They didn't say whether the window was closed or not, but they did say that he came out of it okay, with just a few scrapes or something like that (as I have already mentioned elsewhere in here).
Maybe that he'd just be breaking off smaller pieces at a time and that the accident wouldn't happen. I think most people think the accident won't happen when they try things.
That would be an ill-conceived thing, for sure! It's a good thing he was out in front of it instead--even though that big piece still fell on his machine...
I don't think you could get under it, anyway. The piece of building that was under that big piece that fell is what was under that big piece that fell.
@MaxxFordham yeah broken probably cause of a bad operator broke the bigger machine haha. and i mean that it was the operators fault so its more fair that he gets injured than for example someone who was filming and got too close and the building fell out of the barracaded area. they were lucky they controlled in back in on itself. but it was a very dangerous operation to try to finish the job with a smaller machine and the people who let it happen this way should have known better. just saying.
I think the taller machine developed a leak in one or more of its hydraulic lines, that's all.
Yeah no bystanders could get hurt by this because we were several feet plus across the street from this.
Yeah, it was dangerous, though, and I'm pretty sure they won't try that again on another one of their projects.
As for people filming this event, nobody was doing that (at least not motion film). Only shooting video and digital still pictures, as far as I could tell.
@MaxxFordham it is the barrier on the perimeter around the site.the term is most commonly used for ply wood sheeting or similar barriers. hope that makes sense.
Okay, thanks for explaining that. I'm only used to "hoarding" meaning what someone does when they collect all kinds of stuff, and maybe even garbage, not knowing good places in their homes to put it, so much that they make a big mess out of most of or the whole place.
well as a demo driver why did he was doing all wrong i would never of put my self in that position or let the building get into such a dangerous state
Actually, I think they said that the operator WAS injured, at least to some degree, but not terribly.
Hmm... Not sure why it so "funny," as you call it. It was actually rather alarming! But it was spectacular at the same time. Why do you believe it was supposedly "funny"?
It's fortunate that there is a Reinforced Cabin to protect him. Were you there when they called for a Ambulance and a Rescue Recovery Team? By the way MaxxFordham, how did you find out or got that information that he was Injured to a certain extent?
Came here to see, hear and know your visions of your thoughts about Subjects, Topics and Matters. Which by all means, understanding the same or similar differences in meanings or definitions by ways of Semantics.
Is any of you in here Ben Wright, who shot another angle of this accident? If so, will you please get a hold of me, because there's a TV show that wants our videos, who will pay us a good chunk of change for it if we will both just get our videos to them!
I've already sent this to them, but the want yours, too, Ben, in order to complete the segment, and are reluctant to produce this without your segment.
Ben Wright, will you please contact me for details on sending your video to them?
Was that operator crazy? Wrecking a building that high is done with a demolition ball, and a crane with a long boom. Get the ball over the top of the wall and drop the ball!
Um... you must not have been paying attention to the part where I said that these guys WERE using a high-reach trackhoe to take this building down, huh?
They only took this part down with the shorter hoe because the long one was broken at the time. They just should have waited for the tall one to be fixed!
So ROPS is supposed to protect someone if a rollover happens, but then I guess it'll protect someone from stuff falling on top, too, huh? Well, I'd guess it would depend on how much stuff was falling on top, but anyway, they said the guy was fine. I bet the guy in there got the crap scared outta him, though! I bet I'd pee my pants from that!
Yeah, that's what I was saying--they should have just waited for the tall orange machine to get fixed, because it could have reached from a longer distance straight back and quickly pulled away while the big chunk was falling.
Also, I wonder if there was even enough room in there for the guy to have moved over to the side to do that (he could be straigt back, but I don't know about the side)--and I wonder if he might not even have been able to reach from up and back at the side, too. So yeah, just waiting for the tall one to be back up and running would have been the right answer, I'm pretty sure.
We could see that track-hoe a bit after this big chunk of building fell on it, but it was mostly buried under that stuff! You could go upstairs and look out at Deseret News for a little bit, but then that closed for the day shortly after this, just because of 5:00 P.M. But before closing time, another guy got a cool idea that I didn't think of, which was to go up there while he could see them working on pulling that chunk down, before 5:00.
(But then I haven't seen that other guy's version of this posted here yet.)
And then we could also see that higher view shot from a chopper on the TV news. I could look for that for a long time and then finally post it here. I don't know when I'll get around to that, though. :(
And then after that hoe was exhumed, I didn't know if I'd seen it back in service or not, because I never knew exactly which one it was, and wasn't around right when they dug it out, to see the damage it took.
Bad luck AND good luck for the operator: Bad luck that he or his boss had decided to use this shorter hoe to pull that chunk down with, instead of just waiting for the TALL one to be fixed; but GOOD luck that the operator (and anyone else right in that spot) survived and didn't get very hurt!
Yeah, it might lose money to wait for the tall hoe to get fixed, but then would you rather lose a LIFE (not knowing for sure, beforehand, if the protective bars would save the operator's life)? Safety should ALWAYS be the priority. Right?
(Well, that is, if there was any crap or pee right there ready to leave--but chances are that he would have already taken care of that business normally some time recently before.)
Yeah, probably.... But not that I wanted that. I didn't put this video here to try to expose them. (And I understand that you weren't accusing me of that.) :) I just thought it was a pretty wicked-looking sight that a lot of other people would appreciate seeing.
Well, the contractor does have a long-range hoe that they were using for this job, but at this very moment, they were using the shorter machine beause the high-reach machine was broken. They should have just waited until it got fixed.
They managed that by using a sweet track hoe. Kudos to the manufacturer of that cab.
NickBorrego 9 months ago
@NickBorrego
They would have been using an even sweeter track-hoe if it had worked: a Hitachi high-reach excavator.
MaxxFordham 9 months ago
He should've been fine in that machine so long as the operator had the window closed.
ultra187 1 year ago
@ultra187
They didn't say whether the window was closed or not, but they did say that he came out of it okay, with just a few scrapes or something like that (as I have already mentioned elsewhere in here).
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
Umm what did he think was gonna happen?
Reid107 1 year ago
@Reid107
Maybe that he'd just be breaking off smaller pieces at a time and that the accident wouldn't happen. I think most people think the accident won't happen when they try things.
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
@MaxxFordham Yeah I guess so. It just seems ill conceived to sit under the structure that you are trying to demolish...
Reid107 1 year ago
@Reid107
That would be an ill-conceived thing, for sure! It's a good thing he was out in front of it instead--even though that big piece still fell on his machine...
I don't think you could get under it, anyway. The piece of building that was under that big piece that fell is what was under that big piece that fell.
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
did he die
piratesm6 1 year ago
@piratesm6
Uh-oh, what happened? Did all these other responses about what happened to the operator start coming up blank?
KeepingMemoriesAlive 1 year ago
@MaxxFordham yeah broken probably cause of a bad operator broke the bigger machine haha. and i mean that it was the operators fault so its more fair that he gets injured than for example someone who was filming and got too close and the building fell out of the barracaded area. they were lucky they controlled in back in on itself. but it was a very dangerous operation to try to finish the job with a smaller machine and the people who let it happen this way should have known better. just saying.
jacknivedoesdemo 1 year ago
@jacknivedoesdemo
I think the taller machine developed a leak in one or more of its hydraulic lines, that's all.
Yeah no bystanders could get hurt by this because we were several feet plus across the street from this.
Yeah, it was dangerous, though, and I'm pretty sure they won't try that again on another one of their projects.
As for people filming this event, nobody was doing that (at least not motion film). Only shooting video and digital still pictures, as far as I could tell.
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
@MaxxFordham yeah i watched it again and it is far away from the hoarding. yeah sick vid anyway man
jacknivedoesdemo 1 year ago
@jacknivedoesdemo
What do you mean by "the hoarding" in this case?
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
@MaxxFordham it is the barrier on the perimeter around the site.the term is most commonly used for ply wood sheeting or similar barriers. hope that makes sense.
jacknivedoesdemo 1 year ago
@jacknivedoesdemo
Okay, thanks for explaining that. I'm only used to "hoarding" meaning what someone does when they collect all kinds of stuff, and maybe even garbage, not knowing good places in their homes to put it, so much that they make a big mess out of most of or the whole place.
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
he was very very unlucky.. he couldn't see that coming..
Ockelbot 1 year ago
@Ockelbot
He was very very lucky... he survived without much injury.
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
Thanks for letting us know the operator's fate. That accident looked awful!
LEDRavecom 1 year ago
@LEDRavecom
Yeah, it did! You're welcome.
MaxxFordham 1 year ago
well as a demo driver why did he was doing all wrong i would never of put my self in that position or let the building get into such a dangerous state
87purty 1 year ago
Actually, I think they said that the operator WAS injured, at least to some degree, but not terribly.
Hmm... Not sure why it so "funny," as you call it. It was actually rather alarming! But it was spectacular at the same time. Why do you believe it was supposedly "funny"?
MaxxFordham 2 years ago
It's fortunate that there is a Reinforced Cabin to protect him. Were you there when they called for a Ambulance and a Rescue Recovery Team? By the way MaxxFordham, how did you find out or got that information that he was Injured to a certain extent?
Came here to see, hear and know your visions of your thoughts about Subjects, Topics and Matters. Which by all means, understanding the same or similar differences in meanings or definitions by ways of Semantics.
Nine9eniN
150Spoke9 2 years ago
"Oh boy! Wooow! Wohoho! Oh my gosh, is this... it crashed on.... oh my gosh... did it, it crashed right on top of that...I hope he's ok..."
That was so funny, glad to hear the operator wasn't injured or worse though..
Great video!
Nillepille77 2 years ago
wow. lucky...
greggacemusic 2 years ago
Is any of you in here Ben Wright, who shot another angle of this accident? If so, will you please get a hold of me, because there's a TV show that wants our videos, who will pay us a good chunk of change for it if we will both just get our videos to them!
I've already sent this to them, but the want yours, too, Ben, in order to complete the segment, and are reluctant to produce this without your segment.
Ben Wright, will you please contact me for details on sending your video to them?
MaxxFordham 2 years ago
Actually the operator is fine and even has his job still. i guess it helps being the son of the owner of the company
magooclan6 3 years ago
Was that operator crazy? Wrecking a building that high is done with a demolition ball, and a crane with a long boom. Get the ball over the top of the wall and drop the ball!
DougRodrigues 3 years ago
Um... you must not have been paying attention to the part where I said that these guys WERE using a high-reach trackhoe to take this building down, huh?
They only took this part down with the shorter hoe because the long one was broken at the time. They just should have waited for the tall one to be fixed!
How many times do I have to say this?
PAY ATTENTION, PEOPLE!!
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
yea really
tallmickey123 3 years ago
His cab was probably equipped with ROPS so he is fine.
AgentHog 3 years ago
So ROPS is supposed to protect someone if a rollover happens, but then I guess it'll protect someone from stuff falling on top, too, huh? Well, I'd guess it would depend on how much stuff was falling on top, but anyway, they said the guy was fine. I bet the guy in there got the crap scared outta him, though! I bet I'd pee my pants from that!
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
still if he had any sense he would have waited or at least tackled it from the side and push it away from him. did you get 2 see the machine after?
zaxismk2 3 years ago
Yeah, that's what I was saying--they should have just waited for the tall orange machine to get fixed, because it could have reached from a longer distance straight back and quickly pulled away while the big chunk was falling.
(Cont.)
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
Also, I wonder if there was even enough room in there for the guy to have moved over to the side to do that (he could be straigt back, but I don't know about the side)--and I wonder if he might not even have been able to reach from up and back at the side, too. So yeah, just waiting for the tall one to be back up and running would have been the right answer, I'm pretty sure.
(Cont.)
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
We could see that track-hoe a bit after this big chunk of building fell on it, but it was mostly buried under that stuff! You could go upstairs and look out at Deseret News for a little bit, but then that closed for the day shortly after this, just because of 5:00 P.M. But before closing time, another guy got a cool idea that I didn't think of, which was to go up there while he could see them working on pulling that chunk down, before 5:00.
(Cont.)
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
(But then I haven't seen that other guy's version of this posted here yet.)
And then we could also see that higher view shot from a chopper on the TV news. I could look for that for a long time and then finally post it here. I don't know when I'll get around to that, though. :(
And then after that hoe was exhumed, I didn't know if I'd seen it back in service or not, because I never knew exactly which one it was, and wasn't around right when they dug it out, to see the damage it took.
...
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
And the by the time I had come around again, they may have repaired that hoe machine, if it did have any damage. But I'm not sure.
Mike
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
Bad luck AND good luck for the operator: Bad luck that he or his boss had decided to use this shorter hoe to pull that chunk down with, instead of just waiting for the TALL one to be fixed; but GOOD luck that the operator (and anyone else right in that spot) survived and didn't get very hurt!
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
waiting for the long boom loses money, they probably made a decision, they should have approached it from a different angle though.
AgentHog 3 years ago
Yeah, it might lose money to wait for the tall hoe to get fixed, but then would you rather lose a LIFE (not knowing for sure, beforehand, if the protective bars would save the operator's life)? Safety should ALWAYS be the priority. Right?
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
Its good he survived.
Animalpalace 3 years ago
Yes, absoulutely!
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
madness
igdpk 3 years ago
Heheheh, yep!
MaxxFordham 3 years ago
THIS...IS...SPARTAAAAA!
seanwilliams78 3 years ago
Hahahaha, "crapping his pants," no kidding!
Hahaha! Or peeing... or BOTH! :-D
(Well, that is, if there was any crap or pee right there ready to leave--but chances are that he would have already taken care of that business normally some time recently before.)
MaxxFordham 4 years ago
Yeah, probably.... But not that I wanted that. I didn't put this video here to try to expose them. (And I understand that you weren't accusing me of that.) :) I just thought it was a pretty wicked-looking sight that a lot of other people would appreciate seeing.
Mike
MaxxFordham 4 years ago
the cabins have fops protection
falling object protection system
only vurnable places are the windows scharp thing like concreet metal can penetrate and pierce him
stupid contracter for not using a longrange for this job, and stupid operator for working like this
vermeirent 4 years ago
Well, the contractor does have a long-range hoe that they were using for this job, but at this very moment, they were using the shorter machine beause the high-reach machine was broken. They should have just waited until it got fixed.
Mike
MaxxFordham 4 years ago
must be a non-union contractor
iceracer2121 4 years ago
What a moron!!!
zaxis350 4 years ago
HEY! thats my dad!
thesupertaco11 4 years ago
brutal clip!!!! awesome!
groenelantaarn 4 years ago
Wat is die 'commentator' een kneus :')
AlexMiedema 4 years ago
@AlexMiedema
Nope, I'm not a "crusher," Alex. I'm not sure where you might get an idea like that.
MaxxFordham 4 weeks ago
Oh..WOW that´s an idiot!
asscona78 4 years ago
not a verry bright opperater
hottunes007 4 years ago
Nice shot Max. Glad that guy was ok.
leebuddy1980 4 years ago
Glad the operator survived. Awesome shot.
sprocketman14 4 years ago