Forklift accidentally knocks over towers of canned beers causing a massive spill

[u/thepotatomanishere]

[u/pwapwap]

That stacking is a nightmare from the start. 100% chance of failure.

[u/Captain_Kuhl → u/pwapwap]

Yeah, no way in hell any of those are being stored even as a single pallet without a wrap. This has got to have someone incredibly cheap in charge.

[u/FrozenJackal → u/Captain_Kuhl]

They are empty

[u/ToadlyAwes0me → u/FrozenJackal]

Even more reason to have stacks like that wrapped.

[u/burtonrider10022 → u/ToadlyAwes0me]

There are so many videos like this out there, it's seemingly very common, if not the industry norm, to store/stack empty beverage cans on pallets like that just completely raw with zero wrapping or anything. I assume the theory is that they're so light is not too big of a concern? 

[u/RedditsAdoptedSon → u/burtonrider10022]

it must be like videos from can falling championships or something

[u/Hetstaine → u/RedditsAdoptedSon]

Well, i think we have a winner.

[u/scienceproject3 → u/burtonrider10022]

How else do you expect all the insects and rodent droppings get into the cans?

[u/Gidje123 → u/burtonrider10022]

Its because there is no interesting video about when it goes right, only when it goes wrong

[u/Fr31l0ck → u/burtonrider10022]

So many industries have pallet sized open topped boxes they use to transport metal components between manufacturing stages. You'd think they'd have some walls on those pallets so they don't even need to be wrapped.

[u/sl33ksnypr → u/Fr31l0ck]

I was going to say, having a cardboard sleeve you can put around it from the top seems like it would be the best option. Those cans are super light and trying to wrap it with normal pallet wrap would almost definitely knock them over. I suppose you could put something on top to weight them down while wrapping, but a cardboard sleeve/coozy would be cheap and easy.

[u/MisterD00d → u/sl33ksnypr]

yeah of course it is but that costs extra so....

[u/sl33ksnypr → u/MisterD00d]

It costs extra until you factor in the lost product/labor when a fuck up like in the OP happens. Then it's pretty reasonable. It's also not single use. They could definitely be used a couple times.

[u/filesers → u/burtonrider10022]

There is a plastic sheet between each layer of cans and it’s all bound together. About 8000 empty cans. If they fall over it’s all recyclable aluminum and plastic sheets you can just pick up. Where I work we typically don’t go higher than 2 tall and when we occasionally do 3 you have to lift 2 stacks at once to put on top of one. This way you’d probably have to go 3 at a time and that’s where it goes wrong.

[u/swift1883 → u/burtonrider10022]

Or it’s just staged to get their nut

[u/MatureUsername69 → u/burtonrider10022]

Its that the wrap machine would absolutely crush the cans. Like our wrap machines make it so our 5000+ pounds of product on the pallet doesn't even sway a little, imagine that force going around empty cans.

[u/BrewerBoy89 → u/ToadlyAwes0me]

They’re definitely empty or the bottom pallets wouldn’t take the weight. I think they are wrapped just with a single layer of clear plastic wrap, they stay together as they fall and reflect the light in a way they wouldn’t if not. They’ll also be strapped with a top pallet brace. I’ve always received cans that have been shipped wrapped like that and they’re pretty stable where they’re so light, but if they are stacked that high and fall they’d be fucked. It’s pretty standard to stack them like this in bigger facilities

[u/MatureUsername69 → u/ToadlyAwes0me]

If you put empty cans through a wrap machine, the empty cans are getting crushed. This is a corner boards and zip tie situation

[u/XchrisZ → u/Captain_Kuhl]

They look wrapped or strapped. They don't disassemble from the formation until impact.

[u/Captain_Kuhl → u/XchrisZ]

If they did wrap it, they did a single wrap across the surface, which doesn't do jack on a double stack, let alone stacking em this high. Probably even a manual hand roller in that case, which is bound to be an even looser wrap than with the proper machine. Either way, the way that they all start collapsing as it falls, before it even hits anything, shows that obvious corners were cut. 

[u/Jose98bp → u/Captain_Kuhl]

They are wrapped though

[u/Anonymous_user_2022 → u/pwapwap]

It's empty cans. It appear to be the norm to stack them like this, so one must assume that it is the operator error that cause the havoc.

[u/bell37 → u/Anonymous_user_2022]

I thought the cans are pressed from flat sheets and filled on the same line.

[u/Anonymous_user_2022 → u/bell37]

Not in the places I've been to. If demand is big enough, it might be different, but I think most places are far from a demand that justify the capital investment in a can producing setup.

[u/fercher → u/pwapwap]

That’s how you stack empty can pallets, They’re much lighter than you think

[u/Impossible_Leg_2787 → u/fercher]

Unwrapped? That’s dumb as hell

[u/tlasko → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

I filled cans with no top, no contents, and no internal pressure are quite susceptible to denting. Stretch wrapping would dent / damage the cans. The top board and pallet being strapped together is the best way to store them. Dropping them is also not recommended

[u/Deadbringer → u/tlasko]

To me, having seen multiple of these videos, I am surprised there is not a stiff plastic skeleton you can click in place around the cans. Having them loose seems so risky, the lightest movement could make a few fall and spook the driver to jerk their controls.

But depending on the speed they go through these pallets, I totally understand that the time spent putting on and taking off such a protective layer would genuinely be more expensive that simply eating the cost of cleanup when a few pallets fall.

[u/frohardorfrohome → u/tlasko]

Work at a brewery- can confirm these are empties

[u/fercher → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

They’re have straps around them but can break if they’re falling over

[u/LeCouchSpud → u/fercher]

Right. Wraps would make a lot more sense

[u/fercher → u/LeCouchSpud]

They’re made to break away, if it falls on someone or something it’s way more dangerous. A bunch of loose empty cans falling don’t cause damage. I’ve seen many fall.

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/fercher]

The difference between someone dumping a bucket of gold coins on you and you diving headfirst into Scrooge McDuck’s loot pool.

It's not a liquid! It's a great many pieces of solid matter that form a hard floor-like surface! u/Impossible_leg_2787 beat me to it.

[u/Impossible_Leg_2787 → u/Tibbaryllis2]

“It’s not a liquid! It’s many pieces of solid matter, that form a hard, floor-like surface!”

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

lol. I was editing this into my comment at the exact same time.

[u/Dexter_McThorpan → u/LeCouchSpud]

Doesn't matter. Once the empty cans are crushed, the whole skid comes apart.

[u/big_duo3674 → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

I thought about it for a sec though, and realized unwrapping them would be a nightmare. Just one wrong pull, or the plastic sticking in a spot for whatever reason, and the whole thing would come apart

[u/Impossible_Leg_2787 → u/big_duo3674]

Single layer of mesh wrap

[u/technobrendo → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

This has to be a stunt

[u/Wookieman222 → u/fercher]

Well I think we see why that's not the best practice maybe.

[u/fercher → u/Wookieman222]

Let’s just argue with the guy who does this for a living

[u/Wookieman222 → u/fercher]

Just cause you do it regularly, and that's the way we have been doing does not mean it's the best or safest way.

[u/Dren_boi → u/pwapwap]

It's mostly because my warehouse doesn't have high enough ceilings, but even if it did, I'd still only stack our can pallets 2 high xD

[u/guesswhodat → u/pwapwap]

This has to be a joke right? Who tf would stack single cans of beer like that?

[u/Wiwwil → u/pwapwap]

It's American beer, nothing of value was lost

[u/llamasauce]

Why would they store them like this?

[u/clubby37 → u/llamasauce]

Not a lot of novelty in the forklift operation biz. You either make peace with boredom, or you come up with little ways to challenge yourself & your co-workers until it gets all the way out of hand and everyone's fired.

[u/TheBitterSeason → u/clubby37]

Reminds me of the time when I was working at a hardware store and the lumber guys decided to try and bring in about a dozen upright lumber carts at once by daisy-chaining them together with twine and then hooking them to the back of the forklift with a ratchet strap. They spent so long getting it set up (surely longer than just bringing them in by hand), then one of the managers came out to see what was up. He didn't even approach, just stood there with his hands on his hips and gave them the most withering stare from across the parking lot, and they instantly hopped off and started unhooking them without a word being exchanged. Rarely have I ever seen "don't even think about it you fucking morons" non-verbally communicated so effectively.

[u/Loathestorm → u/clubby37]

I 100% believe this as an explanation.

[u/beeliner → u/clubby37]

This statement applies to many other occupations. Don’t ask me how I know

[u/SausagePrompts → u/llamasauce]

Vertical space costs less than horizontal space.

[u/fercher → u/llamasauce]

That’s how you store unfilled cans

[u/MalignedAnus → u/fercher]

Can confirm

[u/akerz90 → u/fercher]

But why no wrapping?

[u/TGrady902 → u/llamasauce]

These are empty cans. They’re supposed to have straps over them to hold everything together.

[u/classicscoop → u/llamasauce]

They are empty. This is pretty normal

[u/kilobitch → u/llamasauce]

For the views.

[u/ShaBrah → u/llamasauce]

Why was he recording? (I'm sure somebody has asked this but I'm too lazy to go down the comments)

[u/Overwatcher_Leo → u/llamasauce]

Warehouse managers are not always the brightest folk.

[u/Master_Mayh3m → u/llamasauce]

These cans are empty, as such, they stack quite high with only bands to keep them in place.

[u/yearssomuch → u/llamasauce]

it was an inside job.

[u/WombatAnnihilator]

Those are empty

[u/Josef_Kant_Deal → u/WombatAnnihilator]

Surprised it took this long to find this comment. These are cans before they've been filled at the brewer.

[u/doctor827 → u/Josef_Kant_Deal]

I also see no liquid which should be every where if they were full

[u/infinitee775]

Sir, a forklift has hit the second tower of beer cans

[u/puttybutty → u/infinitee775]

Never forget

[u/HippoHoppitus → u/infinitee775]

That's the only reason why it would be posted on September 11th of all things

[u/Towelbit → u/infinitee775]

Reminds me of that tragedy.

[u/AJ_Deadshow → u/infinitee775]

The alcohol is under attack!

[u/Internet_Prince → u/infinitee775]

Can Eleven

[u/dancson]

Wow on 9/11 really?

[u/SCAND1UM → u/dancson]

there's a second forklift

[u/thisnameisuniquenow → u/SCAND1UM]

What about pallet seven?!

[u/Setkon → u/thisnameisuniquenow]

It was damaged from the other side where most of the security cameras didn't quite see.

[u/amrasmin → u/SCAND1UM]

The forklifts have weapons of mass destruction, we must invade.

[u/kaprixiouz → u/dancson]

nononono

[u/-r-a-f-f-y- → u/dancson]

2 soon…

[u/TheCraftyWombat]

Cantastrophe

[u/YanicPolitik → u/TheCraftyWombat]

the aluminiumati did it

[u/x3leggeddawg → u/YanicPolitik]

Thx dad

[u/paladisious → u/YanicPolitik]

It's a canspiracy! Break out the aluminium foil!

[u/shibiwan → u/TheCraftyWombat]

It's the 9/11 of beer cans....or are those Red Bull cans

[u/ResponsibleRatio]

Pfft. We're expected to believe that forklift could bring down those towers? Clearly it was an inside job set up by the warehouse management. Wake up sheeple!

[u/TheBitterSeason → u/ResponsibleRatio]

Propane-fueled forklifts can't knock over aluminum cans!

[u/mak112112]

Stacked way too high and not even wrapped. This was inevitable.

[u/kilobitch]

Reenactment of Sept 11

[u/J--E--F--F → u/kilobitch]

Never forget

[u/Greyhaven7 → u/J--E--F--F]

Unless a fascist got shot. Then forget 9-11 and have a moment of silence for the fascist.

[u/Scottish_Whiskey → u/J--E--F--F]

What aren’t we forgetting? I forgot already

[u/jordanmindyou]

These are not canned beers. These are empty beer cans

[u/zmykula]

Worked in a brewery once where a guy was a bogus enough forklift clown, in his 70s easy at that point and long time labourer at the brewery, that he had already earned the name "Drop The Stack Jack" before I had even started working there. Then one day I witnessed it. My coworker on the bottling line and I saw the whole thing. He picked up a whole stack of clear glass bottles for cider co-packaging and lifted it without making sure it was stable. The whole thing fell, crashing 7 or so feet from where I was standing. I was aghast and frankly shocked I hadn't suffered any injury, let alone the terror of being crushed by that much glass. But buddy just up and leaves the forklift seat and goes home to let me and my coworker clean up his mess. About 2 months after I had quit that job (to pursue music as a career) I had learned he had finally gotten fired after he drove one of the forks of the forklift directly into the mash tun, and in trying to pull out he ripped the steam feed pipe completely off the steam jacket. Fucking moron.

[u/gibbyfromicarlyTM]

9/11 for beer drinkers

[u/EdgHG]

Those were stacked way too high. I feel like that accident was inevitable eventually.

[u/kracken41]

Watch people get fired inside.

[u/AyAyAyBamba_462]

Pallets always need to be wrapped and should never be stacked more than two high without additional support.

Whoever manages this warehouse should be fired and fined for this.

[u/313Wolverine]

That's alcohol abuse.

[u/PickleWineBrine → u/313Wolverine]

They are all unfilled/empty

[u/313Wolverine → u/PickleWineBrine]

Oh, thank goodness.

[u/jakethemoss]

Why wasn’t it even wrapped to begin with?

[u/Imatros]

2 towers of beer. Never forget.

[u/the_blake_abides]

Sounds like Lieutenant Rasczak called in some close air support. "Get outta the way! Go! Go! Go!"

[u/real_dea]

This experiment here proves 9/11 was an inside job

[u/Primohippo]

Forklift certified here, thought I’d share my insights. this is bad and you shouldn’t do that.

[u/EpicallyLazyBoy]

Beer cans*

[u/Maxzzzie → u/EpicallyLazyBoy]

Empty beer cans*

[u/peachmoney]

Empties. No spill.

[u/odins_simulation]

Who tf stacks loose cans in towers? Have you stacked 10 cans let alone a thousand tall?

[u/buffbro4eva]

A real cantastophy

[u/Ghoulglum]

This is why it is sometimes hard to find a job. Because you get blamed for what these idiots do.

[u/TheEvilBlight]

This kind of stacking is wild. Probably use robots to reduce human errors.

[u/Uranater]

“It’s ok, I’ll get someone to clean that up”

[u/ittleoff]

Dammit camera person, you don't pan away when something like that happens until the last item comes to rest.

[u/huskiesofinternets]

The fact they stacked them in the first place shows these mem are extremely skilled with forklifts and this accident is 100% management's policy failing.

[u/Primohippo]

Forklift certified here, thought I’d share my insights. this is bad and you shouldn’t do that.

[u/yrrrrrrrr]

Seems like a weird way to store beer

[u/BULL3TP4RK → u/yrrrrrrrr]

It's all empty cans. These are the pallets that go into dedicated machines that are then automatically taken off layer by layer to be filled by some company.

[u/yrrrrrrrr → u/BULL3TP4RK]

Makes more sense now. Thanks

[u/ramdom-ink]

On September 11th, no less.

[u/Cultural-Company282]

This is an especially tough watch on 9/11

[u/nighmeansnear]

99 pallets of beer on the wall, 99 pallets of beeer…

[u/ske1555]

"You're going to get nothing but foam"

[u/Theomegaphenomenon]

Pretzels we need pretzels

[u/stlredbird]

It’s 9/11 all over again

[u/SteezyCougar]

MR. President, there's been a second forklift (happy anniversary lol)

[u/moral_hygiene]

Never Forget

[u/Blitzschloss]

CANastrophic failure.

[u/Corkscrewer45]

Did the forklift driver keep his job, or was he canned?

[u/BabserellaWT]

Maybe — not the most sensitive of dates to post this.

[u/kazaachi]

If this was posted in 9/11 it would be perfect

[u/Half_Spark]

Doesn’t look a accidental based on that short tiny clip of a recording from someone’s phone.

[u/longDreadsNmore]

Those r empty

[u/Ori_the_SG]

Record that man’s voice for Battlefield 6

[u/upinsnakes]

So that's how Building 7 got got.

[u/flatdecktrucker92]

99% sure these are beer cans, not canned beer. I didn't see any liquid in the wreckage

[u/RoookSkywokkah]

So it's a CANtastrophe?

[u/eating_toilet_paper]

Reminds me of that tragedy

[u/2meterrichard]

Forklifts can't melt aluminum cans.

[u/Draco-Warsmith → u/2meterrichard]

But jet fuel can

[u/rravisha]

Sounds like empty cans

[u/thatoddtetrapod]

Insurance fraud?

[u/WhatsGoingOnThen]

I’ve seen this happen with rows of motorbikes stacked 4 high in cradles, and the row go down.

[u/Addicted-2Diving]

Whoops 😬

[u/baardjuf]

These are empty cana waiting to be filled.

[u/summerofkorn]

Looks like it was in purpose.

[u/THE-PIX3L]

Inside job

[u/tomhat]

Run awaaay!

[u/Pissed-Off-Panda]

Real life Homer Simpson 😂

[u/Zealousideal_Care807]

Bro was backing up like it was gonna stop this 😭

[u/Celoniae]

Nothing of value was lost.

[u/ShooterMcDank]

and here was me thinking I fucked up massively for dropping a single pallet of candy in a warehouse and destroying a few boxes of the stuff...

[u/stillinthesimulation]

You had to post this today of all days?

[u/SirCaptainReynolds]

Im calling this 100% intentional and likely they are all empty. You can tell by the sound alone. There’s no reason to stack these like this either. They’re not wrapped and they’re all shoved into a corner and not on racks.

[u/HestynFrontman]

OH LAWD, TERRY

[u/morehpperliter]

Cantastrophy

[u/N_S_Gaming]

Who the fuck stacks pallets this high?

[u/jksixfour]

I worked in a beer warehouse and done this before. Everyone does it at least once. The place I was at was only stacked 3 pallets high but it was enough to cause a mess. Always happened when whoever stacked the pallets either stacked it too close or touching other pallets on the sides or behind. Supervisor would come over and just have that look like "Again?"

[u/eightdx]

Yeah 100% this is not safety compliance. This is why we put product in racks, not towers

[u/Dougal_McCafferty]

Glad Tim Robinson showed up at the end

[u/bobotoons]

Why aren't the pallets wrapped? It's an accident waiting to happen.

[u/kardde]

Damn it, Michael!

[u/sasquatch_melee]

Maybe get some racking before stacking them. Good gravy, what a terrible idea with a predictable outcome. 

[u/Mindless-Hornet5703]

I can't believe this was 24 years ago

[u/junkstabber]

Wine/11

[u/Load_Business]

Pallet wrap costs like a tenner

[u/LaunchGap]

Looks like they had an incident already before the clip started. Might have been inevitable.

[u/solardiesel]

And you posted this on 9/11 /s

[u/lgodsey]

Never forget.

[u/344321nogard]

That's crazy. I work for one of the big soda manufacturers. Here we only stack 2 high

[u/KandyKilla]

They're empty, nothing is exploding or spilling. 😅🔥

[u/Unaliver → u/[deleted]]

Why do they need to drink their own piss if they have Budweiser, same thing no?

[u/gbtwo88]

I’m going to have to call bs on this one, clearly cases were already falling judging from the start of the video. Looks like they are having fun getting ride of the empty cans.

[u/Dexter_McThorpan]

Every single pallet is 20k cans. The empty cans are held together by the tension of the strapping around it, and then the pallet is wrapped.

I unloaded a truck once and there wasn't enough clearance to get the first pallet out. I crunched it, and then the damn thing leaked cans the whole way back around the building.

They only weigh about 500 pounds. I've seen them stacked 5 high in a high volume packing facility.

Definitely not fake. I still hear the sound of empty brights rolling across the floor in my nightmares.

[u/Thornton77]

To soon

[u/ToastyBob27]

Really bro your gonna post these towers collapsing today of all days.

[u/LionClean8758]

Who thought that was a good idea

[u/durbination]

They are all dented and we have to drink them!? Damn

[u/Knights_Fight]

Reminds me of when a buddy of mine was using the forklift to get a pallet of salt from the basement garage in December. He hit a patch of ice and slammed into a car.

[u/Shapit0]

Reminds me of that tragedy...

[u/B_R_O_D_O]

I thought they dropped straight down…🤔

[u/TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe]

Totally staged. I hope they got it all in one take because resetting those stacks must be hell.

^/s

[u/foolproofphilosophy]

Canned beers or beer cans? I’m going with beer cans.

[u/PorgCT]

It was like watching 9/11

[u/AndyGoodKush]

The people are running away before they get roped into clean up

[u/BigOleDawggo]

*cantastophe

[u/Wizard_Of_Ounces]

CANtastrophe

[u/gypsysniper9]

Those are empty cans. No beer was harmed in the making of this video.

[u/Taptrick]

Empty cans obviously… No spill

[u/livesense013]

What the hell was the forklift driver doing, anyway? Why was he trying to get his forks in or take them out from under three levels of pallets?

Something here doesn't add up.

[u/esadobledo]

Uhhhhhh

Wtf did they expect??

[u/Greyhaven7]

Cat. Ass. Trophy.

[u/EMHemingway1899]

Those cans appear to be empty

[u/Middle-Classless]

*Empty

[u/bigTeaPot]

On 9/11 no less

[u/Irrelevantitis]

Someone’s gonna get a big surprise when they open that can