This Viral Thread Has People Listing Things That Are in Fact Way More Dangerous Than Most Think (30 Things)

Ever since I did WHMIS training, I've gotten extremely paranoid around reading chemical safety labels. The training showed a foreign worker essentially making chlorine gas by accident in a dry cleaners and almost killing everyone in the building (and actually killing herself). Everyone who was exposed had permanent damage.

There was a welder who didn't realize the chemical his work gave him had fumes that would burn off his eyes and face after just one use without face and eye protection. It costed him his marriage and his entire future. In the video he said he didn't even blame her as there was no hope for him and he didn't want to burden his then young wife with having to look after someone completely broken.

And I think there was a driveway sealant part-timer who was a high schooler or something. They didn't give him any safety gear and he got cancer applying the sealant like how they told him to do it

I don't think I ever watched such horrific true events presented in such a dry and boring manner. And they kept interviewing the people about how their life was after the fact and what could have been done differently and it was just scarring.

It's such a simple thing to just trust your job to check chemical safety for you but goddamn, if they didn't you can be royally f****d. I can't imagine just opening a barrel of something my boss told me to open and literally having my corneas burned out of my face. I also switched out many of my cleaners and detergents in my home to safer options wherever I could. Even something like ice melt I check to see for warning and safety labels.

IThinkMyLegsAreBroke said:
Brazlian butt lifts. One of the most dangerous cosmetic surgeries.

LiehTzu replied:
Please elaborate.

IThinkMyLegsAreBroke replied:
"There are major blood vessels, deep in the musculature of the area, and if injecting and trying to really enhance the area, often times the injection can go too deep and violate the veins."
The result could be fat or fillers entering the bloodstream and then the circulatory system — potentially causing a lethal pulmonary embolism."

Walking up or down the stairs, the most common accident at home is falling down the stairs.

Skwerilleee said:
Garage door springs.

GlassCondensation replied:
Ours broke one night and it sounded like a damn 12 gauge going off. Can confirm, do not go anywhere near those things.

spicyplantleaf replied:
When ours broke it sounded like a car crashing into the garage.

VAGINA_EMPEROR replied:
I was in bed when mine broke, which is basically right over my garage door. Shook the bed like a small earthquake.

Electricity. You can’t see it until it’s too late. Harmless wires dangling around will put you into the ground. Even if it looks “good,” it can be done wrong and start a fire. Source: am an Electrician

NBA-014 said:
Driving distracted.

FerDefer replied:
I'll never understand why regulators have started allowing massive screens the size of tablets in the centre console.

epicenter69 replied:
Simple. Custom-sized screen with radio, AC and other car functions = nearly impossible to replace it with anything aftermarket. You’re stuck with their highly overpriced factory parts for the life of the car.

Falling down. I know there are jokes about the whole "I've fallen and I can't get up!" But it's a real danger. As we get older, our bones lose density and strength, so falling can actually cause legitimate injuries.

And even if you're not old, unprotected falls are still dangerous. Street fights where people get knocked out and fall onto concrete is super dangerous. It doesn't take a lot of height to cause serious damage when falling and hitting your head.

llcucf80 said:
Overworking yourself.

anupsetzombie replied:
I had a coworker at my last job who just didn't have an off button and definitely didn't know how to say no to people in charge. He was always agreeing to overtime (working from 7AM to 8 PM 6 days a week) and doing stuff out of the job description, like repairing for refurbished products and driving trucks to help move product around. Despite the job supposed to be just being an in-warehouse packaging and shipping type job. Didn't get paid any higher than he was previously making too, though the overtime and double-time pay probably did add up real quick.

Hardest working guy I've ever met, but deep down I kind of feel bad for him. He told me he had to quit his last job as a UPS loader/unloader because his doctors told him he was literally killing himself with all the overtime he was taking. Said he weighed like 90 lbs (He's around 5'10") and basically lived to work and sleep at the point.

It's gotta be some sort of undiagnosed OCD or something when it hits that level. He's an awesome dude but some people don't know how to let themselves relax, it's sad.

If you need someone's attention while they're using heavy equipment, in a nonemergency situation, let them finish before getting their attention.

I work as a meat cutter. When I'm cutting something on the band saw, I have my back turned to the counter. Lot of customer expect to get service immediately as soon as they walk up to the counter.

So I'm cutting something and they immediately make a loud noise to get my attention. Like picking up a metal sign post and banging it in the floor or slamming the counter. It surprises me, making me flinch depending on how loud it is. With my fingers inches from a saw that easily passes through the thickest of cow bones.

I don't care how important your dinner date steak is. If I lose my hand, I will do my damnest to punch you in the face with my bloody stump.

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Additional info since I received a lot of comments about it. I am not alone. I have at least 1 other coworker working the counter. No, the band saw is not next to the service counter.

That would be a very bad idea. The amount of bone dust (yes, just like sawdust) produced would nake it very difficult to keep the front area clean.

I work in a back area, that is separated by a low wall and large open bay window. That's where we do all the meat production. That's where we can contain all the bone dust, blood, rendered fat, and other things that come with meat cutting.

Also that area is refrigerated. We have 2 massive cooling units on the ceiling with a total of 8 fans. It doesn't keep the production are refrigerator cold. But it does keep it around 50F on average.

Because of these loud fans, I can't hear my coworkers when they're talking at normal levels to someone in thw front. I can hear voices but can not distinguish what is being said. And that should give everyone an idea of how loud these a******s are.

I can hear it extremely loud over the fans, loud band saw and bones being sawed.

A full force punch to the face. People have died from a single punch.