These cheese warehouses are one of those mostly unimaginable places but the fact it took 12 hours to get the body out gives some idea of the scale. Poor guy.
These cheese warehouses are one of those mostly unimaginable places but the fact it took 12 hours to get the body out gives some idea of the scale. Poor guy.
I admittedly laughed at the black humor of the title, but past that, this kind of warehouse accident isn't that uncommon especially with heavy stock. In this case each wheel weighed 84 lbs (40kg)!...
I admittedly laughed at the black humor of the title, but past that, this kind of warehouse accident isn't that uncommon especially with heavy stock. In this case each wheel weighed 84 lbs (40kg)! Tens of thousands of pounds doing anything is serious business in an industrial setting.
Absolutely. As evidenced by many videos of a forklift gently bumping a post and tons of valuable stock crashing down. I saw one where the rows fell like dominoes with the entire warehouse...
Absolutely.
As evidenced by many videos of a forklift gently bumping a post and tons of valuable stock crashing down.
I saw one where the rows fell like dominoes with the entire warehouse destroyed.
Here in the UK we often sneer at health and safety 'gone mad' —and there are plenty of good examples of nonsensical decisions in that regard— but sometimes it is highly important.
I go ages not reading those exact words and then see the exact phrase two times in an hour or two!! Why are things so weird sometimes‽ True words though.
I go ages not reading those exact words and then see the exact phrase two times in an hour or two!! Why are things so weird sometimes‽
Poor guy. May it was how he would have wanted to go?? Also a massive loss of cheese, something like 7m in lost cheese. I feel so sorry for his family and everyone involved. The hard cheese market...
Poor guy. May it was how he would have wanted to go??
Also a massive loss of cheese, something like 7m in lost cheese.
I feel so sorry for his family and everyone involved. The hard cheese market will be reeling from this!
It sounds humorous on the surface but I can't imagine the feeling. One minute, you're walking through the aisles of the warehouse you've probably spent a good amount of time in, the next 40kg...
It sounds humorous on the surface but I can't imagine the feeling. One minute, you're walking through the aisles of the warehouse you've probably spent a good amount of time in, the next 40kg cheese wheels are dropping from 10m up straight down on you. Sad, honestly.
We actually have a very large cheese warehouse in my city. There's an old limestone query/mine that was converted into commercial warehouse space. Because it's underground it's like 60 degrees F...
We actually have a very large cheese warehouse in my city.
There's an old limestone query/mine that was converted into commercial warehouse space. Because it's underground it's like 60 degrees F year round, regardless of the outdoor temps. That reduces energy usage a lot so it's a neat green concept. It's HUGE. I mean 18 wheeler semis drive down into this thing no problem.
It's popular for food storage since it's so cool. There's also a server farm down there I got see once.
I grew up near the town of Cheddar, where cheddar cheese comes from. The wheels are aged in natural limestone caves there; the temperature is perfect for cheese. (If you ever see “cave aged...
I grew up near the town of Cheddar, where cheddar cheese comes from. The wheels are aged in natural limestone caves there; the temperature is perfect for cheese. (If you ever see “cave aged cheddar” from Somerset (England) buy it - best cheddar in the world!)
You can see a small section of the storage area when you do a tour of the caves. The wheels are so big, and so heavy, and so high up; I really can’t imagine how awful a way to go it was for that man. Absolutely tragic.
These cheese warehouses are one of those mostly unimaginable places but the fact it took 12 hours to get the body out gives some idea of the scale. Poor guy.
I admittedly laughed at the black humor of the title, but past that, this kind of warehouse accident isn't that uncommon especially with heavy stock. In this case each wheel weighed 84 lbs (40kg)! Tens of thousands of pounds doing anything is serious business in an industrial setting.
Absolutely.
As evidenced by many videos of a forklift gently bumping a post and tons of valuable stock crashing down.
I saw one where the rows fell like dominoes with the entire warehouse destroyed.
Here in the UK we often sneer at health and safety 'gone mad' —and there are plenty of good examples of nonsensical decisions in that regard— but sometimes it is highly important.
Regulations are written in blood.
I go ages not reading those exact words and then see the exact phrase two times in an hour or two!! Why are things so weird sometimes‽
True words though.
Poor guy. May it was how he would have wanted to go??
Also a massive loss of cheese, something like 7m in lost cheese.
I feel so sorry for his family and everyone involved. The hard cheese market will be reeling from this!
It sounds humorous on the surface but I can't imagine the feeling. One minute, you're walking through the aisles of the warehouse you've probably spent a good amount of time in, the next 40kg cheese wheels are dropping from 10m up straight down on you. Sad, honestly.
We actually have a very large cheese warehouse in my city.
There's an old limestone query/mine that was converted into commercial warehouse space. Because it's underground it's like 60 degrees F year round, regardless of the outdoor temps. That reduces energy usage a lot so it's a neat green concept. It's HUGE. I mean 18 wheeler semis drive down into this thing no problem.
It's popular for food storage since it's so cool. There's also a server farm down there I got see once.
I grew up near the town of Cheddar, where cheddar cheese comes from. The wheels are aged in natural limestone caves there; the temperature is perfect for cheese. (If you ever see “cave aged cheddar” from Somerset (England) buy it - best cheddar in the world!)
You can see a small section of the storage area when you do a tour of the caves. The wheels are so big, and so heavy, and so high up; I really can’t imagine how awful a way to go it was for that man. Absolutely tragic.
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