Worker dies while using industrial pressure washer

[datsmeboi]

Y WOULD HE USE A 20K THAT'S JUST LIME A 1OK WOULD HAVE GOT IT DONE WITH ABOUT 7 TO 8000PSI BEEN BLASTING 9YRS AND DAT WAS JUST DUMB OF DA WHOLE COMPANY!!!!!!

[mrgerminaro]

people think water is harmless unless u drown o its not it can cut concrete and steel R.I.P poor man

[fuelban]

good video guys, good info.

Thom.

[appleintosh]

What a way to go. Killed by water splashing you

[BankaiIchigo12345]

A fireman uses high pressure hose with less pressure than that, and usually needs TWO people to hold it. With as much pressure as used in this pressure cleaner, it seems it would take maybe 5 or 10 people holding the nozel, but I only see one person holding it in that demonstration that cuts through wood. He must be the strongest man in the world!

[HHOButterSkate]

I got hit by a home one today, got a big scar on my abdomen. Hurts pretty bad. Be careful with these guys.

[mlcoo17]

If you are hydroblasting, don't drink and get a good nights sleep the night before.

[DJKloop]

that method of preventing this afterward is a bit of a long shot, the chances of this type of death are a handfull to a billion, just buy new pipes instead of cleaning them, that way you dont need extra power washer and u dont need dead peoples ><

[TheFlowerchimp]

I had no idea that there even was this kind of pressure cleaner. The guy didn't stand a chance.

[Nivicoman]

Ultra high pressure water is used for cutting sort of like how lasers are used.

[SpiderRider3]

I want one of those to clean my driveway.

[tjones2269]

a guy i worked with died he was using a jet truck used to clean out city sewer lines basically the same thing but the hose is about 1 1/2" around and the jet head about a ft long this idiot was inside a 5 ft storm pipe using it by hand aparently he had tripped or something and it got away from hin the jet head came back and smashed his skull

[TheBigJerkface]

I did this work about 10 years ago when I was fresh out of high school. Anyone flex-lancing without controlling their own foot pedal, attaching a rigid lance 1.5x the diameter of the pipe to the tip, and without a backout preventer is a moron who works for a moron of a crew leader. Seriously, these things were the industry standard ten years ago! Also, if the crud in that pipe needs 20k of pressure, it's big enough to just use a line mole on, anyway. It would be faster and safer.

[justmitch1986]

i blast everyday at work and it is a scary feeling when u have a lance back out on you while running lines. we had 2 near deaths this last month from people being stupid. and we cut concrete with 20,000 psi and we have also cut steel with that pressure to. hydroblasting is nothing to play with it.

[1x93cm]

workplace accidents are by far the messiest

[tubestick00]

what a way to go. slashed by water. it would penetrate into you. fuck.

[LadyJoCroft]

I cut my finger today using a regular pressure washer.

[Rickdamm]

This seems like a dangerous tool , no matter how safe you think you are, @

20 thousand PSI, I wonder who invented this , bet he/ shes not using it themselves..

There must be a better Safer tool ) they can invent for doing this kind of work.. I  am also wondering how old this person was , and what traing did they get. ? RD

[happymana]

40.000 PSI is can decapitate a human.

[hiyadroogs]

@happymana 20000 psi could cut through a tree. 40000 could cut steel.

[MrShawn305]

@hiyadroogs 35000 can cut granite...

[gunfuego]

@hiyadroogs are you kidding me you can cut titanium with 40,000 psi

[DirTyOhGee]

20,000 PSI?!?!?!?!?!?! WOW!!! Its UNBELIEVABLE that there using that amount of pressure with basically just a hose with a tip on it...NO WAND AT ALL??????? I mean the foot dump is good but MAN! Ive been pressure washing for 8 years and if asked to hold onto just a hose at those pressures I would laugh and for sure hand it back. "No thanks"

[markygonzo]

Im in the hydroblasting buisness and not controling your own pedal is completley dangerous and can and should be avoided at all times. Whoever was the forman of that job and that employee shouldve been fired at once.

[gruvens]

Gr8 video. Kudos to the investigator and thumbs down to the idiot who thought it would be a good idea to have someone other than the operator controlling the foot module.

[shfbdfi1273]

I'm quitting my job now.

[peaches021308]

this shit will kill u dead if u dont follow guidelines and procedures think how hiswife and kids r doing

[nUaSvAy]

If your not safe, anything can pretty much kill you. Poor guy.

[khenry1991]

the show American Choppers uses that water jet machine to cut metal.....wicked stuff that is

[badopinion]

Wow that sucks.

[DjGisME]

I'm sorry to say but unfortunatelly this worker was an idiot!

[waveali]

Jesus. That's one powerful pressure washer

[bestSVMS]

wow that can cut flesh?

[Phonolith303]

Yes, a friend of me works as industrial cleaner, and he says that it is true.

[hartistry1957]

Oil riggers use a super-high pressure system that cuts through

1/2 inch steel pipe due to explosive environment.

[disastercatastrophe]

even home power washers can cut flesh.

[MrStroked351]

I use to work for john deer a few summers back we had one that we cleaned bulldozers with it would cut 5 inch logs in half

[joescout]

yes the water can cut you like a chainsaw

[trevticks]

40,000 psi holy crap!!!!

[3liteX]

it can peel the paint off a car and at full blast can go through you yes..

[weberly2]

a guy here walked by one of those water pressure things that happened to have a small hole in the hose or box, not sure, and as he walked by it cut him right in half. now they have to walk by with a broom out in front of them. i think the worst is a tree debarker though, 3 guys had once somehow got trapped in one at the mill where i worked as a guard, so the story went.

[ktm525200]

i gotta clean my bike with one of those and i bet the unions got those saftey laws in good on them

[Ilikenuman]

so the water cut through his flesh?

[trustthewater]

yes. Some manufacturers use water jets to cut stone and metal. picture a skydiver (with out a parachute) doing a belly flop into a pool. Now magnify that by a few hundred or thousand times.

[GRrRrPoledancer94]

holy crap i hav 1 of those in my grage!!!!

[GODZILLAMANASS]

Not an industrial one like that

[HunjiFlar]

then its a good thing u watched this video..........

[LiquidZ2k]

These are all very educational.

[David58117]

Ok got it, when do I start?

[m16figure8]

too funny. i can picture a terrified stoner working that job!

[sparbyk]

use TST of sweden safty clothing!!!!

[bubabule]

i work offshore and we use UHP systems nearly everyday; however, we use lances and not tubing lances for pipes.....TST suits will help prevent a serious injury; however, they will only give you a few seconds chance when using 40,000psi. However,I always ensure i adorn the full TST suit and double protected footwear also....plus goggles, a face shield and hearing protection. Very dangerous maching indeed....if it wasnt for the environment i would much rather grit blast all the time.

[393STROKERer]

I work for Veolia Environmental Services and we use anti- withdraw devices attatched to the pipes we clean for just that reason.

[Karpindur]

I was a supervisor in the Marine/Industrial blast and coating world for many years. The switch in question is a called a "Dead Man" for the obvious reasons, and No One operates the Dead Man but the Operator.

[untillirott]

i was in the sandblasting industry and sometimes we'd have to go and use a 40k to clean out some pipe, but like this accident you NEVER have a second person controlling the footswitch, it should always be controled by the person running the nozzle.

[FKAguy]

what??? why didnt i see that from CTV or Gobalnews???

[zacatetas]

idiot

[uttergizza]

Dude, i used a snake to clean out my own pipes in my house. When i was feeding it through the pipe it rolled up and the pressure made it coil and the engine keep feeding the metal cable. I was like holllllly shit. By the time i figured out what to do it was to late, BANG it coiled hard and fast and broke my thumb. Dude, just when u think u know what your doing, it only takes a second to lose control.

[runisunke]

@uttergizza " just when u think u know what your doing, it only takes a second to lose control"

Ill thumbs up to that

[default99telecom]

Car Washes used to have good pressure that would peel the paint off the car, and cut your finger if it got in the way of the stream.

[cucka3000]

omg i aint ever gonna use that or go near one or someone usein one !!!!

[lexichronicle]

there should be one of these for every industrial accident and they should be made into a series workers have to watch to smart up predeath work

[curbappealbrent]

Good video and quite informative about future safety practices. Thanks!

[therealromster]

Very informative and being aware of dangers is the best way to be safe, at the very least this poor guy lost his life but as a result safety standards have gone up to prevent this from happening again.

[AYTAZED]

But in the drawing at 1:30, the person is wearing a bowler hat and suit. Not very safety conscious!

[texasswanga361]

you are suppose to use a withdrawal device for this exact reason

[Hydroexcavation]

Thank you for making the video - though we do not sell Water Blasting Techology, we encourage people to use similar safety measures when using our Pressure Washers. I will link this video to a number of our dealers and sales people.

Dan

[riverside987n]

I wouldnt allow anyone to control my foot box. And if it wasnt possible for me to control my pencil line and footbox then it would have to be someone i trust. Oh and marking the line with paint wont work. The water comming out of the hose is hot and there is friction on the line. Youll take the chance of the mark comming off. I use duct tape. Also one must consider the size of the pencil line in contrast to size of pipe and make certain all orfices on his pencil line tip are clean.

[animallover547]

Ouch!!

[cucka3000]

i no i cant beiv it & i aint using one of dose eva

[whiterabbitpress]

good video.

[Gellvos6]

hmm ... and i used to chase my friend around the work play with one :|

[cucka3000]

seariously??? o idk cuz i aint gonna go near one of those or someone usin one!!!!

[spacemonkey1233]

WOW 40,000 PSI!! i do pressure cleaning and my 4,000 PSI will put a hole in the road with the 0 degree tip

[vulturedoors]

"water jet bored into his upper body"

Daaaaaaaammmmmmmn.  Remind me not to go into that line of work!

[weebros]

good video

[rooney62danny]

my dad got a pressure washer from work today its well fun to mess up the garden !

[Hawkface69]

Flex Lances are for Suckas.

[mkx200sx]

and remember- always wear high visibility vest!

[cwr56]

thank you Mr. Clarkson.

[TerryC65]

useful info.. thank you for posting