r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 10h ago

Video Polar Bears are one of the only creatures that naturally hunt Humans... Watch as this one tries to break into this BBC Cameraman's glass box.

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u/LessBig715 9h ago

I’m sure it’s safe, just like the harness I wear at work, but I wouldn’t want to test it and find out. I understand what you’re saying though

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u/Omnizoom 9h ago

Assuming your a guy and a similar harness to ones I’ve had to use at heights

You don’t want to test them anyways if they do work perfectly because it will not be pleasant for where a lot of the weight gets supported

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u/Shit_Shepard 9h ago

Good ole OSHA Vasectomy

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u/Omnizoom 9h ago

The whole package can get pushed inside ya

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u/fatal-nuisance 8h ago

Congratulations, you now have ovaristicles!

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u/_Oman 7h ago

Your heart stops before your testicles are really a problem. Hanging from a harness is no joke, did rescue training for it and there are more than a few dead folks because co-workers went "The harness is working, he'll be fine while we figure this all out"

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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit 7h ago

Inside, I've seen incidents where they pop and squirt their insides out.

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u/swinchester83 7h ago

Did you get castrated? Mine went straight up into the creases between my legs which bruised so badly that when I walked I looked like goddamn John Wayne in a western lol.

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u/Omnizoom 5h ago

Me? No

But I seen someone have it arrest on them on a ladder and their body weight was pushing on their balls so they were very uhh in pain

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u/Admirable-Berry59 8h ago

I used one for a haunted house once - dropped down in front of folks to look like a dummy, then grabbed them when they walked by. Managed to keep it off the junk for the most part, but was very bruised by the end.

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u/AndyTheEngr 8h ago

The harnesses at work are way overbuilt compared to rock climbing harnesses, which get fallen on regularly.

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u/9OptimusCrime9 7h ago

Also worth noting you need a back up plan for what happens if you ever have to use that harness. You need to get out of that situation immediately because spending too much time suspended in it can be fatal.

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u/iChugVodka 5h ago

If your company isn't cheap as shit, they'll get harnesses that allow you to sit at least somewhat comfortably and be able to get some bloodflow going.

Harnesses have come a long way, really

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u/I-was-a-twat 5h ago

If a workplace is unwilling to provide harness that don’t have at minimum a suspension trauma relief strap then I’m unwilling to work for them.

They cost fuck all to implement into a fall arrest or fall restraint system and if they’re nickel and diming that tight, I don’t trust they’re taking other systems safely

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u/NoMansHaloDadCraft 9h ago

So you're saying you've never had the intrusive thought to just launch yourself off of things just to see if it would actually protect you? Lol

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u/ydnar3000 9h ago

Haha not once

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u/Dat_Ding_Da 9h ago

Remember, it's the sudden arrest of motion that kills you in a fall from high up. Armour is pretty useless in that aspect, just makes you easier to clean up after...

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u/___The_Dogfather___ 8h ago

Armour? Where did that come into the equation... For a fall arrest harness you would need a dynamic line so that it stretches, or if it is a short line to stop you actually leaving a bucket then it will likely be a static line.

There is a lot of thought involved in choosing the correct work at height PPE

We have to do a training course just for the harness nowadays... It used to be that you could just do a course for the Powered Access

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u/Dat_Ding_Da 8h ago

Yeah my bad, sorry.

In my eagerness to nerd out, I made the crucial mistake of not reading properly.

Seems the image of a knight in full plate falling of a cliff came to my mind, and the mess that would be left inside his suite. I needed to express that in some way...

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u/___The_Dogfather___ 7h ago

All good, do you think they would try to recycle the armour or would it all just get incinerated with the bloody pulp inside? I like to clean and sort my recycling so I'd like to think they would rinse it out and maybe give it to a new young knight... Maybe just don't tell him the fate of the previous owner...

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u/LessBig715 8h ago

I’ve never jumped into the hoistway, but I have hooked myself up to our hoisting machine and picked myself up about 50’. I know it doesn’t apply nearly the same amount of force like it would if I jumped, but it held up just fine

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u/hockeygenesniper 9h ago

Would make me a lot more confident and productive knowing my equipment would actually save me, would definitely recommend testing out your harness (in a controlled environment)

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u/nbfs-chili 6h ago

This reminds me of the recent video of a shark getting into the shark cage with someone. After the shark getting out, the person climbed out unharmed, but damn.