingly eating bread from that oven after two men died inside 😬
"It's fine", "You're fine", "Don't worry", and "It's perfectly safe" are 4 things you can NEVER trust from a boss/superior asking you to do something. And it any of them are followed by "it pays extra", then re-read this comment.
Want out of an obviously unsafe request tell them you'll do it but first you need it in writing. Suddenly they don't need you to do that task.
Anything that includes 'It pays extra' is a good thing to avoid.
I think the government persuading, coaxing, coercing, bribing, and inundating people with advertising saying those same things applies here. I’m instantly skeptical.
Also if you get hurt, make a bitch fit about it then and there, make a scene. So the employer can’t turn around and try to gas light you into thinking it happened off the job so they can fuck you out of your compensation.
Your employer is not your buddy, if you even have to question it, they definitely see you as expendable employees with a turnover rate
@@Xanderboof Precisely. Unless you work for a close family member you are an expendable commodity to them.
"The bakery and management were fined"
Fined? That should have been manslaughter....
At the very least gross negligence which would at least be some prison time. The arrogance of the managers “we will do it ourselves” by which they mean they will get some worker who they couldn’t give a single solitary f**k about to risk his life to save them multiple tens of thousands of pounds then Chuck him a couple of hundred quid. Honestly, I’m my mind. I think they need at least 15 years inside and to be Permanently black listed from any position of authority ever again by HSE. Sadly even a shitty gross negligence charge likely resulting in a max 5-7year sentence is too much to ask for apparently.
Absolutely
Yep
Yes I agree. Always a case of its fine but you are the chosen brave one to save the day !!!!!
Makes me sick 😡
yet another lession on why you should never risk your life for a company, they dont care about you at all, so why should you help them in a time of need?
i really can't fathom receiving a call that my husband was involved in an incident at work but that he would be fine and then soon learning that he had passed away. i seriously couldn't live without him and would likely never accept that new reality. Makes me cry just thinking about it.
I'd be completely indifferent if I'm honest lol
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@@lara_young let’s stay away from you…
@@lara_youngsomeone needs to get outside and get socialized back into a human...
@@lara_youngdont get a husband please
So sad, some of these deaths could have been prevented if the companies actually gave a crap about their workers and the equipment they were using. :(
The problem is, their lives aren't worth as much as the potential lost profits. Until owners and CEOs face prison, nothing will change
Thomas' death was the only true accident. The other 4 deaths could have been prevented if safety precautions were met and taken seriously.
What's sad is one of the reasons unions exist and increased safety regulations are enforced is due to company negligence to provide a safe work place. The hazardous conditions they put their workers in caused thousands of deaths that could have been preventable.
Just Google: The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. Over a hundred women were burned to death because the employer didnt enforce safety regulations and locked the fire exit to prevent stealing which caused many to jump to their deaths from a burning building once a fire broke out.
@@DrElihuWhipple those fuckers should be prosecuted as if they themselves committed first-degree murder, only then will they think twice before cutting corners on someone's safety...
@@DrElihuWhipple then they will invest in foreign contries
This video is more like "When your boss cuts corners and gets you killed."
This is true
Transportation companies have a bad habit of endangering their passengers for the same reason...
I agree
I'm a survivor of this. I was sent on a three hour round trip haul to go pick up a pallet and a half of brick coping and pavers. I was told it wasn't that much and I was to take one of the company's F150's. Even the warehouse guy mentioned before I left that he thinks I should take an F250 but bossman disagreed and wanted me to take the smaller truck. How this saves money or makes any sense, I have no idea. So I get to the factory and head out to the yard, hand a worker my PO and he drives off in his forklift. He brings me the order and I quickly realize things are getting sketchy. I loaded it the safest way I could. Put most of the weight on the axel and spread out the rest as flat to the bed as I could. I hugged the right lane going 5 under on my way back. About halfway back my right-rear tire blew. I slowed down and tried to stop on the shoulder but the soulder was really small and ended in thick wet muddy grass. I was going about 65 when my tires dug into the ground, truck slid sideways and I rolled over a full rotation (luckily) and a couple bricks shot in the cab. Had a couple minor cuts on the back of my head but was fine. I was on the interstate again the next day.
Absolutely horrifying!
All true fans of Mr. Ballen know as soon as he said “oven” someone was gonna get cooked.
Instant “oh no.”
What really bothers me is that they left that oven in the apartment for the next tenants to use. No amount of bleach on earth would make me comfortable in using it.
I dont remember the name of the episode but im sure you know the one im referring to.
I physically winced
The oven ones f*ck me up the most , I like literally squint my eyes and curl my toes when I listen to the oven stories aha
@@zoeinkerman969 😂😂😂
the fact they didn't want to do it themselves but was willing to sacrife someone else all because they wanted to cut corners but not take the risk
They would never take risks that’s how managers are. And if you do the job successfully they take all the credit
Typical mgmt. They delegate.
@@chino3001 Typical over generalization...
@@bigbay1159 am i tho ? I don’t think so
Right and the fact that no one checked the temperature before going in???? You can’t get anymore careless and just fuckin stupid than that
It's so terrifying to imagine falling and falling and falling into an abyss that never ends - in the cold - only to know you'll never be found by any human or animal. It's absolutely heartbreaking in the worst way. May be one of the loneliest ways to die/be buried.
In tens of thousands of years he might be found by futuristic humans in an ice block
Honestly, it’s a fear I never knew I had until now.
poor thomas. my guess is he is probably now resting in earths mantle.
@Innocent Bystander we can only hope 😞 I can’t imagine how his parents felt/feel.
It's worse being found, and yet nothing can be done.
Everyone always talks about how your narration makes them feel like they were there, but I always think you sound like YOU were there. Your attention to detail is phenomenal
Totally agree
This is true. It's like each story happened to him personally
I know and It makes me question how he knows so much about these. The poor man must have to do days of research
He has a way with words
I think the secret to his success is that he doesn’t use notes or read from a script. Somehow he can remember everything in vivid detail including names, order of events,etc. That alone astonishes me.
He’s a phenomenal speaker, no filler words, (um, ya know) and yet he speaks at a pace that’s neither too slow your mind wanders nor so fast you can’t follow the story.
He also throws in the Easter egg challenge and a new version of the ongoing Like button hate gag, little delights no one else includes.
Plus he’s got the extremely calm, cool and collected vibe we know he earned as a Navy Seal. He doesn’t go for fake emoting or overdramatization. The guy is a genius just by being himself but I’ve never detected a hint of ego or self importance. I’m happy he’s found TH-cam success.
I was really hoping the last story would have ended differently. Those poor men and their families.
I cried hard. So horrible.
@Den M love that!
RIP poor men
Yeah. It sounded like it was about to be a happy, albeit scary ending.
The fact that they called one of the families and gave them an all good before they got them back means they have to call back and basically say "my bad your husband died a slow and completely avoidable death if our company didn't cut corners"
I used to work at a bakery. The eye squintingly face burning heat of the bread ovens gave me nightmares of being trapped inside there while getting bread out. I can’t imagine the horror of dying that way.
That Oven one. I can’t get it off my mind. It’s 2:23 am and I just can’t close my eyes without imagining it. That is an absolutely horrific way to die and I just hope those two’s families were alright afterwards and got proper justice. Those workers deserve more then a “fine”.
Been through a house fire with (amazing) grace--no loss of life, no injuries, though I basically lost everything.
However, now, I'm frickin' terrified of fires. Out of my mind!
The manager just sticking his hand in instead of idk reading the actual gauge was so moronic i literally cannot comprehend it. Those two employees deserved so much better
Big corporations would rather kill their employees than risk down time
@@Smallziez Back then yes, but in this day and age... Maybe. Even I'm thinking about that whole ordeal...
That's how it's always been in Britain. People around the world like to shit on us based on the atrocities the British elites and our government have committed. What they don't understand is the British people were as much a victim of the British empire as they were
It’s so sad that in so many of these stories “corners were cut” which ultimately lead to fatalities that should have never happened.
The 2nd one is the worst.
@@halalisanizungu4509 so awful
Fined for 2 deaths in an oven?!?! They should've been locked up.
the guys did volunteer though.. they weren't forced. Imo none of them were that bright
@@cheery-hex It is 100% the company's fault and I'm so sick of pretending otherwise
@@cheery-hex They volunteered because they trusted the company it'd be safe. If you can't see its clearly the company's fault then I hope you're never put in charge of something like this. Ever.
@@IfYouWillem Exactly 💯
@@IfYouWillem There are two types of people in this world. People like you and people like TheCheeryElement up there. Smh
That third story sends shivers down my spine. Just him describing what a saturation diver actually does and has to endure is enough for me. I'm not even at the tragic part of the story yet and already I know I'm going to have nightmares about myself in a similar scenario. Hat's off to the guys and gals that do this kind of work because any amount of money offered to me would be met with instant rejection. Anyone with thalassophobia is probably squirming in their God damn seats.
they should be 500,000$ a month salary
And submechanophobia! I hate man-made things underwater, it freaks me out! Oil rigs, sunken ships, planes, cars, tires, all of it. Freaky af!
PEENUS FLAVORED SPORTS DRINK. LOGAN PAUL COMES OUT WITH A PEENUS FLAVORED DRINK AND SELLS TO HOMOSEXUALS! MASSIVE VEINY KOK ON THE LABEL. ONLY INGREDIENTS ARE PEENUS SWEAT AND GROUND PUBES!
What is thalassophobia?
@@hillarymccorkle622 Fear of the deep ocean.
I can’t imagine how terrifying it would be to be diving at the bottom of the ocean and seeing a large fish hide behind you. Then knowing that you were being watched by a much larger predator somewhere in the hazy darkness.
Where have I heard much larger animals in dark depths of of ocea- ah the kraken lets hope thats not the creature though
@@jay5937 definitely not a kraken but collosal squids exist. They're large and terrifying.
Shoyo true lets hope diver cams in the future don't prove us wrong though
@@jay5937 *cough* cthulu *cough*
Yeah, like Leviathon....
Listening to MrBallen say the bread factory repair plan out loud makes me wonder how anyone could've agreed to do that.
Happens ALL the time, I work all over the place as a Mill Wright, it is somewhat common, NOT that it's 100% safe ever, but it does happen A Lot.
@@tonyclark2516 That's terrifying. Be careful!
Yeah there was bad decision after bad decision in that one, fucking greedy ass managers throwing workers in to a dangerous situation for probably no more than overtime pay or something. Those managers deserved jail time not just a fine.
@@samwalters1 I'd do anything for 1.5x pay. that's like an extra $10. big money baby!!!! WINNING!!!!
Well the employees were probably not paid a lot, and not the smartest guys in the world. So if you offered them a few days pay for a few hours work, someone will volunteer. Pretty sad really, but thats nothing new in the world of mass production
The fact that I'm almost near to finishing all of mrballen's stories is horrifying 😭
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EXACTLY. Like, what am I gonna do now? lol
yeah my thoughts whas: i need to work more because if i have to much free time i come to the end of this videos very soon
How long did it take you???
the shit youve seen...
I was a recruiter for a couple dozen manufacturing facilities, I’ve went toe to toe with any and every authority figure you could imagine when my employees were put in dangerous situations. Unfortunately temps are often taken advantage of and threatened with termination before full time if they raise a fuss. Lucky for the employees on my team I love to cause scenes and idc whose feelings I hurt when it comes to safety. Not one person makes enough an hour to leave their family grieving.
Bless you for valuing the lives of the people on your team. Bravo! 👏
Rebecca, you’re the person I would want on my team! So glad they have you looking out for them.
I already knew how the 2nd story was gonna go when you got to the part about the company worrying about how much money they lost from cutting the machine completely off. Yet again a company prioritized money over the safety of their workers and the workers had to pay for it.
I think what’s even more insulting is that they were scared of losing like what $1500?! Or maybe 3 grand if it took two hours!? Like wow. That’s worth more to them than the lives of two of their hard workers. Infuriating.
If you didnt know by now peolpe arent worth more then money in this time.
The workers wanted to go in early to catch a soccer game later, and the manager didn't check the temperature gauge... on an industrial oven... he just felt the entrance w/ his hand... on an industrial oven...
I just🙅🤯😤😠when managers/companies mess up big, huge time, regarding money saving, etc. Because of this stupid decision, 2 lives were lost. People, learn from this. Doesn't matter, even you'll get paid extra, if what they're sending you to do is not job, and don't know it, not to mention if you're scared, worried. DO NOT DO IT!!!!🙅🙅
@@Li-ck8ek plus Mr. Ballen said the company was fined because of this.
No matter how many stories I hear regarding these saturation dives, it never fails to terrify me. I'd never do that shit for any amount of money. We don't know what's in the ocean. Just the thought of being down there in pitch blackness, my mind swirling with anxious thoughts that there might be a large ass predator watching me is so damn terrifying.
I actually think being eaten by a large animal would be better than being stuck for hours at the bottom with no lights slowly running out of air and freezing to death. The ocean is a scary place. I think I'll stay on dry land.
My dad is a sat diver for one of the regulators that check oil companies' systems. He's former special forces. I guess there's just some people that it doesn't bother. I couldn't do it.
someones gotta do it. we need gas un our cars
Considering no sat diver has ever been eaten by a large predator I don't think it's that much of a thing as we all think. I WOULD how ever be terrified of it anyway :P I would also not do that for any amount of money ever.
Thalassophobia
The idea of letting students hike on a glacier by themselves just because they did well is a stupendously bad idea.
thank you
I disagree
@@christopherwalsh7700 ok. Defend your position then, not arguing, more curious.
@@caridennis3171 because it gives them a chance to use and show their survival skills, especially since they were the best performing students of the class it should be low risk
@@brendanhauser4644 But it wasn't low risk. Dude disappears down a 250 ft+ hole right after setting up camp. I'd call that very high risk.
It's like my kid finally learns to use the potty so I say, "Good job! Now let's go stand at the edge of Niagra Falls and piss into the wind to celebrate!" It was a stupid thing to do.
These videos are like having someone read extremely graphic “choose your own adventure” books that you can’t win. Awesome.
Almost reminds me of episodes of Twilight Zone, Outer Limits or Alfred Hitchcock (but in a flannel and cool hair) 😀
Choose your own gruesome death series lol
I wouldn't call tragic and horrific deaths of real human beings who had families and friends that loved them, "awesome"
that second story reminds me of a pool I used to work at as a lifeguard when I was a kid. I'd worked as a lifeguard at other pools for about 2 years at that point. This new pool I worked at was in a water park and had a giant filter that filtered water through giant holes (like, a kid or small adult could easily fit into it) in the very bottom of the pool (18 ft down) covered with grates. This hole was so dangerous that, even with the grates, we had a zone where people weren't allowed to swim under the water around them just to make sure no one got too close and got their hair stuck in it. So one day boss comes in and asks us to check the filter cover to make sure it's on right because some patrons have said it looked broken, and I'm like "sure, I'll go turn the filter off" and they were like "no, we'll have to shut the pool down for a bit if we turn the filter off, just check it while it's on and tie your hair back, that's what the grates are for"...you know, the grates, those things we're checking to make sure are still on right. So I'm like "not doing that..." cause if they are on right that's grate, but if they *are* broken I'm getting sucked into the filter hole and I'm tiny enough I'd get sucked down pretty far and definitely be in bad shape, if not very likely dead, by the time they got me out. So then my boss yells at me but like i don't care enough to die over it and then later I see her asking some kid to go do it and I run over and I'm like "this is how people die". So then she turned the filter off and we checked the grate. It was broken.
You are a wise, caring, and intelligent person. Your boss was the opposite.
I've heard of people dying from wave pools for similar reasons. You were smart not to do that.
Usually though and terrifying enough, people can be sucked in and electrocuted, since the wiring that helps move the waves are behind the water system. I remember hearing about it as a child and still fear it to this day. Whenever I see people going past the point they're not allowed to, I have the image in my head of them being sucked down.
Seriously though, I'm not sure why people are stupid enough to risk that. I'm glad you used your head and didn't go (while also helping someone else).
Finally someone with a brain
on today's episode of things that never happened
@@benheinz2432 Right. This stuff only happens when Mr. Ballen says it happens.
I can't imagine the feeling of dread those divers at the end felt. All because their company cut corners and it ultimately killed them. I thought I knew what dread was when I can't find my toddler for 5 minutes.
Yeah, cut corners to save $, instead of spending it on safety they give it up in fines and cut a check to the families. They probably sleep well at night though.
@Soren Shaffer Not all toddlers are loud and even the toddlers that can be load are not load all the time.
I've been trying to lose my toddler they always end up finding me though...
Not to forgive in any way the cheap SOBs whose cost-cutting ways endangered and eventually killed their employees, but I do wonder a bit at the workers who are willing to risk their lives for a company that they know cares squat about industrial safety. Is the bakery the only employer in the area, like a mining company town in Appalachia? Was saturation working diving they only employable skill the last guys had, and was working for a crap outfit their only option?
In most cases a paycheck or bonus isn't worth that kind of higher-than-usual risk (which in the case of diving was high enough).
Sucks to suck
I feel like I’m a seasoned deep sea diver from all of Mr. Ballen’s stories.
lol yeah I feel like I’m a professional scuba diver with all this knowledge
@J H videos or it didn't happen. 🤔
Dude, these stories give you a lifetime lessons in a matter of days.
I start to feel they are not seasoned
They are armatures 😭
Truly!! LOL And I am terrified of diving. This just solidifies that I will never attempt to dive. Maybe snorkel ...... maybe.
That second story immediately sent a chill down my spine the moment i saw the picture of the oven and heard the description of it. I knew where this story was headed.
And there’s other horror story pages that are begging me to give them money on Patreon for one video a month and this guy is balling out 3 to 4 a week for free without requesting anything. Wild
Thats the difference between a person who works and makes content for fun on the side. Versus a person trying to get by on other people work for a few hours if video editing. Yes there are some who have costly content. Fans help because they believe in the content at that point.
@@1014p in one of his posts about this video he said he and his editor were up all night to edit and post this video today. He is working a second job basically. Not just doing it for fun. He is expecting money from add revenue. If he doesn't get any I don't see him continuing spending hours making videos when he could be with his family instead.
@@dip30ful him telling stories is literally press record and do it in one go. Then add in the background image as he does in post edit. I do this with my aquarium project intentionally to cut way down in post edit. Its easier to redo the recording than figure out where to stitch video. Effectively adding in text and titles take an hour about including audio screening for issues. Set to render and come back 30 minutes later and review the video, I mean watch the whole thing. Seems many don’t bother doing this important step.
Id believe you if I actually saw moving backgrounds and video from the events. That would take time. Sure there is researching stories. Its not all day every day efforts. At best I can see his script creation to have challenge. It certainly isn’t tied up in editing adding the time. If this is the case he needs to record each story in one take. Either way I see him putting out one video a week at this point. Again as far as I can tell he hasn’t noted this is his job but for fun. He would save money doing his own short edit work than pay someone else.
He makes money on ads on multiple platforms. Trust me hes doing ok. Bet hes pullin over 100k a yr on ads alone
@@1014p go.to Mr ballen Channel click the community tab and the second post from him says editor pulled all night. There is no "believing you" (me) I'm just saying what he posted.
“Into Infinity” and “Deep Sea” seem like promising titles,... but “BREAD” is definitely the most ominous
Update as I’m watching: omfg. BREAD is the worst.
Bread is an old slang word for money.
CARBS
@@leonieromanes7265 I thought it was dough
Ikr
I'll have to say that after listening to you relate these tragic stories, it gives me pause to reflect upon how precious each and every day is, and my heart goes out to these victims and their families. Thank you, John
CORNY ASF!!!
@@billharris7184 Well yes but, That’s not very cash money of you.
As I listen to the stories unfold on this channel, time and time again I find myself holding my breath, eyes wide, waiting for the next tidbit of terror to arrive.
Well-done, John!
Bread story: the stupid thing to this story? They still lost production for the same amount of time, if not more than if they had just done it correctly, without the lost of life of an employee.
I just hope they got sued the fuck to the ground by the families.
Kellie they lost the lives of both employees. One was cooked to death by residual heat. The other was crushed by machinery. Stupid bread company! Smh.
@@BanaDoyabad
Yes, that's what I said.
They cost the lives of their employees in an attempt to "save time" but the whole process they devised to avoid shutting down the machine, even had the employees survived, still cost them as much if not more time and loss of production.
Yeah doing things the right way actually saves time/money/life in the grand scheme of things. Shortcuts usually aren't
I’m thinking their engineer had the day off or something, the plan doesn’t even make any sense.
I just googled that bakery, and it looks like it still operated until 2010! How were they not shut down for killing those two men?! I can't understand why anyone would have thought sending them into the oven was a good idea.
What’s it’s s name?
Look at all of the things that killed people during the Victorian era and people knew but kept using these items. This is not surprising. Sad but not surprising. Plus, these grown men made the choice to do this. It is still the job's fault but they all played a part in this tragedy.
That’s covered by their insurance so I doubt anyone really got In any sort of financial or legal issues
I agree and the business owner should have been shut down!!! They should have not been so cheap by not getting a mechanic!! Yes the guys agreed, but the owner /manager offered more money and did NOT know the heat inside nor had checked the temp gauge!!!
If it’s like with OSHA in the U.S. the plant would be shut down for about a week during the investigation & business plans for prevention of this. This happened when a crane operator killed a steel worker on an i-beam when building a large school in VA Beach. One week down and back to work!
Imagine how horrible you’d feel to be the person calling that guy’s wife and being like “yeah he’s fine don’t worry” and then having to call like 6 hours later and being like “umm actually ma’am-” that would be so horrible.
Dear Lord I won’t want to be that guy
@@morkujinirukandji4820 I know right! I would feel so bad
He shouldn't of called until he new for sure... Why call a loved one mid operation and say they're ok . Doesn't make sense .
i know! she had her hopes up.. .so sad
@@zoeinkerman969 Why use cheap weights, remove the location transmitter and use a faulty wire? Obviously, they weren't the best.
Absolutely amazing. Tremendously sad for the lost divers but great courage on the part of the rescue team and rescue divers.
"...one of the company's industrial ovens needed a minor repair." Uh-oh. I know where this is going..
Yup that's the thought I had too🤣
A lesson that these corporations and businesses don’t care about you. Think about your own safety at all times
@@ivansmith5761 Ditto!
I haven’t watched yet but I’m going to take your word for it that someone died in an oven.. if not I bet they toasted to a good time
Well at least they were fined for their deaths.... I mean if they hadn't been fined I would've been severely disappointed... Smgdh how about criminal charges of negligence at the very least?!?!
These horrifying stories makes me realize my day is not so bad
Same here
Nooooo! I don't want to hear this...shit i heard it. Lol.
Hell you ahould read some of the atories that happen in mexico and then SOUTH AMERICA
@@garystevens1044 I will. Point me at them.
For the second story, if the managers wanted to save money like that, the managers should've done it themselves.
Too dumb. One at a job I worked at hired a few people on the same day. One started at the same manual labor job but got called off the floor and invited up to the managers office. I saw her once 5 months later . She was wearing a short skirt and a tight top, she was hired to be a secretary cause the boss liked her . Dunno what happened after I left but we made fun of her new job 🤣
I'm not sure why when it was getting pretty hot, they couldn't have stopped the conveyor belt and it wouldn't get any hotter, and dismantle the machine or more of the conveyor belt facing the side they entered in.
That’s funny. As soon as I heard that part, I knew that was getting delegated to an employee
my jaw dropped as soon as I heard that they were just fined, assholes deserved to be thrown in prison for that
When I started watching this series, I thought it would be crackheads or daredevils or something thinking they could defy the law and get no consequences, but these are even more horrifying. People who cut corners over their workers, people who don't even suspect where their going, people who don't even know what's coming to them. It's awful.
They're called ACCIDENTS. And can happen to anyone.
You should do a close calls series, just so we can have a little of good feelings
YES. Please?
The close to death/narrow escapes videos are kinda happy. I guess, lol
Yes! This is the reason why I enjoy the videos about survivors. I loove this channel but I need some more positive, good outcome stories lol. Watching only the horrible and scary things is getting to me
Right. I'm pretty depressed now. I really wanted there to be a survivor
@@kristinatinalazic4871 let’s just hope he sees this
“The bakery and their management team were all fined for the tragedy” sounds like it should have been negligent homicide and some jail time to me...but what do I know I’m not a millionaire
Yeah, they should have been given some jail time...a lifetime's worth.
Probably paid bail with bread. Millions of bread.
Probably paid bail with bread. Millions of bread.
@@mango5673 Ahahah lel.
@Michael Klaren the risks were probably downplayed as not that bad.
Thomas is going to be found perfectly preserved in 10,000 years.
Captain America style
Yes they will reach the bottom with their halo jet packs
It makes me wonder how deep that hole goes
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I honestly don't know how I found this channel but I am so happy I did. In my opinion this is one of the best channel on TH-cam. I love his videos, he is a great story teller.
The last story was actually sad when both men died. Seeing them okay, but then each several attempts to get the dive bell up to the surface, the worse the situation gets. And when knowing that they died after getting the dive bell up kinda hits me with devastation. I thought that both men will make it out alive, but no. Rest in peace to them. 😔😔
I was so upset listening to this story. 😩
I know, it hurt knowing that the people checking through the port holes just saw these two men slowly losing hope of survival.
I don’t understand why they didn’t just escape out the bottom once it lifted a little bit and then they used the new dive bell
@@jtfike who ever would have thought the second cable would have snapped too. Those boys were destined for doom that day. Tough story
Right? So sad 😢
These stories always feature:
Climbers/hikers,
Scuba Divers/Cavers,
and one miscellaneous dose of idiocy.
this is the best description of these videos ever
Or company cutting corners... which is soooo infuriating
Haha yep
Yep. So right off the top I know 3 activities to NEVER partake in.
@@MindBenderEnt1 never do miscellaneous acts off idiocy.
Moral of the story: Be patient and Corporate is greedy
Glaciers are scary af. I’ve worked on glaciers over the years, doing tours (dog sledding) and I don’t mess around up there. We mark crevasses and stay in the “safe space” then move along when it gets too late in the season. There is so much safety paperwork that you have to do through the state and borough as well. That’s one of those things you just don’t cut corners on anything. I’ve always worked for amazing companies with great safety policies.
i was looking for someone to comment on that......scariest thing is thinking somehow but unlikely he was still alive down that crevice and slowly died of hypothermia or drowning....
Imagine listening to MrBallen on your way home and walking into your bedroom and your husband is also listening to MrBallen... we love your stories!!! @MrBallen your a great story teller!!!
Lol happened to my husband and me!! He actually introduced me to MrBallen and we usually watch these together! We love his channel sooo much
Harvesttime: "Our oven is not working, we are losing $1500 an hour..."
"Let's make a sacrifice to the oven gods!"
damn LOL
Hephaestus is not pleased :///
Then they made bread for people to eat out of an oven that baked two people alive 😒
😭😭😭😭👁
Stop. OMORI is coming back
I think what makes the first story so horrifying is that it shows how fragile our lives can be and how unforgiving the world can be. Just a momentary error, one that would've been hard to see coming, ended with Thomas in free fall.
I think people like to criticize in cases like these because it helps us feel like it could never happen to us, but everyone makes unforeseen mistakes and has momentary lapses in one situation or another.That's why it's important not just to be careful, but kind as well.
That's a rare but very insightful viewpoint you got there. I was previously on board with the people who were criticising the circumstances that led to the first unfortunate event before reading your comment. But you're completely right, we sometimes just do stupid things/commit mistakes because, we just do! We're not perfect ourselves so it's not fair for us to always criticise them. Thank you for putting that point out.
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I'm sure everyone has made a mistake where they were fortunate that it didn't go worse than it could have.
I read over jury cases sometimes and you see it a ton. I've definitely learned from the real cases to never go anywhere near a dump truck.
❤
So true.
Good story... I fell into a crevasse, but was out of it before I realised what had happened. My ski's tied across the top of my backpack had arrested my fall, and when I turned around to see the crevasse.... you couldn't see it. I also worked on a deep sea semi-sub rig that had a bell and a chamber.... I was so totally shocked by the state of the bell and the chamber, I pitied anyone who would need it. The owners of the rig were against any new stuff being put into maintaining the rig, not even light bulbs (I was the Electrician), that I was sure they wanted it to sink.
the moment you hear industrial oven on this playlist you know its gonna be bad
When I saw BREAD I thought oh helllll nooo 😳
I already knew it was gonna be bad 😣☹️🤦♀️
Honestly why was there no way to get out of the oven anyway? It was all around fd up
@@no_peace yeah and how do they not check the temp beforehand? Like if Im ever crazy enough to go into an oven thats literally the ONLY thing I worry about. Wtf
Fully!
I hope Johns kids are fans of the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story formant
They better be
I just hope they never fall in love with a like button!!😳
And they have to love stories 3 to 4 times a week
the choice is yours
@@lizslilcorneroftheinstitution they should with the subs rice button XD
The first guy will end up being discovered in 2000+ years and be a huge scientific find.
bold of you to assume humans will last that much longer lol
Remember Utzi the ice man? Now presenting... Nű-tzi, the glacier boy!
We will all die in a few years from pollution
We’ll find him some day on fairly confident in that
Why do so many die needlessly on ice covered mountains when it's one of Darwin Awards favorite places?
Although I feel awful for everyone involved in these stories, the third one hit me the hardest and the worst. I couldn't imagine receiving a call stating that my husband has been in a slight accident basically but will be all right and will survive, only to know that he actually died. To sit there as those two divers, to think and hope in the highest degree, "Yes, we've been saved!!" Only to be let down..knowing that it's only going to be a matter of time before they both die has to be the saddest thing I've ever heard. I can only imagine what was going through their minds at the time that they were sitting at the bottom of the water knowing that they could do absolutely nothing to help save their own lives and that it was in the hands of others completely. My heart goes out to these two divers and their families. All they were trying to do was provide for their families and go back to them, but unfortunately, that never happened 😔😪🤧
MrBallen: Most people don't know you can't just put on scuba tanks and dive to any depth
Me who has binge watched every single video on this channel: I have heard too many stories to be "most people"
Me too. I've lived within 2 miles of the Atlantic ocean my whole life. I'm big into snorkeling, scuba dove a couple times, years ago. After watching all the content on this channel, I will never do that again. Nor will I ever go anywhere near a cliff/national forest.
This channel is the absolute best. Thank God my thing is theme parks, I get enough thrills in Orlando/Kississimee.
@@kristinwood8884 What if he starts telling theme park stories?? 😧
I am a diver, thanks to Mr Ballen, I will never do cave diving again😂😂😂
@@kristinwood8884 oh no theme parks was on the upload list for next week lol jk good thing it’s quarantine time bc all mr balíns people don’t go anywhere anymore bc we are to scared lol
@@folee_edge accidents are quite rare at Universal/Disney/Sea World. And I don't ride the roller coasters. Although my favorite rides are raft rides.
I was shocked when I found out about the Dreamland(Australia) rafting ride accident that left four people dead.
They were negligent, but everything carries a risk. th-cam.com/video/BurDAd6cNQ0/w-d-xo.html
These people went into an oven and didn’t check the temperature, they just put there hand on the oven and.... uh-oh, Mr Ballen said *Scuba* .... R.I.P. in advance.
Wait you where the guy I watched that thought me how to play
The ukulele
Start one of these videos - automatic RIP in advance
When you’re a grown man and still don’t know the difference between “there” and “their”
Word.
these were probably the scariest he’s told on his channel for me. just the thought of them sitting there knowing they were going to die and no one could do anything to stop it
Me too dude... I couldn't even finish the video after the second story. Now I cant stop thinking about it lol
Damn..
Ahh yes I see. Makes perfect sense then for this to be the first video of his I’ve ever seen. I’m completely horrified. I’ll spend the rest of the day and most likely into the night trying in vain to not imagine what these people went through. Can’t wait to see all of Mr Ballens videos though, they’re awesome!
@@misswindy13 yeah, it was my first video of his as well..
And even though it really got to me I still think the videos are amazing!
Maybe I can watch more to help desensitize myself idk.. lol
I feel like I'm too empathetic sometimes cuz I'm still feeling from that one
@jimmy johns right?!?!
...damn, that's so fkn scary to think about.
It happens bro. It happened to me once. I began back in November and just a mere 3-4 week's after... Here I am. Never can I come back to life as I once was, nor will I ever be the same. So, I just lay here. Dark, cold, alone where not even prayers are heard or vibrations of any kind are felt. Sealed for all eternity. I know exactly what those men went thru in those first & final 15 hour's. May their families rest in peace
I really appreciate the depth you go into to explain everything to us. Your descriptions help me understand all these things I'd never even think about otherwise. Also making everything that more real and terrifying. Please keep making content!!
These stories gave me incredible anxiety, it’s upsetting how these men died from pure negligence
i hear u i can feel that anxeity 2 the company i work for took 50dollars from pur 100dollar shoe voyture these poor people paid with rhier lives good god
Yes, I feel the same.
"he grabbed his pot and went into the corner out of sight"
Been there before am I right
This deserves more credit haha
@@MrBallen lmao
Hell yeah
Haha I see what you did there 😏
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Mr Ballen: the oven needed a minor repair.
Me: Oh.. I see how it’s gonna be.
So you’ve chosen death.
Anybody else love this channel? It's like bedtime stories for adults. =)
Thought I was the only one that considered this bedtime stories 🥹
@@mattandmeplus3593 yeah. You're the ONLY one who loves it. 😂😂. The other MILLIONS of subbers hate it. Wow.
Nope. You're the ONLY one!!
*SEVEN MILLION SUBS.*
@@meghanmisaliar the only one that calls them bedtime stories or watches until I fall asleep.
i have a scar on my arm from 180 degree water touching it for less than 5 seconds 5 years ago. that shit hurt. those poor boys went through incredible pain and all bc of corporate greed, smh. fining them was not enough.
Yup... Corporate Maslaughter should be the Charge
How was it on your skin for so long? Shut half a second and I’m moving out the way
@@definitelynotatroll246 They said less than 5 seconds, not that they touched it for 5 whole seconds.
@HesMade TheDecision See prior comment above this one.
boys? they were both almost 50 years old lol
I'm a compliance safety and health officer with OSHA and I really enjoy your stories on the work-related catastrophes. The Bumblebee factory was unreal! Just trying to imagine what he went through being cooked alive is unimaginable. I also train workers on safety and health in the workplace so these stories are instrumental. Please tell more occupational horror stories when you can. Thanks for the videos.
That diving bell story involves my late father in law, he was a deep sea commercial diver on that rig and was in one of the Other bells. Word got to shore that they had a lost bell but no one initially knew which bell, so which divers were lost. It was an agonising wait for my late mother in law who was pregnant with my wife at the time and the other loved ones on shore. Ultimately it was luck of the draw it wasn’t but it was someone else’s husbands and dads who died. A hugely dangerous job with much better safety in the North Sea these days.
Did the company ever face consequences for not using a proper weight and removing the gps?
@@markmcelroy1872 to be honest I don’t know, safety back then wasn’t taken as seriously as it is now. I suspect they were fined and had to pay out to the families of the lost divers but they kept operating.
@@richardsharp5374 Thanks for the response. I'm glad they're at least being more careful these days... I guess this is how we learn :/
@@markmcelroy1872 I looked it up. An American court awarded the family money for damages but the British government protected the killers. Then a few years later a British TV investigation revealed the story to the British public and only then did they become interested in justice, there was a settled lawsuit. A little bit of money was paid out and nobody admitted any wrongdoing or got punished by the law.
@@promontorium Classic... well, appreciate the update!
I get so enthralled with each story that the video is over before I know it. Great detail and storytelling every time!
What Mr. Ballen viewers would never ever do : Go Scuba diving, caving/spelunking, ignoring obvious warning signboards (especially under water), Hiking, venturing alone into the forests and respecting the like button.
And going to Alaska!
AFTER THIS QIUARANTINE IS OVER,DUE TO MR.BALLEN,SOME OF US WILL NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE AGAIN, REGARDLESS...LOL,AND WE WILL PROLLY GET STALKED OR HAVE A HOME INVASION FFS...DEMONS IF YA DO, DAMNED IF YA DONT
And never go inside of an oven 👍
Who else randomly found his channel and now cant stop watching ? Mr. Ballen sir your videos are awesome
HAHA me dude I’ve been on this shit the past like week
I found his channel by looking up serial killer confessions. I fell down a strange, dark and mysterious rabbit hole. Lol
Well been with this guy for months now. Imagine Crack cocaine.
His “creepy photo backstories” popped up on my recommended and I have never appreciated youtube more for recommending such a perfect fit of a channel for me. Way to go, algorithm lol
Totally random find, can't stop watching
Imagine working at a depth of 2000ft for a living, these guys must have balls of steel. I hope the money is beyond good.
Sat diving can pay up to 1k$ a day. But it's very risky and bad for your health in the long term.
@@RobBroderick44 only $1,000 per day? They deserve well above that!
@@brittanyhyatt3407 Bro that's a quarter million dollars a year and I'm being conservative there too, I imagine there's benefits, and the insurance pay out must be huge if you die.
@@newguy3588 The fuck are you gonna do with a lot of money if you dead? Lmfao
@@newguy3588 you can make more than that driving a truck
jesus christ…. I’m a safety guy and that oven story is absolutely insane… the amount of incompetence and lack of safety oversight is mind boggling to me. sending people into a confined space with no real escape plan, no temperature check, probably no atmospheric testing or rescue plan… wow
The two workers ASKED to go in early. Like fools.
@@meghanmisaliar Key word: the workers. Not the management, not the owners, not the (apparently too expensive) mechanic. The low-wage workers who were desperate enough to volunteer for an extremely risky job.
The higher-ups excuse their higher, in many cases ridiculously so, wages by the fact that their work requires more skill and education. They are the ones supposed to have the knowledge and experience to run things.
The workers did not order the management to let them in early, they asked if it was possible, and trusted the competence of their higher-ups who came with the ridiculous plan to begin with.
@@tomirab exactly!!!
"Cheap bosses kill employees"
Is the real title of this video.
@Larry Yes
@Larry Yep!
@Larry YES !
@Larry 100%
@Larry 100% Absolutely yes.
I loveeeeeee that he takes his time to explain in detail everything.. Honestly feel so bad for all these men :( so sad especially the divers😞 I can't imagine being stuck in that situation to then see people there to save you but can't ugh heartbreaking 💔
This is an episode of “what happens when company’s put money before people and cut every corner”
Sounds like most all of em :/
Exactly, it’s sad
You mean no consequences?
And then just get a “fine” instead of murder charges lmao
I think there's a saying that goes something like "Safety procedures are written in blood."
Every safety procedure was made because someone was either hurt or killed because they did something wrong or didn't do something, usually because the people they were working for unintentionally caused the situation.
Makes you wonder what archeologists will think someday when that glacier is gone and the body is finally discovered
Man I was so hopeful that the 2 divers would survive the last story, I was practically holding my breath. Such a shame that they didn't make it.
Me too, I can't watch any more diving videos, because I keep unconsciously holding my breath and then feeling unwell. So sad these stories, so many errors.
I was hoping for a good ending in that last story.
None of these stories end well.
@@MySerpentine yes, after all nothing good happens to those who get into one of mr ballen’s stories
@@MySerpentine there was actually a story of a father and son in this series who survived. but can’t recall any others rn
As of July 1st 2020 employers and bosses can be charged with manslaughter if a worker dies due to unsafe environments and/or instructions.
#2 deserved way more than fines for everyone in charge. I mean they never even checked the thermometer.... That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. What a horrible way to go out.
ESPECIALLY considering that EVERY recipe for bread I've ever had starts with an oven set to around 350 - 400 F...
The protocol is a 24 hour "cool down" before repairs... just to reach reasonably safe through the whole machine... That's anything at or about 100 F so there's no dubious hot surfaces or surprises in the middle... you know... the hottest part...
In theory, you could cut corner a little on that time schedule, but not by very much without some serious risk, and from the sounds of things, it was a 12 hour "cool off"... SO the easy math says it's going to be BAD.
BUT no... Let's just fine the company and management... like they're not going to just gouge a higher price out of their customers to cover it anyway.
Yeah... THAT'S a good idea. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 Should be jailtime for this.
If you break rules & regulations & get people killed, anything less than jailtime is just a crime in at of itself imo. Like what the fuck is a fine going to do? Nothing.
Even if they go out of business, you're hurting the workers more.
@@lockofmetal8894 Absolutely... At the risk of navel-gazing here... There ARE charges on the books like "involuntary manslaughter" and "reckless endangerment" and "criminal negligence" among many others that could be applied. I get that nobody intentionally tried to get someone killed, BUT someone put together the series of orders that directly resulted in killing someone...
THAT guy or gal should be accountable... period... AND for hiring them and not putting their ego in check, the COMPANY should then be pursued over their negligence. ;o)
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That's good, perhaps now they will start to take people's safety seriously.
I’ve just listened to about 12 hours worth of Mr. Ballen while doing rehab work on my house. It’s bedtime, and all I can think about is the poor people who made some horrible mistake and died slow, often lonely, painful deaths.
I’m also now hopefully inordinately afraid of the heated socks I just put on while climbing into bed. Wish me luck!
Lol.heating socks
Well, it’s been 7 months. You okay? 👀
@@BH-lp1vk Guess they didn't make it =(
@@BH-lp1vk lol
@@lisamarie4749 lol
I went scuba diving in Brazil. We didn’t go that deep. I think it was only 40 feet at most. But the next day we had to take an 8 hour bus ride through the mountains to get back to the city. The dramatic change in atmospheric pressure caused my sinuses to practically explode. I was in agonizing pain for the whole 8 hours.
I don't even want to imagine the horror in the eyes of the people that had to pull their cooked mate out of that oven😷
Mmmmmm yum
I like my humans extra crispy
Poor Thomas will be a sensational archeological find in a couple thousand years.
Never thought of that!
Its not funny i know but i had images of ice age ..lol
I know. I was thinking, it's already been more than 20 years...maybe the glacier has moved enough or melted enough to finally retrieve his body??
It'll probably only take several decades since global warming will melt everything away. Given, that his body is not devoured by some organism.
isn't there a chance that hole goes all the way through and he's in the ocean?
That poor guy on the glacier. I hope the fall killed him instantly so that he didn’t have to wait in pain in the dark and cold to slowly die, that would be horrific beyond words :(
nah, he would've drowned, not much better but not to worry, he didnt die that slowly
It was 100% avoidable on his part though. They should use his death as an example of why you don't walk on a glacier alone, or without roping up
I was also thinking that...imagine being down there in the dark all alone waiting to die :(
Best scenario is that he kept falling for hours.He would have died from it long before then, poor fella.
@@jenlarge9036 lol I don’t think that’s how it works