Biggest work f%#k ups

[Thorn_veritas]

Alright guys have no shame we have all made em ( I hope ) work f ups.

Mine was a shit forklift a garbage truck assembly and a truck cab didnt end pretty ( explained in detail in 7000 member topic )

So how bout it whats the worst thing youve stuffed at work?
And remember theres no shame in this topic worse = better ha ha

Carn......

[ScottishBoy]

Working in the Psych field with Dual Diagnosis patients. My patient at that time was a MR/MI ( Mentally Ill and Mentally Retarded) person with OCD and a pre-frontal luecotomy. Violent tendencies and obsession does not mix well.
It was bath time and I turned just to get a towel and he got me from the side.
Rammed my head against the wall and destroyed my hearing from 2500-5000 hz.
The same ear I lost just recently.

Not a good day.

I was going to write about the time I blew up an oil rig...but thats so boring..

[catburgler]

Back in my youth i trained as a printer, and the company i worked for had just taken delivery of a brand new printing press, it was three weeks old, when one day after eating lunch i left a fork on the paper feed mechanism, i started her up after finishing my chow and set her in motion. after a few seconds there was a noise like 2 trains colliding..and the once huge beautiful shiny chrome impression cylinder was no longer beautiful and shiny, the whole thing had to be craned away for repairs, it cost the insurance company the best part of 50k to get it repaired, after that i began looking for another job lol. those were the days !

[Azframer]

I had 8 guys working under my supervision on a huge house. It had a big window/door wall. Designer made it out of 6X6 w/ 6X8 headers doug fir lap joints and was about 20' tall and 15' wide. I asked the crew to get crew next door to help and they convinced me would not be enough room for all of us to get it up. I said okay lets get it propped up on horses and give honest opinion if we all think we can get it. Everyone said yea we can get it, I doubted we could do it. We got it up to almost cresting and the biggest guy on the crew gave up on us. The push stix we had nailed towards the top gave way because the nail direction was wrong,rookie on a nail gun while the experienced guy watched him do it. Should have while on horses shot from bottom towards top he did top toward bottom. The top needed to go another 3' and we would have had it. The big guy said take it back down, by that time we were spent this was not good, then I heard get out from under it several times, then on 3. The guy that was yelling that didn't make it to the opening, I watched one of the 6X6 catch his shoulder and take him to the ground. Shoved his leg through 3/4 sub-floor and folded him about 10" above his hips. I was on the phone with 911 as soon as I could get phone out of bags. I heard someone say lay him down, I yelled no don't move him hold him in position and don't move him at all !!! The good thing is the guy is okay and went back to framing again and I see him from time to time. I went to see him in the hospital and I just couldn't help it..... it was after that movie.... I called him broke back Bob and he busted up laughing and then hit the button for more morphine. I spent some time with him at the hospital but he would always ask me to leave when he ran out of morphine... he was laughing a lot.

[Mr.Spooky]

some times when you tell your boss that a job will take 2 days,,,, it might take 3. i use to be in HVAC, and you never really new what you were getting into until you got into it... any hoo, boss man was under the impression that it was gonna take 2 days to do and it ended up being 3. after the second day, i told him we were gonna need another day and he said "damnit your killing me,,,your costing me money".. i took offence to that, because im a hard worker and i dont waste time. sooo, on the third day, on the way to the job, i ran 75 mph on the hiway,,,,,,IN FIRST GEAR!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHA.. the guy behind me hollered on the CB radio and said that he thought that i should pull over because the whole road was covered in white smoke and people were having to stop because they couldent see. lets just say by the time i got done with it,, and the flat bed came to pick up the company truck,,, i costed him money. ooooooopppppsssssss
hahahaha
spooky

[Thorn_veritas]

These are great guys looks like im not the only 1 that f+?ks up! I could nearly write a novel I think! Ha ha

Looks like A few people dont want to share their work stories so I will indulge again

Well I was drivin a sidewinder hi reach forklift. Approaching door entry 2 freezer had to jump off to press button on door as my remote was broke ( I told the boss I needed a new 1 ), jump back on forklift start taking off door come back down hit mast on forklift, I pulled the door out of wall all door assembly on insulated styro walls come with me it didnt look pretty! $ 20000 dollars later we had a new door new walls surrounding door and a new remote! Ha ha

I could go on but I want to hear more

[squidd]

After I retired from my first career, I was hired as an apprentice fireman on a tourist steam train.

The locomotive was oil fired, and after a week's training the engineer instructor left me alone to start the fire that particular morning. The usual way to do it was to ignite an oil soaked rag on the end of a steel rod, which was then inserted through a small peephole in the firebox door. With the "proper manipulation" of the oil feed valve, the steel rod and the atomiser, the fire could be started. Notice I said "proper manipulation".

Unfortunately, the pit under the locomotive was awash with a mixture of oil, lube, grease, water to a depth of about 6". In other words, it had'nt been cleaned in a long time. So I mismanaged the above manipulations and succeded in setting the pit on fire !!! The engineer ran back to the disaster scene and had the presence of mind to use the fire hose, that we normally used to refill the tender water tank, to push the flames away from the tender fuel tank, and eventually put the fire out. Yes, water did put out an oil fire.

The fire station was next door, and the firemen came over on their own because they noticed more smoke than usual. The only damage to the locomotive was a broken cab window on the engineer's side and some scorched paint. We left on schedule, and the next morning they made me repaint the damaged area.

They called me "Pyro" afterwards.

A few weeks later, I derailed the tender in the yard.

They kept me anyway, and I went on to serve for six more seasons.

squidd