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I work in a dangerous industry

There was an incident 2 days ago at a heavy industry business a few doors from my place of work.
A 16 year old male was using an overhead crane and unfortunately he was standing directly below the suspended load.
Something gave way and the load fell on him. He died of a crush injury.
I use overhead cranes moving loads up to 10 tons. At any moment there could be equipment failure.
With this in mind, we never stand under a suspended load.
A 16 year old does not understand what can go wrong and it was up to his fellow workers to look out for him.
A tragedy that should never have happened.
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SW-User
Sad they would allow a 16 year old on such a dangerous work environment without the right training.
Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User He should have had a mentor with him at all times. Someone is going to be found negligent and will most likely/should go to prison.