That's terrible, I'm in construction myself, I've been a residential painter and drywaller for 22 years and went to school for respirator safety and fall safety and first aid and CPR, these were requirements for the company I'd worked for and after 40 years of being in business the owner wanted to retire and finally shut the doors. Anyway, we had to learn the pitch of ladders with the height, we always took safety precautions and did things right but after 20 years, a couple years ago, I was pressure washing a two story house with my co-workers and I was on a roof clip and no harness on and the 24 ft ladder was soaked from washing and I carefully stepped off the roof clip onto my ladder and slipped and went upside down 24 ft onto a pile of cinder blocks face first, I knocked out abunch of teeth, tore my MCL severely and split my head right down to the skull, I'm so grateful I didn't get killed or paralyzed. I still paint but I'm even more careful.

@screenplayer77

2 жыл бұрын

I'm an industrial red seal painter and my coworker was working off a ladder and fell from about 14' but on the way down hit his head on a edge and broke his back and gave himself brain damage. He can't smell or taste anything and it effected his mental capabilities. Safety first.

@Playak2003

2 жыл бұрын

so sorry to hear that but so glad you're okay and still here to tell your story and help inform others to be safe as well.

@lilblackduc7312

Жыл бұрын

You guys guard your health! Voice of experience: Physical Trauma can cause debilitating problems years later.🇺🇸 😎👍☕

@chadsimmons6347

Жыл бұрын

We have too many (illegals) on construction sites, they dont have proper training

I’ve seen this happen in person. Guy on the hose was about 6’4” 250 pounds...threw him about ten feet, off of scaffolding. It was a fatal landing. I was a civil engineer on the job overseeing all reinforced concrete placement. Blockage to lethal accident happened within seconds.

@duggy3619

Жыл бұрын

I have spent yrs on a pump hose. I can usually tell when a air pocket is coming thru. However I got thrown close to 30' one time off a fully extended 65 m boom with the hose fully pulled with no slack and over my head . With the pump maxed out. Launched me like a rocket.

Imagine owning this home and learning someone lost their life doing a job for you...

@nygellabelle2193

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, very terrible.

@Winddancer1991

3 жыл бұрын

Typically homes are made then sold. But ya possible.

@eddyvideostar

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Brandon: It's sad, but these are the pitfalls, hazards of doing any job for anyone.

@kenthomson9562

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the alternative is never to employ anybody, for fear of killing them.

@jahouser6273

3 жыл бұрын

Bad karma

For 15 years I worked on a pool plaster crew, "plaster" is a cement mixture, I've seen some serious hose whips and blows. seen mud get blown clear over a 3 story house and land in the pool on the other side. Another time, watched as the guys running the pump blew 2 hoses and shot mud all over the side of a commercial building twice in the same day. Saw a FNG mixer guy remove the cam lock on a hose that had pressure and he got thrown back into a chain link fence, feet up in the air, he was ok. Saw a guy reach down and undo a packed hose and when the pressure released it turned his thumb into hamburger and blew mud all over his face, he had to go to the hospital. Seen mud blown all over the side of a residential house more than once. Saw the pins blow out on the cam locks blowing the hose off the pump and causing the metal end of the hose to severely dent the garage door of a house, seen mud sprayed all over cars and driveways more times than I can count. It's a wonder I was never injured by a packed hose.

@wanicki3575

3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting thanks for sharing

@maricagall8527

3 жыл бұрын

Always keep your hose unclogged,lol!

@eddyvideostar

3 жыл бұрын

So, Jegr: Why are there so many incidents?

@DanielSan-ch7dr

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that's some crazy stories. Sounds like some of these stories could be avoided with proper training.

@bobbywalton5029

3 жыл бұрын

I did gunite pools for 5 years and my boss was 350 pound ex football player and ive seen it throw him around...if you let go of that hose its a rap...ive had to jump in and run across rebar and help him before it got away from him...ive tore my knees up from falling trying to get to him...clogs are dangerous...gunite don't get wet till it reaches the end of the hose...ive held it and shot it for about 20 minutes and thats about all I can handle....

I hope everyone stays safe out there! We’re all trying to make a living

@christinanewton3194

3 жыл бұрын

What's your name suppose to mean ?

@googlestealmydatapls5410

3 жыл бұрын

Christina Newton get pumped

@okaygerepied5388

3 жыл бұрын

@@christinanewton3194 I don’t know lol

@LiPo5000

3 жыл бұрын

@@christinanewton3194 "Get Amped" is the same thing. It means building yourself up to meet a challenge, or something very risky.

@lsudx479

2 жыл бұрын

What? I've been trying to make a death this entire time!

Keep these safety videos coming. They’re sad but we learn from them even though I’ll never operate a concrete pump. Some safety principles apply to other situations, in this case the power of compressed air, a dangerous set up and unprepared workers.

This pisses me off because like many accidental work place deaths, this was preventable! We all have to look out for ourselves and if your boss puts you in harms way, refuse!

When I was just starting out as a tender for a Mason we were pouring footings for a duplex. We had been seeing chuncks come out the hose as we went along. We were just getting close to being done pumping and the operator went up into the garage section to pour the jump up form. The hose blocked up and started to shake, all I could think was "something really bad is about to happen." It reminded me of when firefighters turn on a hose from a hydrant and let it go. It ripped out of the operators hands flew behind him and knocked him in the back. He fell about five feet flat on his back onto our forms. It was a miracle he didn't land on our fork stakes. Concrete was just whipping all over the place because of the pressure and the operator was really shaken up. He took off the rest of the week we found out later because of how bad he was bruised up. These things are no toy and take skill and knowledge to operate. Even with 20 years of experience this accident still happened. These jobs come with inherent risk.

I didn't know concrete hose whipping is a hazard. Much respect for construction workers. Keep Calm and Stay Safe

After reviewing several comments, I am seeing that this is not a very uncommon event. Therefore, it should be absolutely mandatory when operating equipment like this to wear a hard hat whether business or residential.

@jegr3398

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah guys ain't gonna wear hard hats though unless they're on some kind of union job with one of those safety monitor guys that'll kick you off the job. Small crew, residential jobs, guaranteed nobody is wearing hard hats lol.

@victoriavisscher8239

2 жыл бұрын

It already IS mandatory in BC. You have to wear a hard hat when using a concrete pump or around any overhead hazard. But the hose would have knocked it clean off his head while smashing his teeth in, and in the unlikely event it stayed on, it would certainly have fell off on his descent to the ground. Have you ever wore a hard hat? Protects from things falling directly onto your head, and pretty much good for nothing else. Falls off if you just tip your head

@duggy3619

Жыл бұрын

It mostly happens because the concrete truck driver doesn't keep the pump hopper full. I have spent yrs on pump hoses. I have been blown off the hose once or twice. My biggest worry is a hydraulic failure and the boom dropping on my head. Running a hose keeps you on your toes. You got to watch the concrete truck, the pump truck, the crew the depth. We were pumping 1 time 5 -6 yrs ago. I looked over at the pump truck and it was puking huge amounts of hydraulic fluid from the pump .

@mikeingeorgia1

4 ай бұрын

@@victoriavisscher8239 I was saved from a potentially very serious injury by a hard hat. We were gonna pick up a large concrete block, and I was attaching the lifting sling. The boom truck operator raised the boom, and the lifting hook had been sitting on the back of the truck with slack in the cable. This allowed the hook to fall free from the back of the truck and swing straight into the top of my head. I was looking down when it hit and it flung me backwards. I had no idea initially what happened, only that I was looking down at the ground.

I will remember this for my upcoming pool project. Thank you so very much for this info. May that man Rest In Peace and May his family and friends be showered with many happy memories.❤️

Damn that's sad. He was just trying to make a living.

@nimitz1739

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, one of the most deaths that occurred regularly is work related accidents.

@RCHomemadeHobbies

3 жыл бұрын

Fr that’s sad man

@sybrenkruijf8570

3 жыл бұрын

And now hes dead

@mh1970

19 күн бұрын

The pump truck made a killing. Srsly tho rip. Construction is dangerous work.

these hose ain't loyal.

@Rustyshackleford752

5 жыл бұрын

omarpb1 don’t know why this hasn’t got more thumbs up

@herbiehusker1889

5 жыл бұрын

Bros before hose.

@ViceKnIghtTA

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rustyshackleford752 cause of trump

@Cweets

3 жыл бұрын

@@ViceKnIghtTA not no more 😂

@matthewfinn830

2 жыл бұрын

Noooo 😂

I've been in Concrete construction work for 45 years... Nothing is the same routine .... Things change every minute of the work day.... This accident... reminds all of us ...of how the trade is open for rare...but severe accidents... when a series of conditions line up. On a drizzly morning...a water main crew was working near my concrete crew.. A laborer grabbed a chain connected to a iron pipe being lowered into a trench... A flash of light ... burning...and the man was gruesomely killed instantly ...as stray current from overhead high voltage lines sought ground through his body ...from his contact with the chain .....a... Brutal example of another rare ...but deadly ..set of combined conditions. Thanks for the video...

@bravo20vet12

3 жыл бұрын

Construction is a dangerous job,people wonder why "WE WANT TO GET PAID"!!

I've been working on the end of a pump truck for 10 years and there are only 2 rules. Never get on the hose when the operator begins to pump. And always run away fast when the hose suddenly stops sending out concrete. It's sad but the deaths are too many for such a simple set of rules. I hope this comment will help someone.

why was he not wearing a helmet?

3 жыл бұрын

Thinking the same thing.

@jimmycline4778

3 жыл бұрын

It’s called a hard hat!

@kurtfrancis4621

3 жыл бұрын

Helmets aren't typical for most concrete work, especially residential.

@ivangranger8494

3 жыл бұрын

dylanspriddle Yes, it seemed a hard head slam at a very vunerable area at, brain stem. I am sitting in a waiting room, so I have the sound muted, but that is what I saw at one glance. No helmet.

@dakotahberg2710

3 жыл бұрын

Any site I’ve been on I’ve maybe seen one concrete worker wear a hard hat. Depends on the site. But yes hard hats should always be worn.

I used to hold that hose every once in awhile back in my younger days. Never entered my mind it could kill me

@Steph6n Thanks for your comment. If you turn up both your computer volume and your KZread volume, this video will play at maximum volume.

This hits to close to home for me! My brother owns and operates a concrete company! Many blessings to those that do this!

I've been pumping concrete 30 years all you got to do is back away from the tube until the starts flowing. and you should have a rope tied to it so you can pull it back to you should it swing akwardly in the wrong direction. Don't rely on the operator totally.

@gotany1

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert K Belunek spot on robert, i have always had rope tied to the end, taught this to labour's .

@CyberMacGyver

7 жыл бұрын

Robert K Belunek spot on. i think 'workplace health and safety' rules are making people complacent. in my experience, site workers assume safety is assured once a Jobsite Checklist and HSE Report is completed. Events and incidents happen when we lose fear and respect for power/pressure equipment. Stay safe all. Happy new year from Australia

When the concrete truck driver lets the pump run dry sends a blast of air thur the line cause's it to whip happens more than ya think.

The amount of danger at a construction is insane. When I first started my field tech job it was eye opening of the hazardous conditions.

why were they using a boom to pump a job which could've easily be done with a line pump?

@tomtroy1745

5 жыл бұрын

Line pumps are not easier especially with the big hose

@TripAMD

5 жыл бұрын

@@tomtroy1745, for that little sidewalk? Line pump would be way easier. But honestly they should've just dumped straight out of the truck

@sparksfly77

4 жыл бұрын

Most likely had multiple placements going on different sides of the job site. With I don't know a house in the way? I do know that it's more expensive to have that thing per hour than a line pump so I'm sure they did a cost analysis.

@zachNalana

3 жыл бұрын

This is just a reenactment with a animation I'm sure the real job was a commercial job with multiple pours. The only thing this video is stressing is the Whipping hazard and explaining the reasons why this can happen

@smakin6759

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomtroy1745 that’s why most line pumps have a reducer that drop a size smaller so you can feed it better and it’s not as heavy

My respect for all the hard working people that have risky jobs like this and lets not forget war heros thanks guys for making the world a better place

@alexmorefield5573

3 жыл бұрын

Look up rodbusters and iron workers

@mikeb2496

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget all my fellow yellows that work on any project on any road!

@Coy1k

3 жыл бұрын

I pour concrete. Working with pump isn’t dangerous. Just an accident happen. But thanks.

@LiPo5000

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexmorefield5573 there was no way I would ever be an "Iron Worker"! I watched them for 3 months as we were adding on a sub section at our plant. I almost had heart failure just watching them! Same with people who build bridges, especially those bridges that are over 100ft. above land and water!

@bladimircastro9571

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome I started this at 17 now I’m a Vice President in a company 22yrs old

The concrete can also set up in the hose. This too will build huge pressures. So much that it can blow backwards up into the hopper. Taking the hoses apart to find and clear that kind of stoppage, is also dangerous.

I have seen this several times. Once the concrete came out with such force I was peppered in the face. Even with hard hat and glasses is still really hurt and I was a good 50’ away. One employee lost both legs. Just can’t be to careful... all of the time.

That poor man and his family. We just never know when our time is up. Rip

My job used to be clearing “ pack offs” with an air hose on these boom trucks. It is extremely violent when they clear.

it's not only traped air that can make the hose whip. a blockage caused by slab build up in the concrete truck can make it into the hopper and into the 5" pipe but when it gets to that reducer pipe the tip 90 to the hose it can plug up for just a second and then clear causing the tip to jump & whip before the pump operator can hit the E-stop. happend to me but luckly no one was on the hose and I had a cut tip. sprayed mud for a good 75 feet

Thanks for sharing I didn't realise the danger in a concrete pump.

They're hiring CGI as concrete workers now? Crap. All the jobs are being automated.

@aaronhoskin5703

3 жыл бұрын

Not in Australia

He lost his life in pursuit of an honest living. He died a respectable man’s death. For those saying “it’s not fair”, that’s true, however, we all have to go someday, but we may not all be doing something as honorable as this when it happens. God bless his soul and give peace and support to this man’s family, at least they can say he died making an honest living for them. 🙏

Have been near concrete being poured on building sites in past. • Never warned to keep clear, or danger of whipping.

@thosearentpillows5638

3 жыл бұрын

Same. Poured for days building bridge panels.

@danieldaniec9795

3 жыл бұрын

I camp close to a whipping pump hose nearly took me out

@jabberwocky1707

3 жыл бұрын

Mind you, this was Oztralia where l hope we have high safety standards. Building unions here are pretty active & a site can get closed by unions, or government inspectors, until safety breaches are corrected. • Hated the droning sound those hoses made! :-\

@souza2422

3 жыл бұрын

Makes me think sometimes it was done on purpose, there's no way he's the only one there, also he should have the knowledge of such consequences of standing next to that...is really sad if its his first day on the job

@DanielSan-ch7dr

3 жыл бұрын

I guess this is why I see some in Australia have like a big pair tongs clamping it and holding it well back from the end of the hose .

im sorry that man lost his life just going to work.

@countryboi5828

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine that.....probably a man with a wife and kids....got up and went to work one day, not realizing it was his last.

I was a concrete truck driver for many years and have seen a lot of things and poured into pumps and operated a conveyor truck but I have not seen anything like this, but I am aware of one pumper truck operator who died when he contacted power lines!

Thankful you shared this, never heard of hose whipping until I saw this. Very dangerous job if done wrong...

Hurts my heart that this video is out here forever a reminder to this man's family 🥺

I was on a job one time just supervising a pour at 4am to make sure our conduit did not get moved during the pour. There was a blockage and the 2 90's at the job of the crane pump blew apart and starting shooting concrete from 100 feet in the air, the first glob hit some wooden debris on the ground and you could hear it snap, that's when everybody started running for their lives. Very dark also could barely see anything.

@tony167turk

3 жыл бұрын

Damn man...i played Pro football 3 years and the way you described that, sounds cool as hell (though dangerous!) !!! Respect ;)

Sorry for the man who lost his life! 😔 🙏 May he ( RIP) 💐Amen! 💒

We once had that happen at work. We were filling wheel barrels and running them into different apartments in the building. We had a "lid" on the end so that we could stop it from running out when switching wheel barrels. Suddenly the lid "exploded open" and the three of us where thrown around. The blast was so loud it was heard far away. It also fucked up the apartment we were felling from the window in. Scary stuff. Ive never truly felt safe working with it after that.

same thing happened here a few yrs ago and the nozzle took the guys head nearly off. I worked at the ambulance service then and was called to the scene. the hose itself is heavy but the metal nozzles are heavy as well and did a lot of damage.

@likeaboss860

7 жыл бұрын

trxxxtr the last section of a boom pump should ONLY be rubber! A trick we use is pounding nails horizontally through the last few feet of the pump this keeps the concrete from flowing freely. allows absolute control delivery

@traumajock

3 жыл бұрын

I made one a few years ago. some guys were giving a sewer kine an enema with a one inch high pressure hose that had a pyramid-shaped metal penetrator on the tip. They pulled it out of the line under pressure. It whipped an hit a guy on the temple. Bad outcome.

I ain’t ever seen a pump on a patio/stoop or sidewalk 😂

@slicksloth_416

4 жыл бұрын

Lol right they must've charged good then.

@matthewstanley1934

4 жыл бұрын

u mean a boom?

@Bbfishman

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewstanley1934 nah i think he means a pump in general. you use a damn truck with some wheelbarrows. what are we talking about, 5-10 yards? you dont need a pump truck for that shit

@timlewis9873

3 жыл бұрын

They did not need a pump truck.

@shortthrow50

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah yeah yeah. Here we go again. A bunch of KZread arm chair quarterbacks. Experts in the field of concrete. Who would have thought, they all muster at the same location. Stfu you bunch of dill weed idiots. We all know you gained your knowledge from pouring a new concrete sidewalk in your 1 bedroom section 8 housing right next to the road. Go back to playing call of duty lmao

I was running the pump in a mine tunnel. It got plugged and my oldest brother held the end of the hose between his legs. When it released the pressure it lifted my 350 pound brother twelve feet in the air hitting his hard hat on tunnel roof and the whole tunnel filled instantly with powder concrete black out no vision but I remembered seeing him ride the hose like it was an anaconda from the movies I ran to him with no vision just by feel and he landed on his feet still holding the end. Valuable lesson that day. Tie off the end to strong object or just leave it be and stay way back.

I totally didn't know that, thanks.

@marionunez8378

3 жыл бұрын

The poor guy did not even had a hard hat that could save his life. P.P.E. VERY IMPORTANT

@cyruskhalvati

3 жыл бұрын

@@marionunez8378 generally speaking death by falling onto a 2by4 is pretty unlucky as it is lol. But yeah... real stupid on his part lol. Coulda been avoided in so many ways.

His family should sue everybody, especially the NFL

In short, using a hose with a coupler, instead of a collapsible hose, allowed the hose to maintain its shape, and air was allowed to displace the concrete. Further, the coupler acts like a weighted projectile when air pockets come through the line.

I saw one canvas type elbow bend explode, most hit a fresh wall we had poured day before and just struck.. the wall looked like it had been scabbled.!!the force these concrete pumps use is unreal

Just think that guy had no idea when he woke up for work that morning that it would be his last morning

I witnessed a near miss on a rail construction project. The hose struck a panel a guy was carrying- it knocked him flat, stunned and winded him, but it could have been so much worse.

I was the hose man on a poured wall crew for 25 years it get a little sketchy sometimes when you're walking on top of 2 inch forms 20 feet in the air lol. After the poor the pump truck driver clears the hose by wadding up paper and blasting it out. I would hold the hose while he was doing it so the concrete left in the hose wouldn't spray all over the job site. When the paper finally cleared the end of the hose the hose would kick like a mule. I had all I could do to keep ahold of it.

My neighboor was a very experienced floorer, after 35 years doing that (with a stationary mushroom) an accident alike this happened also. the hose smashed into his lower body and splintered his leg. The man in this clip just had a major portion of bad luck. These things happen daily, when you work with it daily it increases the chance on an accident severly. Has nothing to do with inexperience or stupidity. Helmet would have solved it though.

@larrygeauvreau8192

7 жыл бұрын

steve78NL

How about tell the mixer driver to keep the dam hopper FULL!!!!

@craigthurber8549

5 жыл бұрын

Right?

@kennethchambers9949

3 жыл бұрын

That helps a lot

@tomhall152

3 жыл бұрын

No shit lol, I was the hose man on a poured wall crew for 25 years walking the wall holding that hose.

I saw a guy working on a tank at my old job get hit by a blasting hose. He went like 10 feet in the air. That sand blew some of his skin off. He didn't die but was critical.

Why is the worker did not wear the safety helmet?

@billmarsh1971

3 жыл бұрын

Too cool for skool

Are people down voting the outcome, or the video? I don't get it.. The video explains it all and then some.

Thanks for posting, never thought of that hazard. Spending a fair amount of time around concrete trucks this is valuable. Be well friend!

I got slapped by one in the chest a week ago and boy am I feel in it

@maricagall8527

3 жыл бұрын

How are you now?

@BigFiveJack

3 жыл бұрын

I hope all of you have HELMETS!

That's a hell of a lot of concrete for a residential walkway.

@edgarbraintree4370

3 жыл бұрын

Nah , that’s normal

thank you, I work around those guys often, will keep this in mind

I don't know how these work so I hope someone can inform me. So my question is why doesn't this work like a faucet. Let the worker at the end of hose turn the flow on and off with a valve. Like in a sink? Once again not knowing how the system works but willing to learn, thanks.

@Cyba_IT

3 жыл бұрын

It has to be controlled from the pump end. If you shut the valve with the pump still running the pressure would build up causing a similar outcome.

@francismarion4450

3 жыл бұрын

hydraulic pumps

Thank you for uploading these very educational videos. Hopefully, it will help people to be more careful and to appropriately plan execution of tasks. Studies have shown that many accidents happen to people that are "accustomed" to their job, that is when they let their guard down. Thank you for these videos, I have discovered that I have done a few "mistakes" myself, Ciao, L

thank you for posting this.

when a problem comes along, u must whip it!

@MegaKaze11

3 жыл бұрын

Should I whip it good?

@chrisrand5462

3 жыл бұрын

Go Devo

@robworkman7495

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure even devo wore helmets making the music video

This is one of those freakish accidents which can be attributed to 1% poor health and safety and 99% bad luck

Most of the time pumps are pouring walls with elevated platforms such as scaffolding. Very little room to move. Sometimes guys are actually tied off to columns and trying to pour in the air

Ive never been warned of this but have experienced a little bit. Just a couple weeks ago we poured some columns, 1 man on the bagging and 1 poking while we were stood on steel RSJ roughly 1.5 meters off the ground. Im on the poker and the other guy was holding the bagging and exactly this happened but we had a 3" reducer on the end. It almost sent my guy off the steel but he was quick to react and i grabbed him too. It sucks at times where we need to hold the hose in place or be at head height with it etc. Be safe out there boys and girls

You need a pulsing reverse flow pump that engages during clogging!

Poor soul. Wearing a PPE would’ve saved him. Always have your hard hat on when working on site.

@Random-bm7ho

3 жыл бұрын

Hard hats are a joke, falling backwards would have knocked his hard hat off before he hit his head. They only protect you from light objects above you. You have obviously never come out from behind your desk

Wow, feel sorry for him...probably the least paid guy too. And everything that went wrong was totally preventable from using an unsafe hose length, the coupler plus the pump operator not telling the the guy to get clear of the hose. Unsafe equipment and operators are an accident waiting to happen on any jobsite.

I worked at North County Gunite and Shotcrete , always accidents nobody reports.

I used to work with the tripod method, and at the end of the day water and a sponge ball clean out the hose,I used to stand or sit down on the tripod,but the pressures were crazy and sometimes I was lifted up with the heavy tripod until the ball blasts out hose.BOOOM

why would a pump be used when that porch and walkway was easily accessible via wheelbarrow or the chute from the cement truck itself?

We did a large driveway that was exposed aggregate broken into several panels by a one foot wide border of black concrete . We were half way done pouring the black borders when the pump truck hiccuped . My Dad was running the hose while my Brother and I were troweling etc. My Dad held on to the hose when it whipped and it threw him 20 feet into the full brick facade on the house we were building . It knocked him out for a few seconds and sprayed approx 25 lineal fest of brick with this concrete that was black as licorice. I don’t recall the problem as this was 30 plus years ago but we ended up cutting out the black and replacing it later. I remember the concrete saw cutting rebar the long ways several times which resulted in what were basically long serrated knives that could cut a hand half way off if you didn’t see it. This is a dangerous trade we’re in. Be safe

Working around concrete pumps for over 30 years I always saw the operator boom straight up in the air bringing the concrete down to one place where it wouldn't be no trap this video should mention that for all operator that don't know it

Being warned of the danger of a whipping hose will NOT help you if you are the one holding the hose when it whips.

He didn't die from hose whipping. He died because the job site wasn't maintained. He was done forming, all extra materials should have been picked up and out of the way. We get in a rush tho and then something terrible like this happens.. usually a small fall like that would be laughter off...makes you think about how lucky you are to be alive today when something so small can end it all. Condolences to the family

Had a pipe blow on me pouring a foundation years ago, covered the houses next door in concrete lol

I've used those things many times but never knew that could happen.

The construction developer should be held liable. There is no need for a pumpret because the cement pouring was not done on a high rise building!

Most people don't realize how dangerous it is to fall backwards, especially with a force causing you to accelerate (slipping on ice, something pushing you down)

Management be like: " So remember folks wear your Hi-Viz safety glasses and steeltoe boots or this could be you"

@edgarbraintree4370

3 жыл бұрын

A hard hat probably would have saved his life

Install a closing mechanism at the end of the hose that closes when the pump stops working. That would prevent sucking in air. Or install a pressure sensor near the end of the hose that will automatically turn of the pump if the pressure gets too high.

@duggy3619

Жыл бұрын

Some pumps have air collars that do that. The majority of air pockets are due to concrete truck drivers not keeping the pump hopper full and it sucks air right from there.

No one searched for this video. But you still watched it all.

Have had it happen to me a couple times and you feel it for days Sad this man lost his life

And how many times has this already happened?

I've done this on a weekend before with a hoe and a wheelbarrow. And I survived. Astonishing.

@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA

3 жыл бұрын

You were lucky to not have a wheelbarrow accident where it runs you over

@sockpuppets7256

3 жыл бұрын

i watched a guy try to catch a wheelbarrow full of concrete with the side of his knee..it started to tip and he put out his leg to stop the wheelbarrow from tipping...CRUNCH wen his knee and i never heard a grown man hit a pitch like that when he screamed..dropped to the ground and had to call an ambulance..it was his third and last day lol

I was working with sandblasting when a hose rap. And broke the foot of the clock operator, my friend that was sandblasting went back and asked the operator this "tell me, you must be a rotten truh and truh " and laughed loud, operators foot stood 90°out, but fun we had even people died or got injured because it was often. Am x-military and veteran to, so i have seen it all,

I hope ALL site workers will where a safety helmet while on any construction site!!! Poor guy 😪

Was pouring into a pump hopper when the line got jammed up. An elbow suddenly sheared off and I got shotgunned by concrete rocks. I had my hard hat on, saving me from a pretty hard pelting. What was more concerning was the elbow itself. If it had hit somebody, nothing would have saved them

why would you use a boom for that?

@bobjohn8117

8 жыл бұрын

Right just wheelbarrow it haha

@MrBmxbrawler

8 жыл бұрын

exactly what i was thinking. ehhh we can get the truck right here but you know what we will pump it over the house for no apparent reason. And now it cost them Marcel.

@Mcnutts3

7 жыл бұрын

im sure there was other places on the property that were getting poured.... a company wouldnt sacrifice special equipment when normal pump truck would do.

Judging by the clip alone, the hose pushed him and he tripped backwards. He seems to have died from the trauma on the back of the head when he fell on the solid slab. The hose did not "whip" him. He should have worn a hard hat too.

Why would you boom pump a front porch on level ground? I've never seen it done with a boom that Damn high for a form that's on level ground.I've always seen it pumped from a ground level hose inline to the truck.

Great video. Sad to see a life was lost.

I’ll be a whole lot more cautious when I walk passed those guys on the job sites from now on.

Happened to a friend,lorry was at the front of the house sitting on a muddy surface,hose was running all the way down the side of the house to the garden laying foundations. Lorry slipped of its skate in the mud and the whip went all the way down the hose picked my mate up and threw him to the ground breaking his back.

looks like the problem was tripping, not hose whipping.

Only thing more serious then that mans expression is that imposing mustache

So sad how accidents happen in seconds on construction sites and how you struggle to get payment when jobs are completed

I am watching some guys build an apartment block outside my window, this is fascinating.

Even a compressed air hose could knock out your teeth if it whips out of your hands.