It’s actually hard to believe that anyone would be willing to do this, but at some factory in China they have convinced a bunch of grown men to sit INSIDE a 400 ton metal press while it is stamping steel!
Holy crap! Folks, if something went wrong here, there would be nothing left of these guys but jelly!
This video pretty much makes the Where’s OSHA When You Need ‘em photos look downright safe.
Many thanks to Tom Barr for sharing this with me!
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I don’t get it, what are thy doing under there? I know it is a job but I would rather be hungry than doing this :)
S.
not that job I want, I hop that they rotate, if not it’s a bit a one-sided job…
cheers
Rhoody
the one with the white shirt seems to be new, he keeps on lowering his head :P the others are used to it!
I worked many years in Manufacturing Engineering and there are some less obvious safety issues I noted. This type of press will not cycle lower than you see it going now so the real safety issue is getting hands in to the stamping die. In developed nations all workers would need to have both hands on palm buttons to cycle the press, this press appears to be cycling on a timed cycle. If a work mis-loads a part, they might reach in a lose a finger, hand or arm. If they don’t reach in the part or die could shatter or spring out. Where I worked we completely guard any pinch point with fixed shields or shields that would move into place before allowing the press to cycle.
That does not look like a job I would wanna take on… Jeez…
I wonder what the average “retirement” age is for these people…
Kim:)
Yes, I think I am loving my ‘blogging at home’ bit even more now!! Yikes!!
Don’t sneeze … and if you want to take out your competition, just tie their shoelaces together. OK OK but in all seriousness: this is pretty sad and scary, but it does go to show that some things are just fundamentally different from culture to culture. Something like this would never fly in the States.
There’s a lot of manufacturing plants like this that still uses manual labor to switch materials on presses. It’s not like in developed countries where robotic arms are now being utilized to this kind of stuff. And workers here in the US complain about optimum working conditions. There’s also one thing that is not evident in this video. How much do you those workers are making to switch those pressed metals? And if they make a mistake and there is an accident, no workmen’s comp. or disability insurance.
It looks like that press actually was *made* to work like that! I mean, there are seats and everything! What kind of crap is that?
The white guy ain’t new – He’s tall!
It is not that good to be tall at this job, isn’t it? :)
S.
It’s interesting to read all of the comments about how outrageous this is. And it’s not that I disagree because it IS outrageous. However, we all benefit from this type of activity by purchasing things from China. (And if you can’t tell from my name, I’m Chinese.) The workers aren’t at fault, they’re just trying to make a living. It’s the essential bottom-line that is to blame because that is ultimately why this would be done.
what the hell man..lol
I feel sorry for the tall guy who has to duck down each time.
Guess you do what you have too, to eat.
This is totally crazy lol. I cant imagine having to do this for 8 hours straight.
It’s true the cost of living and the huge source of workers makes Chinese products inexpensive, but money needs to be spent on safety. As we can all see in the media — safety is becoming an issue for Chinese products.
I wouldn’t call it the most dangerous job in the world. It’s definitely a weird one. I hope they are wearing ear plugs though. Easy to go death after hearing that roar for hours and hours
Dmitri
The sad part is, they probably still get minimum wage.
I definitely wouldn’t want to work there!