Life is cheap...
Eleven workers in Bahrain had a miraculous escape when an elevator they were asked to test in a newly constructed building fell 45 floors to the ground. "The men were ordered to enter the elevator to be human weights to check if the elevator would hold their weight," the Gulf Daily News quoted sources as saying. "Though they protested, it fell on deaf ears."
Source: The Peninsula
are Asians (Nepali, Indians, etc), obviously the supervisors or whoever want/made them ride that friggin elevator thought that the workers are 'dispensable' and easily replaced. Or worst, the workers' lives were considered irrelevant and just part of the statistics.
Since the incident happened in Bahrain, I hate to assume what the nationalities of these supervisors coz it would make a person's blood boil for the indifference these supervisors' behavior towards the workers....
Sacks filled with sand are more expensive. The management was very efficient using the already available resources.
Agree.. My point was that the sacking should be the starting point..
Britexpat - "They should be sacked and made an example of."
You're kidding right. Even in a so called "third world" country like India, they will be jailed for something like this. Not just sacked.
Well the test was for normal operations (i.e. the wires, motors, control systems etc), not the brakes.
But still, I agree this isnt the right way. Though I wouldnt think anyone can actually die during a test. Who knows!
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it"
Obviously, they had no idea if the brakes were working or not because they made the men "test" it out. Point is, no one cared if they lived or not.
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Why "miraculous" escape?? I though elevators are fitted with centrifugal brakes anyway, which are a line of defence if the wires were to part.
Infact theres no way they would have survived a free fall of 45 story's.....the centrifugal brakes must have acted anyway.
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it"
The nationality is irrelvant..
They should be sacked and made an example of.
the workers who were "ordered" to go that elevator are asians, what's the "nationality" of those supervisors?
Just asking...
You are absolutely right life is not cheap! I've just come back from MegaMart!!
I don't understand what your comment has to do with this story..
The fact is that someme idiot incharge had the notion of testing the elevator with humans, when he could have used other methods.. The management should be sacked..
Now I know how they come up with that "Max Capacity" number inside elevators.
to SuperNurse.
Perhaps they could use the same tactic on other professions...
if you had been to the Indian sub-continent...u would know life there is really cheap. go to the construction sites in India, Pakistan, Nepal,.....or the slums....or their road safety....their buses...their trains....
ironically not really ...
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. (Gautama Buddha)
Those workers are not ignorant (as they protested) but they had no choice as they'd need to keep their jobs. Sad when employers / supervisors put workers in harm's way. Test weight - put sandbags or something with the same weight. Just taking short cuts, without consideration.
Counter-argument - "See? The workers escaped alive so the elevators were well built to withstand the impact"
- Unacceptable and irresponsible!
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should get the honor of being the first to do so ... how ignorant are those workers to try it first !!!
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. (Gautama Buddha)
Well someone has to do it! How else would they test elevators?
to the limit of the human's stupidity?
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. (Gautama Buddha)
huh?! this contractors are too dumb, its so sick and stupid..
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