This is why only trained pros should use construction equipment

You’re not getting workman’s comp for that.

Miles Klee

Updated on May 31 2021 4:29 am CDT

Whether or not the unfortunate man in this video was rising to the challenges of a new construction job, as Reddit jokingly speculated, it’s safe to say he was insufficiently prepared to operate a massive cherry picker. Unless he meant to catapult himself out of the contraption.

Let’s just agree that he’s not getting into a union anytime soon.

We’re thinking a career behind a desk could be a better fit—and safer for everyone.

H/T Reddit | Photo by Elliott Brown/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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Miles Klee

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He’s the author of two odd books of fiction, ‘Ivyland’ and ‘True False.’