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(February 2009, Sweden) Welcome to Sweden. Home of Swedish massage, Swedish
cuckoos, and one Swedish meatball who decided to warm himself in an
industrial strength oven. The incident took place in freezing February at
a facility operated by a maker of kitchen cabinets and fixtures
(Ballingsl'v.)
The heating system in the loading area had ceased to function, leaving a
shivering truck driver defenseless against the frigid winter. Looking to
escape the cold, this driver wandered toward the shrink-wrap oven and asked
the operator if he could take a spin on the conveyor belt to get
warm.
Although the driver was freezing his umlaut off, the operator
hard-heartedly denied the man's request. Undaunted, the driver waited
until no one was looking and managed to hoist himself onto the conveyor
belt for a blissful toasty ride. But all those Swedish meatballs took
their toll. The massive (cough) trucker was too heavy for the belt and the
motor shut down, leaving him stuck in the 360-degree oven.
Luckily, the oven operator noticed the stoppage and was able to drag the
man out of the searing heat before he sustained serious injuries--except,
perhaps, an industrial-strength tan. Following the incident, Sweden's Work
Environment Authority offered the oven operator counseling to work through
the shock he suffered, and intends to carry out a risk assessment of
surveillance around the shrink ovens. Apparently they are too tempting to
leave unguarded.
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION
"'360-degree oven.' Circular oven?"
"Common sense can be shrink-wrapped too.
DarwinAwards.com © 1994 - 2009
Submitted by: Mark
Reference: Fox News, The Local
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