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|pun = "lying down on the job"
 
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|date = June 7, 1993
 
|date = June 7, 1993
 
|location = Boise, Idaho
 
|location = Boise, Idaho
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'''"{{PAGENAME}}"''', Way to Die #63, is the sixth death to be featured in "Sudden Death", which aired on December 22, 2010.
 
 
|quote = "Mike was the boss' son who never put in an honest day of work in his life. But don't worry... because Mike will never have to lift a finger again."}}'''"{{PAGENAME}}"''', Way to Die #63, is the sixth death to be featured in "[[Sudden Death (episode)|Sudden Death]]", which aired on December 22, 2010.
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
Mike, who's a lazy construction worker, needed to climb up the building. His technique was to use a conterweight as the "human elevator" to hoist himself up. However, the rope snaps when Mike is almost at the top and Mike falls to his death because the counterweight wasn't designed to carry a load like Mike and he died from multiple fractures and hemorrhaging.
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Mike, who's a lazy construction worker, needed to climb up the building. His technique was to use a counterweight as the "human elevator" to hoist himself up. However, the rope snaps when Mike is almost at the top and Mike falls to his death because the counterweight wasn't designed to carry a load like Mike and he died from multiple fractures and hemorrhaging.
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== Segment Description ==
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Description as seen on the Spike TV website
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* "A lazy construction worker devises a faulty pulley system to get him to the roof. Unfortunately, it gets him to the top and then breaks sending him plummeting to his death."
   
''"Mike was the boss' son who never put in an honest day of work in his life. But don't worry... because Mike will never have to lift a finger again."''
 
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*In the German version (1000 Wege ins Gras zu Beissen), the death takes place in 1998 instead of 1993.
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*In the German version (1000 Wege ins Gras zu Beissen), the death is set five years ahead of 1993 (this was probably a mistake done by the editors).
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*Also known as "Destruction Worker" on the Spike TV website.
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*It is based on the death ot a 37-year-old window washer.
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== foreign names ==
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'''engenheiro de desconstrução '''(desconstrution engineer) - ''brazilian dub''
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== Segment Nicknames ==
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* Destruction Worker (Spike TV)
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==Goofs==
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*When Mike falls to his death, the resisting actions on him show that the clip is clearly sped up.
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[[File:Falling Down On The Job.jpg|thumb|220x220px]]
 
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Revision as of 21:14, 21 June 2021

"Falling Down On The Job", Way to Die #63, is the sixth death to be featured in "Sudden Death", which aired on December 22, 2010.

Plot

Mike, who's a lazy construction worker, needed to climb up the building. His technique was to use a counterweight as the "human elevator" to hoist himself up. However, the rope snaps when Mike is almost at the top and Mike falls to his death because the counterweight wasn't designed to carry a load like Mike and he died from multiple fractures and hemorrhaging.

Segment Description

Description as seen on the Spike TV website

  • "A lazy construction worker devises a faulty pulley system to get him to the roof. Unfortunately, it gets him to the top and then breaks sending him plummeting to his death."

Trivia

  • In the German version (1000 Wege ins Gras zu Beissen), the death is set five years ahead of 1993 (this was probably a mistake done by the editors).
  • Also known as "Destruction Worker" on the Spike TV website.
  • It is based on the death ot a 37-year-old window washer.

foreign names

engenheiro de desconstrução (desconstrution engineer) - brazilian dub

Segment Nicknames

  • Destruction Worker (Spike TV)

Goofs

  • When Mike falls to his death, the resisting actions on him show that the clip is clearly sped up.
Falling Down On The Job