[TheCruxofBag]

Istanbul, Turkey. Happened on April 10th, but the CCTV footage was only published a few days ago.

An auto mechanic, Fatih T., was seriously injured when the car he was repairing, which was lifted by a vehicle lift, fell on him. After 22 days of treatment in intensive care, Fatih lost his life.

Fatih's grieving family raised the possibility of negligence. According to his brother:

When the car was halfway up, the right rear leg of the lift shifted. After the lift raised the vehicle completely, my brother went under the car to inspect it. Suddenly, the lift’s legs gave way, and the 2.5-ton vehicle fell on him.

The employers [and] the owners of the workplace, only visited us at the hospital for one or two days. After that, they neither called us nor provided any emotional or other support.

The brother also noted that Fatih was still owed three months' wages at the time of his death.

It also turned out that, a month before the incident, the lift had failed, sending a car crashing down onto the ground. When an apprentice brought this up to the garage owners, they insisted "we know the lift is like that, it's not a problem. Just keep working with it."

[AmericanDaywalker]

Thats kind of odd, looks like the car was well balanced on the hoist. I dont know what the other side looked like, but thats unfortunate. RIP.

[rhubarb_king]

Always read the manual

[gimlet]

In Turkey, lift gets you!

[docfr8]

Faulty lift and the owner let it go.....

[houseoftechno]

Physics. The 4 lift arms freely rotate and they slope toward the outbound ends. Many uni-body cars have polyethylene liners on the bottom rails = slippery. The car will naturally slide down the slope of the lift arms and push the arms out of the way exactly as the vid shows.

So many things wrong here:

1. Poorly designed lift. (Designed to kill humans)
2. Maybe the lift had safety features (such as locking arms) that were disabled or worn out?
3. That lift is incredibly slow for a commercial garage. I am guessing it lifts via a rotating screw - ridiculously slow. Anyway, that makes me wonder, why the hell a commercial shop with uniformed staff doesn't have proper center rise hydraulic lifts?
4. Ignoring the customers in street clothes, there were at least four uniformed mechanics with eyes on that car. With all of the mishaps that can and do occur with lifted loads in an auto shop, it amazes me that none of 4 mechanics were triggered by that load.

[Mr.NoCredit]

It looked to me like the arms just gave out. They totally pivoted from one direction to another.

[jbell0129]

The owner is fucked as they should be.

[Juujigun]

Owed 3 months wages. At what point do you stop coming in to work or just walk?

"Look here. 4 months without getting paid is my limit. Ok 5, but that's it!"

Shit like this is why I employ instead of being employed, but I think one week would be about the top end.

[NUUDLZ]

That's gonna leave a mark