Doctors claim guy can't work because he might topple over and and crush colleagues

[Liberal_in_LA]

weird. Since when have smaller people been in fear of bigger folks 'toppling' on them? Pic of guy at link. many much larger people in USA


Fat guy can't work in case he topples over and crushes his colleagues

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309407/The-30st-man-work-case-topples-crushes-colleagues.html

A morbidly obese father has been diagnosed as too fat to work by doctors who fear his weight may cause him to fall over and crush his colleagues.

Barry Fowers, 51, who weighs a life-threatening 30 stone, worked until October last year assembling industrial power source equipment.

But insurance analysts decided he was too big a risk to himself and to others and Mr Fowers reluctantly accepted voluntary redundancy.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309407/The-30st-man-work-case-topples-crushes-colleagues.html#ixzz0ym0YKMB4

[hlthe2b]

1. how ridiculous... n/t

[salvorhardin]

4. He has diabetes and sometimes suffers from hypothyroidism

It's not quite as ridiculous as The Daily Mail makes it sound. It's not his weight, it's the fact that he has had dizziness before and probably will again.

With all that being said, it is ridiculous that the company couldn't find another job for this man to do that doesn't require him climbing up on platforms. Of course, it won't be long before somebody here says it's his own damn fault for not keeping his weight under control. :eyes:

[bobbolink]

8. "it won't be long before somebody here says it's his own damn fault for not keeping his weight under

control".

Yup.

Judgementalism is a Democratic value.

They'll be here. :(

[DrDan]

2. 420 pounds - that does seem a little heavy to be climbing on to platforms and working

but it sure seems like there should be another job he could safely perform.

[EC]

3. Well, his wife looks to be still alive and I'm sure he's

been on top of her a few times...he has other ailments that should have disabled him rather than his weight...

[Fumesucker]

6. Oh Jebus.. and just when I'm fresh out of brain bleach too...

:evilgrin:

[Safetykitten]

5. This is a big issue. NFL linemen are toppling all over off the field and killing thousands.

[KamaAina]

7. Doctors claim gal can't work because she might blow off a bridge in a high wind

Give me a fscking break. :eyes: