Apparently, it’s human nature to love being scared. It’s certainly proven true with blog posts — some of the most popular and highly visited entries from the archives are the ones that set your teeth on edge. Truth is usually scarier than fiction. We’ve dusted them off and present them to you.
In the spirit of Halloween, here are some of our scariest and most popular posts from the “it could have been worse” genre:
- You think your job is tough? – This video of a worker climbing a 1,768 feet cell tower is by far and away our most popular post – probably because it’s terrifying. For a safer take on working at heights, see Fall protection at 1776 feet: One World Trade Center
- Terrifying scenario on the high seas: Don’t watch this one if you have an upcoming cruise planned.
- Near-miss trench collapse in dramatic video
- High Voltage Cable Inspection – height + high voltage: Nightmares.
- If you think safety is for the birds, this wild turkey post might be right up your alley. Hilarious – but a little bit scary, too.
- Controversial Canadian workplace safety ads unveiled – from the “scared straight” genre of safety.
The truly terrifying posts
The above posts run the gamut but they have one thing in common: they mainly had happy endings. The really terrifying posts – the ones that should keep us all awake at nights – are ones that end badly. Here are some frequently visited posts in the “it shouldn’t have happened but it did” category. Sadly, this list is hardly exhaustive in the horror genre. Too many workers leave for work in the morning and don’t come home again at night:
- Inferno: Combustible dust explosion at Imperial Sugar – video report
- The high price for fast phones: Cell tower deaths.
- After 2 teen deaths, OSHA puts grain handling facilities on notice – Related: Grain Bin Safety and Walking Down the Grain
- Buried Alive and “An unprotected trench is an open grave”
- To hell and beyond: Dave Holland’s terrible story
- The Miners: The sad, quiet death of Bud Morris – father, husband, motorcycle aficionado Related: Oh God, for one more breath and Massey Mining Disaster
- “He was the greatest roofer I knew and look what happened”
- “A worker’s first day at work shouldn’t be his last day on earth”
- Death in the lab: why aren’t university labs safer?
- Survivor stories: the human aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy
Tags: fatalities
