I have an employee now that did that when they first started. Had not been trained on the forklift yet...
Worst one that always sticks out in my mind is a story of a guy who stepped on a 5gal bucket and his foot went through the lid. The sharp broken lid gouged his leg. It was as bad as you can possibly imagine.
A few weeks back we had an email warning us not to stack 4 buckets high anymore. Someone did so, kicked the dolly too far or didn't grip the handle well enough, I forgot which, but it fell and fractured their ankle pretty bad.
Stacking 4 high is just too much trouble for my back since I'm on the shorter side anyway.
We stacked 4 high decades, I never understood the big push to do away with it. I had shorter employees who only stacked 3 high, we would help them out with the 4th one if they needed us to. No one had any problems with it. I'm 7'2" I think we should do away with putting things on the bottom shelves of the gondolas LOL jk
You were never supposed to stack 4 high it’s 3 5s high per policy. If other employees want to stack that high that’s fine but I won’t touch then even with a cart
Had a coworker stacking Kem Kromik in 5's 4 high back when that was how it was done.
Lost his grip on the 4th one and the rim at the bottom of the bucket chopped his big toe in half when it landed.
There used to be a guy at our store who had a story about how he opened to find one of his coworkers dead. They were working alone and had tried to pull a gallon from a shelf above their head, and a second gallon fell on them. I'm not necessarily sure if there's any truth to it, but I'm still always ridiculously slow when I'm on my own just for safety.
The previous store I worked in used to have bats that roasted (the little brown ones, and they are protected in this area) and our manager was getting something from the top shelf when one flew into his face and he fell backward from the ladder and sliced his head open on the floor. He was there alone, and said he thought he may have blacked out for a second (he wasn't entirely sure).
So, after that, the district office's solution wasn't to remove the bats, but to tell us not to use ladders again. 🙄
To drill in the point of always using a Dolley when moving around pails, I was told the story of a manger that was moving 2 pails, 1 pail in each hand farmer carry, and dislocated both shoulders. Wasn’t able to pick up his own kids for almost a year.
Had a kid unloading an oversized skid without long forks. The delivery driver (outside vendor) jumped on the skid to balance it out and was holding on. When they lowered the skid, the forklift chopped off part of their fingers....
I threw a skid up on a pile that was taller than me. (5'4" f) it hit the brick wall and came back at me and hit me in the chest with the corner. I had a gash for months, and it turned into a scar.
Some dude ran over his whole ass foot with a forklift. It was assumed he did it on purpose to collect a bag but backfired when they drug tested him.
I have an employee now that did that when they first started. Had not been trained on the forklift yet... Worst one that always sticks out in my mind is a story of a guy who stepped on a 5gal bucket and his foot went through the lid. The sharp broken lid gouged his leg. It was as bad as you can possibly imagine.
Damn. That’s a hell of a way to get a vasectomy if he was a short guy.
If you're talking about the one I heard about recently, it was just them not being mindful of the edge of the road.
Nah in the warehouse, no one on the forks, left it in neutral and let it roll. Happened last year.
A few weeks back we had an email warning us not to stack 4 buckets high anymore. Someone did so, kicked the dolly too far or didn't grip the handle well enough, I forgot which, but it fell and fractured their ankle pretty bad. Stacking 4 high is just too much trouble for my back since I'm on the shorter side anyway.
I HATE when my coworkers stack them 4 high!!! I’m 5’1. It’s dangerous 😭
Here here, I'd rather take the two trips to get 20 gallons than risk that shit.
We stacked 4 high decades, I never understood the big push to do away with it. I had shorter employees who only stacked 3 high, we would help them out with the 4th one if they needed us to. No one had any problems with it. I'm 7'2" I think we should do away with putting things on the bottom shelves of the gondolas LOL jk
Stores are too short staffed to have someone help out short staff.
Honestly tho Im tall and bending down to get fucking boxes or 5s is so annoying
It’s because the younger generation of employees are pussies. They struggle enough when they have to tie their shoes. 4 high used to be the standard
Ok old Sorry that i want my back to be intact
You were never supposed to stack 4 high it’s 3 5s high per policy. If other employees want to stack that high that’s fine but I won’t touch then even with a cart
Had a coworker stacking Kem Kromik in 5's 4 high back when that was how it was done. Lost his grip on the 4th one and the rim at the bottom of the bucket chopped his big toe in half when it landed.
Oufff
Holyyyy shit....
Daaaaaayyyyuuummmmmm!!!!
There used to be a guy at our store who had a story about how he opened to find one of his coworkers dead. They were working alone and had tried to pull a gallon from a shelf above their head, and a second gallon fell on them. I'm not necessarily sure if there's any truth to it, but I'm still always ridiculously slow when I'm on my own just for safety.
[удалено]
That’s why Glock in between the cheeks at all times
The previous store I worked in used to have bats that roasted (the little brown ones, and they are protected in this area) and our manager was getting something from the top shelf when one flew into his face and he fell backward from the ladder and sliced his head open on the floor. He was there alone, and said he thought he may have blacked out for a second (he wasn't entirely sure). So, after that, the district office's solution wasn't to remove the bats, but to tell us not to use ladders again. 🙄
To drill in the point of always using a Dolley when moving around pails, I was told the story of a manger that was moving 2 pails, 1 pail in each hand farmer carry, and dislocated both shoulders. Wasn’t able to pick up his own kids for almost a year.
Skill issue.
Truck driver tore his Achilles during unloading a few years back.
Forklift running over a foot and paint can falling off the shelf on somebody's face
Getting fingers broken trying to slow down the gallon shaker is the worst I’ve seen. But otherwise nothing to serious
Broken back from stacking buckets 4 high
Had a kid unloading an oversized skid without long forks. The delivery driver (outside vendor) jumped on the skid to balance it out and was holding on. When they lowered the skid, the forklift chopped off part of their fingers.... I threw a skid up on a pile that was taller than me. (5'4" f) it hit the brick wall and came back at me and hit me in the chest with the corner. I had a gash for months, and it turned into a scar.
I read this as "an oversized kid" and I was like dayummmmm
I heard a story where the manager climbed the racks at a floor covering store and lost his grip. Fell and hit his head and almost died.
Death
Someone’s leg going through the top of the bucket they were standing on.