Forklift Driver Klaus English Subtitles

Veso Vey · 2.6M views · 2010 · 9:20

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Why Hacker News recommends it

Mostly used as a joke reference whenever forklifts, safety or dying on the job come up, with one commenter calling it a funny and bloody case for warehouse safety.

What it is

An English-subtitled German workplace safety film about forklift driver Klaus. It is campy and darkly comic, staging an escalating series of forklift accidents.

Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2017 to 2019.

What Hacker News said

Recommends rm_-rf_slash · 2018-07 · on “Ask HN: Has anyone experienced workplace training that made a difference?”

I’m neither German nor a forklift operator, but this video answered every question I’ve ever had about why warehouse safety is such a big deal. [this video] (Warning: bloody. Campy, funny, but bloody)