What if you put your head in a particle accelerator?

On 13 July 1978, Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment when the safety mechanisms failed. Bugorski was leaning over the equipment when he stuck his head in the path of the 76 GeV proton beam. Reportedly, he saw a flash "brighter than a thousand suns" but did not feel any pain. This is what happened next

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[kylehill]

Your monthly dose of calmly narrated tragedy. Thanks for watching.

[oceanman_]

"I shouldn't lock the door. It's not like anything bad will happen"
-A very wrong scientist

[RinSuzaku]

My stepdad had a non-cancerous brain tumor that was pressing in his skull in a way that was giving him seizures and made him completely deaf in his right ear. He ended up getting proton therapy, and the beam literally punched a hole through the tumor and it fell in on itself. He's seizure free now and has regained some hearing. Science is fucking amazing dude.

[scottmeredith]

I find it kind of hilarious that you could just open a door into a wildly dangerous science experiment like “whoops this isn’t the bathroom”

[Wired_User]

His reaction to the accident—just going home for the day and not telling anybody—is so Russian of him.

[josephfaria]

The only man to ever wrap his head around particle physics.

[StanislaoMoulinsky]

"After seeing a thousands suns Bugorski knew he was in trouble". So of course he did the obvious rational thing and went home to sleep it off.

[marblight]

“I’m being tested. The human capacity for survival is being tested.” That’s such a heartbreaking thing to hear from someone going through something like this

[CrookedEyeSniper]

This year is a momentous occasion for me. It is the 49th year in a row that I have not stuck my head in a proton accelerator. I'm really hoping to keep that streak alive. I'm working towards that goal every day.

[thearsonpotato]

Has anyone noticed there is a 100% survival rate of sticking your head in a proton accelerator because the only person to do it survived...

[HurrPaulDurr]

The craziest thing about this whole thing is how Bugorski is still alive to this day, and actually outlived the particle accelerator that caused his accident.

[Melonhii]

if anyone is wondering, Burgorski is still alive and is turning 82 this june

[RyanSoltani]

What continues to amaze me is that after all this time, Bugorski is still alive to this day! He outlived one of the most powerful particle accelerators in the world! What a legend

[michaelclark]

So, he was a victim of a workplace accident, kept working, logged his work and left.

Dude deserves the employee of the millennium award.

[nuffin]

That's why it's a good idea to have an "it is now safe to enter" light instead (or in addition to the "do not enter" light), so a failure in the equipment preserves safety instead of compromising it.

[FlyWithMe_]

My head getting randomly stuck in a particle accelerator has actually been one of my greatest fears since I was a child.

[adilsongoliveira]

That's why failsafe maesures take the approach of fail by default. The correct procedure with the light bulb should be safe if ON, not OFF. That would prevent access if the bulb or the circuits connected to it fail.

[georgemichaelbluth]

Wife: "Honey, how was work today?"
Antaloi: "Fine"
* insane interstellar visions and sounds going on inside his head *

[PaulHoleybatch]

"Your brain doesn't have enough stopping power" sounds like a sick burn.

[mtcoiner]

Finally someone who was able to get particle physics through their thick skull.