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As soon as John said "Three places you can't go" I started clapping.... best series on the internet period!!
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agreed.
@@LN.AR7 I removed them, so you win!
facts
I wish he posted more of "Disturbing stories behind videos" that was the best imo
The winch operator deserves actual jail time as well as never working another rig in his life. The amount of negligence cost a man his life
What a horrible way to die! I agree, he should be in jail for negligent homicide!
@@caroljo420 Messed up. I saw that happening right away, how can someone not take extra caution in that situation?
Just a slow and painful death RIP to the guy communicating is key in there job it’s the difference between life and death
I mean an his buddies who he worked with who were watching the whole thing happen an they couldn’t do anything! Just watched their buddy being torn apart! Horrific!
@@colejones6369 What really pissed me off with that rig operator and the other workers is that they never heard of radios? And only used hand signals? Smh.
The first accident with Gordon was so incredibly negligent it's almost hard to believe. No quick-release latch on the harness (With a secondary safety cable to catch subject). No direct communication with winch operator during the operation (Hand signals! Really?). No requirement for the winch operator to pay the slightest attention whatsoever once he presses the button... In short, no safety precautions in place at all for that obviously dangerous procedure! A textbook case of industrial stupidity and negligence!
I totally agree except I am fairly positive the winch operator would have been told he needs to keep his eyes on the men throwing hand signals at all times when doing such a procedure.
Liikely the fact is that he did it dozens or hundreds of times and simply let familiarity cloud his judgement of the real danger every time they started such a procedure.
Unless the guy is a psychopath I am sure he will feel guilt till the day his time comes.
There for sure should have been some type of radio communication ON HAND....No one should of had to RUN ANYWHERE in order to communicate with the operator, it should of been readily available.
I mean....what happens if its extrememly foggy etc and they had to do such maintenence???
It was such an avoidable tragedy.
Then again, arent almost all these "You shouldnt go there" stories exactly that??
Everyone knows it's all about the money😞
While the fat executives sit in their chairs counting their money this man dies trying to support his family.😢
@@shadodragonette nah, most bosses here are on your ass when it comes to any procedure with risk of death. They don’t wanna get sued
its because of how society programs its citizens, in short, its slavery, more and more evident now with 20000% inflation xD
More of a killing than an accident imho.
The moment I heard "stashed scrap metal", under a cellar in the middle of the forest, I knew it had to be either radioactive metal or radioactive waste. Its hugely possible that the fluid in the barrel was radioactive as well.
Same
They said the windows were sealed new I knew it was toxic
Then they Said 55 gallon barrels on shelves in a locked bunker and I knew
My guess is that the barrels possibly contained Tritiated Water, which is waste water that contains high concentrations of radioactive tritium after being used in nuclear power generation. Water is widely used as coolant for reactors and depleted nuclear fuel rods (in a special-purpose reservoir pool) during nuclear waste processing, and the tritium levels in it increases as radioactive particles affect the water atoms and cause tritium to form and accumulate.
Isn't it amazing how incompetent and irresponsible Russia was with nuclear energy?
yes verry much so@@StudleyDuderight
@@StudleyDuderight what else should they have done
The Bernard story is crazy to me. That mall should be fined heavily. Not just for this instance, but how on earth do you have an EMERGENCY EXIT that is so incredibly difficult to actually EXIT from. What if there really is a fire in the mall or something and a large group of people enters that maze? 🤷♀️
Why did the door automatically lock behind him? It shouldn't have been able to open in the first place then, only with staff keys. Definitely negligent and awful safety standards. He shouldn't have suffered this way* Definitely preventable in several ways
Nah, if ur parents had dementia would you let them wonder around high traffic areas? If they had 2 brain cells this wouldn’t have happened.
@@m.m.1933do you lock ur door when u leave?
Um what barnard
Really there's 2 entities at fault here. The family that let him wander by himself. knowing his condition. And then mostly these lazy security Guards. The security completely killed him. Just a bunch of lazy stupid punks. Security Guards are the dumbest laziest people on the planet.
I’m so angry about the winch operator. No matter how many times you’ve done that, you should never stop paying attention until the guy is completely off the winch.
It could even be as simple as 'while the winch is actually operating', which is an even smaller period of time to demand someone's full attention. If someone's in the winch harness but the winch isn't moving, they're not in any active danger. But while you're OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY, you'd think you wouldn't just casually stop paying attention to what it's doing!
Just...absolutely no excuse. When you have a person and heavy machinery in close contact, and you're in charge of the machinery, you either pay attention while you're running the machinery or you've got no business operating it because you can easily get someone killed.
EXACTLY!!! If you are in the position that literally has another man's life "hanging" in the balance you should be 100% invested in your job, until the job is done! He needs to be, at minimum fired and blacklisted, and at best rotting in prison!
I would say part of the blame lies with the other crew mates watching through the hole and signaling the operator. Why didn't any of them go and use the phone as soon as they could see operator wasn't looking? Instead it was the very last thing done... but too late. 🤔🤦♂️
Yes !!!
Oh I know man! I used to be a Forman for a tree company, and you got to be paying attention at all times. The ground men and the climbers!! These are some very dangerous jobs, and they need to be treated that way, and paying attention is key!👍🏼👍🏼
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; if you have an emergency exit that can’t accommodate or be navigated by children, the elderly, and/or the disabled, you do not have an exit. You have a death trap.
Yea I always say that too like twice a day actually. Gets tiring having to remind these dumbasses.
truth
So tru 😌✋
Where I'm from, all emergency exits are on alarms. If someone goes through, loud alarms go off, and the light above the door starts flashing. The thought is that if it's an emergency, everybody needs to be notified so they can exit as well. Also, it prevents children/confused people from getting trapped the way Bernard did. Thirdly, it prevents predators from using those exit areas to perpetrate crimes. I have no idea why such a huge mall didn't have something similar in place. It's not rocket science.
@@EarthIncompatible What I immediately thought about this sad case, is that with such lax security it's a really good set up for some very nefarious undertakings.
Yeah the exit door in the mall locking behind you is definitely a problem. If you were in a fire and trying to escape and tried to leave through said door, and when you came through the door discovered a worse fire on the other side OR saw that the stairwell was filled with too much smoke to breathe, you would probably die because the door might have locked behind you if you didn't hold it open..... bad idea for the mall layout
I think these door lock, so they are one way, you can get out (if you follow the signs) in an emergency, but you cannot get back in, as in people trying to get in after hours to berg the place etc.
All fire doors lock once you close it. They don't want people entering through the fire exit.
When I was a stupid teenager I thought it was fun exploring shopping centre stairwells. I went down the bottom of the fire stairs and the door was locked! I had to go back up stairs and bang on the door until someone walking past opened it.
An old man in Australia died in a stairwell of a shopping mall. The bottom door was locked and he starved to death. He wasn't found for 2 weeks. You would think security check them everyday?!
@@em84c that was the last story in the video, yeah
The other thing is if he had a history of getting lost, why did they leave him by himself to meet them later?
Fire doors open into fire escape areas. These spaces are designed to have no combustible material in them, so there can not be any form of fire behind them. Some, depending on location, are one way to stop people re-entering areas where there is a fire.
The second case reminded me of what happened in Goiania, Brazil, in 1987 called Cesium -137. Two recycling pickers entered an abandoned clinic looking for metals to sell. They found a device, disassembled part of it and took it to a junkyard to sell it. In the junkyard, the device was finally disassembled and inside it had a white powder that glowed at night.
The white powder was Cesium -137 which killed 4 people and affected over a thousand people. It was the biggest radiological accident in history that happened outside a nuclear power plant
That's crazy! It would be cool if he covered that story.
Wasn't that cobalt 60 not cs137
The case in Estonia was also caesium-137. I was curious after watching this and found some good articles on the event.
What was the name of the city in Estonia Iwonder it was hard to understand in the video can enyone clear this?@@normadesmond9659
He covered the story on the Mr. Ballen's Medical Mysteries podcast.
The mental image of the elderly man confusedly wandering throughout a concrete maze wondering when his family or a random passerby is going to come help him is so sad it actually made me shed a tear.
Yeah, truly feel bad for Bernard and his last day or so.
Truly awful… must have felt like clipping into the backrooms
natural selection at work
Same thing.
My beloved Dad has Alzheimer's and that story has been a stab into my heart.
When we understood his life was in danger we had to find a good place where nurses and doctors take care of him.
But the separation from Dad was and still is so painful.
@@heyfucko He was an old man with living children, you dope.
The case of Gordon is a classic example of an old saying in my country:
"I am not afraid of powerful enemies, I am terrified of moronic allies"
Who said that? This is gonna stick inside my head for sure.
What country
@@Nolanoyayo any country that allied with italy or austria
Could not have said this better-
@@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe I know this is late, but that quote is a Napoleon quote, though sort of incorrect. I recognized it instantly since I love history. The quote is:
"What one should really fear is not a competent enemy, but an incompetent ally.”"
The last one made me remember a scary thing that once happened to me. I was pregnant, and as I had gone past my due date, I had to go to regular check-ups at the hospital. I also had difficulties walking, as I was suffering from pregnant-related pelvis joint pain. When the appointment of the day was over, I went out into the hallway to take the elevator down. But I waited forever, so I decided to take the stairs instead. I went out into the stairwell - and exactly as for poor Bernhard, the door fell shut behind me and could not be opened again! (I checked, and I found it strange and worrying.) I went down the stairs one floor at the time, and checked the doors - but they were all locked! I felt the panic starting! It was also difficult for me to walk down the stairs, because of the pelvis pain. Finally I reached the floor of the main entrance - and that door could be opened! But I had already figured such a fate as Bernhard's for me and my unborn baby! I was completely alone, and there were no emergency telephones or buttons to push or anything - in a HOSPITAL! :o
I had that happened too. My dad passed away at the hospital. The whole family was there. Then they started making arrangements on who gets what. I got irritated and left the room and started walking down the hallway to get away from it all. Found a door to the stairwell and just sat on the stairs in quiet for some time. I don't remember how long I was sitting there. But, when I was ready to head back, the door wouldn't open. Started panicking a little and then tried every exit door down each floor until the last one opened down at the Ground floor.
I work in a hospital, and there's a similar staff only stairwell in the Women & Children's area. From the patient area, the door is labeled as a fire exit, and anyone can open it. However once it closes, you need a badge to unlock it, as well as every other door in that stairwell except for an unmarked door on the ground floor that leads outside. But there's nothing to indicate that on either side of the door. I've thought about how much it would suck if I didn't have my badge to get in and out. I use the stairwell all the time because the elevators are so slow, and I've never encountered another soul in that stairwell at the same time as me. Sounds like you ended up in that kind of stairwell and since you weren't staff, you didn't know where the exit was and you couldn't unlock any other door.
I think you entered a fire stair, which can be accessed from any floor but only exited from the first floor.
@@leonardonetagamer Very dangerous anyway.
When i was about 16 l went to a lookout place with my friend in city where our school was. It was winter and the temperature was freezing. The doors locked after we went there (It was a high building rooftop)
Under us were christmas markets and the music was really loud, so they didn't hear us. It was already dark when someone randomly went there, so we could get out and we told the person. Later we found out the doors were supposed to be able to opened from both sides, but were broken. So they got fixed fortunately after that
As the daughter of a veteran currently suffering from dementia, I could hardly bare to listen to Bernard's story. I'm so overwhelmed with frustration and sadness for him and his loved ones. Absolutely heartbreaking, and as the primary caregiver for my amazing father, it is quite frankly horrifying.
I'm so sorry your Dad is sick . This is truly one of the saddest stories I've ever heard. And it could have easily been avoidable which pisses me off so much. God bless you and your Dad. And of course poor Bernard and his family 😞
Same thing here. Losing my dad a little bit everyday 💔
That winch operator is the one mainly responsible for Gordon’s death. Holy shit, how can you take your eyes off a situation?! EVERY time you do something dangerous, even if it’s worked a million times before, you keep looking! Especially if you can’t hear! Holy crap.
Edit: some really interesting comments below from people who work in this sort of industry pointing out areas where the company were also responsible and safety measures they could have implemented!
Yup! And now he has to live with the guilt and regret for the rest of his life when this could have been prevented if he had just paid attention.
Yea personally if i were the group of workers on the 1st deck that witnessed it that winch operator and my fellow coworkers would have to beat him he litterally killed him because of his ignorance.
It's what happens when you get too comfortable with your job
I hope he went to prison.
Of all the people that deserve 112 years in prison this is the guy.
The idea of Bernard sitting in the chair tired, confused, dehydrated and hungry while waiting for someone to help him has me sobbing.
fr though that’s so sad :/
It's one of the most harrowing stories I've heard. Truly.
Were you literally sobbing? People always say they're crying over a CZcams video, but I guess it's hard for me to imagine, which is why I'm asking.
@@LordPrometheous idk about her but i am actually crying over bernard, i cry a lot of tv/videos tho
Same. My uncle died from Alzheimer's disease and I could only imagine. Hearing he was lost and stuck just broke my heart. It's unbelievable how quickly it takes your life away, in the mental sense.
Devastating
The fact that anyone survives an entire lifetime without dying under some strange circumstances is a miracle.
When I think about how much our lives are really in the hands of others (others driving for example), it's terrifying.
It's just not that common. In places with decently made and properly enforced regulations it's less common. Industrial accidents were extremely common in the industrial revolution and that era in general, much more than almost anywhere on earth right now. (Though some of the worst treatment on earth is generally given to the poorest people and labourers in the third world, which are brutally and violently exploited by international corporations directly or indirectly.)
I'm thankful to have avoided that, though it could start moving in the other direction quite easily.
The fact the winch operator stopped looking before the job was done was insane. That’s like painting one side of a car then leaving without painting the other.
That oil rig story was one of the most horrifying stories I've heard. Getting your body completely cut in half without being able to do anything.. is truly terrifying.
so is not paying attention to safety protocols.
I would've FIRED and Sued the winch operator. Day dreaming on the job especially attention to detail positions is NOT ok!
I don’t care how ‘routine’ a task may be, if there is anything slightly dangerous about it, there should never be any room for losing focus or taking a side break on the job until the task at hand is completed. Especially when you have 1 of the most crucial parts to the task that can result in injury to a coworker. That baffles me.
anyone know he actually got charge with manslaughter?
Your think he could spare a few seconds to "routinely" check the wynch directing.
But maybe the guy was on 6 days straight without a full night's sleep.. like they do doctors and pilots.. all the people you'd want going about in zombie mode and microsleeping on the job.
Idk why we always have to learn the hard way... which is first to blame all the lower echelon people for mistakes made directly due to higher echelon policy, and to keep doing that continually until eventually they get sued on up the chain. When higher ups are inconvenienced enough by all the wrist slapping slow changes begin.
When you're sitting around with your buddies talkin about the worst way to die. Being pulled through a little hole pelvis first just never comes up. What a gruesome story. You are a gifted storyteller MrBallen. Thank you
Ya for real. So awful.
Thanks 🙏
@@MrBallen keep doing what u do, ur good at it!!
I swear to god on this story, as soon I heard mrballen say the guy puts it around his waist i said don't tell me he gets pulled in half. Sure enough that's what happened. I think its safe to say that I watch to much of mrballens videos.
You ruined the story for me. I guess I shouldn’t read comments before watching the video. 🤦♂️
His mother always said all that Thrustin’ was gonna be the death of him one day, little did either of them know...
How in the hell did that oil company only get get fined for $82,000 dollars?!? That rig alone probably generates at least 1 million per day
As an Aussie, I recall the tragic story of Bernard. A heart wrenching and unbelievably sad story. It occured at a time when my father in law was well on his way into dementia and the heightened state of awareness we all needed to support him was incredible. One simple innocent mistake by Bernard was followed by a cascade of unfortunate happenstance that ultimately lead to his utterly unnecessary death.
An emergency exit that leads to a dark hallway with locked doors and only one actual exit that isn't clearly marked. That sounds like a great idea.
Sure, what could go wrong?
You can escape the fire, but you can't escape THE MALL.
You'd probably suffocate trying to find exit, or get trampled in the narrow corridors by escaping people.
absolute geniuses who were behind that
beer should not exist for this reason
@@nicholasrutherford4024 what does beer have to do with this
Also having no signs or map of the tunnels that people can use to actually navigate the tunnels? Such a smart plan!
I feel so bad for Bernard. He died alone, confused and more than likely, terrified.
i know it is horrible
Without a question. How would you feel!
I never understand why when people go missing in a certain location, especially elderly or young children who wander into places, they don't look in places that aren't used a lot or areas that they obviously aren't supposed to be.
the prophet muhammad
Well damn; poor Bernard.
My dad has dementia, and the thought of the man wandering around with no food or water, just dying alone, is infuriating and heartbreaking. Someone needs to be arrested, and that family should OWN that mall now. So many people failed him. My dad wears a tracker so if he wanders, we can locate him, but it sounds like it was too early in this man's illness for them to consider that. So sad. 😢
Nooo.. why did the FAMILY let him DRIVE in the first place?? Not to mention BY HIMSELF?? Shame shame shame on them. Anyone with dimentia beginning stages or middle or end, should NOT be driving and SHOULD NOT be TRAVELLING by THEMSELVES!! Don't be so quick to blame the mall. The mall owners didnt wake up and say "we're gonna kill and old man with dimentia today!"..
@@user-pf1tl6mz9rExactly
Why would they let someone who’s experiencing early signs of dementia walk by themselves in an area they aren’t 100% familiar with
Just imagine if the mall security actually did their job then Benard would've been alive. If the security took a little bit more time checking the surveillance cameras he would've been alive. If the security checked those hallways (like they're supposed to) he would've been alive. As security, your job is: to be alert. There isn't such thing as laziness in that department. So sad knowing that his final moments were him waiting and waiting for his family. Rest in peace.
How do you have a tick with your name?
I thought the same thing. When he said that they reviewed the camera footage, I was skeptical. How did they check all of the footage so fast? Just pure neglect on the mals part.
@@THEMJD80 I was thinking the exact thing. And I'm bit of pessimistic.
Upload once or twice a week LOL at least be honest Ballen. It’s more like once or twice every 4 months
so true
The saddest part of Bernard's story was when he spotted the chair and "did what he was programmed to do, to sit and wait for help"...but no help ever came. That is just heart-breaking to me. Poor ol' fella...may he rest in peace.
I know :(
So sad hey? Broke my heart. 😢
That was absolutely heartbreaking 💔 and the photo of him with the parrot was so precious* could tell that bird loved and trusted him❤
Yes :( he must have felt like a little child, it breaks my heart
Can't really program a person makes it sound like he's a computer lol
This is the third story I've heard about people just stumbling onto radioactive materials in the middle of nowhere and bringing them home. You'd think there would be a better system for disposing of this stuff besides just leaving it in an old building. I can definitely say that, when I was a kid, if I had found something like that, I wouldn't rest until I had gotten into it to explore. Especially if it had a "keep out" sign.
That last story is exactly why those kinds of emergency exits need to trip alarms- not only for the danger they pose to children and the elderly, but the security risk they pose as well.
Years ago, my father was lost for over 2 days. The desperation we experienced was horrible. We finally found him in a city which was more than 3 hours away from where he lived, sitting on a beach, and only because a young couple noticed him and began talking to him, then realized he was lost. I'm so sorry the man in the video wasn't as fortunate. My father has since passed on, but we were lucky to have him for his final years. If you see an elderly person sitting or standing alone, please strike up a little conversation with them. Even if they aren't lost, they might be lonely, and we can learn a lot from them.
Totally agree! We should be more aware of that. Some of the best times I’ve had were talking with my elderly parent’s friends. No they weren’t alone as you said but I’m speaking to your point as you may learn something.
So glad your father was found!
Edited for crappy spelling. Lol
@@dianthis thank you 🙏
It's really sad how some people treat the elderly. Deaths like Bernard's make me the saddest. I can't imagine what that poor, sweet old man was going through. Scared and alone, waiting for someone to help him. It's just creul.
Jesus, i can only imagine how the emotions played out when i assume they called you?
really good advice, I will remember that
Damn, I can't even imagine the pain and fear the first guy went through as he died... terrible. My respect and well wishes to his family
I thought the exact same....disturbing and sad.
As soon as John said that this winch was operated by a third party, who cannot see Gordon (or whatever his name was) I thought this guy's dead, and in one of the most horrible ways imaginable. I mean who would have a set up like that? It should be the guy in the harness that operates the winch!
I almost had to stop watching it..lol....you would think some type of sensitivity sensor would be installed on a winch used to move people....gnarly!!
Mfin hoist operator to be so negligent. Even more blame to the company
@@SeriousSchitt yes that would be much better if he’d been able to operate his own winch 😧 instead it sounded like some awful death concocted by jigsaw from one of the saw movies 😞 poor guy
Story #1 is heartbreaking. My grandma had dementia and I know how confused and scared she would get in unfamiliar surroundings. That poor man must have been terrified.
That was Story #3.
@@mikespearwood3914mrballen labels the storys based on the worst. The last one was actually #1 not #3
Poor Bernard, stories like his are the most heart breaking. He looked like a beautiful soul. Wishing him and his family peace.
I'm
That last one is just cruel. Being confused already with early dementia and ending up in an incredibly confusing place even for those sound of mind. What a horrific way to go
You know what's really cruel? Letting people live with horrible diseases like dementia and alzheimers and having it eat away at everything that makes them who they are. When are pets have horrible irreversible health problems that can't be treated or cured, we put them down and everyone agrees that's the right thing to do, but for some reason we refuse to extent that to people and put people down when they are suffering from diseases that are irreversible, untreatable and uncurable and just leave them to suffer until their last breath. It should be a moral obligation to at least give them the option to seek doctor assisted suicide to have themselves put out of their misery. I know that if I am ever diagnosed with either of these mental illnesses I'll ask, no DEMAND the doctor to euthanize me! And if the quack refuses to honor my request I'll do everything in my power to take matter into my own hands and do it myself, even if I have to throw myself into traffic and sprint onto a highway!
I mean if he learn how to fucking read EXIT, he would be okay. Dementia doesn't suddenly make you illiterate lmao
all because no one bothered to set up signs or a map
N he probably just sat there with all the hope that his family would find him, thinking they knew where he was
@@mapleflag6518 You know something that could have saved his life so easily? A fucking silent alarm. It's an emergency door into an employee-only area. The door locks behind you when it closes. How are there not security measures to trip whenever the doors are used so security can figure out why there's unauthorized access? Why was there not a panic button inside the door in case you accidentally made a mistake? It's a big mall, there WILL be people who take a wrong turn looking for the bathroom or something, and you need to prepare for that.
As a security guard myself, it pains me to know these security guards did a terrible job looking at the security cameras. If police contacted me and told me to look at the cameras for someone I would have spent countless days and sleepless nights looking for this man. It's a boring job being a security guard and when you get told to help out on a case to find a missing man, that would fill me with excitement and I'd feel like some sort of detective on a case. I guess that's just me though, but still even if there are hundreds of cameras and footage to look through, theres no reason to give up so early since its YOUR JOB to make sure people are safe. That is literally the first thing you learn when becoming a security guard.
Because you’re a great person however some people don’t care
If they contacted me and asked me to look for a person, I would do it also after the overtime pay agreement.
God bless you.
Yeah because you actually care and have some sense.. such a shame, two huge mistakes that with the cameras and not doing their rounds FOR 3 WEEKS
Right? I would also JUMP (an volunteer) at the opportunity to get paid to walk through miles of passages instead of my daily routine.
I got to your channel by recommendations, and you're a natural-born storyteller. I am floored by some of the absolutely horrific negligence that occurred in each story, particularly the first and third ones. How very heartbreaking for Bernard, as well as the gentleman that was pulled up through the mousehole. Both things would have scared me to death. I'm so sorry for their families and for the fright they obviously felt in the way they met their deaths. I'll definitely be back, but I made sure to like this video to do my part in helping your channel right now. Such saddening and maddening stories.
When I think of the junk my dad used to bring home from his jobs, this story about the radioactive cylinder terrifies me. Once he had even thrown blasting caps into our kitchen junk drawer….
The oil rig operator story literally left me cringing. As soon as he started talking about the hole I knew where this was going and I wanted it to stop 😳
Ugh it’s so hard. Like the PROFIT over PEOPLE aspect of our society is so disgusting.
@@terrymcdonald7877 YES!
I had to pause for a bit and come back.
Yup when he got winched up, and then was supposed to be winched down after i knew someone was about to make a mistake and let that poor guy get pulled into the mouse hole by force.
@@RonBest It seems dumb that only the wench operator could stop it. Shouldn't they have some safety shut off switch for the guy in the harness or the people on the below deck who could act as a back up in case something like this, the winch man not focusing, happens.
I'm surprised the hoist operator wasn't brought up on criminal charges for negligence on the job leading to the death of a co-worker. I've worked on ships with bosses that, if they see you not paying attention to a job for even a second, you were fired.
This. And also amazed the company didn't have procedures in place to use 2 way communication at all time between the ground crew and the hoist operator, especially considering there is no built in fail safe to prevent the winch from going higher than the hole.
That whole incident should never have been possible to happen. There should always be a safety mechanism in place, an emergency stop button that the person themselves can operate, or at least the ones on the floor above who are in direct communication with the guy in the harness. The neglicence of the guy operating the winch is a factor as well, but those things happen in a work situation. At first every moment is full attention, but once you've been working in a place like that for a while, you start to operate on autopilot to some degree. Unless it's this guys sole job to operate the winch, there's probably other tasks that require his attention too. This is why safety precautions at the job are important. They're there precisely to eliminate risks from carelessness and human error.
Sounds like they were good bosses.
The problem is that it's not a crime to not pay adequate attention at all times. Rather, it's the company's responsibility to ensure that it is impossible for such hazards to exist. I saw where this story was going as soon as they showed the whole and winch. It is intrinsically unsafe, and that's the company's fault, not the employees.
@@gladtobeangry baffles me why the guy on the line doesn't have a emergency stop mechanism
A man has legit died in the back rooms, I’m loosing my mind that is insane. Rip Bernard you deserved better standards from the employees of that mall and you never should have been lost and alone like that.
27:57 the worst feeling in the world is when you've lost someone, you expect to see them somewhere, they aren't there, and you never find them alive again. It's been years and the pain is still as bad as it ever was.
Imagine that man’s family knowing their loved one was killed horrifically due to one man’s negligence. That would be hard to deal with.
Yes, so very sad.
One man's negligence!!?? There is such a thing as collective responsibility. Everyone employed by that company is responsible for everyone else. What about the guy who thought of something "radical" - actually phoning the winch operator - why wasn't that the first thing done? What about restructuring company policy so that the operator must always be in visual contact - the list of systemic failures is long - & hopefully that tragedy caused a total re think along those lines
@@edward9643 yes you shouldve called earlier but you need to pay attention when your on the job
@@edward9643 absolutely agree… this was my response to that incident,
“I’ve only heard the first one so far, but I can’t even put into words how angry that first one makes me. I’m an industrial electrician, and have done plenty of work in industrial maintenance. One thing you never do is put your safety in the hands of others. When I heard that his body would be controlled by a hoist operator, I already knew where that story was going. There is no reason that he shouldn’t have had his own remote or pendant to control the hoist himself. For example, if I’m working at heights in a boom lift, I’m not going to let somebody operate the lift from the base on the ground while I’m in the bucket… that would be stupid right??? Well that’s exactly on par with what happened here. And to add on to that, the complete negligence from the hoist operator while in control of someone else’s well-being is baffling. And the fact that they only paid 60K in fines, and not shut down is complete bullshit.”
If it was one man, he'd STILL being reviewing those tapes...
Just goes to show it's always better to be safe than sorry, the Hoist Operator could've prevented it from happening, but his carelessness took a life that day.
I can't wrap my mind around the fact that there is no radio communication between them, that's just an invitation for an accident. Goddamn stupidity
You don't think Gordon could've just laid back and slipped his legs through the hole?
They should have at least put an emergency stop button on each level.
@@cipherP9 yeah, and what about radio coms? I can’t believe they didn’t have at least one or two lanyards on his safety harness. In case the winch holding him fails he would have one or two lanyards to hold him there preventing him from falling. It’s basically a fall rated lanyard hooked to your body harness.
And I can’t believe the company was only fined 60,000 pounds. They must know people in the courts and governments. It’s appalling
The hoist operator, should have been charged with at least negligent homicide. By having the operator serve thirty years or more in prison. Also was their a disagreement between the two. Which the operator used it as a chance to murder the guy. And lie about being distracted. Also the lack of communications between the repairman and the operator. Makes one big reason to sue the oil rig owners.
I’ve traversed around the service corridors in one of the Westfield’s in Sydney when I worked there. It was so eerie; it felt like a jump scare was going to happen at any second. You can be completely alone, deep inside a concrete maze with only random arrows and faint lights to guide you.
Feel for Bernard.
What a horrible death for first story. Poor Bernard, just broke my heart. I’m glad the hospital staff picked up on what was causing the radiation issues and alerting the police on 2!
Bernard's story is so chilling. Knowing that in his final moments he was most likely still waiting for his family is heartbreaking. I hope him and his family can find peace.
Crying thinking about how scared & alone he must have been 😭😭 I wonder if the mall has done anything to improve the way of getting out. Imagine a small child getting lost in there 😩
Right. That one really chilled me to the core. Just wandering nondescript hallways encountering locked doors, what an absolute hell. Like an actual nightmare scenario. It just breaks my heart.
I completely agree. Bless his heart.
This story is especially frightening, I can’t help but think this poor man suffered his last moments experiencing his own real-life version of the back rooms.
@@rabbit9905 It's literally the backrooms. No obvious way out, no service, and no people.
Bernard's last moments must have been terrifying. That was so sad. May he rest in peace.
Yeah, I shudder at stories where civilization is so close,
but so far for someone who's experiencing utter hell just around the corner. 😥
That story made me really sad. My Pop, who died several years ago, had Alzheimer's, and was often confused and frightened. What Bernard experienced would be terrifying for anyone, but especially so for ok be having dementia.
I've always thought if I got there I can find a way out, but after this poor man's story, I need to rethink my own logic.
I hope the family sued the mall
@@robinscarborough6969 if you had all your brain, you could. Just stay near the door, and bang on it. His first mistake was to begin walking. Tragic :/
Mr. Ballen does a superior job in delivering the narrative for each segment I have seen. Continue the good work that you do to inform your viewing audience of events that we have not heard before especially in such detail.😊
In life and death situations like Bernards, the police can require the phone to be 'pinged' and even if it was unreachable, the last few 'handshakes' with the cell tower would have shown that he was in or near the mall.
I was a hoist operator at a salt mine 2300 feet deep (Lansing, NY) and I did this task often with mine shaft repair crews - same thing. I NEVER EVER took it as routine and always forced myself to pay 100% attention. No accidents in my years there. Watching this video makes me damn glad that I did. They had the wrong guy at the hoist controls.
Did you guys communicate via walkie-talkie?
Thank you for sharing and it's good to know that you were 100% on your job. You were respectful of other people's lives.
man...im so pissed about the first story.
we used two systems: one of buzzers from pressing a button. three buzzes means go up and two down. one means stop. We also talked via radio walkie talkyeah well walkie talkies as well.. So we had to use 2 different means to communicate before I moved it
God bless you. ☺️
My heart breaks for Bernard. That poor old man. I can‘t imagine how scared and confused that old man must have been, all alone in those hallways, waiting for someone to pick him up.
That story was so awful I feel so bad for that poor man
How terrible for him. He must have been so scared and confused.
Yeah
My grandma had dementia before she passed and that broke my heart
I can't.....and this mall being so big in the first place. They didn't go back in there and even look for him. It's so 😔
I feel so bad for Bernard 😢 I'm autistic/ADHD and very directionally challenged. I've literally had nightmares about getting lost in places like those tunnels. I actually used to work at a casino where the employee corridors were very much like that. It was embarassing as hell but I had to either use my phone or my radio to ask for help getting back and forth the first few (hundred) times. Eventually I got fed up and started drawing maps of everything which helped a LOT.
Girl I feel you! I am so directionally impaired. I started working at a large county building with many corridors/ hallways and it took me months to feel comfortable getting to where I need to go. 7 months later I still get lost/ confused when I need to go to different departments. I like your map idea!
The worse thing for Bernard was that he likely forgot how he got there and what the place even was.
Ive been in those tunnels & there are no maps, phones, signs stating Westfield for reference or even water.
It is indeed a labyrinth and with no reference, one can think youre in an endless hell.
As someone who operates heavy machinery, the first story absolutely grinds my gears. No matter how routine the job is, you make sure you’re paying attention at all times while operating. Even if it’s mostly automated. There’s emergency stops on things like that for a reason. Especially with how much money those guys make, you’d think they’d be able to do their job right. Smh rip Gordon
Yeah, I’m with you on that bro. Why turn away as if nothing could malfunction/go awry? God I wanted to beat his ass.
@@StreetGeekz So do I, mate. He should also be charged with negligence.
In about 1984, '85 I was in Houston and I dated a girl who was a roughneck. She said and I quote; " the alarm only goes off if the drill stops pumping Black Gold". Yeah bro I think a lot of us wanted to wake that operator up in our own special way however, these companies pay them the money, then they expect them to take many unreasonable, unnecessary risks!♡ I wait and hope and pray for zero-point energy, if it were to exist already; think of how hard it would be to introduce it to the world just to get past these companies that want to keep us pumping crude into our vehicles Etc... Rip Gordon☆
An open line of communication through a simple radio or something could have saved the guy. Waving at an operator isn’t as reliable as screaming at him through a speaker.
I bet you would have had a radio too! I bet you would have made sure the guy whos life is in your hands had a damn radio. What the hell was with all the stupid smoke signals and yelling as method to communicate.
Jon you have us coming back like crack addicts. You played us in a genius way. Starting off with 4-5 videos a week all the way down to 1. Well played Mr. Ballen. Well played.
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The man's a hero, I think he's earned it!
By hero I mean he's a father of multiple children... (Oh, and there's that whole Navy SEAL thing too I guess.)
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My sentiments exactly
Family life gets busier and busier by the day 👍
As soon as he described the winch and the mouse hole, I knew exactly what was gonna happen in Gordon's story. I'm sick to my stomach thinking about it.
Seconded - not many stories get to me, but what this man went through is worse than any nightmare I could come up with if I tried. It's nauseating at best.
Yup, that's some final destination shit.
I watch Mr Ballen stories pretty much on a daily basis - or at least I try to! And I’ve never had literal tears before. The story about Bernard had me crying! The idea of that poor poor man sitting on a chair as he is programmed to and waiting for days on end in the dark for someone to come is utterly heartbreaking. I’m so sorry for his family ❤❤❤
Let me get this straight: one of the tasks of the mall security was to make routine checks in the maze for lost customers. Then they're told to be on the look-out for an elderly man with dementia who might be lost in the mall, and they DIDN'T think to check the maze?
Nor check all the cameras , only a few . totally infuriating and needless.
Good point!!! And why tf would it require a key to get OUT?!!? They should require a key to get IN, not out!!! That mall is awful!!!
The mall was negligent for sure
@@kayleigh3648 The doors lead to businesses. So if they had no locks, one could rob every store if they had access to the maze. They are locked for a reason.
Let's not forget the family who just let this demented old man who had gotten lost before go by himself to this behemoth mall.
It's so ridiculous that a mall even had a one-way door leading to a deathtrap labyrinth.
That was horrible.
I feel like some sick person did that on purpose
Seriously though why TF was that even made?. Is this mall commonly used by bank robbers?. Makes no sense.
Man honestly could have been saved had the employees not been so negligent at their jobs.
Real life backrooms, what a shitty way to die
I hear you but as a fire exit, you don't want it to be a fire entrance.
You are a very good storyteller. Everything was so vivid in my head through your words!
Riveting storytelling skills you have, sir. Just incredible. I can see in my mind every detail of what you're describing in cinematic clarity.
Poor Bernard, always breaks my heart to hear an elderly person having a lonely, undignified passing.
why would they build such a place with little safety protocols, it like one of those mazes in greek mythology and it could have been prevented had they just put a little money into it, did they not think an elderly person or child would walk thru one of those one way locked doors?
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@@aaronrogers4533 It would cost far too much. If I had to guess, the mall owners would prefer to collect millions in their pocket for when they die then use that money for anything else like improving their product (the entire mall). You will see it all the time, places like this look pretty on the outside but behind the scenes they fall short of all kinds of regulations and there are problems eroding away that are not solved because they cost money. Eventually, something terrible like this happens.
@@hooktraining3966 I agree, sadly this has become the way of the world, while us little guys must obey every rule and tax those with power can allow their greed to dictate their bad behavior without impunity
@@hooktraining3966 And it sucks that it has to take a tragedy in order for them to put those regulations into place when it should have been there to begin with 😢RIP Bernard.
The fact that poor Bernard sat and died waiting for help had me bawling. What a terrible way to go, especially considering it didn’t have to end that way.
That one got me so bad. 😭
Fr carless people let him die pisses me off
@@theboyali_gae2062 people can be so apathetic when it comes to terrible situations, but not all people are bad. It is terrible what happened to these people (and the dog too), just sad.
this is why old people should not be allowed outside
Omg I fucking know, I'm literally in tears rn, poor Bernard... He must have been so so scared and lonely...
My brother actually worked on this oil rig. He tells us stories about how dangerous it is. He told us there was a time one of the guys fell asleep against one of the drills. It was shut off at the time. They didn't know he was there and turned it back on. He was crushed and died. He's been doing this job for many years. He likes the job and especially the money. He stays away from his family a couple of months at a time. He makes around $140,000 a year! He says they have to pay attention to everything at all times. All the things that Mr. Ballen is describing is actually accurate.
All these extreme dangerous conditions for 140k a year only?? You can make 500k or more with far far far less dangerous way its not even worth thinking about
@@Hajimeme7 I agree but apparently he loves the challenge. He was in the Navy for 14 years and I think misses the thrill aspect myself. SMH
Mr. Ballen, your stories are very well explained. I enjoy listening to you. Stay blessed. 😉
Bernard lost in the mall maze was really creepy to me. As an adult, the only nightmare that I have (and it’s rare) is one where I am lost in an empty building and can’t get out (dead end hallways, locked doors, stairways and elevators to nowhere, etc.) and the panic I feel in these dreams is monumental, so I have maybe an inkling how Bernard felt. Poor man.
You should search H.H Holmes mansion that he built. He made his home to be just like that, with walls behind doors, stairs that don't lead anywhere. Trap doors. It's insane
SCP-087 IRL... jesus
Yooooo I get that same dream them staircases are crazy
Reminds me of The Backrooms
The backroom vibes
That oil rig fatality is like something out of a SAW movie. That story about Bernard really got to me. My father had early onset dementia and got lost on vacation once.
Well I missed this at the time of posting as we as a family are suffering with COVID-19 so we were all asleep. John you never fail at telling the stories so well. Even my 7 year old daughter loves listening to your voice and nods off when I'm watching you (she's not listening to the story as such it's just your voice she says is relaxing) I totally agree. We all love your posts and get excited when you announce a new one coming on. I've watched every single one of them, some a few times over.. thanks for keeping us entertained when we are all feeling rather ill 🤒 keep up the good work and take care. Love to you and yours from me and mine xx
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I do hope that Imbecile murdering shiftless Hoist operator not only got fired but is in jail and sued for everything known and unknown that he's ever had given straight to Gordon family!
@@ImehSmith Dude has ONE job.
Discovered your channel yesterday because of a SEAL story, thinking you just did military stories (Marines in my family). Now I see you have all kinds of crazy shit and you're not an annoying storyteller. Good stuff! Subscribed!
Very sad 😢. Mr Ballen is just the best at telling these stories 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That poor man must have thought he was in a literal never-ending hell of corridors and locked doors… truly a nightmare.
I was thinking he may have even believed he was in purgatory or something! Poor Bernard.
Literally irl verision of backrooms
Omg that was I was thinking of even I myself would be terrified to even walk thru them dark tunnels lmao
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Exactly. That would have convinced me that the only exit would be the doorway to hell. And, he had dementia.
The mall management is simply criminal. They didn't check the staff only area as they should and they didn't even properly check the security cameras. Criminals.
Yeah, he even went to the spot where he was supposed to go to and they somehow missed this in the review of their tapes. Sounds like they didn't even really check before reporting he never entered the mall.
It is legitimately a staircase with emergency exit doors, tripple zero exists btw,,, if u are the delusional u cant find ur way around a fucking staircase then u shouldnt be out alone. i spent alotta time there its also only 2 stories. The carpark (paid parking) is 6.
@@jotunthe11thhyman65 u do know they don't put cameras in fire stairwells as they're only for emergencies right? They dont lock fire exit doors as its a safety hazard... If you cant read fire exit you shouldnt be out alone
@@Aasha383 I believe in the video they said that after reviewing the cameras a 2nd time, they saw the grandpa guy had actually been in the food court (after telling the wife and daughter he was never at the mall because there was no footage or something like that).
@@Aasha383Fire exits are locked at closing time and unlocked a bit before opening time.
I absolutely love your stories. They are very interesting and very detailed. Count me in!!
As soon as you described the mouse hole and harness, I knew how it was going to end... Brutal.
Bernard’s story is so sad. I can’t imagine how scared , lonely, confused, terrified and hungry and thirsty he would of been. Made me cry 😢
that is one of if not the worst feelings ever...
yea me cry too yung poor bernard from maniac mansion yar
i feel so horrible he died alone and confused in a never ending maze of cement. that is true hell. and all because of lazy idiots that didnt want to check all the cameras which could have saved his life and all the security guards just stopped caring about checking that maze that is just conveniently unlocked to allow anyone to go in and get lost. i hope they got sued. what an awful horrible way to die.
@@tot8037 he in the back rooms he not dead
@@tot8037yeah did they really not even consider he could be in those tunnels? Im sure someone every other day opens those doors n gets lost for a bit in them
Listening to the first story seriously made me upset and so frustrated. The life of a man perished because of someone else’s pure laziness and negligence. I understand accidents happen and people get laxed, but knowing the possibilities and dangers of the job he was in, that accident was completely avoidable and unacceptable. Absolutely unacceptable.
But the way that worked was calling for trouble. There should have been some safety system to prevent that from happening. Imagine the operator is incapacitated for some reason while it's going up. Most of the blame is on the company, regarding safety you have to design stuff knowing that human error will occur.
If only someone got to the phone sooner. What a tragedy that could have been prevented. And the fact that some of his body made it through a 10 inch hole?
I was thinking this exact same thing. This idiot killed someone in a completely avoidable accident. If he wasn't fired I'd ask to be transferred or quit. Because I am not working with someone like that no matter what.
Someone should have ran to the phone sooner and called him.
Ikr, why not use radios
this was the first ep that's made me cry .. imagining Bernard was my dad lost and alone waiting in a maze with no end 😞 that broke me
Great reporting! Thank you!
That first story made me so angry. Why the fuck didn't they have a kill switch for the winch on the lower level?!
better yet there should be a limmit to how high you can pull it up, and why didnt they just have a radio on them either. youd think since they are outside and its noisy and all
Yes!! So preventable
Well where and when did this take place? Maybe this took place in Thailand in 1974 and if you seen the videos of all the things that happen in the workplace in Southeast Asia because nothing is regulated and there or little to no safety checks, you know what I'm talkin about
@@amyhintz471 2001, Scotland
because that would have cut into profits and would make too much actual sense. So of course they wouldn't do it until someone died.
I can't imagine the pain the guy went through in the first story.. I mean having your pelvis sucked up into a hole while literally cracking your back downward and turning you into a human pretzel.. and let's not forget this thing is moving slowly so each second musta felt like an eternity.. and I can't fathom how long his mind kept hoping it stopped before finally giving into despair and knowing it was over. This could have literally made into the categories of worst ways of human torture to death.. smh
I feel like monetary compensation is no justice for the guy responsible’s incompetence. Some sort of medieval punishment…maybe. At the very least he’d have to donate an arm or a leg. God, that must have been horrifying. This is why my faith in humanity is cold and dead. Fucking incompetence!
thankfully he probably probably passed out from the pain before he died, but even before the pain would've reached that level it was unfathomable. and it could've been prevented so easily. the mental pain alone he went through is horrifying. hopefully stuff like this will help create better safety measures for oil rigs and other dangerous operations.
Why didn't the guy use the phone in the first place?!
@@smartman8699 I really don't know why EVERYTHING mechanical doesn't have an easily accessible safety stop button.. smh man went through horrible tragedy for nothing..
@@pawnmusic I totally agree.. I don't even know how you would properly punish this level of neglect.. its just inconceivable..a responsibility that has no secondary stop protocol should require that you are on your 110% A game at all times.
The first story has two, maybe even three instances of unacceptable negligence
1: a person should never be lifted by equipment that does not stop as soon as the “up” or “down” buttons are released.
2: winch operator needs to be actually paying attention
3: there should have been an emergency stop located somewhere else
4: the controls should not be choosing a direction then pressing start, should be up button and down button
I wouldn't be surprised if the Mall Bernard got lost in and those back maintenance tunnels now become haunted by his ghost still trying to find its way out.
My Aunt works as a nurse and when patients pass away they are told to always leave a window open in that room so their spirit can leave.
honestly, the story about Gordon really upset me. his life was really in the hands of someone that was way too relaxed. i know it was an accident & i understand sometimes you do get too relaxed when you’re used to doing certain duties at your job, but the hoist operator carelessness/neglect cost Gordon his life - something i feel was completely avoidable.
I cant even imagine the guilt the hoist operator must feel.
The dude was pure lazy couldn't even look at the crew for direction. He's lucky the crew didn't beat him to death or throw him off
The hoist operator must have known that this was a possibility. Just knowing that I _could_ pull someone through a 10" hole pelvis-first would be terrifying enough to make me not look away until the man reappeared on the main deck. What's wrong with some people?
I do High Line Work I'm usually between 100-600 ft hanging from a Crane or Helicopter depending on what I'm doing! And the Gordon story hit me because I've been drug threw some stuff while hanging from the winches and that Instinct to try and fight the winch is truly your last resort attempt. I have had broken ribs and smaller things like hands and wrist because someone operating the winch got too comfy and looked away for just a second, I couldn't imagine being Killed by such stupid people not paying attention when someone else's life is at risk!
I felt so much frustration and anger listening to the first story.
If I was on that deck, that operator would be eating through a tube. You NEVER take your eyes off of the persons who's life you are responsible for until they are SAFELY ON THE GROUND
FACTS 💯
Make sure you have eye contact or are in the chain CONSTANTLY. This is basic operator safety 101. That operator should be in jail.
@@djtripnosys *Murdered
100% agree with this and ge should be charged with negligent homicide for real! Just horrific and completely avoidable
The police would have needed to go diving for a body that "fell" off the rig aswell
Can't even imagine the terror and pain that winch operator in the first story went through. To see that tiny 10-inch hole and know he was going to be forced through it no matter what, nothing he did in life would have made him deserving of that death. Truly one of the most disturbing stories
Yes it was utterly horrifying. That poor man. I can’t imagine the pain and horror he endured during his final moments on earth. 😢
The radiation story is why you DON'T STEAL, definitely a good lesson but very sad and I wish the best for their family
Let's get things straight with that last story. That poor man went through an *emergency exit door* and got lost in *eight miles* worth of tunnels with *confusing signage,* and *one* nearby exterior exit door that would've been difficult for someone *thinking clearly* to find, identify, and use. This is an EMERGENCY FIRE DOOR we're talking about, right? You know, the kind of door that's SUPPOSED TO offer a direct route outside? A door that's intended to be used in the case of a severe, life threatening situation where it's almost guaranteed that there will form a massive crowd of people in fight or flight mode, panicking, acting on sheer instinct rather than common higher knowledge, desperate to survive, all potentially functioning with very diminished if not zero visibility and a lack of Oxygen? Also, this door leads to a WINDOWLESS labyrinth of concrete tunnels that cut off cell reception and entirely muffle any screams?
What absolute MORON approved this deathtrap? Even with 1,000 logical fire exits around the mall, just that one door could've led countless people to their deaths in the event of an emergency. It carries even more weight being in the food court, where there are many more sources of ignition and fuel for a fire to start, and there's bound to be a plethora of shoppers who'd naturally seek out the closest fire exit during an emergency. I hope the imbecile(s) had every penny sued out of their wallet(s). The fact that the door says "DO NOT OBSTRUCT" is on multiple levels of ironic. Please, if that door is still there, obstruct it completely.
Prolly some dude above the builders that was sitting in a desk and tried to map it on paper in his own smart way.
@@sterrenstofEnNatsu That won't stop panicked people from bolting to the nearest door marked "fire exit" in a massive crowd.
omg ikr
@@sterrenstofEnNatsu yes and they may die of suffocation in case of real fire by the time they are found.
It literally sounds like something out of a horror movie where you have a killer create an endless maze and the victims have no way of getting out. This is an absolute horror show. I can't believe this is real. Forget whether or not Bernard had dementia, if I were there given how cramped it looks and how endless it looks, I'd go crazy out of fear
They should install an emergency stop button for the crew at the mouse hole so they can prevent things like that
And they should have automatic call at a certain amount of feet.
But I feel the winch operator was an idiot for not playing attention
Yeah, why is the point of operation like a literal mile away nor controllable by the person in the harness... insane that the harness person doesn't even get direct line of communication with the operator.
@@rookandpawn My first thought was where were the radios?
@@robocoppok641 again, it was an ordinary operation that was nightly so he made a mistake of not paying attention, it may be a stupid one but the operator is not inherently stupid, but not inherently smart
Wow what a crazy story. Great job telling it
That’s so sad. 😢I really enjoy listening to the stories. I listen to you on my way to work, which is a 30 minute drive. I have had some strange and scary situations too but no witnesses. I’ve thought about posting some stories but I have no factual evidence except paralleling police reports (police perceptions). It may seem as though I wasn’t credible due to alcohol addiction. Now that I’m sober all the time, that can’t be used against me as not being credible. Gotta keep my Witt’s about me as weird things happen and if you are impaired in any fashion, people don’t believe you.
Same reason has stopped me from saying/doing many things throughout life, even after staying sober. I say go for it. At worst, people love a good story - true or not, that's why fiction is profitable. But at best, you will get millions of comments from people who believe you and some who have been there too, for support. Don't let anything stop you NOW, alcohol did that for too long already.
The roughneck story was crazy! Just a perfect example of, no matter how many years you've done the same routine in your job, getting comfortable is dangerous. No matter how mundane it may seem, always stay focused on the task at hand!
Yeah that one was really scary. Like why are you looking away? What are you even looking at that's so much interesting than keeping people safe
He only had two things to do but forgot to do one of them, reprehensible really
@@rabbitss11 Manslaughter I would say. 60,000 Pounds is nothing for an oil company to pay. It’s less than a year’s salary for an average worker.
That goes for any job, but especially if you have another person depending on you. If your careless and kill yourself, meh. If your careless and kill someone else? Prison time.
I’m a crane operator in Scotland, spend 10 years of my life in Aberdeen, my father worked offshore in Aberdeen for over 30 years, couple of weeks ago he told me this story and it’s stuck with me, like to think it’s made me more aware of my surroundings and a better operator as I can only imagine what he felt after killing a colleague, I don’t step into my crane without thinking about this story.
It's incredible. How long did it take him to reach the opening? How did the operator not verify he was descending before taking his eyes at his relay? Wow
Man, you put the audience exactly on the middle of the story. Fantastic story telling for sure.
The first story brought one main thought to my mind: Complacency Kills!
No matter what you're doing, no matter how many times you have done it, always pay attention to your work. This is especially true if you are doing something that has a potential to be dangerous. Don't allow your mind to wonder or to become distracted. So much tragedy could be avoided if people would just pay attention!
I feel so bad for Bernard just sitting there calling for help when no help is coming I almost cried at that story
Me too...
same here, it's really sad :(
That was heartbreaking and infuriating. I hope those security guards lost their jobs and the family sued the crap out of that mall.
I wonder what actually killed him, starvation or dehydration? Poor old chap :(
@@mermaid_at_heart213 well it’s not their faults
If my husband was starting to become that confused from dementia or alzheimers on a regular basis, I sure as hell wouldn't rely on him to walk to the mall by himself. I wouldn't even trust him to walk from a store in the mall to the food court.
I came here looking for this comment! I completely agree, I feel the family is at fault 100%. A mall that size for someone with dementia? That’s neglect.
exactly, its the families fault for sure. I dont get what went through their mind there. I guess they didnt think much of it, but now they pay the ultimate price..
Also the hallways couldve been much more safe in my opinion. If theres so many hallways with that length, you NEED to have some clear directions, for both staff and customers. Cause a kid can just run into there without anyone noticing and this could happen so easily because of the ridiculous amount of hallways and cameras
You can't take away someone's independence just because they have dementia, it's inhumane. The family isn't to blame in the slightest, they were absolutely right to leave him in control of himself, it's his right as a human!
What happened to poor Bernard is tragic, but to blame his family is really disrespectful imo
You’re missing the point of denial, which seems to be the case here. She was just brushing it off, forcing disbelief, it was an afterthought, after frustration, anger then belief of miscommunication, that reminded her of this relatively new, on-setting issue. I’d be willing to agree had it been more confirmed & diagnosed, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here.
@@jadethomas329 I wasn't suggesting they should've locked him in a room chained to the wall. By all means you can go out and have fun even if you have dementia. But it should've been obvious after he began to get too confused to know where he is, that it's unsafe and cruel to leave him to his own devices. Someone should've accompanied him there to make sure he didn't become so confused he wound up getting hurt. Do you also advocate for allowing 5yo's to wander the streets alone? Do you think it's inhumane to keep an eye on them to make sure nothing bad happens to them because they don't know any better? How about people with full-on Alzheimers? Do you insist in their independence enough that they should be allowed to cluelessly wander the streets until they die of exposure? I take it you don't have a loved one with this condition or you'd see how much more valuable their safety and well-being is than their freedom to get lost in a big city.
Omg poor Bernard!!! You know I read up on this and it appears this has happen to multiple people, I believe one man was trapped for 5 days, and a woman also got trapped but thank god her cell phone had one little bar of signal and she was able to call for help 🥺this is just so horrible
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Soon as the "mousehole" was shown, I absolutely knew where the first story was going. Really crappy when your life depends on someone else and there is nothing you can do about it!
I said the same thing! A mouse hole, a guy that can't see you, and you being hoisted way up in the air with no way down is a recipe for disaster!
@@SangheiliSpecOp exactly so many safety precautions disregarded its terrifying i cant put my life in the hands of people who dont care
@@billym7930 same. Safety precautions are always written in blood! Never disregard anything
So true. Brutal
Saw that hole and was like "...he's gonna get crammed in that hole, isn't he" and was unfortunately proven right. God, what an awful way to die.
Bernard's story is so heartbraking. Painful to think of how scared and confused he must have been in that bleak grey labyrinth 😔💔🙏
I cried during that story. Heartbreaking to think of Bernard confused, alone and frightened waiting for his family to find him.
It makes me sad and angry at the same time. What an awful way to die! 😢 😠.
Security needs to stop being so relaxed and lazy. Lives depend on them hence the word “SECURITY”🙄🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽
It is unbelievable that there are no security cameras. What about the night time security guards? no security walks? no hall-way checks?
@@stephenc2481 If they got fed up of doing the routine check they should have atleast just installed cameras 🤦🏻♀️
Imagine going through the literal backrooms while having dementia that's some type of Saw esque punishment