Used to work for a company that maintained sewer lift stations. Had my earbuds in one day when we walk into the little shack over the station. I scratched an itch by my ear, my earbud popped out and I watched it fall into the slurry. Just stood there for a moment as there was literally no action to take.
On another occasion one of my glasses lenses popped out. My coworker saw it happen, and managed to grab the lens. Unfortunately, it was a plastic lens and contact with the slurry destroyed the surface, so I had to get new glasses anyway. I was able to get a payday loan for new glasses, thankfully, so I invested in 2 pairs of prescription safety glasses!
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
Slurry is scary. Half of a family my family knew when I was growing up died in a slurry pit. The dog fell in, so the father jumped in to rescue it, then the son jumped in to rescue the father
forrgott@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Damn. That is awful.
Never even so much as consider entering a slurry lagoon without a tether and protective gear.
Mirshe@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
You forgot ‘and a friend to pull you out in case’.
forrgott@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
True. Better to have at least two - the suction from the slurry will make it hard to get you out.
In fact, we never entered a lagoon without a second team on site, and one or more from the leadership team would almost always be there as well.
That’s just how dangerous it is.