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What's It Like to Have a Coworker Die on the Job? | People Stories #19
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4:00 back in the day someone my dad knew used to work in some minor role behind the scenes at a Broadway theater in NYC. Now, as most people will imagine, putting on a Broadway production every night requires an indescribable amount of behind-the-scenes work and coordination. The guy responsible for this was the theater manager, who we will call Bob. Kind of guy who knew everything about everything, knew how to solve every possible problem on the fly.
He was even wise enough to permanently post a document where all staff would see it titled "What to do when Bob gets hit by a taxi". And, sure enough, one night... Bob got hit by a taxi. And because of his foresight, the production went off on time and the audience never knew. I believe Bob recovered fully.
That's a great story. I have a folder on my kitchen counter entitled "I've popped my clogs!" It has everything in it for if I die suddenly, then family know what to do
@@vmm5163 VERY wise. I think I'll do the same. All my current next of kin are male. I think they would spin their wheels if there weren't directions! Hope your family never needs your directions, but thoughtful of you to leave them!
@@vmm5163 This is actually very smart. I don't have kids of my own and all my siblings are old enough to take care of themselves, but shit would seriously hit the fan if my mom suddenly died. She's the heart of the home and the person who knows what's what, I don't think people realize how valuable that is until you lose that kind of person in your life.
When a person dies in an industrial accident, everyone else in the city in the same line of work gets told about it. Here a person was running a press, did not know the company had the safety switches bypassed. She was in the press removing the part and applying spray, and another worker came by, saw the mold open, and shut it. She was crushed instantly. Once OSHA and the city and state got done fining them, and having to pay for her death, and lawsuits, that company does not exist anymore.
similar thing happened back in the 80s in a factory i worked at, he stopped the machine, activated all the safety switches and went in to change soemthing, however the machine malfunctioned and started running again, crushing him instantly (the press was on 1600 tonnes)
A random swede plays Like that French advert that is one of the worst ones to view? Like scarring for life worst?
I know it's 'just an advert' but obviously these things happen IRL and I'm sorry that happened to him.
At least the machine's not gonna get done for accidental murder.
Roadent1241 now i werent born back then and my co worker who told me the story said he was lucky beacuse he had the shift after but police had shut everything down. He mentioned that the teamleader saw the guy getting crushed never was himself again after that. Those presses are so strong that if a fly gets caught you gonna have a bens in the metal from the fly. Ive seen minor things like coworkers collapsing, losing a thumb and get boiling cooling water over them
What was the company?
@@madkirk7431 I really don’t want to say the name, there’s still stuff going on about this, but it was in Indiana.
My sincerest condolences to anybody who found a coworker deceased, that is so incredibly sad! And I don't know Jeff either, but that is a great memorial and I hope he knew how much everybody liked & appreciated him!
Yeah, Jeff sounds like a good egg.
Crazy to think that all these stories sound so horrible and shocking to us, when 100+ years ago, before "health and safety" was a thing, it'd just have been a pretty regular part of work-life to have had people die on the job, especially in construction or factory work.
Yes, I was just reading about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. One of the owners went on to own another sweatshop, and he locked the doors on that one too! But over time it became more the exception than the norm.
(adding) on a positive note, apparently there were two elevator operators in the building who stayed at their posts and saved dozens of people. They kept going back up to the burning floors and taking batches of people down to safety. They only stopped when the elevators literally wouldn't go any more.
@@parisgreen4600 Oh I think I've heard of that! Even today there are parts of the world where it's fairly normal for working conditions to be awful or for buildings to not be up to code and stuff like that - I'm thinking of the 2013 Bangladesh factory collapse that killed hundreds of people
@@parisgreen4600 oh yeah I just learned about that in history. Horrible.
Pharmacy tech murdered by neighbor, Stanley Elms is still on death row. Regina Gray died in 1998. This was in Kansas.
Death row shouldn't be a decades-long confinement marathon. Get it over with!! What goes around, comes around.
@@leiatyndall8648 My bad, seems he had his sentence renegotiated..."The case of another individual sentenced to death in Kansas, that of Stanley Elms, who was convicted of the rape and murder of Regina Gray in 1998 (Sedgwick County), was settled in November 2004. Elms had been on death row since his conviction, and his sentence was also affected by the Kleypas decision. His attorneys struck a deal with the Sedgwick County district attorney’s office, which agreed to drop the death penalty for Elms if he would not pursue an appeal accusing prosecutors of misconduct during the case. On November 20, 2004, Elms was sentenced in Sedgwick County District Court to a hard 40 sentence- life in prison with no possibility of parole for 40 years." www.ksabolition.org/facts/death-row
A quick death is too good for him. May he live long and suffer greatly.
I understand American justice system are afraid to execute someone for fear of wrong accusation. But isn't this an open and shut case? It's pretty clear he's the one who did it and meth isn't an excuse since he's the one who freely choose to use meth. And here he's eating full meal everyday while actual honest homeless people scraping by to get food. Just throw him into solitary and fed him once a day.
@@kos2919 People opposing capital punishment see it as the antithesis of the reason for incarceration...ie rehabilitation. They don't see that some people are not salvageable. Or there is the economic argument, that more money and time are wasted in appeals for capital convictions, than for life sentences. Frankly, I think they had it right in How Green was My Valley. Hand murderers and rapists over to the families of the victims...but that would be cruel, if not unusual, punishment.
I really think that lady should contact her bosses kids and tell them her last words story. They will find it very comforting and funny, I would love to hear a story about my mom like that
My stepfather died recently the same way. He got home, was doing some log work in his truck, had a massive heart attack and was gone. No one found him until the following afternoon. I'd like to know what was going on in his head in those final moments.
@@ashurean I'm so sorry 😣 if it makes you feel better he was probably thinking about his fellow truckers and the annoying stuff they did lol
We had a former boss name Edd get decapitated by a truck, our current manager didn’t take it well kept trying to get everyone to grieve and tell stories about someone they knew who died, he then found out a bird died outside the building and freaked out he tried to do cpr on it then we had a funeral for it.
lol
Ah you must be jim
And no sorry that was a few years ago the company stopped.
Sweet Jesus man. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. Oooohhh
Only true fans get this reference
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That's where im listening to this.
It violates OSHA, like the cause of half of the accidents mentioned.
Literally
Ok
This is kinda sad but the story about Jeff was beautiful
I was on vacation visiting my family when I got a distraught call from my coworker asking if I was able to bare some bad news. My manager (who hired, train and promoted me) had been in an accident 2 days prior and died in his sleep. He never showed up for work which was odd because he practically slept at our office. He was the kinda guy who constantly laughed, he was the life of the party and one of the first employees hired when the company was just starting. He essentially helped build the company. His death tore through the office in a way I never thought was possibly. We immediately had a counselor come in, production nearly stopped and we grieved together, all 100+ of us. His parents were given a tour of the company and hugged us all. They renamed my department after him and every year we celebrate his birthday and thank him for all his hard work. We miss you every day Neel.
"If I get hit by a bus..." This is the reason Covid is driving me crazy. Working from home is not as feasible, as people would like to think. I hate taking confidential files home.
16:23 Forget a lawsuit, wouldn't they - employees as well as management - be criminally liable for failing to call paramedics immediately?
My thoughts
Husband is a Boilermaker, my Mom and Dad figures also are Boilermakers. And I have heard so many terrifying stories about things that could/did happen. My Mom figure was stranded 500ft in the air; I can't recall exactly why now, but the lift they were using broke down I believe. She climbed all the way back down, took her several hours. She said her arms were sore af after and was just glad her hand didn't slip or something. Insane.
As someone who lives in equator I assume boiler maker is a job related to cold winter season right? What exactly they do?
@@kos2919 That kinda depends on the particulars of the boiler and application. Most of the modern boilers are involved in steam-heating, but some are still applied to electrical power, building pressure to propel the turbines. Others (usually on ships) are involved in steam turbines to directly propel the shafts to the screws (propelling the ship) and/or electrical generation to keep the ship's systems operating properly.
Boiler-makers and boiler-tech's (depending on locale and jargon)... Are concerned with everything from the integrity of the boiler and maintaining pressure without ever letting it run dry (that's when they explode), as well as the cleanliness and reliability of the burner-front(s), fuel usage rates, and whatever forms of insulation is used and maintained to keep energy high and efficient... There are some that also take care of the outbound steam pipes and vents to the other systems, but this has some overlap to the electrical and mechanical engineers on site...
There aren't many old-fashioned "reciprocating" steam engines, and the few that remain are generally for exhibitions. BUT there, boiler-tech's tend about the same general things, only instead of working with rotary type turbines (think enclosed wind-mill principles), they have valves, pistons, flywheels, and shafts and belts to contend with... There can be a LOT of oiling and lubrication as well as keeping tabs on water and fuel consumption v supply, just the same as those operating with a turbine based technology.
In fact, boilers and turbines are even the primary technology involved in Nuclear Power plants, using the heat of the reactor core to boil the water and produce steam instead of shoveling coal into a furnace, or pumping fuel oils or gases into a burner-front for heat. SO there's a LOT of variation still on the market/industry for boilers and boiler-makers. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 oh I see, I thought boilers was about making hot water for residence's need and the heat is to heat the household during winter season. I wasn't expecting power related stuff with steam or nuclear engines.
@@kos2919 Oh, you're not incorrect. They have been used for heating buildings and households... I think the more recent for heating, though, is done with oil as a carrier fluid. It does nearly as good as steam/water, but doesn't destroy the pipes and "radiators" often employed in those applications.
A boiler would be over-kill for hot water in your kitchen, though. The limit of your skin to tolerate hot water is about 125F, but water boils at 212F. (Just a note)
BUT the whole power plants and energy thing IS pretty cool, eh? Glad to help out. Knowledge is power. ;o)
@@kos2919 Sorry it took a bit for me to reply, Gnarth covered most of it though I see :). The job is very versatile indeed and as the other commenter mentioned it varies by Local. My husband happens to be dispatched to a Nuke plant currently in fact.
My mom’s co-worker got cancer and she was positive that he would survive even though he was getting worse by the day. Everybody at the Office loved him, he had a large presence there. One day she came into my room and she looked sad and I had a hunch that he passed. I asked her what had happened and he had passed. My mother and her co-workers were all really sad about his death. They all attended his funeral and my mom says that the office feels empty without him. May he Rest In Peace.
I actually had two coworkers die, both from car crashes, and they both happened in the same year. One was them was a good friend of mine and also the daughter of our bookkeeper. I believe she got the call that her daughter died while she was working. It goes without saying that when you just got the news that someone close to you has died, the last thing you care about is the job.
Worked about 20 years at the same job. In that time, we lost 2 to cancer, 2 due heart attacks. Neither had any warnings . Another guy died in an accident, but the family would not release the cause of the accident. One guy fell on the sidewalk. walking home.
The one that hit me the hardest was the suicide of a recent layoff. About a third of staff total were let go. It was a low-level manager that everyone liked and respected. She was excellent in her jobmanager. She shot herself in her basement. Left her partner and 4 kids. None of these were actually on either on the two office locations, but all affected staff.
All of these stories were very sad, but when they talked about how they remember them it always puts a smile on my face. I doubt anybody is going to put a memorial up for me when I die
The video: **sad**
The music: *Everything is fine.*
Ikr
At least it isn't the extra cheery music
Oh wait nope it's on the end card nm
These heart attack stories get to me. I had a heart attack about a year and a half ago. Complete surprise, I wasn't aware there was a problem and I'm pretty fit, but it wasn't sudden like the heart attacks in these stories. I had enough time to get my wife, drive to the hospital, hang out in the waiting room and walk to my assigned room in the ER. Went into full cardiac arrest 5 minutes after sitting on the bed in the ER. Fortunate to be here.
I’m glad you’re still here, sir. Take care.
had my coworker send a few company wide group emails asking if someone would be willing to drive 1.75 hrs to his house to bring him a canvas bag that was under his desk, since he didn't say what it was and it was closing time everyone figured it was unimportant and he just didn't want to drive back to get it, that Saturday morning we got a call from his daughter that he had died from a heart attack, that bag he was asking for had all of his heart/blood medication in it. it was sad, I spoke to him Thursday afternoon.
Omg. That's so sad
Jeez maybe he should've mentioned that part in his email
My favorite coworker died of a brain aneurysm in the middle of work. I miss you everyday Miss Dorothy!!
Worked at a dealership as a lube tech, and had grown pretty acquainted to the shop foreman whom I'd worked with closely when they split our technicians up for covid reasons. I had a bad habit of being late and I'd always be greeted by a "good morning princess im glad you finally woke up" when I'd walk in 20 mins late. The covid restrictions were finally lifted and I woke up one morning on time and laughed at the fact that he wouldn't have anything to say. He was usually there an hour early so I figured I'd go in and shoot the shit with him for a minute before the day started. I got to work and he wasn't there, but everyone kind of assumed he overslept (he was an old dude and bad with tech so he occasionally did). A few hours passed and my manager and the lead tech left to go see if they could track him down, to which they came back empty handed. He wouldn't answer his phone but everytime they called, Facebook messenger said he was active (due to being woken up with the phone). Around 1pm my manager got the call. Unbeknownst to the people in the shop, he was homeless and sleeping in his car at a rest area for the past few weeks, and some thugs running from the cops pulled in, shot him, and took his car. He was a 65 year old Vietnam vet and right before he died he was talking about how he was about to buy some land for his house, and he was gonna trade his Kia Soul in on the new Seltos. I went on local news to clear up some messy news stories that had come out (misinformation claiming he might be a suspect and not a victim) and the next day at work my manager pulled me in and berated me for not telling the dealership my intentions. We argued and it ended up with me quitting 2 weeks later. They never had any grief counseling or so much as put a picture up of him in the shop or said anything about it. We had a dinner with a prayer in his name and that was it. It was the worst handling of a death ive ever seen by a company. Most everyone in that shop misses him dearly, and everytime I see one of the new Seltos' I remember him and say a little prayer hoping he has one in heaven. R.I.P Roy. We miss you like hell.
Roy, so sorry.
Stanley Elms's exit from this realm should be one through sufferring.
Unfortunately it won't be done by the state. In 2004, Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston dropped his death penalty and agreed to let Elms serve life in prison if he halted an appeal accusing prosecutors of misconduct.
@@ballpoint7887 Doesn’t mean he won’t suffer though. Something could happen
I mean he already is suffering, hes trapped in a cell and has been since he was 23, hes now 44 years old. He spent 5 of those years on kansas state death row which suggests he didnt leave his 4ft x 4ft cell for 5 years and now hes in a maximum security prison where he can only leave the same 4ft x 4ft cell once a week. That's torture
Not coworker, but the delivery person who worked for my dad’s online store died. I don’t know the details, but he crashed into a tree, went flying out the windshield and lost half his brain. He didn’t make it. He was in his mid twenties. Had a wife, one child and another one on the way.
I still feel really bad for the family two years later. Was a nice guy.
Why would the cops give the deceased assistant’s phone to the boss’s WIFE? That sounds sus af.
Bruce was a young man with a lot of pain. He and I worked for the same advertising agency. I came in one Monday morning and one of the other creatives came out and said 'don't go in there - Bruce is dead'. He had come in over the weekend with booze and drugs and died. As each person arrived we told them and it was creepy - we watched their response. But it was also real, we didn't know what else to do - I made everyone tea. Finally when everyone was in we were all sent home and the next day Bruce's desk had gone. I went to his funeral but not many from the office came. It affects people differently.
Personally I haven't had any I know die at work, but my dad knew a guy who thought he was having a heart attack and didn't think much of it, and their boss even joked with him well, dont die on my time. This guy went home and dropped dead from a heart attack that night. The kicker is that the guy who replaced the guy who died, said he saw this large barrel chest guy with red hair. My dad looked at him and said Wayne, you just described Bret. You replaced him. There's no way you could have just known that. So my dad thought a coworker saw the ghost of the guy he replaced.
Obligatory "not my coworker", but let me still tell it to you.
~15 years ago, female project leader for infrastructure construction was observing the initial steps of foundation laying, they excavated a hole and they were inspecting the depth, for some reason she jumped down into the hole, probably noticed a tool was dropped there by accident, while other workers walked away from the hole to give distance for machinery.
Nobody noticed she went down there nor was there screaming from her as the cement (with rock pieces in it) was being poured on her.
By the time they noticed and by the time screaming and waving frantically was understood by the truck driver, the hole was half filled.
She suffocated and was crushed by the weight of cement, flattened face up at the very bottom.
Too bad too, I heard she was very good at her job and quite active in it.
Another case, also not my coworker.
They were lifting steel square pipes with a winch indoors, when it was being moved sideways across the room, shifting the angle, 1 of the square pipes from the middle of the secure package slid out and impaled a dude through the abdomen, a few more pipes slid out after the space was empty, but those missed or barely grazed the dude.
He bled out and died even though.
Everyone expects it to drop or for the holders to rip and it to fall over, so most rules are about not being under it, nobody thinks how far it can slide and fly.
Had a guy at work in lunch room . He put his head down and had a heart attack . No one for 45 minutes knew anything was wrong . And we had a guy go home from work went to bed and his wife thought was sleep extra long . Well he had a massive stroke and was brain dead . But his heart kept going for a few more days RIP Memet
Rip memet
The Jeff memorial bookshelf. That’s really funny and really sweet. I hope it will always be known as the Jeff memorial bookshelf. He sounds like a good dude, and I send prayers and good thoughts/vibes to y’all.
Back in the 80's, I was still in the service, and worked in the Base Newspaper office and our Secretary died. She was a relatively young woman in her early thirties, who was very fit and thin. She actually died after jogging one day, suddenly, sitting on a bench to rest, of an aneurism. After the funeral, and in the days that followed, I shared with my boss, "Do you realize that our secretary has died and now we can't find anything?" Apparently, she had her own system....
not at work but when i was in school. emergency work was being done on a classroom roof after heavy rain collapsed it .it was break time and everyone was out on the football pitch astroturf we heard a loud smack sound and a groan then a few of the roofers scream. the headteacher had gone up on the roof to inspect the work took his hard hat off lay it down forgot it was there stepped backwards over it and fell 3 floors over the edge onto an anti-climb fence with metal spikes in full view of about 170 kids ranging from 12 to 16 he was still twitching and i remember his eyes darting around looking at us it fucked me up for years
That’s horrific 😱 I can’t imagine how traumatic that was for everyone there. I hope you’re doing better now.
Holly fu c mate that sounds traumatic Mate
@@TheEmeybird I'm 31 now iv seen a lot worse since then
@@moctezumaaleg2008 it actually made me a very calm person and very safety conscious. I'm good in bad situations because nothing fazes me now
@@acid3129 yes me to I have seen worse.
All of the responses: that's absolutely heartbreaking.
The elephant keeper getting crushed story just reminded me of one of my old bosses when I worked at an animal shelter. She was a really cool lady and before she became an animal shelter manager she was the lead tiger keeper at our local zoo. While she was still at the zoo her part time tiger keeper (the one who worked when she had her days off) under her was actually attacked and killed by one of the zoo’s tigers in a freak accident (tiger managed to get around a safety barrier). She had not been working that day but when she told me the story she kind of had a far-off look on her face. I can’t even imagine having to deal with that like she did.
Yea. I have scars from when my domestic cats have a bad day.
I respect big cats, leave them alone.
Tiger is gonna tiger. Same goes for other greater and lesser cats.
What part of wild don’t people understand?
Tiger should not be punished for doing what comes naturally.
Should just have a sign on its enclosure stating that Tiger has killed a human, don’t make it mad!
The oil rig one was so sad bro.. dying to “help” family but it only hurts them 1000x more..
Had a buddy that cut her hand on a meat slicer. Wasn’t there but heard it wasn’t pretty
@@alexisburrows3171 That shit happens all the time at my college. I studied biology, and one of the subjects we often had was cytology, where you embed a tissue sample in paraffin and then use a microtome to cut it in extremely thin slices with a diamond-tipped blade. That knife blade is so ridiculously sharp that it cuts through tissue without any resistance whatsoever, it's literally like a hot knife going through butter. Often people don't even notice it while they're accidentally getting cut, it's not untill they notice a sensation of warmth spreading over their extremity that they think to look at where it's coming from, and realise they either cut themselves or severed something, causing them to bleed profusely on their own hand or arm, by which time they somehow suddenly start to notice the pain. The upside is that during those classes we always each have our own bucket filled with ice, which although meant for storing our freshly cut samples double up as temporary contained for other "freshly cut tissue samples" as well. On top of that because the knife blades are so ridiculously sharp, they always cause a very clean cut, making it much easier to re-attach what had been cut or severed.
i took the tip off my thumb and all the meat off the left side of my right index finger with a slicer. they have a push sled for a reason.
When I worked at a nuclear power plant as a ceremony girl (giving a ham, plaque, and discount coupon book to the Employee of the Month), a new guy who worked there named Frank lost his mind. He kept saying “Because ‘I’m Homer Simpson’!”, but was cut off from finishing saying this as he grabbed exposed electrical cables and died as a result.
You’re not pulling our chain?
I know this isn't Reddit, but I have a story like this, though it doesn't apply to me.
In the 70's my grandpa and my great uncle worked on the railway, my grandpa was at the back of a train, talking with coworkers when he heard someone upfront scream for someone to call an ambulance and to move the engine. My grandpa and the others went running up to where the accident happened, but he (my grandpa) was told not to go any closer.
His brother-in-law had slipped on the track and fallen between train cars, his head was partially crushed by the connectors. Obviously it was a closed casket funeral. He was the third man in my grandmothers family to die from a freak accident. Several years later, her father died of a heart attack while clearing up the driveway.
A coworker three weeks ago had a seizure at work and EMTs were called and he was taken to the hospital. Then a few days later (I was off work the day it happened), he was back at work but wasn’t feeling well and went to the personnel office instead of the break room (probably because it was a Sunday and it would be quieter than the break room) and sat down. He must have had another seizure and fell out of his chair. The room has motion controlled lights, so nobody would have known he was in there after they turned off. By the time someone did go into the room, and found him, his body was already starting to become stiff. He was just 30 years old.
Also, back around 2000, when I was working for a regional supermarket company in the Washington DC area, I had gone in to the bathroom to use it and saw a customer laying on the floor in one of the stalls. He wasn’t moving, and looked pale. I got the store manager and he had me call 911. They managed to revive him, and found a needle under him when they rolled him over. They took him to the hospital. Two weeks after he was released, he went home and shot up again. He passed out again but this time he wasn’t so lucky.
My condolences to Jeff's family and co-workers he sounded like a great guy.
I work in a grocery delivery place. One of the recently hired drivers (his first day out of training) died shortly after getting into his truck. This was my day off so the next day all I saw was a delivery truck covered in police tape with no clue why. The company was extremely tight lipped and wouldn't tell anyone specifics, only dont touch that truck because someone died and the cops needed to investigate. His girlfriend stopped by because she hadn't seen in a few days (she was not listed as an emergency contact). And as soon as the investigation was done, they just put the truck back into circulation like nothing. They didn't even clean it...
Oh god...I couldn't make it halfway through this video because every story was heartbreaking. May all of those fallen co-workers Rest in Peace.
The elephant story: Don't know where this happened, but my mom was hired in Portland, ar the zoo, after a keeper was crushed to death! This CAN'T be a really common event! I was able to come with her to work and help as a little kid ( in 1978-79). One Bull elephant there, Packy, shared my birthday! It was an amazing experience! Elephants are BRILLIANT, SENSITIVE, creatures. And yes, emotionally similare to us. She didn't mean it. A spooked 3,000lb animal is like a TANK. If you can't get out of the way, well... Thank you for this story! It was sad, but brought back good childhood memories!
Such a freak accident.
@@deborahgate965 IKR? The elephant that was spooked, was NEVER the same. Contrary to popular belief, elephants are KEENLY aware of their size, weight and ability to harm something much smaller than themselves. The old cartoon, with an elephant recoiling from a mouse, is sort of true! They don't actually fear the mouse, they fear killing it. They fear this because they have 'blind spots' all around their bodies. Ever notice that the keep the babies DIRECTLY in front of them while traveling? Underneath, when nursing or seeking refuge is another safe place. They are AMAZING, INTELLIGENT, SENSITVE creatures who have been underestimated for as long as we've known of them!
U r very lucky to have such memories with the animals.
I remember this unfortunate accident but I don't remember where it was. I could of heard about it on TH-cam.
@@deborahgate965 Yes, I am very fortunate. They are incredible creatures!
Packy was killed 5 years ago.
I’ve worked in the film industry for 7 years now and we regularly get emails on members who’ve passed away (most from old age). The people I miss the most are the background actor who had a heart attack and crashed on his way home after a long day on set, the year 5 stunt actors I worked with overdosed, the first designer I worked with in film committed suicide and the stunt woman who crashed her motorcycle 2 years ago.
There’s honestly been more deaths than I can recall.
Oh and to add while it didn’t result in death my boss had rolling bay doors fall on her, breaking her clavicle and a few vertebrae. Plus 4 people who’ve fallen off the back of work trucks permanently fucking up their back.
A coworker of mine, the lovely Brenda Price, died from an aneurysm at work. She was late 50s. Large insurance agency office. She was typing on her computer, fell over onto the floor and died. Her boss did CPR until paramedics arrived. There was a large trauma level hospital 2 blocks from the building. I worked on the other side of the office so I was not there so see this happen. It was a 30,000 sq ft place with about 150 employees. This had to be early 2000s. Paramedics put her on mobile life support equipment, brought her to the hospital, and the family had to make the call to pull the plug. She was a sweet lady.
Not the coworker himself, but a deeply beloved and veteran manager(had been there for over 20 years when I worked there from 2014-2016) lost his nine year-old son to cancer. We all did so much to support the manager and his family while his son was battling it, but the kid didn’t make it. We were all devastated. A bunch of people went to the kid’s visitation to pay their respects and support our manager. I couldn’t because I was busy that day. That manager is still there. Still a great guy. Still one of the favorite managers. Still loved by just about everyone.
I was working produce in Detroit. We had a truck driver who was on vacation for the week. Per our union contract, he wasn’t allowed to refuse to come in on vacation if our work called him in. So one day during his week vacation our bosses called him in to do one ONE delivery in the middle of the night. Again, because of our contract he couldn’t refuse so he came in to make the delivery. He ended up hitting a semi trailer parked too far out into the freeway lane at full speed. Killed instantly. His wedding was the coming weekend and that’s why he was on vacation. Left his soon to be wife, and two little kids behind. It was a bad week. RIP Mike.
Never had a co-worker die on the job, but had a boss who died of a heart attack while gardening over 10 years ago over a weekend. It was odd coming into work on the Monday to be told that. Funeral seemed rather soulless (I think we went back to work after that). Changed the whole management structure of the office & I lost my job eventually.
I had a friend do military service in the Middle East and he sometimes brings up the story of when a car in front of the motorcade ran over a land mine, and they took sniper fire. He can never finish the story, and we always tell him he doesn’t have to tell us if he doesn’t want to. We never worked together long enough to hear the end of the story, but I hope he finds closure.
While in the military, a guy collapsed and died on smoke break right outside my office. No one nearby shouted. In fact, no one did anything. Not even CPR...
And my office was full of a dozen highly trained combat medics, and that was posted on our door...facing them. SMH.
It wasn't a worker but I saw someone get their head crushed last year. I work in a big warehouse with an open loading dock (basically the whole warehouse consists of open doors for semis to load their trailers). Last year, a live load driver (a driver that owns their own trailer and truck and drives independently) pulled up.
Company protocol is that us facility workers do not touch live load trucks or trailers due to insurance purposes. We only unload the trailer and thats it. The driver is in charge of hooking/unhooking their own trailer, moving it, dropping it, and opening/closing the doors to it. Well, to unload a trailer with double doors, you have to open them and secure them so you can back into the dock without damaging the trailers next to it. The guy was opening up the first door and it was loaded to the top with those big ass meat smokers. They're definitely around 100+ lbs and it felt from the top of a stack. That makes it higher than 10 feet from the ground. The freight wasn't on pallets and wasn't secured with ratchet straps or loading bars or anything so the top one fell forward and the corner came down on his head. The only reason I know this is because the operations supervisor had to use my forklift (a slip forklift) to move the smoker out of the way and I saw the box. They never cleaned the blood and to this day, their is a giant red stain on the pavement, where the dude got brained. During our lunch break that night, i was outside smoking with a few of my homies and one of the other supervisors on the shift (who was a former Marine) said "what, someone dies and the party's over?" Because we were all dead silent. He, along with myself and a few other dudes, called off the day after. A few months ago I heard that the impact didn't kill him on scene but he did die at the hospital later on. I'm not gonna lie to y'all, I haven't been 100% the same ever since seeing that. It's been almost a year and to this day, it still fucking haunts me.
We had more than one die in their car in the parking lot. One sat there for several days because he'd driven his wife's car that day and everyone was looking for his car.
in the late 1990s, worked as a federal 085 security guard 👮🏻♂️, northern US city, 🏥 VA medical bldg. We had a winter incident where a VA employee went to a car in a remote, dark section of the complex over a weekend. They died of a heart attack, stroke then sat for 3-4 days covered in snow. Since it was a weekend, no one really noticed it. I'd add I worked security at other sites too not just that hospital property.
That elephant story is so sad on multiple levels:
1) a life lossed
2) 2 brothers seem to have their passion diminished
3) and a poor, innocent creature understood what she did on some level. I wonder if the elephant considered the keeper and the brothers her friends? Oh god, im going to make myself cry 😭😭😭
The one of the pharmacy tech broke my heart. That young lady had saved herself for 28(I believe is what they said) years so she could share that special moment with her husband, only to have that moment and her life taken from her by a monster. That one really broke my heart
Same :')
Same here. 💔
So full of love, life and innocence. Gone, snatched away by a monster.
My late great-grandmother Luda was an industrial seamstress working in a New York City. This was probably from the 1920s-1950s. Meaningful building codes were sometimes lacking back then with fire exit issues and the like being not uncommon. Exposed belts on machinery were also a thing. She witnessed a coworker's death, and of all things it was from choking on poultry bone. If the heimlich maneuver was widely taught the victim would probably have been spared. A little first aid can really go a long way.
Work in the Oilfield, people die on the regular. One of the more gruesome incidents is where a tow cable broke and cut a man in half.
The saddest stories are the preventable ones. There was one story I read where this guy was in this long pipe thingy that heated up to some high temps. He didn't bring anyone with him to kind of spot him, the pipe was long, some worker came by noticed the door open, and closed it. He didn't close it enough, and there was room for the trapped guy to slip part of a rag out, people saw the rag, but did nothing, just kind of shrugged it off. Can you imagine being inside that thing knowing it is going to get super hot, and you will not survive. A complete nightmare.
I had a coworker does on shift while working at Mcdonalds, he was on his break and suffered a massive heart attack and goes there and then. The hardest part was knowing before his family and watching his 6 year old daughter place a rose on his coffin at his funeral. I hope his family are doing well and he’s at peace, where ever he is now ❤️
Back in 2000 or 2001 I was working in a warehouse where we held sears major appliances. All of the items were just stacked on themselves so you would have stacks of mashing machines and ranges 12 units high. One section had a bunch of riding lawnmowers. A woman was trying to stack some with the use of the largest clamp truck we had in the warehouse. Something happened and the tractor started to slip out of the clamp. Apparently the safety/trainer was walking by at the time he saw her get off the machine to get a better view of the issue, right as he went to yell to her to get back in the safety cage, the tractor fell right onto her. This caused a cascade in all the stacks nearby. My manager and I cleaned up all the fallen and destroyed items the next day. That place was scary
Everything stops. My first death was 5 coworkers ( plus 2 pilots) who went down in a plane crash. A few were killed by speeding drivers on the way to work. 1 was drowned. 1 was killed when a tire was over filled.
It hurts. It is a harsh reminder that we are the softest things out there.
It breaks your heart when you know they have family grieving for them. It is really hard to express. There is some guilt, it could have been anyone in some cases. There is concern for keeping coworkers who may be in a state of shock. To make sure they aren't in the line of fire because of that. One coworker fainted. ( he was supposed to be on the plane). It is hard. And has a profound and lasting effect.
One of my coworkers in a sewing factory would have blinding headaches at work, but we were paid for piecework and she was a single mother, so she couldn't take off. Until the day we saw two of the floorladies carrying her out between them. Her eyes were dilated and wide open, but she was blind because she'd had an aneurysm burst in her brain. She lived about another hour. I felt so bad for her little girl.
very sad :(
I work in a warehouse in a massive freezer. One Friday at our old facility the janitor passed of natural causes in an obscure area of the freezer, a place where almost no one would have any reason to be. The then department lead found him the next morning.
My brother worked at a wood processing plant. Some homeless guy got into the yard (can't remember if he cut or climbed the fence) and fell into one of the machines that makes pellets for stoves. Basically turned him into hamburger. So many agencies crawled up various orifices to try and find fault. If not for the close scrutiny, I am pretty sure the crew there would have had to pressure wash the blood and body parts off themselves, due to how much of a miser the owner was.
I used to work in logistics for a public transportation in a third world country. Two buses colliding front to front, each onebat 40 km/h by the terminal's gate, one of the driver got his guts crushed and die, while the other got his legs crushed but survived. All this happened outside the bus terminal and every worker tried to save them, but it was long gone. A lot of crashes, accidents, people ran over, thugs lighting up the buses or shooting at them. Easily one of the worst jobs in terms of safety.
I was working in a pharmacy when a coworker collapsed. When I go to her she was laying on the floor and everyone was just standing there staring at her. I immediately jumped in and started CPR. A few minutes later I was joined by another coworker who had just arrived. She was a retired EMT. We tag teamed until the paramedics arrived and were able to take her to the hospital. Of everyone in the pharmacy, we were the only two who knew CPR. Our coworker actually survived. She was in the hospital for three weeks and returned to work a month later. Seeing her return to work was the best feeling in the world.
Thank God
Jeff must have been a really awesome dude
My husband is in highway construction. He has seen a ridiculous number of deaths from worksite accidents to suicides to car wrecks.
not on the job but a week ago today (tuesday) my dad's coworker died right after work from a massive heart attack. seeing this video in my recommended was freaky since that situation has been a big deal rn
What's it like to have a coworker die on the job? I have actually witnessed the death of 4 different coworkers. In incident involved a confined space entry where 3 workers died. It was quite traumatizing when it happened, but afterwards is when it really got "interesting". The company's response at first was to deny responsibility and then they instituted many new safety practices and procedures. The problem there was, the procedures were already in place but the employees violated them. One of those that died was actually the safety officer and his death was due to the fact that he violated his own safety guidelines concerning confined space entry.
The other instance also involved violation of established safety procedures. It involved maintenance employees that were involved in repairing a machine malfunction. They did so in the name of haste. They were being pressured to get the machine back up and running quickly and in doing so, one was killed and another suffered serious injury. Once again, the company pushed for increased safe practices...a little late.
Coworker.
He left work, He went home, he walked upstairs, took off boots, fell backwards and hit his head.
Got a call from the corner asking if he was complaining about feeling poorly.
😱😱😱
Guess I’m alone tomorrow!!!!
My Dad was a logger from the 1960s up into the late 1980s. After he had retired, he was on the phone with timber industry lobbyist Gil Murray when Murray opened a package sent to him by Ted Kaczynski, and the package blew up killing him. My Dad said he was listening to Murray talk about some project, and he heard what sounded like a gust of wind and the phone went dead. He found out what happened about a half hour later on the news.
A former worker of mine from Texas told me about when she worked at a different location (also in Texas) that a manager went into an office. Then he locked the door and shot himself.
Oh my
I had the misfortune while working with my dad one summer ( he had his own small handyman business) when he had a heart attack while we where carrying a water heater to his van. I still will never be able to forget the lifeless look of fear on his face as I attempted for waited for help to arrive.
"Flight attendant friend of mine had an elderly lady die on her flight. Said she was very sweet, mentioned she was on her way to see her grandkids. Took a nap and didn't wake up." That's sad it had to be before she got to see her grandkids. At least, she cared about her grandkids and died knowing her grandkids loved her and she loved them. :(
She'll be their guardian angel
Have had several jobs in my 47 years. Started working at 15. As an apprentice Jockey (im female and 5'1 and 7 stone weight even now im still race weight but body cant do it anymore. Only ride my horses for fun now ).
Saw a jockey killed when a horse tripped over the legs of a horse in front of him. Horse rolled over the jockey and crushed his lungs and spine. Was already dead by the time the ambulance got to him on the track less than 2 minutes after the fall. Horses both had to be put down due to injures.
A guy loading horses on a truck at the track slipped pulling the tailgate up and was decapitated. Blood everywhere. He was a lovely guy who owned and trained his own horses. It was a accident that could have happened to anyone. But he didnt deserve it he was a really sweet guy.
Years later i was driving in historic rally and track cars (i still do this its a hobby but its a family thing too so i see it at doing something for my late dad who raced when he wasnt working as a welder).
Guy got a gorgeous old Escort Mrk 1 and did it up with role cage and all. It was a great little car with plenty of go. And fantastic handling and brakes. Ideal first track car for a younger racer. He was 19 had a 1yr old son and was engaged to be married 2 weeks after this happened.
Guy goes out on a qualifying lap for his section. Doing really well and others like me whod been around a while were impressed he was so good so quick. He was a total natural withthat car.
4 laps in last fast lap before pitting. He comes through the tracks very tight double s curves which you really have to slow down for or youll be into a fence. This was before they put the stop fast sand traps in those corners like they have now .Goes through the first left a little wobbily. Goes through the right a little more wobbily and goes for the third part we realise theres a reason he isnt slowing his cars going faster. The throttle had stuck wide open after the first turn and went head on into a fence and marshall stand. Was killed instantly. They took 2hrs to cut him out the car.
Seen a few others but those were the worst.
Chriss 🇬🇧
My dad is very well known for how he died so I’ll keep this as vague as possible.
He died in an accident at work involving a cherry picker. It was used to shut down the sketchy contractor business he worked for and used a lot to advocate for better protection laws. Miss my dad a lot but I’m proud him dying did some good
What he said: I manage a truck driving company.
What we heard : 18 WHEELER!
I bet you still do the arm pump when you pass an 18 wheeler too? Do it to me some time and I'll blow your windows out with 'Shave and a haircut'
A colleague I worked with for 7 years died from complications of diabetes. We worked the phones and registered enquiries. I got a call on Monday morning saying she had had a low on Sunday and been taken to hospital. She had slipped into a coma and the decision to turn off life support was made two days later. The whole office attending the service. Work was never quite the same after that. I took a redundancy as the office was moving and I couldn’t go with them and retired a few months later.
RIP Heather
I work in a retirement home, so deaths are fairly common. We had a recent string of deaths. I usually tell my boyfriend about it because I'm fond of some of the residents, but boy have I gotten some weird looks when I tell him about it over breakfast 😂
I also work in the kitchen of a retirement home and obviously heard about a lot of deaths. I have been lucky enough not to ever see any of the residents after they've passed away but it's crazy how it's just 'normal'
@@jacksimpson1143 Yeah, sometimes it's like "oh did you hear such-and-such died?" And it's kind of like whatever. I think the one that hit me the hardest happened a couple months ago. My favorite resident had passed away just a couple days before this, too. Because of covid we were doing room deliveries. I realized I didn't have an order for room #5 so I asked the server to run to his room and see what he wanted. The server came back and told me, I made the food, sent the server back to the room. Server comes back with the box still in his hand, this horrified look on his face, and just says "He dead."
He died in the 2 minutes it took for me to make his breakfast and send it back to him.
I almost died in a walk in freezer the bumper latch just popped out when the door closed behind me while getting fries and emergency light was in a weird spot so didn't get noticed for 15min manager only noticed cuz we ran out of burgers(I worked grill) looked all around they almost assumed I walked off job but front cash didn't see me leave that's when they noticed the blinking light in back, fyi it was a blast freezer in training they said 45min pretty much guarantees death by hypothermia if ur not wearing a jacked
I wish I could hug so many people in this post. I know how it is to see someone go out, and how it is to find them after, so I really do mean it when I say I'm sorry and I wish it on no one.
my dad is a powerlineman he has seen people flash fried by arc, deep fried in transformer oil, crushed, run over, burnt, electrocuted, and fallen far enough to not get back up. some died, some didnt. some were coworkers, some werent. blue collar work is scary
Navy. We had one or two go over the side in the night. The one that stands out though is the one that was seen jumping from the flight deck. Rescue helo got sent to pick him up. Jumped from the helo. Picked up again. Jumped a 3RD TIME! Captain said "F-him. Not risking my rescue diver again." That sentiment was echoed throughout the ship regarding this kid. He was left somewhere in the Arabian Sea on our way to the Persian Gulf.
I work at a mine and on Jan 6th we had a collision between two ultra class haul trucks, the truck in front a komatsu 930 and the truck in the back I believe a cat 797, the weather was very cold and with the massive Diesel engines they produce a lot of steam in the winter, both trucks were going up a ramp from the shovel pit, there’s a t intersection at the bottom of the ramp and if you’re taking the straight shot to go up the ramp you’re getting as much speed as you can to get up the hill faster, there was a haul truck going up the ramp and a haul truck was speeding up the ramp and was not driving to conditions and ran right into the back of the truck in front of it, when ever you’re in the cab of these trucks and you are parked or something the edge of the box is right level with the cab of your truck, he impacted them so hard he injured the trainee in the truck in front
The Jeff story really made my eyes watery and a knot in my throat. He seemed like a really nice man. RIP.
Working night shift at Tesco a Co worker died. It was horrible. We all went to his funeral. Lots of people there. The a few days later I had to go down the Isle he worked. Started crying as I missed the simple interaction I had with him. He used to give me a mint every time I saw him.
Aww not Tesco man 😔. Sorry for your loss. He sounds like he was cool
@@unfazedjae2645 he was used to talk to me and was named Ken still remember him from time to time.
It really is a terrible thing to be killed by a machine. Imagine going about your day, at work, cleaning out machinery, *and the thing deadass starts up. * I can't imagine how terrifying that would be.
I used to work on building sites, we had a labourer cleaning brickwork at the bottom of the building, he was under the scaffolding and took his helmet off, 5 floors above him was a glazier fitting a new pane of glass, dropped it, and it hit the labourer on the head like a guillotine splitting his head down to his ears. I was the first aider on site.
So sorry you had to see and deal with that. Take care of yourself.
I actually have a few. I do contract labor at conventions and theres thousands of workers, but somehow everybody knows each other. The most popular one is a guy whos leg got squished by a boomlift (cherrypicker) it sent all the blood from his calf into his heart and he wound up having a heart attack right there. He got resucitated and now you can still see him walking around the boomlifts as a safety groundsman.
But the rest aren't so lucky. We had a guy fall off a 40 ft catwalk and died. And also had a scissor lift fall over and kill a guy inside the basket (when the lift tips over fully extended it tosses the people around inside it turning them into jelly) the client who was in the basket with him only survived because he jumped free of the basket and shattered his femur.
We also had a guy everyone knew as Birdman who used to drive around on forklifts. Anywhere he went you could hear his bird calls that he would make. They sounded so authentic that it would fool anybody into thinking there was a bird around. He passed away from cancer not too long ago, but every now and then people will remember him and try to immitate his calls. It can be pretty fun hearing people throwing bird calls to each other.
The last one was actually a guy who taught me how to work in the industry personally. His name was Hannibal (not lying, it was a pretty crazy name). He was a really chill dude and highly personable. He was popular and everybody loved him. Well, one day it occured to me that I hadn't seen him in a while and I asked a coworker about it. He told me that he strangled his wife and child, set his house ablaze then jumped from a nearby overpass and died during a police chase. I had to look it up to believe it. It happened in Vegas on the I-15 exit.
Bonus: There was actually a kid I knew at church that died at work too. It's so wierd because I remember him as a 7 year old. Running around with the other kids in church. Apparently he got his first job working in a factory near my house and one day one of the machines broke loose and fell on him and crushed him. Everybody loved him and it was devastating to his family and many friends. If I remember right he was about 21 when it happened. It happened a couple of years ago and it's still kind of surreal to this day.
Eight years ago the company I work for transferred me to another site to replace a woman, because she had been climbing a flight of stairs that didnt have a handrail. One of the lights turned on automatically and made an awful buzzing sound. Apparently this startled her and she fell down the stairs. She broke her leg and a chip from the bone lodged in her artery and she had a heart attack and died.
Not so much a coworker as a contractor. When I was in the Navy the ship I was on was in dry dock for heavy maintenance, repairs, etc, and we had a lot of outside contractors that worked on base coming on board every day to work on things. One day, one of them had an aneurysm and dropped where he was standing. Those that were around immediately called for emergency medical attention and started CPR, but he was dead before he hit the ground.
Not a coworker but my dad died while he was on the clock. He used to visits clients and such and on this day he was eating breakfast in his car. He told his coworker on the phone that he'd be up as soon as he finished. Half an hour goes by and the coworker finds it weird that dad hasn't come in nor picking up his phone (he was a very punctual man, to the point of arriving 30 minutes early from the appointed time). He goes downstairs and find my dad slumped over the steering wheel. The door was unlocked and car off so most likely was in the process of getting out. He tried to do CPR on him but he was already gone. Had a massive heart attack (aka the widowmaker) and more than likely was gone so fast he didn't even feel it
My father is a concierge who worked up from bellhop. During his bellhop days, a coworker was out taking down Christmas decorations on a ladder and the ladder broke or got moved. Dude fell three stories and died upon impact. The hotel, not wanting to look bad, ordered my father to go hose away the pool of blood he left behind before calling an ambulance. He did so.
If it were me I would have walked the fuck out because I have standards for the dead that our corporate overlords apparently do not.
Not a coworker but when I was working at walmart a couple years back we had an older person die in the bathrooms. Sucky thing is that they refused to close the store or anything or even act like anything was wrong.
9:53 I love ‘Person of Interest’ so much, especially that quote. Love the shoutout to such a great show lol
I have 2 but I don’t know if one counts.
I was on 2nd shift and boss decided to move 1 of the 2 supervisor to our shift to keep an eye on us. He was a pretty chill laid back man, a couple months in he was scheduled for an ear operation, on the Friday leading towards the weekend he had the appointment he wasn’t feeling well he and left early. We come to learn on Monday that he died during the operation, he apparently had an infection that affected his brain, I’m not %100 sure, both shifts held a moment of silence for him.
The 2nd one was one of the guys from 1st shift who was a temp worker. He was fired after it came to light that a couple of guys, including himself, would leave a hour early. Well a couple months later we learned that he died because he choked on a piece of food.
My best friend was murdered in cold blood by her abusive ex husband on a Saturday at work. RIP LEILA ALAVI ❤️
I was tranfering locations. My friend was sad because a long time friend of his was missing, dragged out to sea by the undertow. Start at new location. That kid died. He and his father drowned. I was now his replacement. A bunch of us covered shifts so morning crew could go to the funeral. It was...awful. He was only 19.
Had a good friend of mine drop dead on the floor at work. It was a horrible place we had a lot of people who needed the ambulance called for them throughout the years. One moment he's laughing and having a good time the next moment he's laying on the ground crying and gasping for breath. I later found out he died at the hospital and I bawled my eyes out.
We use to play Smash Brothers on the DS during lunch. People tell me I'm really good at the game and the only thing I can do is look at them and say I know someone who is the King of Smash Bros. I'm referring to my friend every time I say this. Micheal if you are reading this and there is a life after death and it has TH-cam, just know man that you were there for me in my darkest times man. Love you
USAF, some time in the late 80s. Was out on the flightline; had idly noted the KC-10 (DC-10 tanker aircraft) being worked on by some crew. I knew who they were.
Two of them went to get some part or other from a hangar; not 2 minutes after they were clear, I had the misfortune of seeing that aircraft explode and burn, with someone still inside. Never underestimate how dangerous gaseous pure oxygen and a leaky fuel tank can be, combined with one little spark. I remember how the guy had 3 weeks left in service and had a wife and kids. The FODwalk we had to do afterwards (locate and pinpoint debris) didn't help. That was a horrible day.