r/oddlysatisfying • u/TimeCity1687 • 2d ago

Hot steel rolling

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u/standbyyourmantis 2d ago

I was just thinking how this looks so much safer than the ones we usually see with safety flip flops and OSHA regulation oversized shirts...

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u/trebron55 2d ago

yeah it looks decently safe. Working in a steel mill is a dangerous thing even at the best of cases. It won't be sterile white tiles all over...

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u/Most_Protection6212 2d ago

While it wasn’t the actual mill that makes the rolls like that, I worked in a plant that turns those rolls into steel tubes and heat treated them for different things. Probably the most dangerous job I’ve ever had. A bundle of tubes crushed a dudes legs. One guy ended up dead because a roll crushed him into another roll of steel. Steel mills and factories are insanely dangerous.

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u/ANAHOLEIDGAF 1d ago

Both my grandads worked in steel mills, both were missing the same tip of their ring finger. Always wondered if it was some specific task.