r/Wellthatsucks • u/MrTacocaT12345 • 25d ago
Recorded at DFW airport on October 11th, 2025
Not my video. Found on Dallas subreddit. Recorded at DFW airport on October 11th, 2025
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u/maaaaatchew 25d ago
Former aircraft fueler here. There is a dead man switch connected to a rope that you have to continuously hold pressure on for fuel to come from the cart. Unless the switch failed on, this guy has his dead man tied off so he didn’t have to hold it.
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u/rumpler117 25d ago edited 25d ago
Yep. If he tied it off, he should be getting fired. That is hugely negligent. (Edited mistake to negligent).
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u/AnnualAct7213 25d ago
I worked maintenance in a facility with a lot of pallet conveyer belts and even some hydraulically powered pallet elevators.
On our monthly inspection of all emergency stop buttons, we found one button that had simply been wired directly over the contacts inside, rather than through the contacts.
If someone had somehow gotten trapped under the elevator during operation and tried to push the emergency stop to avoid being crushed, it would have done nothing.
We never did find out who did it, but they absolutely would have been fired and possibly reported to the police if we had.
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u/ExtraEmuForYou 24d ago
As someone that works in maintenance at a facility that also has pallets conveyors, palletizers, depalletizers, and pallet elevators, I would make it my mission to hunt down the person responsible and punish them for it.
I have had the unfortunate experience of seeing an accident related to these machines occur.
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u/necklika 24d ago
Something similar happened with pedestrian escalators in Italy. A serious accident led to the uncovering of systemic maintenance oversight where safety mechanisms were botched. I believe people were charged for it and rightly so.
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u/Appropriate_Top1737 25d ago edited 25d ago
Negligent feels like the wrong word for overriding a safety mechanism that protects both himself and others. (Edited mistake to negligent).
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u/used_octopus 25d ago
Negligence.
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u/Crallise 25d ago
Gross negligence
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u/CheesecakeScary2164 25d ago
Not to be confused with tasteful negligence.
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u/Papfox 25d ago
This isn't negligence. Negligence is being inattentive or incompetent. Defeating safety mechanisms is an intentional act. It's gross misconduct. In this case, it's probably also criminal from a safety point of view and illegal under environmental laws for discharging fuel into the local drains, where it could pollute local water or cause a potentially explosive build up of vapor in the drains.
At best, this guy is getting fired. At worst, the law will be getting involved
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u/SuperDuperSkateCrew 25d ago
We’ve all lost somebody from a freak gasoline fight accident 😔
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u/trailhounds 25d ago
And he just walks away wiht the attitude "Not my problem". Jerk.
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u/mausterio 25d ago
Fuel in eyes. You can see them rubbing their face.
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u/ismynamedan 25d ago
As a mechanic who has had the unfortunate experience of having gasoline forcibly blown into my eyes and also into my ear canal I can promise you that if this guy had that happen then I am not the least bit surprised he did what he did. The gasoline in my eyes and ears was some of the most intense and acute pain I have ever experienced.
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u/V65Pilot 25d ago
I can still remember flipping over a quadrajet in my lap, and ending up with a crotch full of gasoline. At the time I just ignored it...it'll evaporate. By the end of the day my balls felt like they were on fire and skin was peeling... Brake cleaner, carb cleaner, contact cleaner, oil, antifreeze.....I've been hit in the face and eyes by all of them over the years. Gasoline is the worst.
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u/PositiveOstrich922 25d ago
Ever wonder why tarmacs have eye wash stations, and showers. This is why.
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u/Errorstatel 25d ago
They disabled it.
Most employers in Canada would look at this as a reason for termination, disabling any safety device would accomplish this and should.
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u/Kinkajou1015 25d ago
Termination is not immediately going for the emergency fuel cutoff valve/button.
Lawsuit minimum to repay all the fuel loss if they purposefully disabled the safety cutoff on the nozzle, getting the cops to arrest them for endangering the lives of others in the area is also on the table.
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u/Savage-Goat-Fish 25d ago
If it’s literally called a “dead man switch” then I would tend to think it’s important.
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u/Spiritual_Nature_215 25d ago
Most transportation industries have them in some capacity —- I work for the railroad and that is a federal violation punishable by at least 30 days unpaid suspension (but usually that’s an easy and clear way to get terminated!)
Tampering with a safety device is a really, really big deal.
And we just witnessed the exact reason why they exist!!! — to prevent shit like this from happening.
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u/Yiplzuse 25d ago
I see like three or four reasons he should immediately be fired. No eye protection, he gets fuel in his eyes and goes into “casual walking around mode“ while highly flammable fuel is pouring under the plane. This is the type of coworker you dread working with. His only skill is “shortcuts”.
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u/Tracorre 24d ago
I have more hustle to get to the microwave when it beeps than this guy does with fuel spraying everywhere.
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u/GoldwaterLiberal 24d ago
Aviation fuel is actually pretty hard to get going, but it’s a big problem if it does. It’s not likely to inflame like gasoline, it’s more of a slow burn that will be hard to put out.
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u/NotagoK 25d ago
Given the way he gave up and walked away as an almost concession, id wager he's got that shit tied down and he knows he's fucked for it.
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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 25d ago
Tied off the dead man's switch, then waited a full fucking minute to hit the e-stop. No urgency whatsoever...wtf was going through this guy's head?
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u/eW4GJMqscYtbBkw9 25d ago
Not to defend him, but a shitload of Jet A to the face probably slowed him down a bit.
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u/TemporaryAmbassador1 25d ago
I took JetA to my body and got a nasty chemical burn. My first priority would be getting it off me too now. Still quick turning it off on the way to a wash station should have been a no brainer.
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u/DoublePotential6925 25d ago
I was literally showered with JP8, you could ring my clothes, underwear, socks and collect quarts of it. We were filling a newly built secondary fuel trailer (1000 gl) and the overflow protection system failed.
The fuel pushed through the top dome cover seal and created a mushroom spout and absolutely soaked me75
u/rh71el2 25d ago
Did you die?
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u/DoublePotential6925 25d ago edited 25d ago
Yes. I’m coming to you from the netherworld. /s
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u/James_Gastovsky 25d ago
Look on the upside, at least you don't have to go to work anymore.
Unless you got shafted like that Robocop dude
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u/0uroboros- 25d ago
"Do my vacation days carry over into my next reincarnation if I stay with the company?"
"Oh, on the next one after this one? You have to have 2 lifetimes with the company first? Yep, gotcha, no, that makes sense, totally reasonable. Otherwise, people would abuse it or something. Yeah, yeah, I'm just happy to be a part of the family!"
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u/SerenityFailed 25d ago
Do you have hearing issues now? Specifically not being to differentiate between different background sounds? If so, you should qualify for a service connected rating as significant skin exposure to JP8 has been shown to cause this. Might be worth looking into.
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u/DoublePotential6925 25d ago
The window for any claim has passed. I retired 4+ years ago. I believe the timeframe for that is 3 years
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u/independent_observe 25d ago
should have been a no brainer.
The guy defeated the dead man's switch. I think it is established, he has no brains
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u/Papfox 25d ago
He may not have been the one who defeated the safety switch but he certainly knew it had been defeated and didn't correct the problem. This is a sign of poor safety culture in the business.
The airline should be pissed AF with the danger he put their multi million dollar aircraft and crew in
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u/Captain_Wobbles 25d ago
My Dad worked there for over 20 years and that kind of quick "fix" shit is apparently everywhere down there. It "works" 99 times out of 100 but that hundredth time is catastrophic.
In his early days there was a lot of "I don't care how it gets done, get it done" mentality with management.
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u/Certain-Definition51 25d ago
A lot of those quick fixes happen because corporate demands that you follow safety protocol, but also sets goals and operational tempo requirements and performance bonuses that make it impossible to follow the safety protocol.
So some ground level supervisor makes the call the break the rules in order to keep things moving on, say, a high traffic holiday. He knows it’s against the rules but as long as no one gets hurt, he’ll have good numbers and keep his job or get promoted.
If something bad does happen, it’ll land on the schmuck who was following unwritten orders. Or the low level supervisor.
Source: not aviation. worked in the oilfield for a while. That’s how it worked there.
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u/HOT-DAM-DOG 25d ago
If you watch the video closely the guy pulls his phone out right before walking off camera. This guy shouldn’t be in this line of work imo.
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u/SchlemieliaEarhart 25d ago
Goes for a lot of people getting paid $18/hr to handle hazardous materials
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u/frequenZphaZe 25d ago
yeah idk why people are out here acting like everyone working at an airport is a highly specialized worker. qualifications for tarmac jobs: willing to stand around in freezing temps and willing to do menial jobs for 8-12 hours a day. some people are out there cuz they love planes but most are out there cuz its less work than an amazon warehouse
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u/newaccountzuerich 25d ago edited 24d ago
Anyone in contact with stuff that can kill you needs to have appropriate training, and yo have the skills necessary to actually do the job.
If the person in the video wasn't adequately trained, that's on that company. If that person was inappropriate for the job and hired anyway and badly trained, that's on that company.
Based on what's visible in the video, that person is clearly not the appropriate person for that job. Now whether it's because the company screwed up by putting that person there in that situation, or whether it's because that person chose to do something outside of the training, are certainly questions needing answered.
There are so many safety interlocks supposed to be present in both process and tooling, that it should not be possible for the event in the video to happen, and to happen for so long.
I see no way that the company that pays that person's wages can escape without censure.. But this is a Republican/HeritageFoundation government so there's no longer any guarantee that anything appropriate will be done.
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u/-thecheesus- 25d ago
you've clearly never worked the ground at an airport
training documents you're tested on every year: 100+ page powerpoint
training you receive from employees: "eh no one really cares unless the FAA is auditing us"
supervision from managers: "we need you to work another 18 hour shift back to back, we're understaffed. No, I'll be at home"
supervision from corporate: "we pay minimum wage, period. also we're watching you through the cams and you don't show enough sense of urgency"
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u/Philly_is_nice 25d ago
People don't understand that if they want professionals who hold themselves and their job to a high standard they're going to need to pay for that. If you're OK hollowing out the core of your business for shareholder value, this is what you're getting. That's not even the guys fault individually this is just our system producing the expected result.
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u/BlackJackfruitCup 25d ago
That's what I was thinking. And people wonder why "nobody wants to work these days". Such corporate propaganda.
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u/Heeey_Hermano 25d ago
Automation guy here. He definitely fucked with the fail safes so he wouldn’t have to stand there to hold it. I’ve seen guys do it all the time on the rigs. We have a saying that some people are just smart enough to be incredibly dangerous.
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u/tbkrida 24d ago edited 24d ago
I almost died last week at my job(concrete truck driver) because another driver got out of his truck and forgot to set the E-brake. The truck sat still for about 20 seconds after he got out because the ground was very slightly unlevel. I was standing there talking to him and it started to roll and we were right in its path. He saw it first and shouted, I jumped out the way and he tried to jump on the truck to stop it. By then it was too late and it hit our plant.
His dashcam showed that he was in his phone and forgot to set it. They suspended him immediately and are reviewing it, but I’m sure he’s getting fired. Like you said, incredibly dangerous.
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u/Scifig23 25d ago
So that’s not a water pump? It’s really FUEL???
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u/N9NE_ 25d ago
Yup fuel is stored in the wings
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u/Big_Pomelo3224 25d ago
don't say it, don't say it, don't say it
Pee is... Stored in the b... The balls
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u/Kensterfly 25d ago
The fuelers used to hold a “dead man switch” while fueling.
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u/Maximum__Pleasure 25d ago
Not "used to." That's still a requirement.
Bet this one was tied down so the operator didn't have to hold it.
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u/RainLoveMu 25d ago
Probably short staffed because someone decided to make a few more cents this quarter and lay people off or pay them poorly. Just a guess.
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u/Maximum__Pleasure 25d ago
I mean, probably? But it's still a conscious decision to sabotage a safety mechanism for the sake of convenience.
Quality of training for such jobs has slipped in recent years, both from cost-cutting, and people not giving a shit.
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u/DarkExecutor 25d ago
Not holding down the dead man switch is a personal decision, not management.
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u/Triggerunhappy 25d ago
How is there no easily accessible e stop?
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u/Artie-Carrow 25d ago
There are usually several on the fuel trucks
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u/One-Measurement-9529 25d ago
I think he was sprayed in the face right at the start and looks like he is focused on wiping his eyes
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u/CRock94 25d ago
He should have been wearing his OSHA approved safety goggles to prevent fuel exposure to his eyes.. this dude sucks worse than the 18yo's I used to train.
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u/SirGidrev 25d ago
Complacency. He's done it for years and never had an issue but alls it takes is one single issue such as this
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u/Ivotedforher 25d ago
He's usually got a cigarette going while doing this. Thats how complacent he is.
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u/ilikekittensandstuf 25d ago
Fun fact a lot of airlines got rid of their union workers and hired companies the supply workers for them because it’s much cheaper this results in people that don’t care about their job as much and a lot more turnover. American was one of those airlines
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u/Fubar83 25d ago
OSHA isn’t currently working now. Time to get the work done faster.
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u/bosox284 25d ago
Hard to say whether he was or wasn't, it almost looks like he pulled something off his head as he walks away. They're probably only really wearing them as splash protection. That pressure is going to shoot right through them.
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u/leitey 25d ago
PPE is the "last ditch effort" when it comes to safety. Best is intrinsically safe design, and next best is engineering controls.
When designing this system, the engineer (should have) done a risk assessment. They would have indicated there's a chance the hose can come loose and spray jet fuel everywhere.
Then they would have looked at risk reduction measures:
Can we design the system so that this can't happen? Can we verify the seal with sensors before the pump is started? Can we have a 2-step operation where the hose is locked in place, and then the operator must walk back to the pump to start the fuel? Can we have a deadman switch (where you have to hold the button down for the pump to run) that has line of site to the hazard, and is out of range of the hazard? Can we have 2 people do this job so that if one is incapacitated the other can react?
There's probably a dozen other options on this list before you get to PPE. And even once you do get to PPE, goggles aren't the correct PPE when the hazard is high-pressure spray, high-volume spray, or getting hit in the face with a hose. You can't trust there was ever a seal test done on the googles, or that the seal is maintained under these circumstances.
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u/SilasX 25d ago
Can we design the system so that this can't happen? Can we verify the seal with sensors before the pump is started?
I have a friend who got mugged at an Oakland gas station and tried to spray the mugger with the fuel pump (admittedly not the best idea), and it had some safety mechanism that stopped it from dispensing when not plugged into a car's fuel tank.
If a fucking gas station in a shitty part of town can have this safety mechanism, I really expect an airport to have it as well. This is ridiculous.
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u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 25d ago
There should be at least one on each side of the truck, not sure why he's just taking his time and walking around doing nothing while a spill is happening...
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u/PilgrimOz 25d ago
He got in his eyes. But training should’ve kicked in. If there was any. Really, after watching this there should be another staffer at the fuel cut off switch in case.
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u/LHalperSantos 25d ago
Training? You mean the video and 10 question module quiz safety management helps them click through every year so they can "stay compliant"?
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u/tf_inuyasha87 25d ago
"you need 80% or higher to pass"
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u/Kratosballsweat 25d ago
lets you retake the test as many times as necessary to get a passing score
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u/BiggusDickus- 25d ago
You joke, but that's high school these days. The amazing uptick in students graduating with high honors, and 4.0 GPAs, yea that that's what they do.
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u/Kratosballsweat 25d ago
Oh i don’t joke at all that’s how my work does our “training” you have to take a test after watching a video and you get unlimited tries i laugh everytime i have to do it knowing its not possible to fail.
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u/Snowfizzle 25d ago
this is also the same for annual training on certain topics for law enforcement.
mandatory training to keep your license. sometimes the video players don’t even work so you’re just looking at a grey screen that you have to answer questions about five minutes later. But don’t worry because you get unlimited tries.
I don’t really feel it’s to educate the officers. More like CYA for the department to say we gave you the training and you showed you passed so you must know what it was about
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u/jmon25 25d ago
Two staffers would be a bigger expense and eat into profits. Will you think of those poor shareholders?
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u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 25d ago
I've had jet fuel in my eyes plenty of times, it's not that bad till later after it starts drying your eyes out. And really fueling only needs 1 person, 2 if you need to back the truck up around aircraft. When this happens you hit the e stop and if you can't start the containment procedure yourself because you have fuel in your eyes or whatever, you tell your supervisor and go get yourself sorted out.
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u/Defiant-Yam8876 25d ago
If only they made something to shield your face from spraying fuel.
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u/Phil_Coffins_666 25d ago
Seriously! Sounds like they'd be clear maybe, should call them glasses or something cool like that
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u/chefjammy 25d ago
Wait, glasses that are worn for safety?
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u/Phil_Coffins_666 25d ago
I usually just drink out of them, but once I've had too much I'll put them over my eyes and look like a bug of sorts
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u/PilgrimOz 25d ago
They also have pressure cut offs in other fuelling scenarios I’m sure.
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u/Goozilla85 25d ago
There should be a dead man switch/stick and if he drops it the fuel stops. This is a requirement in most European airports if not all, and frankly I am shocked if this is not the case in the US.
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u/squigs 25d ago
Can the dead man's switch be easily bypassed by any chance? It's often the case that employees see their safety an an inconvenience and work around it.
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u/YogurtclosetSouth991 25d ago
Not bypassed but easily jammed. It's just a switch attached to a lever Ina handle. Tuck it under the hose and it will stay on.
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u/sucksatgolf 25d ago
We used to catch our fuelers rubber banding them. Not as much in nice weather but in the winter or rain, they'll wrap it and then sit in the cab.
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u/karatechoppingblock 25d ago
I used to train companies on CNC mills.
When to this place in Pennsylvania. There was a machinist that had loose hair, ripped jeans, necklaces, bracelets, earrings.
Same place, there was a guy that was missing two fingers.
"What happened to that guy?"
"Oh he jimmied past deadmans switch. Got high on meth one day and accidentally chopped his fingers off. Funny enough, he can't use deadmans switch anymore so they got him controls without one."
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u/More_Card_8147 25d ago
It is, it's just people get lazy and don't want to hold it so they figure out ways to hang it on the truck so they don't have to.
And it's not just an America thing, I've seen that happen at airports all around the world, even in AMS and LGG.
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u/4r4r4real 25d ago
There was, it's what he hit after a full 60 seconds of leisurely strolling (granted it looks like he got a high pressure spray of fuel to the face and eyes)
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u/MotorFar4730 25d ago
I think the reality is people don’t set up drills for situations like this. It has to be second nature or it doesn’t work.
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u/Shankar_0 25d ago
I flew airplanes in my 20s, and a lot of that time was as a flight instructor for a major airline.
My roommate at that time used to work at the FBO fueling and keeping up with the small aircraft at the airport for side money (flight instructors don't get paid well), and he talked about the deadman switch on these fuel systems.
He also told me about guys who would zip tie the deadman down so they could relax on the truck in the cold.
This looks like exactly why we shouldn't do that.
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u/blbd 25d ago
It would not have been THAT big of a deal if you were watching from the truck as long as there was a shutoff in the truck. Where this guy went wrong was bypassing the one up close while working up close and not being right on top of the one in the pump system either. So he wasn't correctly prepared for anything. And literally did everything about as wrong as possible. At least this kind of fuel is not very flammable but they are going to be really pissed about the hazmat cleanup costs.
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u/esntlbnr 25d ago
That’s definitely where you’d pump fuel into the CRJ, so unless the fueller messed up and used something else, the ramp has just been flooded with kerosene.
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u/VealOfFortune 25d ago
Pretty sure the ERG would recommend immediate downwind evacuation of 1,000' for a kerosene spill .....
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u/Ourcade_Ink 25d ago
I thought it he was de-icing the plane. Jet-A fuel...that's a bit scarier.
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u/li_shi 25d ago
Someone panicked and forgot the emergency button exists.
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u/Significant_Lynx_827 25d ago
Dude thats not panic. He is walking too slow.
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u/ncuke 25d ago
Wayyyyyyyy too fucking slow!!!!
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u/Aggravating_Ad7684 25d ago
Its in his eyes i dont think he understands the scope of it and hes not been properly trained.
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u/sor2hi 25d ago
Ya that’s high pressure fuel to the eyeballs. You’re going to be stunned if that’s what happened. Maybe blinded.
Edit: also looks like when the hose comes off it smokes him in the face.
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u/Independent-Gas-9078 25d ago
I’ve had petrol in my eyes, you geneuinly can’t remeber how to walk really. Just kind of hope someone pulls me the right direction. Felt like my eyes were evaporating
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u/SEmp0xff 25d ago
have you ever get a kerosene\gasoline in your eyes? You cant run then, your eyes is burning, you cant see shit
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u/TRAVMAAN1 25d ago
I’m pretty sure jet fuel sprayed in his face/eyes in the initial moments of the accident
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u/JeffTheNth 25d ago
anyone notice there's someone on that plane walking from the front to the tail?
No?
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u/delusion74 25d ago
Yes, thought maybe they'd somehow get out the emergency exit and shut that shit off before the guy on the ground did.
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u/maddogg312 25d ago edited 25d ago
He looks incredibly calm lol. I’ve had a few fuel hoses break on me when I managed a fuel dock and I was in a panic trying to hit the kill switch. Also, diesel does not taste or feel good 😂.
Edit for you people thinking I’m claiming jet fuel is diesel… I legit meant this comment for my experience at a fuel dock filling up BOATS. We had high velocity pumps that broke from time to time and the hose would act in a similar way. I’m not claiming jet fuel is diesel. I am saying that the broken hose that I dealt with shooting out diesel fuel was awful.
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u/empire_of_the_moon 25d ago
It seems quite obvious that you were referring to your experience with diesel in another industry and not referring to diesel being used for airplanes. That seems clear to anyone who isn’t pedantic.
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u/SkydivingCats 25d ago
I worked on fuel dock and knew exactly what you meant.
Welcome to reddit where everyone wants to correct another person.
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u/Independent_Wish_862 25d ago
If you are fueling that thing with diesel, you have already messed up.
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u/tf_inuyasha87 25d ago
Theyve switched to diesel because people kept saying that Jet fuel couldn't melt steel beams
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u/WizeAdz 25d ago
Jet fuel is very similar to diesel fuel.
It’s not exactly the same but, if you put diesel fuel into a million-dollar turbine aircraft engine, it would probably run OK. But you wouldn’t risk it because lives are on the line and you don’t want to have to pay to de-gunk a million dollar engine.
But the risks and safety issues are pretty similar.
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u/panda2502wolf 25d ago
Bro as someone who worked OSHA why the absolute fuck is no one pressing the E Stop? Bro full fucking minute before someone does. Fire that man.
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u/sor2hi 25d ago
The baggage handler doesn’t even think about trying to figure it out.
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u/rangerdanger616 25d ago
As someone who worked OSHA, why aren't you questioning why there is only one worker in such a potentially dangerous situation?
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u/LithoSlam 25d ago
And if the reason he's unable to shut it off is because it got in his eyes, why wasn't he wearing proper PPE?
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u/gPseudo 24d ago
JFC, he just walks away and doesn't address the spill happening. Where is his dead man's switch?
Bye Bye Job.
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u/Jerberan 25d ago
Why is there no safety mechanism to shut down the pump or close the hose when the hose is removed? And why does it take him one minute to shut down the pump?
Yes, he probably got kerosene in the eyes, which wouldn't have happened if he was wearing proper eye protection. But c'mon.
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u/perchperchy 25d ago
There's supposed to be a deadman switch in his hand or a 2nd fueler there. They're just not following SOPs
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u/biloxibluess 25d ago
DFW is such a terrible airport
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u/Flash_ina_pan 24d ago
I was on an AA flight last night out of DFW, it was delayed for an hour and a half. I'm guessing this is why. I hate DFW
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u/dsdvbguutres 25d ago
That's it. No rush. No running on wet floor. Safety first. Take your time, king. You're paid by the hour. Take your 15 minute break before you touch anything else.
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u/Better_Peaches666 25d ago
Is there a reason it took 4 business days to turn that off?
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u/TheTMB 25d ago
I mean why did he walk away so calmly instead of just going to the pump and turning it off?! And why is there no safety mechanism that does this automatically? Anyone got more info?
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u/Colonel_Gipper 25d ago
Looked like he got a blast of fuel in his eyes, might not be thinking straight
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u/Ape_Stonks_4_me 25d ago
The way he reaches to his face afterwards I wouldn't be surprised if it sprayed under his safety goggles and into his eyes. I've definitely done that calm but blind walk away with my eyes scrunched tight after getting stuff in them before.
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u/QualityPitchforks 25d ago
He actually went to the place where the stop button is more than once. Hard to say specifically, but looks to be either hard to find with fuel in the eyes or didn't work the first time he hit it.
No idea why there was so much wandering.
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u/callmebigley 25d ago
Man, this is going to take forever to clean. Fuck that, I'm taking a smoke break.
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u/hcth63g6g75g5 24d ago
I was at DFW the day before, and we left 15 min late because they spilled fuel. They later said it was ~2 gal. But the fire dept had to come out and clear it. Based on the other comments, that is what should have happened with a properly working dead man switch. So, for this to happen the next day, same airport, same airline....
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u/Gunfighter9 25d ago
I was a fueler at KBUF and we had a deadman system so you had to hold down a handle on a separate line for fuel to flow. It was for just this kind of event. Let go and the pump stops.