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When a load is improperly secured in the vehicle carrying it and subsequently endangers or kills when it comes loose. In a workplace, this is a form of NoOSHACompliance and likely to result in an argument when one character refuses to follow protocol out of laziness or because they're in a rush, {{foreshadowing}} the danger. While the danger is usually caused by incompetence or laziness, a worn-out tie -down or unknown broken anchor point can be just as dangerous.
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When a load is improperly secured in the vehicle carrying it and subsequently endangers or kills when it comes loose. In a workplace, this is a form of NoOSHACompliance and likely to result in an argument when one character refuses to follow protocol out of laziness or because they're in a rush, {{foreshadowing}} the danger. While the danger is usually caused by incompetence or laziness, a worn-out tie -down tie-down or unknown broken anchor point can be just as dangerous.
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* Jennings's [[OffWithHisHead death by decapitation]] in ''Film/TheOmen1976'' was the result of a sheet of glass coming loose from the truck it was in, with more than a little bit of supernatural influence going on because this ''is'' a movie about TheAntichrist.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' is able to fully capsize, although two crew members are killed in the process; one of whom is crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careens across the ship.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' is able to fully capsize, although two crew members are killed in the process; one of whom is crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careens across the ship.
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* Jennings's Jennings' [[OffWithHisHead death by decapitation]] in ''Film/TheOmen1976'' was the result of a sheet of glass coming loose from the truck it was in, with more than a little bit of supernatural influence going on because this ''is'' a movie about TheAntichrist.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannonsloose, loose since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' is able to fully capsize, although two crew members are killed in the process; one of whom is crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careens across the ship.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons
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* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 3'': The first stage is a shootout that leads to the interiors of a container ship, where an explosion causes the entire ship to tilt, at which point the camera goes DutchAngle with several mooks getting crushed by sliding crates, containers and assorted junk.
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* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 3'': The first stage is a shootout that leads to the interiors of a container ship, where an explosion causes the entire ship to tilt, at which point the camera goes DutchAngle with several mooks getting crushed by sliding crates, containers containers, and assorted junk.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': During "A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter", Percy is stuck at a broken signal and Harold is called in to take the mail. His pilots suggested taking each piece of mail one at a time but Harold insisted upon taking all the mail at once, because he'd have to take multiple trips. However, this ends up causing him to crash because the giant bundle of mail ended up being too heavy for him to carry.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': During "A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter", Percy is stuck at a broken signal and Harold is called in to take the mail. His pilots suggested taking each piece of mail one at a time but Harold insisted upon taking all the mail at once, once because he'd have to take multiple trips. However, this ends up causing him to crash because the giant bundle of mail ended up being too heavy for him to carry.
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* Invoked in ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', where during a car chase, Drax has his henchman climb onto a lorry and cut its load free, sending it into the path of Bond's car.
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* Invoked in ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', where during a car chase, Drax has his henchman climb onto a lorry and cut its load free, sending it into the path of Bond's car.
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When a load is improperly secured in the vehicle carrying it and subsequently endangers or kills when it comes loose. In a workplace workplace, this is a form of NoOSHACompliance and likely to result in an argument when one character refuses to follow protocol out of laziness or because they're in a rush, {{foreshadowing}} the danger. While the danger is usually caused by incompetence or laziness, a worn out worn-out tie down -down or unknown broken anchor point can be just as dangerous.
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* ''Film/FinalDestination2'': The pileup on Route 23 is caused by a chain on a logging truck failing, sending massive logs flying into the cars behind it.
* ''Film/FinalDestination5'': During the bridge collapse premonition, both Sam and Peter are killed after being impaled by unsecured metal cargo from a construction vehicle.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' was able to fully capsize, although two crew members were killed in the process; one of whom was crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careened across the ship.
* ''Film/FinalDestination5'': During the bridge collapse premonition, both Sam and Peter are killed after being impaled by unsecured metal cargo from a construction vehicle.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' was able to fully capsize, although two crew members were killed in the process; one of whom was crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careened across the ship.
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** ''Film/FinalDestination2'': The pileup on Route 23 is caused by a chain on a logging truck failing, sending massive logs flying into the cars behind it.
* ** ''Film/FinalDestination5'': During the bridge collapse premonition, both Sam and Peter are killed after being impaled by unsecured metal cargo from a construction vehicle.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl''was is able to fully capsize, although two crew members were are killed in the process; one of whom was is crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careened careens across the ship.
** ''Film/FinalDestination2'': The pileup on Route 23 is caused by a chain on a logging truck failing, sending massive logs flying into the cars behind it.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl''
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* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Lt. Gorman, the ([[EnsignNewbie very green]]) commanding officer of the Marines for the mission, gets knocked out by some falling cargo aboard the [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC]] while Ripley is driving it recklessly to rescue the surviving Marines after their first foray into the hive. With [[SergeantRock Sgt. Apone]] falling in the hive, [[YouAreInCommandNow Cpl. Hicks]] is left in charge. he gladly defers to [[ActionSurvivor Ripley]], thanks to her prior experience with the titular creatures. She orders the site to be [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure nuked from orbit]], much to [[SuitWithVestedInterests Burke's]] dismay, setting off the second act plot of [[spoiler:Burke attempting to smuggle aliens back inside of Ripley and Newt]]. Quite the chain of events thanks to one unsecured container.
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* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Lt. Gorman, the ([[EnsignNewbie very green]]) commanding officer of the Marines for the mission, gets knocked out by some falling cargo aboard the [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC]] while Ripley is driving it recklessly to rescue the surviving Marines after their first foray into the hive. With [[SergeantRock Sgt. Apone]] falling in the hive, [[YouAreInCommandNow Cpl. Hicks]] is left in charge. he He gladly defers to [[ActionSurvivor Ripley]], thanks to her prior experience with the titular creatures. She orders the site to be [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure nuked from orbit]], much to [[SuitWithVestedInterests Burke's]] dismay, setting off the second act plot of [[spoiler:Burke attempting to smuggle aliens back inside of Ripley and Newt]]. Quite the chain of events thanks to one unsecured container.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E16Ethics "Ethics"]] "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E16Ethics Ethics]]" focuses around Worf finding himself paralyzed after a loose container falls on top of him in the Cargo Bay.
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* ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' has a stage where you infiltrate a CoolAirship by blowing a hole through the cargo hold, causing the entire vehicle to depressurize and sending everything--you, enemy mooks, and various cargo including crates and parked vehicles--flung about.
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* ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' has a stage where you infiltrate a CoolAirship by blowing a hole through the cargo hold, causing the entire vehicle to depressurize and sending everything--you, everything -- you, enemy mooks, and various cargo including crates and parked vehicles--flung about.
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* The educational Disney short ''Goofy's Freeway Troubles'' has WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as a neglectful driver to warn the audience about freeway safety. One of the dangerous things he does is overloading a trailer and tying it down improperly. Stuff on the trailer keeps falling out, creating a hazard for the other drivers, then when Goofy has to slam on the brakes all the remaining stuff comes flying forward to fall on him.
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* The educational Disney short ''Goofy's "Goofy's Freeway Troubles'' Troubles" has WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as a neglectful driver to warn the audience about freeway safety. One of the dangerous things he does is overloading a trailer and tying it down improperly. Stuff on the trailer keeps falling out, creating a hazard for the other drivers, then when Goofy has to slam on the brakes all the remaining stuff comes flying forward to fall on him.
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When a load is improperly secured in the vehicle carrying it and subsequently endangers or kills when it comes loose. In a workplace this is a form of NoOSHACompliance and likely to result in an argument when one character refuses to follow protocol out of laziness or because they're in a rush, {{foreshadowing}} the danger. While the danger is usually caused by incompetence or laziness, a worn out tie down or unknown broken anchor point can be just as dangerous.
See NoSeatbelts for when it's the characters themselves who aren't able to be properly secured. FellOffTheBackOfATruck is something entirely different, though debris actually falling off the back of a truck and becoming an obstacle do fit here. Compare NitroExpress, when the contents of the cargo are explosively dangerous.
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*''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'': In flashbacks depicting Iruma's ability to sense and avoid danger, he's shown aboard a cargo ship when some of the cargo comes loose, forcing him to dodge this way and that to avoid being crushed.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13436100/1/ Ghost of Privet Drive]]'' begins when the protagonist is sent to the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' universe by a truck -- not hitting him, but rather dropping hundreds of kilos of rolled steel joists through his windscreen and into his chest. Due to heavy rain, he never actually sees whatever caused them to come loose.
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* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Lt. Gorman, the ([[EnsignNewbie very green]]) commanding officer of the Marines for the mission, gets knocked out by some falling cargo aboard the [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC]] while Ripley is driving it recklessly to rescue the surviving Marines after their first foray into the hive. With [[SergeantRock Sgt. Apone]] falling in the hive, [[YouAreInCommandNow Cpl. Hicks]] is left in charge. he gladly defers to [[ActionSurvivor Ripley]], thanks to her prior experience with the titular creatures. She orders the site to be [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure nuked from orbit]], much to [[SuitWithVestedInterests Burke's]] dismay, setting off the second act plot of [[spoiler:Burke attempting to smuggle aliens back inside of Ripley and Newt]]. Quite the chain of events thanks to one unsecured container.
* Used as a throwaway gag at the very end of ''Film/{{Clockwise}}''. After Brian says "Right!", and a police officer takes this to mean "turn right", Brian then yells "no, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT!" An open-backed lorry does so violently, shedding its load.
* ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'': Count Dracula's coffin is loaded onto a ship bound for England. During a storm, the coffin slides back and forth across the cargo bay with the Count yelping inside as it slams into the walls. Renfield tries weighing it down with his own body and eats a couple slams for his effort.
* ''Film/FinalDestination2'': The pileup on Route 23 is caused by a chain on a logging truck failing, sending massive logs flying into the cars behind it.
* ''Film/FinalDestination5'': During the bridge collapse premonition, both Sam and Peter are killed after being impaled by unsecured metal cargo from a construction vehicle.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' was able to fully capsize, although two crew members were killed in the process; one of whom was crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careened across the ship.
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* ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'': One story features a pair of rogue African militiamen who steal and hoard supplies from relief containers meant for refugees dropped from planes. Both of them end up getting crushed to death by one of said containers after its chute fails to open and they're too drunk to notice it falling right on top of their heads.
* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Nemik is killed when Cassian takes off with the heavy stolen load loose in the cargo area, with one of the racks slamming into Nemik and [[SickeningCrunch crushing]] his torso.
* ''Series/DeadliestCatch'': Due to the extreme conditions the crab boats have to operate in, the crab pods must be meticulously stacked and thoroughly tied down, partly to keep the boat balanced in the water and partly to ensure that a large swell or wave doesn't send poorly stacked/secured pods falling overboard or onto the crew, which would likely be fatal as they are very heavy. Every boat takes this very seriously since it's such an important safety issue, and multiple episodes have shown crew (especially greenhorns) getting reamed by the captain and/or other crewmates for not doing it properly.
* ''Series/{{Mayday}}'' has covered several plane crashes caused by or impacted by loose cargo, and it's been brought up as a possibility in several more.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E16Ethics "Ethics"]] focuses around Worf finding himself paralyzed after a loose container falls on top of him in the Cargo Bay.
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* ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' has a stage where you infiltrate a CoolAirship by blowing a hole through the cargo hold, causing the entire vehicle to depressurize and sending everything--you, enemy mooks, and various cargo including crates and parked vehicles--flung about.
* ''VideoGame/DesertBreaker'': One of the stages sees you infiltrating an enemy bomber plane by blowing up a hatch, and the interiors subjected to ContinuousDecompression, where the poorly-secured cargo starts sliding out. You spend most of the stage avoiding falling crates, containers, and occasionally falling mooks and [[SpiderTank hamachidoris]] while making your way to the plane's front.
* ''VideoGame/ReturnOfTheObraDinn'': Chapter 1 involves an accident with loose cargo which results in Samuel Peters' death.
* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 3'': The first stage is a shootout that leads to the interiors of a container ship, where an explosion causes the entire ship to tilt, at which point the camera goes DutchAngle with several mooks getting crushed by sliding crates, containers and assorted junk.
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* ''Webcomic/TigerTiger'': Jamis refuses to properly tie down a heavy load and Remy gives in and lets him get away with it. When the ''Gallant'' subsequently gets caught in a storm, the ship nearly capsizes and dooms the entire crew due to the heavy cargo breaking free and tumbling about in the ship's hold.
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* The educational Disney short ''Goofy's Freeway Troubles'' has WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as a neglectful driver to warn the audience about freeway safety. One of the dangerous things he does is overloading a trailer and tying it down improperly. Stuff on the trailer keeps falling out, creating a hazard for the other drivers, then when Goofy has to slam on the brakes all the remaining stuff comes flying forward to fall on him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheodoreTugboat'': In "Theodore and the Unsafe Ship", Theodore is tasked with docking Cabot, a scruffy and rough cargo ship who is very careless with his cargo. When Theodore inspects Cabot's deck, Cabot's cargo looks as if it's about to fall off. Theodore's job is to make sure that ships are safe before bringing them in, and the closer Theodore looked, the less safe Cabot seemed. Cabot's cargo falls off his deck and Theodore has to collect it to prevent any possible collision with other boats.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': During "A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter", Percy is stuck at a broken signal and Harold is called in to take the mail. His pilots suggested taking each piece of mail one at a time but Harold insisted upon taking all the mail at once, because he'd have to take multiple trips. However, this ends up causing him to crash because the giant bundle of mail ended up being too heavy for him to carry.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_102 National Airlines Flight 102]] crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 7 crew members on board. A military vehicle in the cargo hold came loose and smashed into vital control components in the plane's tail section, causing the crash.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Pushkin_Tu-104_crash A Soviet plane]] carrying several top officers was improperly loaded (at the insistence of said officers), resulting in the plane crashing on takeoff with no survivors when a roll of printing paper moved around in the hold. The crash killed more officers in a single day than they'd lost in WWII.
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When a load is improperly secured in the vehicle carrying it and subsequently endangers or kills when it comes loose. In a workplace this is a form of NoOSHACompliance and likely to result in an argument when one character refuses to follow protocol out of laziness or because they're in a rush, {{foreshadowing}} the danger. While the danger is usually caused by incompetence or laziness, a worn out tie down or unknown broken anchor point can be just as dangerous.
See NoSeatbelts for when it's the characters themselves who aren't able to be properly secured. FellOffTheBackOfATruck is something entirely different, though debris actually falling off the back of a truck and becoming an obstacle do fit here. Compare NitroExpress, when the contents of the cargo are explosively dangerous.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
*''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'': In flashbacks depicting Iruma's ability to sense and avoid danger, he's shown aboard a cargo ship when some of the cargo comes loose, forcing him to dodge this way and that to avoid being crushed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fanworks]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13436100/1/ Ghost of Privet Drive]]'' begins when the protagonist is sent to the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' universe by a truck -- not hitting him, but rather dropping hundreds of kilos of rolled steel joists through his windscreen and into his chest. Due to heavy rain, he never actually sees whatever caused them to come loose.
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* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Lt. Gorman, the ([[EnsignNewbie very green]]) commanding officer of the Marines for the mission, gets knocked out by some falling cargo aboard the [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC]] while Ripley is driving it recklessly to rescue the surviving Marines after their first foray into the hive. With [[SergeantRock Sgt. Apone]] falling in the hive, [[YouAreInCommandNow Cpl. Hicks]] is left in charge. he gladly defers to [[ActionSurvivor Ripley]], thanks to her prior experience with the titular creatures. She orders the site to be [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure nuked from orbit]], much to [[SuitWithVestedInterests Burke's]] dismay, setting off the second act plot of [[spoiler:Burke attempting to smuggle aliens back inside of Ripley and Newt]]. Quite the chain of events thanks to one unsecured container.
* Used as a throwaway gag at the very end of ''Film/{{Clockwise}}''. After Brian says "Right!", and a police officer takes this to mean "turn right", Brian then yells "no, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT!" An open-backed lorry does so violently, shedding its load.
* ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'': Count Dracula's coffin is loaded onto a ship bound for England. During a storm, the coffin slides back and forth across the cargo bay with the Count yelping inside as it slams into the walls. Renfield tries weighing it down with his own body and eats a couple slams for his effort.
* ''Film/FinalDestination2'': The pileup on Route 23 is caused by a chain on a logging truck failing, sending massive logs flying into the cars behind it.
* ''Film/FinalDestination5'': During the bridge collapse premonition, both Sam and Peter are killed after being impaled by unsecured metal cargo from a construction vehicle.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' was able to fully capsize, although two crew members were killed in the process; one of whom was crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careened across the ship.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'': One story features a pair of rogue African militiamen who steal and hoard supplies from relief containers meant for refugees dropped from planes. Both of them end up getting crushed to death by one of said containers after its chute fails to open and they're too drunk to notice it falling right on top of their heads.
* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Nemik is killed when Cassian takes off with the heavy stolen load loose in the cargo area, with one of the racks slamming into Nemik and [[SickeningCrunch crushing]] his torso.
* ''Series/DeadliestCatch'': Due to the extreme conditions the crab boats have to operate in, the crab pods must be meticulously stacked and thoroughly tied down, partly to keep the boat balanced in the water and partly to ensure that a large swell or wave doesn't send poorly stacked/secured pods falling overboard or onto the crew, which would likely be fatal as they are very heavy. Every boat takes this very seriously since it's such an important safety issue, and multiple episodes have shown crew (especially greenhorns) getting reamed by the captain and/or other crewmates for not doing it properly.
* ''Series/{{Mayday}}'' has covered several plane crashes caused by or impacted by loose cargo, and it's been brought up as a possibility in several more.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E16Ethics "Ethics"]] focuses around Worf finding himself paralyzed after a loose container falls on top of him in the Cargo Bay.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' has a stage where you infiltrate a CoolAirship by blowing a hole through the cargo hold, causing the entire vehicle to depressurize and sending everything--you, enemy mooks, and various cargo including crates and parked vehicles--flung about.
* ''VideoGame/DesertBreaker'': One of the stages sees you infiltrating an enemy bomber plane by blowing up a hatch, and the interiors subjected to ContinuousDecompression, where the poorly-secured cargo starts sliding out. You spend most of the stage avoiding falling crates, containers, and occasionally falling mooks and [[SpiderTank hamachidoris]] while making your way to the plane's front.
* ''VideoGame/ReturnOfTheObraDinn'': Chapter 1 involves an accident with loose cargo which results in Samuel Peters' death.
* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 3'': The first stage is a shootout that leads to the interiors of a container ship, where an explosion causes the entire ship to tilt, at which point the camera goes DutchAngle with several mooks getting crushed by sliding crates, containers and assorted junk.
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* ''Webcomic/TigerTiger'': Jamis refuses to properly tie down a heavy load and Remy gives in and lets him get away with it. When the ''Gallant'' subsequently gets caught in a storm, the ship nearly capsizes and dooms the entire crew due to the heavy cargo breaking free and tumbling about in the ship's hold.
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* The educational Disney short ''Goofy's Freeway Troubles'' has WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as a neglectful driver to warn the audience about freeway safety. One of the dangerous things he does is overloading a trailer and tying it down improperly. Stuff on the trailer keeps falling out, creating a hazard for the other drivers, then when Goofy has to slam on the brakes all the remaining stuff comes flying forward to fall on him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheodoreTugboat'': In "Theodore and the Unsafe Ship", Theodore is tasked with docking Cabot, a scruffy and rough cargo ship who is very careless with his cargo. When Theodore inspects Cabot's deck, Cabot's cargo looks as if it's about to fall off. Theodore's job is to make sure that ships are safe before bringing them in, and the closer Theodore looked, the less safe Cabot seemed. Cabot's cargo falls off his deck and Theodore has to collect it to prevent any possible collision with other boats.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': During "A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter", Percy is stuck at a broken signal and Harold is called in to take the mail. His pilots suggested taking each piece of mail one at a time but Harold insisted upon taking all the mail at once, because he'd have to take multiple trips. However, this ends up causing him to crash because the giant bundle of mail ended up being too heavy for him to carry.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_102 National Airlines Flight 102]] crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 7 crew members on board. A military vehicle in the cargo hold came loose and smashed into vital control components in the plane's tail section, causing the crash.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Pushkin_Tu-104_crash A Soviet plane]] carrying several top officers was improperly loaded (at the insistence of said officers), resulting in the plane crashing on takeoff with no survivors when a roll of printing paper moved around in the hold. The crash killed more officers in a single day than they'd lost in WWII.
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