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The stupidity displayed by the participants in the following tales stops short of the ultimate Darwin Awards sacrifice. Nevertheless, we salute the spirit and innovation of their misadventures. |
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Once the steelwork had been positioned on the ship, a caulker burner would use an oxy-acetylene blowtorch to burn through the six-inch sections, thereby creating the properly-sized hole in the steel. Enter our hero. Crawford was a caulker burner, and he had been tasked with the job of going onto the ship and cutting away these sections. The piece in question had been designed to allow a large exhaust pipe to come through the deck. Crawford began his task of burning away the steel. But Crawford had decided to stand in the middle of the hole he was burning out, which lead to a rather nasty fifteen-foot fall onto scaffolding below. He escaped with a few broken ribs and a month off work. Luckily for him, neither the blowtorch nor the large steel plate fell on top of him, therefore denying him a gloriously well-deserved Darwin Award. Darwin asks, "I already have two confirmations. Can anyone else confirm this?"
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