Freak incidents

[Ender]

Often we momentarily forget about the spinning fan that is low enough to hit. Not too long ago a two year old girl died when she hit the ceiling fan while playing with her uncle in  Malaysia.

[Jamesc]

That's why you should never touch another man's cock.

On 10/28/2020 at 11:10 AM, Picnic06-Biante15 said:

Police officer killed by rooster’s blade at illegal Philippines cockfight

 

[Volvobrick]

32 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

That's why you should never touch another man's cock.

 

Also don't let someone's cock come near your thigh area.... 

[Jamesc]

See see MCF is a TCSS forum.

All cock, no bull here.

On 10/28/2020 at 11:10 AM, Picnic06-Biante15 said:

Police officer killed by rooster’s blade at illegal Philippines cockfight

 

[Carbon82]

3 hours ago, Playtime said:

to be honest.. ive thought to myself what happens if such a heavy piece of fan falls.... better sits further away..

Frankly, such big ass fans and its setup are very safe, even safer than the normal ceiling fans as some of them have to be endorsed by PE (Professional Engineers) due to their weight and the location of installation. 

 

3 hours ago, Tohto said:

When the ladder is on the floor it is below the fan height, when worker carry it, it will be higher.

Basic safety that was overlook in open public area.

All this type of work will not have procedure for Risk Assessment,  Tool box meeting etc....

Sad to say with a very lean team to deal with all these repairs and maintenance, RA were often overlooked and even impractical to be implemented on the ground. I have lost count of how many maintenance activities I have to intervene and have the approved permit to work cancelled, despite the complaint from the stakeholders... 

 

2 hours ago, Ender said:

Often we momentarily forget about the spinning fan that is low enough to hit. Not too long ago a two year old girl died when she hit the ceiling fan while playing with her uncle in  Malaysia.

Yes, and in the simplest term, it is about situation awareness. We can argued till cow come home about the competency of the worker, lack of RA and supervision, but end of the day if they worker just work and/walk around blindly (akin to crossing a busy road without keeping a look out for traffic), accidents will happen. 

And that applies to passerby as well. If any of the patrons at that coffee shop keep a active look out for what's going on around them, maybe the guy wouldn't even have a chance to lift up his ladder... I don't just talk, I act on unsafe practices always... 

[Tohto]

1 hour ago, Carbon82 said:

 

And that applies to passerby as well. If any of the patrons at that coffee shop keep a active look out for what's going on around them, maybe the guy wouldn't even have a chance to lift up his ladder... I don't just talk, I act on unsafe practices always... 

Well said. Those eating in the coffeeshop if paid attention to the worker and remind him can surely prevent thus accident. 

I once also remind a FW working on height  to hook up the safety belt on his body to the anchor point. No supervisor around them and a fall can be fatal.

[zipping]

Mumbai: kid die from head injury in lift accident

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[Jamesc]

Freak incidents

Why everything also blame her?

[Kaivenvan]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/3-family-members-pronounced-dead-in-lakeside-tragedy-from-suspected-electrocution

This is also a freak accident

[Victor68]

Nee Soon Town Council reminds coffee shops to conduct checks on metal covers after resident falls into pit Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nee-soon-town-council-reminds-coffee-shops-conduct-checks-metal-covers-after-resident

Not to start another new thread, accidents like this is not freak but man-made. I thought I wish to share my observation here. Personally, I find these grease interceptor covers were made of very poor quality. The metal sheets were too thin to withstand a human weight. Most were already bent waiting to give way. This is also very commonly seen on drain covers over walkways. Each time a person jog or walk over it, the cover will wobbles and create noises. Don't we have some basic specification to ensure a minimum standard for such covers? 

[13177]

As usual only when accident happened, then they will do something about it. Not such thing as preventive maintenance. 🙄

[Ronkovic]

26 minutes ago, Victor68 said:

Nee Soon Town Council reminds coffee shops to conduct checks on metal covers after resident falls into pit Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nee-soon-town-council-reminds-coffee-shops-conduct-checks-metal-covers-after-resident

Not to start another new thread, accidents like this is not freak but man-made. I thought I wish to share my observation here. Personally, I find these grease interceptor covers were made of very poor quality. The metal sheets were too thin to withstand a human weight. Most were already bent waiting to give way. This is also very commonly seen on drain covers over walkways. Each time a person jog or walk over it, the cover will wobbles and create noises. Don't we have some basic specification to ensure a minimum standard for such covers? 

Interestingly every time a report like that comes out, how quickly and distinctively the buck gets passed to the coffee shop owner by the Town Council. 

[Victor68]

6 minutes ago, Ronkovic said:

Interestingly every time a report like that comes out, how quickly and distinctively the buck gets passed to the coffee shop owner by the Town Council. 

Grease interceptor required NEA inspection and clearance. I wonder how they can pass the installation with such poor quality cover. Just visit one of the hawker centre and try walking on top of one of these cover to feel the quality. 

[13177]

17 minutes ago, Victor68 said:

Grease interceptor required NEA inspection and clearance. I wonder how they can pass the installation with such poor quality cover. Just visit one of the hawker centre and try walking on top of one of these cover to feel the quality. 

Maybe the work procedure for these agencies is to close all eyes during inspection? 😓

[mersaylee]

It's in almost every coffeeshop...whenever I see the truck cums only I quickly zhao...the smell was beyond horrendously gross😅

[Fitvip]

3 hours ago, Victor68 said:

Nee Soon Town Council reminds coffee shops to conduct checks on metal covers after resident falls into pit Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nee-soon-town-council-reminds-coffee-shops-conduct-checks-metal-covers-after-resident

Not to start another new thread, accidents like this is not freak but man-made. I thought I wish to share my observation here. Personally, I find these grease interceptor covers were made of very poor quality. The metal sheets were too thin to withstand a human weight. Most were already bent waiting to give way. This is also very commonly seen on drain covers over walkways. Each time a person jog or walk over it, the cover will wobbles and create noises. Don't we have some basic specification to ensure a minimum standard for such covers? 

In some places, concrete slaps were used. These metal plates are quite sturdy. The fault here lies with insufficient support below the plates. The narrow end of the plate did not have full support, thus, it slipped and gae way when weight is loaded upon it.

Edited December 29, 2020 by Fitvip

[Fitvip]

On 10/31/2020 at 10:55 PM, Tohto said:

Well said. Those eating in the coffeeshop if paid attention to the worker and remind him can surely prevent thus accident. 

I once also remind a FW working on height  to hook up the safety belt on his body to the anchor point. No supervisor around them and a fall can be fatal.

I too would do the same. Once I saw some fts doing electrical work by the road side, leaving the control box door open with live wires. I told them to close it! 

[Victor68]

1 hour ago, Fitvip said:

In some places, concrete slaps were used. These metal plates are quite sturdy. The fault here lies with insufficient support below the plates. The narrow end of the plate did not have full support, thus, it slipped and gae way when weight is loaded upon it.

To overcome the think material used, they added the metal support but insufficient. Those drain covers are without any. The inspection chambers (IC) were there for many years. It never have this problem because the material used is correct.  It is about time some basic standard be set.