This Is 100 Percent Real

Posted on 04/12/2009 at 11:36 pm by Bob Cesca

This is an actual workplace safety video from the early 1990s, and — WARNING! — it’s over-the-top gory to the point of being hilarious (or maybe I’m just in a twisted mood right now). Also, according to the person who posted it on YouTube, it’s still being used.

(Source: Xeni Jardin)

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  • veralynn

    WOW all I got is WOWI am adding that to my FB age right now…..hoping these were actors portraying actual events and the actual people are doing ok and allWOWthanks Bob!

  • GItheJOE

    BOB!!!STEP AWAY FROM THE FAMILY OR JESUS!!!

  • LoewLife

    That was Goddamn Hilarious! However, the one where the guy’s ring finger gets ripped off is actually more common that one might think.

  • Sierradrinker

    Wow, that video really hammers home the point.

  • ElMystico

    All the blood whooshing in slow motion…did these guys work on the set of a Halloween movie?

  • Ivan from merced,ca

    Now if that video does not make you think twice about your safety I don’t know what will.

  • Lexaburn

    I bet that one dude won’t EVER get angry on the job ever again. It’s just fucked up that his hand got all messed up in the matter. The man obviously took his anger out on his hand. The hand ought to choke that bastard in his sleep and find an arm that isn’t attached to one so quick to abuse those closest to him.Yeah, and what’s the probability of that propane tank actually hitting that dude square in the cheek like that, but not before just missing the dude with wherewithal to drop before it hit him? It’s like the propane tank had it out for that one dude, or perhaps that single, solitary cheek, never mind the face of the dude attached to it. It must’ve been holding a grudge against that guy’s cheek, or, again, the dude himself.When the dude that got hit in the face said “Ouch,” was it in reaction to getting hit in the face with a speeding propane tank, or the fact that he and his office were both set ablaze?Who hollered, “Oh, shit!” first: the dude that fucked up on the job, which lead to the propane tank propelling itself into full-bore murder; the lucky bastard that duck out of the way; or the unfortunate dude that got belted across the face by a missile? Perhaps the propane tank gave off a sound similar to a human being hollering “Oh, shit!” I’m sure the witnesses discussed this right before being burned to death in the warehouse fire.Why did the filmmakers spare that obvious dummy from getting hit with the tank? Did they feel that the dummy lacked the defenses necessary to handle the blow of a speeding object? They should’ve just let the dummy do its job and get hit in the face. What, did they think a dummy getting hit in the face would not be realistic enough? Is the end result of their little switcheroo any more realistic? I mean, the dude basically got a love tap on his cheek. His head was still attached to the stem of his neck and everything. What a gyp!Did someone warn that the propane tank would be flying by at just that moment? Did the lucky dude forget then remember at the last second, ducking out of the way in the nick of time? No one can be that lucky. There should have been at least two deaths. Perhaps the fire did get the rest of the workers, if that offers some relief for those that enjoy that sort of thing.Speaking of that fire. Did the propane tank start that fire to cover-up evidence? If it did, someone needs to inform the stupid thing that the entire incident was all caught on tape, and it’s not going to get away with what it did to that poor man.Since the dude was sitting right next to a damned window, did he not see the the vindictive propane tank headed towards him? What, did he think the tank would change its mind at the last minute?You can’t reason with a speeding missile, you idiot! IT WILL HIT YOU, AND YOU WILL DIE! GET OUT OF THE WAY! Well, it’s too late now, you clod. Now you’re dead, and you can’t even hear me as I author rebukes to your stupidity. Damn you! Damn you and your dumb children that are destined to be smashed upside the head with pianos or anvils like Wile E. Coyote, but not before being shamed at the fact that you, the man that didn’t duck in the workplace safety video, is their father.

  • http://nanotyrnns.blogspot.com/ Nanotyrannus

    Did I see Trent Lott in there?

  • Silly Anti-Christofascist Git

    Lexaburn -APPLAUSE

  • Juggman

    Goddamn Awesome.

  • gypsy

    what no decapitation?

  • http://rte148@gmail.com joshua Wilson

    This work is puerile and under-dramatized. It lacks any sense of structure, character and the Aristotelian unities.Otherwise, it totally rocks!

  • Elborba

    Look up “Shake Hands with Danger” – another safety classic from Caterpillar Tractor featuring limbs getting mangled etc . .

  • lisa

    This is shockingly less upsetting to watch and listen to than the wingnut D-bags on the “news’ right now. Correction T-bags!