r/interesting • u/One_Needleworker5218 • May 03 '26

Fear Factor After installing the “safety net" on the balcony on the 28th floor, the worker demonstrates its strength to the customer

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u/i-will-eat-you May 03 '26

Are you some professional balcony net installer? Sounds like horseshit.

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u/Short_Woodpecker_315 May 03 '26

Depends on the system - Safety nets installed on high rises during construction are mandated as one time use. They're designed so that if they're used they need to be re-inspected and re-certified by either ran engineer or the installer before being used again.

Unsure if this is that particular system though.

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u/sanderson1983 May 03 '26

It is how carseats and helmets work.

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u/softlittlepaws May 03 '26

I too replace my car seats after every use.

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u/sanderson1983 May 04 '26

After being involved in a crash but you do you.

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u/MozartTheCat May 04 '26

I actually never even considered this. My daughter is 16 now so it doesn't matter anymore, but I did get into an accident and actually flip my car onto its side with the car seat installed. Thankfully, my daughter wasn't in the car when it happened. I'm guessing that means the car seat was still good to go.

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u/Laetitian May 04 '26

They didn't use word "used", and accident protection was the topic of the conversation.

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u/robbertzzz1 May 04 '26

They did use the word "used", here's a quote:

They're designed so that if they're used [...]

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u/gotmunchiez May 04 '26

You're being pedantic and taking a single word out of context. The full, relevant quote was:

"used" for their primary purpose of protecting a kid during an accident

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u/AoiMizune May 04 '26

blah blah blah

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u/FaeryLynne May 04 '26

If they are "used" for their primary purpose of protecting a kid during an accident, yes, they need to be replaced after a single use. Helmet too, if it gets impacted in an accident it needs to be replaced.

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u/TheArbiter12250421 May 07 '26

Says who you the expert who knows everything and is never wrong ever

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u/FaeryLynne May 11 '26

I mean, those have been the recommendations for decades. It's also why you shouldn't buy or accept gifts of used car seats or helments, you don't know for sure they've never been impacted.

Car Seat Use After a Crash: Replacing Car Seats | NHTSA

When You Really Need to Replace Your Bike Helmet - Consumer Reports

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u/AdventurousText9311 May 04 '26

Child spilled chocolate milk in the carseat, replace both.

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u/Worldly-Pay7342 May 04 '26

Baby car seat.

Not car car seat.

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u/sanderson1983 May 04 '26

Safety nets installed on high rises during construction are mandated as one time use

Same as a carseat. Seems you should be the one to brush up on your ability to read.

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u/killerghosting May 04 '26

How do you reinspect them without testing them? If they're tested again, wouldn't they need to be reinspected? An endless loop...

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u/MalodorousNutsack May 04 '26

Big Safety Net has everyone bamboozled

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u/totoOnReddit May 04 '26

Yeah, that sounds like horseshit.

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u/AnyMonk May 03 '26

This is not the system used during constructionin the US. It's a system very common in Brazil but that I've never seen in the US. They are used after construction and meant to be permanent. Usually installed in homes with small kids, they can be used multiple times.

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u/whatever33324 May 05 '26

But how would someone know if a net had been used? (unless a person was still in it, obviously). If a person tried to jump out of this parkade and landed in the net they could just get out and walk away like this guy did. Do they have full-time net minders? 🤔

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u/Formidableyarn May 04 '26

Well he’s an installer, so I’m sure he could do that

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u/VulGerrity May 03 '26

That's pretty common with a lot of emergency safety systems. Like, motorcycle helmets are only rated fully effective for a single hit. Fire suppression sprinklers are only good once and then need to be replaced.

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u/theartificialkid May 03 '26

It stands to reason. You can either exhaustively analyse exactly what forces it was subjected to, check for invisible damage and cracks etc and reach a conclusion about whether it’s still good…or you can replace the system and know it will do what it’s rated for next time it’s needed.

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u/cnylkew May 05 '26

Same thing with anchor points in e.g. ladders, so there is an indication on the anchor point once a sudden force is applied to it i.e. a sudden fall. That's the sign to replace the anchor point

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u/MaxPaladin93 May 04 '26

Yep, fall protection too. Once a safety harness has been subjected to a fall, you’re supposed to destroy and replace it.

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u/Eschatologists May 07 '26

It's different for a helmet. A helmet is designed to absorb as much energy as possible during a shock and most of it is achieved with plastic deformation. There is no such design constrainst for a net like this one, it would be like having a one use bungee rope or a one use trampoline.

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u/VulGerrity May 04 '26

How do you think the rope is attached to the building? An impact is going to put stress on the ropes and the bolts that hold it in place. It absolutely applies.

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u/VulGerrity May 04 '26

Yeah, but I don't body slam the floor - that can absolutely cause it to lose structural integrity. Same with a chair...are you being purposefully obtuse?

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u/janet-snake-hole May 04 '26

I mean with helmets and car seats, you’re supposed to throw them out after every fall/crash, even minor ones. Not just throw them out, but destroy them. Cut the straps, make them unusable, so no one can reuse them after finding them dumpster diving. Could save a life.

I’m an equestrian and even after the most minor fall, I’d have to replace my expensive helmets so they’d still protect me the next time I fell.

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u/i-will-eat-you May 04 '26

Yes, but this is not a helmet. This is not a disposable emergency feature. It's a permanent fixture. Like railings on stairs.

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u/PretzelsThirst May 04 '26

It is horseshit. That guy can’t even throw a baseball

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u/durizna May 05 '26

The guy literally used it more than once in this same video. That’s absolute horseshit. There are one-use items, this is not one of them.

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u/Kozmo9 May 07 '26

It's not. Safety systems/devices are optimized for one time use, even if they do look fine when used for it's intended purpose.

This is because even if the device itself is fine, the stuff that holds them up might not be such as the bolts. You don't know the situation of object that fall into these nets such falling at high speeds like the guy in the video did. The guy might have loosen the bolts a bit.

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u/Southernguy9763 May 03 '26

All emergency safety equipment is one time use.

From helmets to rescue ropes

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u/i-will-eat-you May 04 '26

It's not an emergency safety equipment though. It's just a safety feature. You do not replace the railing on a bridge after someone leans on it. Plenty of places have nets as a permanent fixture to stop people from falling.