augustdementhe:

cell113:

beka-tiddalik:

downhomesophisticate:

mikes-place:

What kind of janky ass recycling truck is….oh lord.

I know exactly how that shit lit up. See the smoke coming from the stack when he’s lifting? That’s the hydraulic pump working, and it’s working hard judging by the smoke. Runs hot even when it’s working normally. Probably been running extra hot for weeks. Probably the oil cooler shit the bed ages ago. Probably been running hot for so long that seals failed. Hydraulic tank probably losing volume because of it, getting hotter and hotter because there’s less oil to take the heat, losing oil pressure and viscosity and making that pump work harder and harder. Probably it’s someone’s job, at probably 18 bucks an hour, to check on that.

Probably didn’t happen.

‘s what happens when multinationals understaff, underpay, and undertrain the workers directly in harm’s way. Shit like this happens every day, but you the viewer get to see it here. Looks wild and scary and funny doesn’t it? just don’t think too hard about how thin the safety margins really are in heavy industry, because you won’t sleep.

Reblogging for the commentary. Remember kids, regulations were written in blood.

Regulations were written in blood.

It didn’t look amusing in the FUCKING LEAST, that is terrifying.

I hope the driver coordinates with the person taking video and gets to litigation, because ABSOLUTELY NOT.