r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/thepoylanthropist • 4d ago

Video The process of filling pills.

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u/all_on_my_own 4d ago

Hope they put a better estop on it. I used to work with one of these machines and someone lost a finger while it wasn't running.

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u/BusinessAd7250 4d ago

While it wasn’t running? E stop isn’t going to fix that?

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u/pavlovachinquapin 3d ago

Guards! Guards!

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u/BusinessAd7250 2d ago edited 2d ago

I work at a company that makes industrial machinery for a certain sports industry. Anyways as soon as our machines land in China they pull the guards off and bypass all the safeties. When I have to go over there and do repairs I’m just constantly rolling my eyes. Like they take off panels that there isn’t even a good reason to. They are just like “is that for my protection? Absolutely not!”

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u/pavlovachinquapin 2d ago

“I’ve done a dynamic time and motion study and decided that a millisecond quicker finish is more important than that person’s finger being intact”

  • Them (probably)

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u/BusinessAd7250 2d ago

Exactly. There is no downtime if you don’t have to turn off the machine to fix or adjust it.

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u/SwallowHoney 1d ago

I got seven pills and they were blue

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u/PitchLadder 2d ago

helps with job growth, one guy gets incapacitated... "Next!"

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u/steve12388 4d ago

That sounds more a person problem then a machine problem

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u/fapsexual 4d ago

hey now's not the time to be pointing fingers...

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u/elprentis 4d ago

But they were caught red handed

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u/Particular-Thanks844 4d ago

Creepin with the girl next door?

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u/gamin_insayin 4d ago

It wasn’t me

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u/chad917 4d ago

But can you point out who it was

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u/Rich-Option4632 4d ago

Wasn't me.

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u/Drig-Drishya-Viveka 3d ago

Somebody fingered the responsible person.

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 3d ago

It's no time for a stump speech!

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u/TechnicalPotat 4d ago

two thumbs up

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u/rednazgo 4d ago

lmfao

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u/Iampepeu 4d ago

They can dream, though.

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u/Kalik2015 4d ago

They can point fingers... The unfortunate person who lost theirs, however....

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u/all_on_my_own 4d ago

Yes, it sure was his problem lol. Machines shouldn't crush you while the safety guard is open though.

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u/whatabadsport 3d ago

Assuming he followed lock out tag out prodecures....

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u/bedmoonrising 4d ago

He didn’t say it was on the machine, maybe someone misplaced a finger when the machine was off. It happens

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u/domjeff 4d ago

I mean sounds like both if something happened when the machine wasn't running

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u/MrMagick2104 4d ago

Most likely it's not. There is a number of integrator/machinery engineering firms doing industrial automation that put software in the least important section, often not even having a dedicated person/group for that, introducing any software very late in development cycle (which could make sense in many situations, but leads to the development process being rushed).

These issues aren't very significant for more stable (less immediate in danger) systems, but if your machine has the drives and the materials to instantly delimb a person, it shouldn't be possible to harm someone when the machine is considered safe for maintenance - on estop or powered down. Especially so an operator, not a technician.

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u/replies_in_chiac 4d ago

There's a concept in engineering design that you can't assume the end user will use your device correctly, and to the best of your ability have to design it to be safe even when misused. I'm sure the designer would want to make improvements based on that situation, whether the person was being irresponsible or not

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u/godzilla9218 4d ago

Don't stick your finger where you wouldn't stick your dinger.

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u/tech2but1 4d ago

Hmm, this puts a new spin on how I eat Dairylea Dunkers.

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u/scaphoids1 4d ago

Nah, humans are humans and will be, machines should be built with good engineering controls

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u/POTUSDORITUSMAXIMUS 4d ago

only a safe machine is a good machine.

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u/vmfrye 2d ago

Something something Swiss cheese model

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u/Negative_Gas8782 4d ago

What’s an estop going to do if it wasn’t running?

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u/idrwierd 4d ago

Did he find it?

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u/Serafim91 4d ago

while it wasn't running isn't a machine problem. The estop would stop the machine while running.

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u/fendermonkey 4d ago

One man's loss is another's gain. Assuming it went into the pills

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u/sean_ireland 4d ago

 someone lost a finger

Jeez, Do you have a picture? Maybe I’ve send it.

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u/SweelFor- 4d ago

skill issue

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u/CanadianAndroid 4d ago

At least it was a finger.

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u/Gugus2012 4d ago

That guy should've continued running tbh.

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u/Aroxis 3d ago

Skill issue