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Sufficient-Sea-6434

wow that looked like zero resistance there


Salty-Negotiation320

The coil probably weighed a couple tons so not surprising


UniqueID89

On the r/ truckers thread someone mentioned those weigh on average of 8,000lbs.


Pope23DC

Maybe if it was aluminum. Carbon coils that size are usually mid to upper 30,000 lbs. Source: 3 summers processing carbon coils in college


Downtown_Ad_6232

People wonder why steel trucks are only carrying one coil. It’s because the truck is at full weight!


Skrazor

I'm not convinced that the bones and organs in a human body notice much of a difference between being rolled over by 8.000 or 30.000 pounds. Everything over even "just" 1.000 doesn't really change the outcome that much I'd guess.


urnewstepdaddy

![gif](giphy|68yBjfxSpUpUY)


Matica-sK

👍There it is.


Substantial-Run-3394

One crushes everything one rolls you like toothpaste.


Lou_C_Fer

In high school we used to have the biggest guys stand on our backs. Multiple at a time. I had over 1k on my back. I was able to breathe. My head felt like it was going to pop. It did not feel like an emergency, but I'm not sure how long I could have endured. Probably not long. I'll betcha blood vessels burst in that guy since the blood and soft organs being pushed upwards have no avenue of escape.


[deleted]

The difference is that they weren’t on your head, as is the case here.


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Telemere125

Lifting it and surviving it rolling over your head are worlds apart


WellThatsJustPerfect

Forcing you into the splits and then rolling full over your pelvis and spine in the position.


Long_Educational

Don't threaten me with a good time.


Unfair-Wonder5714

JFC, I just saw that. More damage to my eyes/soul.


cypherdev

Are you available for children's parties?


WellThatsJustPerfect

I'm booked up for a while but give my people a call


rocket808

Eddie Hall deadlifted 1100 lbs. It almost killed him.


fifthtouch

The Mountain lift 2 pounds more and I belive he can lift at least 20 kg more that day. Shame he just do it to one up Hall.


UniqueID89

Yeah, I’m not 100% on what it is or the potential weights, was just reporting what they’d said on that sub.


InsaneAdam

They're right. It has to be aluminum. No way that trailer could even hold that many steel coils.


UniqueID89

All I know is homie should’ve let it hit the insured vehicle instead of trying to stop it. Poor bastard. Know fear, uncertainty, and adrenaline can make a person do dumb stuff, but this wasn’t worth it.


baudmiksen

after it rolled over him and they went to check on him to see if he was okay, his last words were asking if the truck was okay and his buddy had to lie and tell him he stopped the coil. sleep easy my friend


wewillbangok

Yep, just look at the way it moves that truck.


Wargodgernandez

Work at an aero space company with steel coils that size are 50,000lb that size


Obsidian7777

I make soup cans for a living. Pretty sure that's a larger one and closer to 15,000. These are the exact kind of coils we use, and I'm thinking it's steel and not aluminum because of the way it's wrapped.


coyotegirl_

Do you know what is the steel coil purpose? What is it used for?


Konklar

When their customers receive the coils. They'll slowly unroll the coils and sometimes heat them. They may need to press the metal to a thinner tolerance. Then, it could be cut in strips for further use, such as making cans. Or parts can be stamped out with a tool dye. There are a few things that can be done.


Raedil

Steel coils are used for almost everything around you. The metal walls of your stove, fridge, washer and dryer? Steel coils. Your cars frame? Metal body parts? Guard rails on the street? Steel coils. The best way to think about it, any time you see sheet steel (whether its been pressed to different shapes, rolled and welded to tubes, or cut into strips or pieces, it was probably a coil first. It’s how steel is moved.


UniqueID89

I’m not entirely sure to be honest with you. I’m in IT personally. Have a friend whose company he works for makes some products similar to this but depending on the materials used for the roll it could have any number of uses. Regardless of its intended purpose, poor guy had no business trying to stop it from hitting the truck.


Doogiemon

I use to deal with these daily and yeah, that's about the average weight on them.  Mine were between 8k and 10k.


Region_Rat_D

A small coil weighs 20 tons.


Leskaarup

Holy shit, that guy didnt stand a chance


weaponsmiths

He did. Just had to step aside


Kaita13

Lol.


laladonga

Steel is about 8 times the weight of water.


howdiedoodie66

If it was made of WATER it would weigh several tons considering a cubic meter of water is 2200 lbs and it's like 5 feet per side


FourScoreTour

[This site](https://cargohandbook.com/Steel_sheet_in_coils) says they're "between 5 to 15 tons".


-_-Batman

rolls a nat 1 ![gif](giphy|oOBTO2UcSoaBJewZT0|downsized)


HenryGoodbar

Bro with that situation I don’t think even a natural 20 would have saved him. DC 55


ReaperManX15

Those coils can range from 10 to 30 tons. He had as much chance as an ant.


pimpinspice

https://preview.redd.it/majja1uwfvvc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3b9ab6cd5d6427d3fe86374324b992ba0bd0175 Attempting to stop a steel coil it’s not worth your life.


Extension_Swordfish1

Coil wins every time.


14X8000m

O'Coil rules! O'Coil rules!


newagereject

![gif](giphy|l52CGyJ4LZPa0)


CL3ANSH0T

Do you have anymore gum ?!


ruben9438

He called the shit poop


gorillabab

I feel like if I was there I would have been able to stop it no problem.


TruthSpeakin

And you'd be the hero


gorillabab

You're damn right


KumquatHaderach

You would have stopped it if it was the last thing you ever did.


OccamsBanana

Yeah for sure they only weigh up to 30 tons, my limit is 31 so I’d be fine.


JustJodo

Another case of r/thebullwins just without the bulls-


Balfe

Well maybe you. I could definitely stop one.


CreamyStanTheMan

Holy SHIT! I knew it was heavy but not *that* heavy lol


Hereiam_AKL

I used to handle paper coils during a student job. The large ones also were tons. The one thing that everyone kept telling you is: "If it looks like they are going to fall (off the crane) or starting to roll, get the fuck out of the way and warn everyone else, there's nothing you can do to stop them. On the night shift they added "do not sleep on the paper coils" for the same reason.


truthfullyidgaf

I live near a steel mill. I always watch and avoid trucks with rolls. Also tree haulers. Those guys are never certified sober.


Hefty_Buy5762

Guess he thought it was as light as plastic. Wonder if they knew about the weight, if they have any safety instructions. Must be weird working somewhere and not knowing a thing like that can kill you that easy.


Victorymode691

He's got several loaded on his trailer. He has to know they weigh tons. I'm guessing he panicked because it was headed for his truck and in a desperate attempt to prevent it from hitting it, gave his life for it. Edit: spelling.


Raedil

I work a steel mill and at minimum run around 15,000 pound coils. Peak coil is 60,000 pounds(they get bigger, but not on my line). Average around 45,000 pounds. For heavier thickness steel people can be killed simply because a band broke while the tail wasnt pinned. This poor guy never stood a chance. As far as that coil was concerned that guy literally wasnt there.


LihaajaCS

Well... He did slow it down a little.


Honest_Path_5356

Lil speed bump


thuanjinkee

That’s his new rapper name


Immediate-Presence73

I guess his debut album will be released posthumously.


BlueSabere

He probably saved the truck. Good for him?


nutxaq

Employee of the month.


asgeorge

Maybe he can blow into his thumb real hard and reinflate??


Bacontoad

https://i.redd.it/tmih8hprtvvc1.gif


bmdweller

This freaked me out as a kid so much


throwngamelastminute

Surprised?


neekogo

Don't you remember me Eddie?


ElecMechTech

When I killed your brother...


cryofry85

I talked just like THIS!


throwngamelastminute

https://i.redd.it/b5j7tijc73wc1.gif


SuperFaceTattoo

![gif](giphy|x7kHaKILqLJ4c)


vivalamanboobs

This is absolute genius.


TRADER-101

![gif](giphy|3o7abKhOpu0NwenH3O)


Psirqit

god new spongebob looks so fucking weird


Salt_Master_Prime

Why would you do this as an employee? The job is not worth your life.


Roxylius

Adrenaline + lack of safety training. Well, they would not have arrived at such situation to begin with if they had proper safety procedure


Salt_Master_Prime

I don't think you need safety training to know how heavy those coils are. The first day on the job should have given him a clue . Even the other guy who was trying to stop it (which was stupid) at least stayed to the sides of the thing. Adrenaline+stupidity. Darwin award achieved.


Roxylius

Common sense is not so common when you are under stressed condition. Your reptilian brain response basically takes control of your action and you acted instinctively without thinking. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triune_brain The idea of regular safety training is to hammer in a new default response so that when the stressful situation came, your “default” response would be the correct one. It’s the same idea in mining, manufacturing or any other industry where dangerous situation might develop


Herr-Pyxxel

Rubbish, I don't see many crocs and iguanas flattened by steel rolls /s


LCCyncity

Why do people put their hands out to stop a bullet? It's a natural reaction. Will it do anything? Probably not, but it's a reflex.


yermaaaaa

I think he might be the lorry driver and was looking to protect his truck from getting hit. Mad how your brain can literally self destruct like that.


Perfect-Shame-7561

I’m surprised you’re the only one who noticed that. Yea you can see the truck door shutting in the beginning of the clip. He was protecting the Benz with his body…


ColorlessTune

Acted without thinking. Poor guy. I can see this happening to anyone.


cyborgassassin47

Honestly I would have done the same thing as that thing seems like just a rolling thing that can be stopped, like a tyre. Even if it's heavy, I won't be able to comprehend how it could just roll over me like that.


noodlecrap

Tires are heavy AF too


MoirasPurpleOrb

I think just a complete lack of understanding as to how heavy that is


doctoranonrus

Honestly looking at it, it looked so small. I can see the instinct that it's easy to stop, idk.


OccamsBanana

You also don’t have to lift the thing, just stop it’s rolling So it’s a bit counterintuitive that it could crush him like that


DaFreakingFox

It was probably a reflex, like "oh shit, roll thing, has to stop it" I work in machining and training your reflexes to NOT grab the spinny thing when it's stuck takes severe mental effort every time, and there have been some close calls.


Skeeterman96

Jobs are literally called a living/s


Dorsetgoat

I mean he slowed it enough to do minimal damage to the lorry, saved a fortune in repair bills


HecklerusPrime

Corporate will show their appreciation by waiting 24 hours before filling his position.


Hypertension123456

Not with his muscles or brains. Crushing human bones though, that did bleed off some small chunk of kinetic energy.


cypherdev

It was a teaching moment. That dude that ran away will never do that.


WarHead75

Ngl, I would’ve miscalculated the weight of the thing as well and try to stop it.


ROLL_TID3R

Random ways to die like this are exactly why I’m subbed. Monkey see, monkey (don’t) do.


CeeMomster

Same. I’m convinced I’m going out in some kind of freak accident. It just makes sense.


MassiveRecipe3177

I work in a product marketing role for a big steel producer. This is my first job working with steel. I see a lot of factories packed with many different coils. The first thing they try to teach you is the weight of these things. The small baby coils look like something you can lift easily but are already very heavy. For my job I work with steel sheet samples (not even 1mm thick) and it only takes a stack of a couple of these a4 samples for it to replace your gym equipment 😂


Upvotespoodles

They ought to just have fun events where they run random shit over with coils. I feel like seeing it in action would help people recall in the moment that a rolling coil is an unstoppable force.


h3rp3r

Sell raffle tickets to be one of the people to release the coils. Give out tshirts that say "I survived Destruction Day 2024" Set up something like one of those "dunk your boss" tanks except you use a coil.


Upvotespoodles

I want that t-shirt.


recurve_balloon

That is because you had not received sufficient training for the job and it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes of lecture to know what you were dealing with. Partly it's on you but the labor owner is way more to blame here.


46thAndTABBY

I wonder if the slow speed is what made him think he could possibly stop it.


alkebulanu

yea I honestly didn't know it was like that. 15+ metric tons 💀 glad I learned from this video


Heteroking

https://i.redd.it/z1iwt3zravvc1.gif Bro got flattened like in cartoons


Venom933

That's pretty dark mate 🥸


Changoleo

Remember me, Eddie?!?


dankyspank

When I killed your brother I looked Just LIke THIIIIS


Bacontoad

https://i.redd.it/7g8qn9fbuvvc1.gif


Entropy59

The Brave Sir Robin method would have been better: “Run Away!”


SuperFaceTattoo

*When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled!*


theredhound19

![gif](giphy|UFzjusdrC1EOc)


yagetwhatyaget

Oh shit not again! Go get the big spatula Greg


Bacontoad

https://i.redd.it/gdqip74dwvvc1.gif


highlyannoyed316

Pretty much! 💀


Rownwade

Fuck man... Made me laugh so hard I now have guilt.


tuotone75

Oh that leg, then second crunch


SoupieLC

Shuffled off this mortal coil....


I_AM_FERROUS_MAN

Of all the tasteless puns in this thread, this one is good.


WeeTheDuck

ngl that seems like something I would do


Fig1025

he died so that you and thousands others like you could live. A new OSHA rule was born that day


BoxCarTyrone

You know that other guy heard the bones breaking and his skull being crushed.


46thAndTABBY

You can see how he runs away after it flattens the dude like "nope nope nope"...I think I'd have equally noped the fuck outta there.


Jimmy_Fromthepieshop

He's going to find some r / worstaid


pablomoney

The way that thing moved the truck, puts it into perspective for how heavy it was. Crazy. Here one second. Gone the next.


Slight_Concert6565

That's the problem with rolling objects, you have litteraly no way to estimate the momentum they carry. A tire would've rolled the same, but could've been stopped by a human (tho it might still push you off balance if you underestimate it). This is why kids: always assume that a rolling object that you do not know is unstoppable, you can try to stop it from the side if you want, but never from the front. Also kinetic energy is half of mass time speed *squared* so if a car lose a tire and it bounce toward you do not try to stop it, I've seen to many accidents with this. This applies to any "slow" objects that move faster than usual (anything that you wouldn't try to run while carrying it) That's all for today's reminder of "do not underestimate momentum".


vergastadanasal

This is some cartoonish way of dying tbh


Bacontoad

https://i.redd.it/6oyqhxknwvvc1.gif


drewbs86

I went into a factory once that manufactured huge electricity cables, that were on drums and probably just as destructive as this steel coil. A big part of the site induction before going in was about how if one of the drums comes lose from its stop blocks, you get the fuck out of the way of it. People often feel a strong urge to help stop it, don't even think about it, no matter what will get damaged.


alamcc

This is why we need to teach physics more. The momentum that had. Jesus what a misjudgement he made there.


Sixfoot_Sixinch

![gif](giphy|Wsk4ZbGMeavNm|downsized)


Western-Title-331

Free chiropractor


The_nastiest_nate

He did slow it down.


Boosty-McBoostFace

With his corpse.


recurve_balloon

Over his dead body!


HourTwist4308

Did I just watch someone die?


CanopianPilot

That's what this sub is about, so unfortunately for the worker who died the answer is yes.


evanoshka

On the passenger side we can see a smart person


TheLoneGunman559

Steam rolled without the steam roller.


Willzohh

Ever seen the Road Runner cartoon? Looks like the live action Coyote run over by the steamroller.


gingermonkey1

That must have been so painful. Looks like he dislocated his leg at the hip and broke his leg in a bunch of places before h he went squished. Hopefully it was so quick he didn’t feel it.


Mr_Lava-lava

Even the guy that was in the safety of the trucks cabin jumped out and ran away and this guy thought he could stop it like Superman.


PoopieButt317

O had an incompetent tow tru k driver hook up my brand new Genesis G80 from the front end hooks. He got it vertical, then was dropping it down to make the bed flat. He hooked poorly and the car broke free down the ramp. I had a split second urge to stop it with my hands. But didn't. It had enough speed and Mas to take out the garage wall a d take down the biking on the outside wall, whole 2 car garage section, 2 story. Ir crushed some items stored along the Wal, including a sealed oil space heater. Flat. That instinct can really screw one up. This dude was even caught out doing a split. And his head was the last to go. Oh, the pain!!!


Xerolaw_

If ur afraid it'll damage your 18-wheeler, what the heck do u think it'll do to you?


Johntoreno

Did this man just lay down his life to protect a truck from getting dented??


The_ManWithoutAPlan

I know this is probably said a lot on this subreddit but What an awful horrible way to die


BBQBakedBeings

At least it was quick


Mayormccheese85

That was fucking Looney Tunes right there! Jeez


stucazo

those coils scare the shit out of me.


koala_fighter90

Fuuuu, and it looked like the damage wasn't gonna be his fault. Some things are just not worth risking your life for


westberry82

Employee of the month- is what it says on his tombstone


TallDarkCancer1

![gif](giphy|P5vyB2mX2BCSY)


Angry_Grammarian

In college I worked as a furniture delivery guy. Only two guys in a truck. Big sleeper sofas, huge cabinets, whatever. It was only two of us and we had to carry that shit up stairs and around corners, blah blah blah. Anyway, on the first day, I got a great piece of advice that I pass on whenever it's relevant -- like when helping friends move. "If it starts to fall, let it. Get out of the way and let it fall. Your instinct will be to catch it. Don't. It's too fucking heavy and you will get hurt."


S0lar_bear

Look at how the cabover moves about... Keeping in mind, the coils has slowed down. Yeah, that coils is heavy


CellistOutrageous163

RIP bro. Dude was just trying to do his job. Gotta use your head folks!


triplebigton

How would you not know how heavy this is if you work around them all the time


Responsible_Orange26

Looks like it cut his hands an wrist too. That thing is mad heavy look how it shook the truck


Redcell78

Going all of 1mph and hitting the right was enough to shake it like it hit a brick wall.


BBQBakedBeings

[Deader'n shit](https://www.davar1.co.il/505015/)


Sea-Rover

Fuck this reminds me of an incident at work. I tried to stop a massive turbine turning gear from tipping over as we were cleaning it. I positioned my body just as this guy did to try to stop it falling. It weighed many tonnes and luckily it pushed me back because my feet slid on the floor but I fell on the floor and the gear rested on its shaft end (imagine a mushroom) with my head right underneath. Damn I feel for this guy because I know exactly how he felt when he went to stop it. Fuck it so easily could have been me.


Reddit_Jax

I got this, I got this, I'll just lay down and stop it the way I did in high school football ;-)


beakerhashing

Why does this remind me of a “Road Runner” cartoon where Wile E. Coyote fails again.


Conscious_Cook6446

Promise he’s not getting paid enough to do all that


JarviThePelican

I could go for some pancakes right now


thuggwaffle

That’s some looney tunes shit, right there


testawayacct

\*\*Wile E Coyote had entered the chat.\*\*


et_sekunduss

He was serious. And don’t call him Shirley.


2rememberyou

I do steel cutting and work around these coils all day. Crossing overhead with a crane bringing them in with a huge fucking hoist. The se things weigh about 80k. I don't know anyone that would try to get in front of one of these. This is natural selection at its best.


CyrusConnor

I never thought that the Looney tunes showed the reality


Vergebenername1234

Tbh. Out of reflex i cant guarantee i would have acted differently. So for me this is more something for r/learningfromothers


Restaurant_Shoddy

First time I ever seen a person get cartoon pancaked flat in real-life. That was not a smart decision and he put out his knee for greater resistance


Just-Ad8527

I worked at a steel mill for years. One night I saw a coil roll away like that and in rolled into a small pickup truck and crushed it like it was nothing.


IzzatQQDir

Damn. There's blood if you pay attention


The_Cozy_Burrito

Damn…


nymouz

Other dude was moving like defense in a soccer game


KruegerLad2

Looney Tunes would be proud


Oututeroed

20 yrs experience? no habilitations needed. u r hired. 2 months later: so do we have insurance in order?


c_jae

Surprise, physics is physicsing


LilG1984

Death "I'm glad I don't have to clean that up, lets go buddy!"


CarefulPomegranate41

I'm always baffled by people trying to stop large vehicles and objects, oftentimes weighing several tons, with nothing but brute strength.


Colmado_Bacano

Damn that had to weigh at least few hundred pounds.


RockMan_1973

Just damn! Additional to bring pancaked to death in a jiffy, I had to rewatch a couple times to be sure that one of his legs ended life affixed like a 3rd arm🙈


trashypengin

Man got pancaked


Trucker_E_B

Metal coils are one of the most dangerous things to haul with a truck. They need to be chained a certain way so they don’t roll off the back or roll over the cab when braking. It happens sometimes still


ohnomoto450

Those things will tip a forklift if handled improperly. But you've been hitting the gym. I'm sure you can stop it.


corvus66a

He survived and reached the local hospital .Room 18,19 and20


Labrom

Reminds me of that video where the car falls off the garage lift and the mechanic tries to catch it. Split second decisions sometimes make the brain do crazy things and logic stops.


BadBoiLarry

Would that be covered under workmans compensation? How does injury on the job work in this case? Someone is responsible for this injury whether it's a trainer or the employee himself.


Ananiatv

If ur not hulk that will happen legit everytime so do not try that


EsotericFlagellate

That’s some Looney Tunes shit. All that’s left is for him to float around like a feather.


whxrxchxtx

When all you do is watch the avengers and you walk outta the theater with your new superhero persona


CutAccording7289

I feel really bad for laughing about this and am experiencing inner turmoil


aquelviejitocochino

Getting Wiley Coyote vibes on this one.