I was a highway engineer for 32 years. It is absolutely against safety protocol to work in a lift over live traffic. It's unsafe for the workers and for the vehicles. Easily avoided stupidity.
Are managers getting stupider as they get older? (doubtful) Is it because lots of young and inexperienced people are entering the work force? Was someone trying to save time and money at the expense of safety? Or all three? Honest question! Because it's just so egregious!!!! What in the hell went wrong????????
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I retired after 18 years from traffic signal programming and maintenance. Enjoyed every bit of it. Our SOP says we are to NEVER bucket over an open lane of traffic for ANY reason. The truck is our safety device. If we felt we needed more safety (usually heavy, high speed trraffic like this), we called for police support to block the traffic. Park the truck in the lane of traffic and use cones to direct traffic away from the truck. It's harder to knock the truck out from under the bucket than it is to knock the bucket out from under the worker.
Years ago I had to go load a burnt up tractor and trailer that was in a accident on I-75 in Florida and the driver of the semi ran into a bucket truck in the middle of the night that was repairing the street lights on the interstate and the driver of the semi must have fell asleep and hit the bucket truck at 68mph but the worst part was there was a guy in the bucket up at the street light when the accident happened and threw the guy like a catapult about 100 yards down the interstate!! He obviously didn't survive. It makes you realize that you might not ever come home from a simple day at work!!!
I did that work for 8 years. Never put yourself in a position that a passing vehicle or anything else can hit your bucket. Because they aren't watching you.
@@RICHIE_RICH89 The driver did stop. But it seems like operators of box trucks never take in consideration the height of their trucks cargo area. That’s why I never put myself into the road without blocking the lane with my bucket truck. It was just as big as the box truck. I often was stopped and inspected by DPS for weight limit when I filled up at the gas station instead of a truck stop. I was just under the limit for requirement for a CDL.
There's a violation of the law here and it's not from the driver of the truck it's from the company the County city or whatever for not having that line blocked off
@@RICHIE_RICH89I’m not so sure the driver did see him. Those workers were not following proper procedures. That boom and bucket was not as visible as you might assume. And the video says the driver DID STOP.
We all know that the supervisor did care to do safety he just wanted to get it done but at the same time it is on the worker to go I’m not putting myself in danger ⚠️
I just started doing that work. You can't cone off lanes in certain situations. I just got in the bucket yesterday. You have to work through traffic like that but one rule I keep getting told is you have to keep the bucket a minimum of 20ft off the ground when working on traffic lights.
There are cones and lane doesn’t need to be closed when truck is off the road. Why do people on the internet think they know everything about situations they have nothing to do with lol
This photographer is that quiet guy that keeps to himself, mostly listens, but then out of nowhere pipes in with a solid gold line like "not on his bucket list".
People hate OSHA (understandable lol) because some rules can make stuff take so much longer, but they put every rule in that rule book based on people dying or something along those lines. Wild.
As a truck driver I would have slowed down and moved over because I don't trust anybody and it is the law in most states to move over or slowdown 20mph below the speed limit anytime there is a emergency vehicle or a utility vehicle or a service vehicle of any kind on the side of the road with flashing lights!!
@@jasond5405 Agreed. Given the low level of traffic and visibility, the trucker's eye lead time gave him plenty of time to slow down and move over. The trucker may not have been in the wrong, but what he did wasn't right either. Bad decisions all the way round. This will likely count as an avoidable accident and greatly diminish his prospects if he didn't get terminated.
Two things, really more, the truck driver should be in the right lane unless he is passing or turning. Where I live the bucket operator should be parked in the lane where he's working with cones and signs posted roadside warning of utility work.
And the truck driver is an idiot too, me as a driver myself, I would have moved to the next lane. I think that any driver with common sense, would have move over into the next lane, even if there were cones or not.
The lighting crew were TOTALLY at fault.I glad the guy survived and didn't get hurt.I'm pretty sure this video will be viewed during the training and hiring process.
Not really. A big truck like that shouldn't be riding in the passing lane. If it was in the slow lane, this would have been avoided. If I'm wrong, then why was this the only truck to strike the worker?
Are you REALLY saying that MORE trucks should have hit him? You are an idiot!!@@brownsamurai3070 Ok, ok...Maybe the last 2 years have given you a chance to learn...Who knows🤔
Audio engineer: Alright, now I know that every news report everywhere uses stereo in the standard format BUT what if we had narration in the left speaker and the interview audio in the right speaker? Everyone: That sounds horrible. Audio engineer: I'm not hearing a no.
Yo. I drove a straight truck like this for a while. There were a couple instances where I had no choice but to drive under one of these in the same type of scenario, no cones, anything. Absolutely terrifying, thank god I didn’t hit anything. Some people don’t realize how difficult it can be driving these trucks. It’s impossible for them to do anything in these situations without putting other people in harms way as well.
It's why I get pissed when people tailgate truck drivers and expect them to brake like cars, they end up dead and they could have prevented it by actually following street rules
Exactly and why should you risk injuring someone else when the bucket guy is the one that is in the wrong. If someone has to get fd up it’s got to be the bucket dude. I’ll bet he won’t do it again
@@snoglydoxwhat he’s saying is that cars tailgate not expecting truck drivers to brake so far back from where a car would start braking. Thus when the truck starts braking, the car drivers aren’t prepared or are not paying attention and slam into the back
@@Wolfgulfur : *Have you ever driven before? Let me explain something to you, who has apparently never driven before. Semi-trucks take about six times to stop compared to a car, giving a car that's driving one foot behind the truck six times the time to stop from the moment the driver of the car sees the brake lights. The issue is the other way around, when semi-trucks tailgate cars or cars jump in front of semis and brake, because CARS CAN BRAKE SIX TIMES FASTER THAN A SEMI.*
The moral of this story is that if you're doing any kind of dangerous work, NEVER, NEVER EVER count on your co-workers or anyone else to ensure that all safety measures and precautions are taken to protect. ALWAYS make sure for yourself.
;yep and if i thought i would be in danger i was looking at escape routes or what todo if something went wrong, it pays to know who you are working with also, many times i told the others to get lost because i knew they would only cause problems for me.
Wow! He’s lucky to have survived that impact and it’s totally unfathomable that the crew didn’t have the cones out and number one, slowing traffic down and two, moving it all to the far right lane away from the actual worker on the job. 🤯
If the guy in the "bucket" himself broke the rules and wasn't ordered to, then maybe. Or if his colleagues forgot to put the cones while he was lifted, then it's their fault
@@bogdangabrielonete3467 nope. You always check it by yourself, it’s your life, not your colleagues. In that case, I would not step inside the bucket before the scene is safe. That’s not being a hypocrite, but wanting to live a bit longer ;)
As a bucket truck owner/operator, this was a massive fail for the entire company. Companies have safety classes and courses for all employees every year to address all safety issues. It starts at the top and works its way down.
The straight truck that hit him is around 10' foot 4 " high, a semi is 13' foot 4' high, there was nothing to prevent any vehicle from using that lane , had it been a semi they would have lowered a corpse to the ground assuming the bucket was not torn off and punted down the road . These guys have no bussines operating a bucket lift in traffic .
I’ve driven passed so many working crews who improperly block of roads or doesn’t block off roads at all, but luckily I’ve been abled to see the hazard long before approaching- pretty freaking scar to think about what could happen.
In my area , they patch potholes by running out in between cars and throwing a shovel full of asphalt in the hole, then run back. It’s absolutely insane.
Doesn't matter if no trucks were allowed in that lane. Can't trust people to read and adhere to the signs. You have to protect yourself (block the lane with your truck, not the bucket). Relying on others to obey the signs places your safety in their hands, not yours.
@@ronkali5365 sounds simple to me he had a class about truck bucket shit he show video to class so people remember to block lanes off of not this happens
yes, it's the drivers fault, because he should aware of his sight while driving. things happen unexpected. he crashed and that's it. even you crash someone crossing the road unexpected you should be liable for it.
Ben Jr why do you think there are warning signs detailing height on bridges plus warning prior to getting near a bridge, you do not expect obstructions like that on a motorway, if the driver was in the adjacent lane, there would have been no collision. Your obviously not a driver
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What a DA! Those workers ignore safety standards, just to save a few minutes. Almost cost him his life. You know that is not the first time they’ve skipped safety protocols. You are Fired! PS, I worked out of a bucket truck for 14 years. People drive really bad already. No sense in giving them a green light to end your life.
The repair Crew or the company will be in a heap of trouble, the lane should be blocked off and all other lanes have their speeds reduced to 20 MPH, there should be a series of warning signs that alerts all traffic and what the safety exercise was about the last set of signs show the speed restriction! Thanks for sharing
I've seen these traffic signal maintenance companies cutting corners like this many times with just the one man in the bucket set up in busy intersections with only the strobe lights on for safety and no flaggers , cones or signs at all.
We had a death here in Delaware on I-95 a few years ago where a semi-truck did hit the bucket of the crane and the worker was deceased on impact. I believe it was a father-son duo with the son on the bucket. I think they were working on the interstate signs at the time.
This was pure laziness and possibly greed. If a sub contractor they get paid by the job not by the hour so incentive is to do each task as quickly as possible which would be little to no setup(traffic control).
Why are they having a sit-down interview with the random guy who just happened to get this footage on his dashcam lol? Does everyone need to know his backstory???
No shortcuts guys! I was working as a "problem solver" repairman fabricator fixing things most people not only can't fix, but don't know how to even approach to attempt to repair. Massive garage doors and electronics hanging from bridges and stuff like that. With great care to safety i still had close calls and near misses to the point i just walked away from the job. Like being up on a massive three tier metal shelving unit painting way up high. I started to step on the ladder and the grid of the shelf had sunk in my boot tread, so instead of stepping forward I dove into air. I had a moment of clarity, as I plunged toward concrete, and reached out and pulled a smaller ladder under me. It took the impact, and my panicked coworker couldn't believe it when I got up and started checking myself out. Stoved my wrist a bit but otherwise okay after a twenty five feet fall. How many lucky breaks like that one and this guy here does a person get before they don't get up?
That’s a city lawsuit. Been there with a tractor trailer crossing a 144ct fiber across I-5 in Sacramento. 2am traffic control fell asleep, trailer grabbed the fiber and I said give me back my line dick head I wanna go home.
Folks are commenting that the ruck should have been to the right, however there was construction gear all along the right side of the road. The truck would have wanted to be to the LEFT. The crane operator should have definitely had flashing lights going. (I saw none after many repeated views.) Heck, even knowing to expect to see the bucket it was hard to spot until the last moment. Also, someone commented that it was a lease truck, so the driver probably was a real truck driver. WRONG. You would need a CDL to rent that truck. It is based on gross weight. The driver doesn't get a free pass because the truck says lease on it.
When I worked for the Cable company my greatest fear was that someone would crash into my truck below despite having warning lights flashing and pylons in place. I see videos of people hitting police cars on the shoulder of the road despite Blue lights flashing like a Christmas tree.
blue lights decorate Jewish houses for Hanukah. .No Christmas there Sorry! Meanwhile cable guys flashing yellow strobe depict dangerous risk taking shortcuts. Drunk Nazis driving home drunk from klan rallys often mistake parked cop cars for Jewish households celebrating Hanukah and plow right into them with all the drunken murderous anti semetic fervor they can muster... in their drunken delusional rage.
I’m an electrician and I’ve been offered jobs like this and videos like this is exactly why I never work in bucket trucks. Even with all the safety precautions in the world, it just takes one driver not paying attention. Lots of safety violations on the workers’ part for sure but even still. Not for me lol.
