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  1. Aug 12, 2022, 10:51 PM #1
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    Massive dust cloud from cooling tower demolition - GIF

    Massive dust cloud from cooling tower demolition.




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    That guy operating the excavator must have had solid steel cojones

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    or he is wearing his brown pants...
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    Yeah, that could have turned out really bad for the operator.
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    Looks to me like everybody on site had steel between their ears. Idiocy!
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    Quote Originally Posted by awright View Post
    Looks to me like everybody on site had steel between their ears. Idiocy!
    No argument there, but they had as job to do and got it done with a spectacular ending
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    No argument there, but they had as job to do and got it done with a spectacular ending
    I don't see where this was done but it had to be a country with weak or missing safety regulations and insurance industry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by awright View Post
    I don't see where this was done but it had to be a country with weak or missing safety regulations and insurance industry.
    It's China. But I know from first hand experience there are tough safety laws in China. Just like over here, people try to get away with all kinds of sketchy things.
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    Before getting in the excavator, the operator was rumored to have said, "Here! Hold my beer!"



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