Always remember folks, modern day safety standards and regulations were paid for in blood. Although thankfully this guy survived by the sounds of things.
He just keeps on coiling the cable as he’s hanging there. “I’ll just be hanging out here if you need me”
That, children, is why we wear our safety gear.
“That, children, was why we used to have safety gear, before uncle Trump said equipment like that is for pussies and not something real Americans use.”
Did they decide having police cordon off that lane was too much of a hassle?
Edit: found a few articles - guy in the bucket is OK. He went really still after that so I was concerned.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c62gxxe1jxdo https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/27/semi-truck-crash-worker-upside-down-video/84384899007/
Police have poors to beat; they ain’t got time for traffic control.
I’ve made traffic control plans for road construction and depending on the locality police are rarely involved with traffic control. This area clearly looks like the state’s DOT right-of-way, and these might be contractors in which case they are required to submit traffic control plans to the DOT and DOT confirm if it for safety. However, contractors have to actually execute the plans in the field. This could be a case of bad plans or a site supervisor who didn’t check the original traffic control plans matched with what was on the ground.
They’re idiots. They hardly ever have flaggers or traffic control when they actually should. All those reports do is cya nobody is actually checking to see if they’re doing it. Then an accident happens like this and they blame everything on the truck driver when they didn’t do their jobs correctly. It should come back on the engineer who approved those workers and didn’t check what they were actually doing.
Bro got life saved by that harness. Wonder if it was a compliance compliant Compliance In A Can harness
What’s the hinged metal piece in the upper left? Those nails aren’t supposed to go in those holes are?
That’s the compliancinator.
That’s a roof anchor that you tether to. You nail it into the roof, yes. Those nails are specifically designed for this application.
It’s so awesome that stuff like this comes in a can, now anybody can be conveniently compliant.
Harness saved his life. Always use fall protection people.
Dear Liza, Dear Liza…
What a shit pinata, where’s the candy?
Idiot
It looks like there are two idiots here
Just the truck driver
I really don’t see how. Contractors created a hazard significantly below standard or posted height limits but allowed traffic to continue under. Should’ve either been higher or the lane closed.
Hiring “Timid Tom” to be a flag man probably wasn’t the best idea.
Edit: Also the cones should cover the entire work area, not just the truck. Someone’s getting wrote up.
Surely the lane should be closed at the very least for this kind of operation?
I can’t believe this scenario hasn’t been thought out. There must have been a failure in plan execution.
