Subway horror: Man dies after clothing gets stuck in train doors

[Kamaji]

Subway horror: Man dies after clothing gets stuck in train doors

By Amanda Woods and Tina Moore
June 16, 2022

A Brooklyn straphanger was killed when his clothes got stuck in a train door and he slipped onto the tracks, authorities say.

The victim, identified by authorities as 37-year-old Marcus Bryant, was getting off a northbound Q train at the Avenue M station in Midwood around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday when his pants or jacket became latched in a subway-car door, cops said.

He fell onto the tracks and was not run over by the train but suffered fatal injuries, police said.

Bryant of Midwood was taken to Maimonides Medical Center but could not be saved, cops said.

Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/06/16/man-dies-after-clothing-gets-stuck-in-subway-doors/

[Smokin Joe]

One of the basic safety rules about working around machinery: Do not wear loose or ill fitting clothing.

[Wingnut]

One of the basic safety rules about working around machinery: Do not wear loose or ill fitting clothing.

Yup.  !st rule on the farm.  a PTO will rip you arm off son.

[Smokin Joe]

Yup.  !st rule on the farm.  a PTO will rip you arm off son.

Although the moving parts on oil rigs are even more likely to have guards on them, there are a few things out there fully capable of mutilating the unwary.

[PeteS in CA]

One of the basic safety rules about working around machinery: Do not wear loose or ill fitting clothing.

So basic it was taught in my high school freshman machine and ag shop classes. But I guess subway commuters on mobbed platforms might not think along those lines.

[Kamaji]

So basic it was taught in my high school freshman machine and ag shop classes. But I guess subway commuters on mobbed platforms might not think along those lines.

Whether the platform was mobbed or not - and this one likely wasn't given the time of day - no straphanger is going to think of the subway as a jobsite where one shouldn't wear loose clothing.  Nor should they.

[Smokin Joe]

Whether the platform was mobbed or not - and this one likely wasn't given the time of day - no straphanger is going to think of the subway as a jobsite where one shouldn't wear loose clothing.  Nor should they.

Maybe they should not need to, but safety begins between your ears.
If you can anticipate all possible freak outcomes, you can prevent most (not all) accidents.
A fraction of a second is all it takes to ruin your day.
I have seen it too many times in 40+ years on drilling rigs, and I'm always paying attention.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

One of the basic safety rules about working around machinery: Do not wear loose or ill fitting clothing.

Or jewelry.  I never wear a ring when working and do not own a gold necklace

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Maybe they should not need to, but safety begins between your ears.
If you can anticipate all possible freak outcomes, you can prevent most (not all) accidents.
A fraction of a second is all it takes to ruin your day.
I have seen it too many times in 40+ years on drilling rigs, and I'm always paying attention.

Keeping the alcohol away from the righands promotes their safety, but some just never learn.

[catfish1957]

One of the basic safety rules about working around machinery: Do not wear loose or ill fitting clothing.

You had my exact thoughts.  Even in industrial area, loose fitting (even unzipped) apparel is verbotten.

Situational awareness and working each step of a job methodically is truly the key.

[catfish1957]

Maybe they should not need to, but safety begins between your ears.
If you can anticipate all possible freak outcomes, you can prevent most (not all) accidents.
A fraction of a second is all it takes to ruin your day.
I have seen it too many times in 40+ years on drilling rigs, and I'm always paying attention.

And ruin a life time.

When I was a Safety Health and Enviromental  Manager of a Petrochemical Plant, I'd break out in a cold sweat when the phone rang at 3 am.  Luckily, no one was ever seriously injured on my watch, but that aspect and part of my career seemed to be ongoing feeling full of dread.

[Smokin Joe]

Keeping the alcohol away from the righands promotes their safety, but some just never learn.

Safety programs have been intense, and no one wants to lose a job that starts at 60K and goes up fast from there. Alcohol and drugs are a definite job ender, and even hangovers are severely frowned upon, at least up this way. Much more professional.

When I started in the patch, roughneck was in the top ten dangerous jobs, now, not in the top 25.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Safety programs have been intense, and no one wants to lose a job that starts at 60K and goes up fast from there. Alcohol and drugs are a definite job ender, and even hangovers are severely frowned upon, at least up this way. Much more professional.

When I started in the patch, roughneck was in the top ten dangerous jobs, now, not in the top 25.

Well, my experience is that roughnecks are the biggest guzzlers of all, only after seismic jug-runners