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The Server has Crashed

2013 Reader Submission
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I have waited some years before submitting this, out of "respect" for the individual involved, but I guess the time has come. Some years ago I purchased a large server rack full of hard drives. It was effectively a mega-storage-server. It was second had, purchased on ebay. I paid to have it shipped from Melbourne to Brisbane, using a specialist shipping agent. It cost a large amount of money because the item weighed about 650kg, and needed special attention. The item was successfully loaded onto the truck at the sellers warehouse, and was taken to the freight company's yard. It needed to be transferred to a different truck. To save time, the workers decided to use a forklift to unload the server rack. This thing as stated weighed 650kg, was about 60cm wide, 90cm deep and 2 metres tall. The perched it on the forks of the forklift and tried to back it out of the truck. One chap who was assisting from the ground noticed the server rack start to wobble and put up his arms in an attempt to steady it. Needless to say 650kg of unstable metal high of the ground on a fork lift responds particularly well to gravity and one bloke with his arms up to steady it isn't really going to challenge gravity. Needless to say, Gravity won and the server rack toppled over on top of our friend, killing him instantly. Darwin Award for sure

Submitted on 09/15/2013

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: I'll look

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Sorry, this doesn't say Darwin to me. The other moderators may differ. Thanks anyway, and submit again.


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
I'm afraid I'm with Candi on this. It sounds to me like the victim was never properly trained in working with heavy loads, and I question the competence of the forklift driver and potentially the people involved in shipping the equipment in the first place. Thanks just the same.


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