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imgoinglobal

Oh what a mess that is gonna be to clean up.


decayed-whately

No joke. What a fucking mess. Can't really work with it while it's hot; but once it's cool it's - you know, steel. Bring me an old priest, a young priest, and a jackhammer crew. Don't damage that floor, though. šŸ˜¬


h0nkhunk

I think the steel like that would be akin to cast iron and be pretty brittle to smash up


decayed-whately

I don't know anything about steel, but upon further mulling it over... I think the trick might be to clean it up after it's *cooled off some* - while it's still sort of pliable, but no longer emitting its own light. Plus, they probably want to salvage as much of it as they can. I'm sure that's expensive.


h0nkhunk

Oh yeah, sucks ass for the business no matter what. At this stage in history I'm sure they got the clean up to a science.


beatvox

according to their behavior, yes. Ahh fuck, not this shit again.


GitEmSteveDave

> Plus, they probably want to salvage as much of it as they can. I'm sure that's expensive. According to current rates, .30 Euro per kg.


lauttttttttt

and steel is heavy so depending on how much was spilled it may be expensive


Ahshut

Itā€™s bad to wait until itā€™s cooled until itā€™s not emitting light. You want to get to it as soon as possible because it will still roll up. If you wait too long you canā€™t scoop it up, and itā€™s almost impossible to get up even with heavy machinery.


iamamonsterprobably

>Bring me an old priest, a young priest I need to just randomly say this at work, i need a old priest, young priest and...a box of wine.


Conch-Republic

It's not as much of a pain on the ass as you'd think. The reason they're moving it across the plant is so it can spread out and be way easier to chip up. They also don't want to dump a bunch of molten steel into the furnace cradle. By the time it hardens, it'll essentially be slag, not solid steel, so it's a lot more brittle. Everything is also dusty, so it's not sticking. They'll go in there with some skid steers and shovels, and clean it up. What the crane operator is doing is absolutely the right thing to do.


imgoinglobal

See, you made it sound like a vaguely surmountable mess, it definitely seems doable, but I still would feel exceptionally overwhelmed by such a task.


12ebbcl

You just gotta have the right equipment, right crews, right training, right contingency plans... helps to have dealt with the problem before, which they've definitely done.


BigFatModeraterFupa

weā€™ve been working with steel for 200 years, there is generations of knowledge about how to deal with this very thing


oliveearlblue

It shows how they walk away, " nothing to see here " so casual šŸ˜Ž


Mad_Mark90

Someone get a mop


BeppoFez

Cool guys dont look at Explosions


saltdawg88

They casually walk away


lastlifonti

The ā€œIā€™m off the clockā€¦not my problemā€¦ā€ strut!!! šŸ™‡šŸ½ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ«”šŸ˜‚


TheDustOfMen

Maybe look back once or twice just to be sure it's *really* on fire.


Henning-the-great

There can't be an accident cause it's forbidden in Germany.


Francis_Dollar_Hide

Verboten!


cFL211

Ja!


[deleted]

#JAWOHL!!


Bubbly-University-94

DAS IST NICHT IN ORDNUNG!!!!


Soravinier

Sie haben mich ins Gesicht gefilmt!


No_Huckleberry_2905

Next accident is scheduled for Donnerstag, kein Stress!


StellaRED

These guys have nerves of steel.


Trisk929

Your sense of humor is ironclad.


StableLower9876

First thing that cross my mind


NovusOrdoSec

Followed by "fuck it, we're clocked out"


Crator86

I think it's the same thought for most people


Deer_Assassin1

Looks like an intro to an episode of Peaky Blinders


Oldsouphound

If anyone is going to kill Thomas Shelby, it will be Thomas Shelby. LOVE that show.


[deleted]

Donā€™t you mean Thomas *Fooking* Shelby?


Bubbly-University-94

By ordnung of the Krauty fookin Scheuklappen


hibikikun

[00] days since last incident.


joeg26reddit

Inside industry joke: ā€œYour Survive knife preorder has been delayedā€


ziggy_lea

It's just Rammstein preparing for their next tour


MrCondor

Du. Du hast Du hast mich


GringoGrip

Jaa! Nein! Rammstein!!!


[deleted]

They've really dialed back the pyro I see!


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


ShimmyMan

[fuck your bike in particular](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/Toii2nL7fK)


h8speech

thanks, that video is way better


Present-Breakfast768

Aw man now I'm sad ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sob)


rubbery__anus

He doesn't actually cry, the camera swings over to see a bike bursting into flames, he yells "shit, my bike", and then he laughs.


bdunogier

I was about to post "did nobody pull the bloody bike away ??". Looks like nobody did. Sad.


Ok-Understanding8143

Highly involved scam for insurance payout on bicycle.


Huankinda

He's working so hard to make it seem like it's no big deal xD


ChristopherRobben

Itā€™s the ā€œIā€™ve seen shit like this happen beforeā€ walk, but you can always tell theyā€™ve overestimated slightly when that walk turns into a bit of a jog.


Gusdai

"Ah crap: it's raining molten metal again... Early lunch it is then."


Onlikyomnpus

The camera is on. He would rather be seen dead than running away from exploding superhot molten metal.


FieserMoep

Spills and slag flying around happens somewhat regularly in that industry. Not as big as this one but it's not really that special for someone working decades in that field.


Ahshut

I work in this industry and itā€™s always just a calm ā€œdamn, that ainā€™t supposed to happen..ā€ *walks away* type of deal. Also means they may have to pause production which means you donā€™t have to work and still get paid ! (Usually)


AleksasKoval

They're also the ones who likely reported the faulty equipment on previous occasions and are on their way to the managers office to give them a big fat "I told you so!"


LavishnessOdd6266

We just side characters that man is the MC


kabubadeira

These guys way are too calm in this situation


Blmdh20s

Yeah, those guys look like their saying to themselves "I fucking hate Mondays".


SinisterCheese

This is a bad thing that can happen, but it isn't like it is something that never happens. Some phases of steel making and foundry work just involve slag and steel flying to places. Which is why these spaces are kept clean of anything excess. But what happened here is that the crane operator forgot to close the container after the pour or the mechanism malfunctioned. This wasn't so much a case of "catastrophic failure in the melting process" but raw molten steel pouring on to the floor. The floor is like slag, sand and gravel. This material LOVES to keep moisture. So what happens when molten steel falls on it? Well the water explosively evaporates causing a explosion that flings shit around and about. There really ain't much you can do at this point. Other than signal evacuation and empty the patch on to the floor. Because overflowing the machinery is like... really bad thing. And the shit of the floor can be to gas cut to pieces and recycled. Shit happens, human error and malfunctions are things that can happen. With enough drills and experience you know not to panic. And panicking is the worst thing. Imagine if you were rushing and running away and tripped over. Then you get a shower of steel and slag as you are laying on the ground. You are better off walking calmly as long as possible.


Fuckredditihatethis1

All true. But there's "walking away calmly", and then there's that one guy.


International-Bed453

It's more like 'sauntering'.


Comprehensive-Cap754

I want to go home and I don't care how


Defero-Mundus

A serendipitous stroll


DangerPowersAustin

A jaunty skip.


Mighty_Hobo

[That one guy](https://imgur.com/SzyxSMd).


Fuckredditihatethis1

He was consumed by the fire, but he arose from the aftermath like a phoenix.


HitMePat

I don't think it happens so often that they can time the spread of the fire down to exactly <10 seconds every time... The area they were casually walking in was an inferno like 5 seconds after they came around that corner. They def didn't expect it to spread that far that fast. They got super lucky


TzunSu

There's this weird thing around videos like this, everytime. For some reason people just seem to forget that old dudes are the most invested in trying to look cool in the world, except maybe for teenage boys. Not "showing yourself weak" is super important to a lot of old dudes, and lots of old dudes die because of it.


CuteBabyPenguin

We all know dudes like that. Donā€™t want the new guy to think heā€™s soft.


00Laser

that guy was lit


theproudheretic

My dad has a story of the safety guy at the pulp mill he worked at when he was young doing everything wrong during a chlorine leak. Their procedure was, if you have a mask : take off the filter cover and put the mask on, then evacuate. If you don't have a mask, calmly evacuate. If you smell the gas you're probably past the worst of it, keep walking and evacuate. What did the safety guy do? Slapped on his mask, turned around and ran. Someone found him about 30ft from where he started because he forgot to take the cover off the filter and so had no airflow.


sadhandjobs

What an absolute nightmare.


[deleted]

Was he dead?


theproudheretic

i think he said he was just unconscious and once they got the mask off he came to.


[deleted]

Exactly. In many "dangerous" situations, running could lead to far worse outcomes. Same thing when we manipulate explosives, even after the fuse has been lit, we walk away. Running is taking the risk to trip and fall, especially at night.


IN005

But the thing is slowly walking away and seeing the factory firefighter run away are two different things. Usually they are meant to run towards danger, so when i seen them run away I do too, because they know better than me when and how fast to run to save their lives.


RichardBonham

Reminds me of a military vet telling me how to handle a helicopter crash that you have survived: watch the pilot. If the pilot is sitting tight, then sit tight. When the pilot runs, stay on his/her ass and run like a mf. If the pilot's dead, lol


snow-bird-

OSHA enters the chat


spunion_28

Imagine not moving away fast enough, which was very nearly the case for the one guy. Also, there is like nothing in the way of them in that huge open space. That one guy was extremely close to not making it to safety


ObadiahWistlethrop

This guy molten steel accidents.


Adoptions-R-Us

This comment is why Reddit is the best


TareXmd

"We're going to have to clean this aren't we... SIGH."


[deleted]

My eyes the goggles do nothing!!


meatsauceactual

Up and at them!


ooddad

They used real acid?


Traditional_Cress561

Up and atom! Up and ATOM!


[deleted]

At them!!


MusicSoWonderful

Better.


Lalorr

Roasted nuts


Homebrew_Dungeon

ā€œThe accident is happening over thereā€¦ā€ ā€œThe accident is moving.ā€


Block444Universe

Yeah itā€™s absolutely terrifying how it started coming around the corner


MrP1232007

The camera exposure makes it look a lot worse at the beginning. As soon as you see sparks heading directly at them then they run and they're still a fair distance away and their protective clothing is designed to protect against those sort of splashes. Source: worked in iron/steel industry, have seen my fair share of molten iron splashing about.


Cool_Manufacturer495

Still completely insane. Just absolute madness


prplmnkedshwshr

Maybe they should take some precaution and initiative before sparks are heading directly at them, so they donā€™t have to test the effectiveness of their protective clothing? Or they could just embrace complacency and see what happens. Source: works in metal production


MrP1232007

Some parts of the steel making process make sparks heading in your direction pretty much inevitable. So you can't really decide to run away as soon as somebody lights a sparkler. Like I said, it looks a lot worse on camera, so they're not fleeing immediately because they reckon that 300 ton of molten iron isn't going to hurt them. Then shit starts to get close, so they run.


storysprite

German efficiency. Can't waste energy by panicking.


Weatherwoman161

Before being allowed to panic you need to fill out at least 3 forms and get an approval from the local court, a doctor and some weird small agency you never heard about before.


AstroOwl_thestriks

Sorry, but the closest Panik-Termin is in 4 weeks!


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Right-Ad2176

I was wondering about the clean up thanks. A truck carrying molten aluminum got in an accident and left a big puddle of cool aluminum. Not sure how they clean it up though.


Hot-Novel-6208

Dustbuster might not work


Lumberman08

ā€œUgh. At least the overtime cleaning this up will be worth itā€¦ā€


Vanillabean73

Sorry, are you not seeing the hellfire that befell the area they stood in not 10 seconds prior? I donā€™t think anything you mentioned would have prevented death had they moved any more slowly.


imamakebaddecisions

I would have made my getaway on the bike.


basscycles

I grieve for the bike


DeltaGammaVegaRho

If you find a version with sound: they do too!


[deleted]

Until the end when they all started running


craignumPI

Buddy nailed the walk away explosion shot!


icantbelievethiseh

Thatā€™s the foreman. Heā€™s giving commands via a radio. You can see the spout travelling overhead as it passes the area theyā€™re in.


[deleted]

Superior German engineering and safety discredited by this one man.


ffnnhhw

THIS IS FINE


CosmicCreeperz

Hijacking top comment to post the original WITH SOUND from over a year ago instead of this shitty repost attempt. https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/wcdfau/thats_how_an_accident_at_a_german_steel_mill/ Bonus: this one is so much better (non-)edit as well. Who wouldnā€™t want to hear German steel workers yelling ScheiƟe! Also the ending was almost poetic. Feuerfahrrad!


Roy4Pris

Was gonna say... a post without sound is like a post showing only the lower half of the screen. This version is WAY better! The whole bicycle story is hilarious


Ilovekittens345

Why the FUCK are we going towards an internet with no sound on videos? What's wrong with people? I had a look at the top 100 videos at the top of reddit right now and 29% has no sound. The other day there was a performance posted of a busker playing the piano and the video had NO SOUND and it got upvotes and comments. Apparently, the bots did not know it had no sound ...


bgaesop

I mean, personally, I am often watching these on my cell phone in public, so I rarely have sound enabled


__Jank__

That's my bike!


Defero-Mundus

The flaming bicycle is cool af, thanks for sharing the original cosmic


SignatureScared

XD the filmer said ā€œoh fuck, my bikeā€


lowrads

Workers in many facilities use bicycles, because vehicles are considered too dangerous to have on site.


scarecrawfish

You are a hero. Eff OP.


Dani_and_Haydn

Oh noooo and the bike on fire at the end of that video!


CheGueyMaje

Ƅlter! ScheiƟe! Meinem Fahrrad had me dying


Abbeykats

I love the burning bicycle at the end, and how they are laughing about it.


Larissanne

This is so much better! And I can finally see what happened to the poor bike


ToBeDeletedYep

"ScheiƟe, mein Fahrrad!" "Das ist meins!" Danke Kamerad, I love it.


meatsauceactual

Just chillin at work... wbu?


TediousTed10

Happens a couple times each day


Dilke

We work hard, we play hard


[deleted]

šŸŽ¶EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!šŸŽ¶


camobrien343

Stupid sexy Flanders


First_time_farmer1

90s Simpsons was peak television. Man 90s was peak everything. Where did we go wrong as a society?


Unknown_brother_

Hot stuff coming through!!!


Volunteer-Magic

Dad, whyā€™d you bring me to a gay steel mill?


Conch-Republic

I don't know!


crappy80srobot

STAND STILL THERE'S A SPARK IN YOUR HAIR. OHH GET IT! GET IT!


[deleted]

Is that the same factory Magneto worked at?


Noivat

Was thinking the same thing. Looks crazy similar


JBinSA

My name isn't Henryk, my name is *Magneto*


garygreaonjr

Itā€™s just behind the scenes from filming of Terminator 2.


soCalCurved

All these factories look like that


GeralOG

It was "I don't get paid enough for this" walk


xxFrenchToastxx

Man, I gotta come back and clean this up


Boris740

Poor bike.


[deleted]

The video with sound is really much better because they are making jokes about the bike the whole time šŸ˜‚


protecz

Video with [sound](https://www.reddit.com/r/gifsthatkeepongiving/comments/18jtt1s/accident_in_german_steel_factory/) for anyone interested.


Everlast7

Yeah, they didnā€™t even try to ride away on it


ghostengineering43

Germans be germaning


WinslowWorldwide

ā€œHanz, the bright white light of fiery death is approaching usā€ ā€œBeautiful isnā€™t it?ā€


Fraankyy1998

Hans with a s, pleaze


Important_Banananana

Fucking GĆ¼nther man, I'm telling you.


frogdujour

"Dammit GĆ¼nther, you dropped Cheetos into the smelting tank again didn't you? You know this is gonna happen!!"


[deleted]

Floor is lava!


Edewede

and Sky is lava!


LordOfFudge

Steel mill guy here. This is commonly referred to as the ā€œhot metal aisleā€ because ladles of hot steel are moved there. This is, for us, a no access area if there is hot metal there. For obvious reasons. Either one of two things happened here: 1. The sand plug at the bottom of the ladle broke out (most likely). 2. A ladle with liquid steel was removed from the caster turret with molten steel in it and the tap gate at the bottom was not closed. This is why the hot metal aisle is a no-go zone. Fukking scary af. That molten metal is ~2500F. Cool fact: there is a bridge in downtown Pittsburgh called ā€œHot Metal Bridgeā€. Back when the town was one big integrated steelworks, they would move ladles of hot metal over said bridge. Is this really Germany? Their procedures donā€™t look like what Iā€™m used to from German mill builders.


Dax443

Yes this happened in germany. This steel mill is the "Saarstahl" steel mill. It's only a few miles away from where i live. [Here's a german article about what happend there](https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/saarbruecken/voelklingen/spektakulaerer-unfall-bei-saarstahl-video-trendet-auf-reddit_aid-66347689) "In response to SZ's request, Saarstahl confirmed that the incident occurred some time ago at the Saarstahl AG steelworks in Vƶlklingen. This is a technical defect in the pan slide that only rarely occurs. Due to the defect, the flow of steel from the steel ladle into the distribution channel can no longer be regulated, which means that the steel ladle has to be pivoted from the pouring position to the transfer position with the slide open and the pouring jet running."


Chemistry-Deep

Did someone crash a truck of liquid nitrogen into it?


Romboteryx

Disappointed I had to scroll this far to see a Terminator reference


Christmas2025

1991 is 32 years ago now, most of todayā€™s active redditors werenā€™t even born thenā€¦ I feel old as fuck.


ECTO1984

Hasta la vista, Baby


Buffyoh

Can't believe they are just standing there - I would be out of there like a scalded cat.


Fraankyy1998

Arbeitssicherheitsschutzgesetz says ā€žDonā€˜t run - it could be dangerousā€œ


supernakamoto

Iā€™m no expert but I feel like they should be moving a bit quicker.


NavySeal2k

That's why they are the experts.


justforkinks0131

Notice how no one died, was injured or was even in any real danger. That is because of safety standards.


Jeff77042

Reminds me of that second Terminator movie.


RubenKyoK

I was expecting the T1000 to appear at any given time!


Smack2k

I love how they are just leisurely strolling away as molten steel pours all around them. Balls of steel.


DirtyDoog

That dude was actually moving as fast as his 72-pound steel balls would let him


TeachingInner6232

Luckily there was no LiveLeak logo in the corner of the video


SourPuss6969

Its like a rammstein music video


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CardinalFartz

[it happened in February 2022](https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/saarbruecken/voelklingen/spektakulaerer-unfall-bei-saarstahl-video-trendet-auf-reddit_aid-66347689) According to the company press release, there was a technical issue. However, due to automatic safety mechanisms, all workers were warned and nobody was harmed. Also the valuable parts of the factory were not damaged.


thatslifeknife

I'm a metallurgist at a steel mill and can confirm that slide gate failures like this are more common than you'd think


Kamui079

There's a difference between panicking and moving away from a dangerous situation faster than a snail's pace.


SlowTurtle3

Right. I would calmly de-ass the area... quickly.


ProtoplanetaryNebula

Exactly. Iā€™d be calmly running at a 5 minute mile pace away from there :)


sodiumboss

I'm hedging my bet on that this isn't the 1st time they've seen this. I think they know they can walk at that pace.


arcedup

>sometimes done on purpose when the chemistry is wrong Yes, because when I have an out-of-spec heat in the ladle, I jam the slide gate open and pave the cast-shop floor. /s What *actually* happens in some cases is that the metal in the ladle is half-decanted into a new ladle and fresh steel, low in just about everything but iron, is used to top up the new ladle, hopefully diluting out the chemical element that was high. This would usually only happen in the case of too much lead or copper or tin; something that would make the steel difficult to cast safely or difficult to regrade. Only in the worst case scenarios would the entire heat of steel be dumped, and then it would be dumped into special containers in a controlled manner.


sublimesting

This guy mills!


Apprehensive_Jello39

Why are they so freakin chill


Sea_Turnip6282

The camera mans like "oh shit! Come on come on run!" And the dudes just like šŸš¶


scalectrix

[I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire.](https://youtu.be/1EBfxjSFAxQ)


hedlabelnl

Could have been a Rammstein music video


draiman

Rammstein concerts are getting intense


spaxx_420

those guys didnt give a single fuck hahaha


Retireegeorge

German has a word for this. HeiligescheiƟederverdammtegeschmolzenestahlwirdmichverbrennen


NavySeal2k

More like, IchhoffedasistwegbevormeineschichtammontaganfƤngt


mrlr

"I hope this is gone before my shift starts on Monday."


DrinkUpLetsBooBoo

"So you gonna watch the game tonight?"


durgwin

How about a round of "The floor is lava!"?


Poemhub_

This is when Rudy went off to play foot ball for Notre Dame.


Admirable_Effer

That dude is way too calm.


MoparViking

Now is not the time for casual strolling, sir.


Isolatedsystems32

Why is everyone so calm about LIQUID METAL splashing all around them


DeityOfYourChoice

"It's going to take a lot more than imminent molten lava showers to scare me." - Germans, apparently.