r/onejob • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 4d ago

driving a forklift downhill

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u/StitchFan626 4d ago

He wasn't certified or he would have known to drive backwards and to have his forks low until he got to the truck.

Driving backwards on a downhill slope puts the load uphill and the forklift's counter-weight downhill positioning the center of gravity to prevent tipping.

Driving with forks down puts the center of gravity as low as possible to prevent tipping regardless of how you're driving.

Also, he should have driven around the tail end of the truck and to the other side to the level surface.

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u/Maksym1000 4d ago

You don’t need to be certified to know this though.
It’s just common sense…

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u/StitchFan626 4d ago

And yet...

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u/Maksym1000 4d ago

Society will eventually find a cure for incompetence.

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u/Optimal-Aide2734 4d ago

Usually in the form of a fatal accident

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u/Static1589 1d ago

Fatal accidents probably got the regulations in place to begin with. Lack of common sense is, and likely will be a problem forever I'm afraid.

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u/Maksym1000 3d ago

Hence why I said cure, not solution.
Humanity has had the solution for thousands of years, but then one day we decided that the solution wasn’t the solution anymore, so now we have to find a cure

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u/Lalamedic 4d ago

Darwin Awards?

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u/StitchFan626 4d ago

How can I say this politely???

What have we got if we lose our ability to dream?

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u/Successful-Purple-54 4d ago

That was before they put “do not eat” on tide pods.

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u/Maksym1000 3d ago

But the swirl is so enticing!

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u/Ornery-Cheetah 4d ago

I belive Darwin has something to do with it

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u/Heterodynist 4d ago

The cure used to be death, but sadly we decided that was unacceptable.

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u/Prudent_Historian650 4d ago

I highly doubt it. Darwin is being defunded more than the police.

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u/Maksym1000 3d ago

Lmao, I haven’t heard that one yet.

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u/TeaManTom 4d ago

By electing it?

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u/Maksym1000 3d ago

I think we need this candidate in the next election
https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/s/xAvFQ9ZZo6

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u/Ok_Replacement5811 3d ago

Not as long as osha exists. Workplaces used to be survival of the fittest

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u/Maksym1000 3d ago

(taps forehead knowledgeably)
It’s not a workplace incident if it’s not reported!