25 Employees Injured After Walking Over Hot Coals in Team-Building Exercise

Complex ^ | June 15 2022 | Jose Martinez

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25 Employees Injured After Walking Over Hot Coals in Team-Building Exercise Jose Martinez BYJOSE MARTINEZ Jose is a contributing writer for Complex Media. @ZayMarty

Jun 15, 2022

A team-building exercise in Switzerland did not work out as planned when 25 employees suffered burns after walking over a bed of coals that stretched several feet long, New York Post reports.

At least 10 ambulances arrived at a private event on the Au peninsula on Lake Zurich Tuesday night to provide medical treatment, with 13 people transported to a nearby hospital with severe injuries. Police have begun an investigation into the incident and gathered evidence from the site. It’s uncertain if the arrangement of the coals or the way the participants walked over them contributed to their injuries.

The Swiss news outlet Blick reports there were about 150 employees in attendance for the event hosted by the marketing company Goldbach. According to the Kleinreport.ch, Goldbach CEO Michi Frank acknowledged in an internal memo that several members sustained burns after taking part in a “voluntary” team activity. Frank claimed “appropriate preparation” was taken before the participants walked over the coals.

A spokesperson for Goldbach asserts “no one was forced” to participate in the activity.

Live Science points out a number of factors that come into play whenever you try to successfully execute firewalking. It’s important to pick the correct type of charcoal that burns away to gray ash instead of getting too hot, as well as pat down the coals in order to create a more flat surface.

A decade ago, 21 people suffered second and third-degree burns after walking over coals during an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins in San Jose.

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[Steely Tom]

Tony Robbins, he lay low.

[gundog]

It’s uncertain if the arrangement of the coals or the way the participants walked over them contributed to their injuries.

Can’t wait till that’s cleared up.

[Allegra]

See?

Stupid hurts.

[Track9]

Cool moss cool moss

[alternatives?]

“Voluntary.” “No one was forced.”

Sure. You don’t participate in such events, do you think it doesn’t impact future promotions?

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[Betty Jane]

You would think after the first couple burned their feet, no others would attempt the feat. Idiots. Probably the brown-nosers of the company were the next 11.

[Dr. Sivana]

It’s uncertain if the arrangement of the coals or the way the participants walked over them contributed to their injuries.

My bet is that the Swiss' have VERY fair skin, and are more sensitive to burns.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I once was involved in a team-building exercise in which we cooked a gourmet lunch with the help of the chefs at the hotel where we were staying. Each team was responsible for a different part of the meal. We learned something about teambuilding, we had a good lunch, and no one was injured.

[clee1]

What a pack of dumbasses.... what job is worth LITERALLY walking on a bed of hot coals?

[FlingWingFlyer]

ROTFL! They should have stayed with the Indian sweat lodges down in Sedona.

[aspasia]

The Goldbach Cult

[aspasia]

The Goldbach Cult

[R_Kangel]

.... Heck .... I did this once .... It was actually very exillerating ...... Out of the 78 of us I was the only one who survived. Then I was let go because my ethnicity wasn’t Inclusive enough ..... Cool day though ...

[TianaHighrider]

Exactly what I was thinking. I visualize it with the characters from ‘Office Space’.

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[elpadre]

“..do you think it doesn’t impact future promotions?”

That’s right. It was a team building exercise. Those who walk on coals are good team members; those who don’t, aren’t. That is the motivational thought process driven by the leaders.

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