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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The item is to be kept in a standard immobile item storage locker at Site-██, overseen by at least one guard at all times. No personnel may spend more than 72 hours per week assigned to SCP-XXXX. Use of ████████ ████ to negate SCP-XXXX’s memetic effect is pending approval. Access to SCP-XXXX for testing must be approved by both the currently assigned Research Head and Site Director ██████. Any persons attempting to gain access to SCP-XXXX without express permission are to be neutralized and, if possible, interrogated before being administered amnestics.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a standard Class 3 yellow high visibility vest manufactured by the ████████ company in UK size M/L. “HSE- HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIONER” is written on the back of the vest in black lettering. No other identifying marks are present. The origins of the additional lettering on the back of SCP-XXXX and its anomalous properties are currently unknown to the Foundation
SCP-XXXX was recovered from the ████████ ███████ ██████████ █████ construction site, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, following reports of an anomalous number of accidents occurring on site in a single 24 hour period on ██/02/2017 (hereby referred to as Incident I-XXXX-1). Foundation cover-up efforts were only partially successful; while public knowledge of Incident I-XXXX-1 could not be completely suppressed, the severity of the incident was downgraded and the public are not aware of the associated casualties.
SCP-XXXX possesses a mild memetic effect which increases in severity with time exposed to the object. Those viewing the object are subjected to a weak compulsion to wear SCP-XXXX. This can be easily resisted by a person of average willpower and negated completely by anti-memetic conditioning under 72 hours of continuous exposure. Anyone holding a position of authority in regards to site health and safety (site agents, auditors, company health and safety representatives, and so on) wearing the object will become an instance of SCP-XXXX-A, and begin to act in an anomalous fashion, directing those around them to act in an unsafe manner. The severity of this effect increases with the cumulative time wearing SCP-XXXX:
- One to four hours: SCP-XXXX-A will make suggestions to those around them to complete tasks in an inefficient or over-engineered manner; simple tasks will be made purposelessly convoluted and feasibly safe improvements will be undertaken in a way subjecting the operator to increased risks.
- Four to ten hours: SCP-XXXX-A will direct nearby persons to carry out their current activities in a way likely to cause harm to themselves or others. Subjects will be anomalously compelled to follow SCP-XXXX-A’s directions in spite of the subject’s own training and self-preservation. Subjects cannot be dissuaded from following SCP-XXXX-A's instructions without the use of force or application of amnestics
- Ten or more hours: SCP-XXXX-A will begin to assign new, explicitly dangerous tasks to any nearby persons, who will immediately carry them out with no regard for their own well-being or the safety of those around them.
Please see SCP-XXXX Testing Logs for further information.
Incident I-XXXX-1
The following information was gathered from interviews with survivors of Incident I-XXXX-1.
On 24/02/2018, Health and Safety Supervisor █████ █████ arrived at the ████████ ███████ ██████████ █████ site office at approximately 6:25AM to find SCP-XXXX on his desk. Assuming it to be a joke gift from other site staff, █████ █████ begins wearing the item and subsequently becomes the first known instance of SCP-XXXX-A. As the working day continues and the severity of SCP-XXXX-A’s anomalous properties increase, a number of dangerous incidents occur across the site, resulting in ██ casualties, including but not limited to:
- Installation of convex safety mirrors at key junctions across the site, resulting in one incident of a vehicle operator being blinded by sun glare and colliding with a pedestrian
- Instruction given to clean confined storage spaces with highly concentrated chemical cleaning products and unsuitable ventilation, resulting in the hospitalisation of one cleaning technician
- Instruction given to vehicle operators to exceed site speed limits, resulting in three non-fatal crashes between vehicles on site over the course of the incident.
- One member of the site staff severing a thumb after operating a rotating saw without a safety guard fitted
- One road sweeper vehicle overturning after being directed along a track unsuitable for this vehicle.
- One member of site staff being instructed to douse themselves in diesel and ignite it, resulting in their death.
- Three members of site staff being instructed to position themselves prone before a roller, resulting in the deaths of all three.
- One crane operator being instructed to drop a concrete ton block onto the roof of the site office container, resulting in the deaths of four occupants.
Incident I-XXXX-1 ended when a vehicle (left without its handbrake on, under the prior instruction of SCP-XXXX-A) rolled down a hill and collided with SCP-XXXX-A, killing it. Foundation personnel arrived shortly after this and secured the remains of SCP-XXXX-A, including SCP-XXXX.
Testing Logs
For the purposes of testing, a nominated D-Class is to be given the honorary position of Health and Safety Advisor to Site-XX. Site-XX personnel records should be updated to reflect this prior to testing. All testing personnel must have undergone anti-memetic conditioning. No personnel lacking this training are permitted to be present during testing or have access to testing logs and recordings while the relevant instance of SCP-XXXX-A is still extant. All testing is to be carried out in a standard Site-XX Euclid-Grade Testing Chamber furnished with materials appropriate for each test
Test T-XXXX-03
Researchers:
Subject(s): D-XXXX-04 (SCP-XXXX-A), D-XXXX-05
Time under influence of SCP-XXXX: 1 hour
Log: Chamber is furnished with one single hanging lightbulb and a standard five run extendable step ladder. SCP-XXXX-A is already present in the testing chamber. D-XXXX-05 instructed to enter chamber and replace the hanging light bulb.
SCP-XXXX-A remarks that handling the appropriately sized step ladder represents unnecessary manual handling and carries risk of injury. D-XXXX-05 then requests a smaller ladder. A three rung step ladder is located and provided. SCP-XXXX-A gives its approval of the new equipment. The new ladder proves slightly too short to reach the lightbulb, and D-XXXX-05 overbalances, toppling the ladder and spraining his wrist in the fall.
Test T-XXXX-05
Researchers:
Subject(s): D-XXXX-04 (SCP-XXXX-A), D-XXXX-07
Time under influence of SCP-XXXX: 4 hours
Log: Chamber is furnished as previous tests. D-XXXX-07 instructed to enter chamber and replace the hanging light bulb.
SCP-XXXX-A instructs D-XXXX-07 to attempt to replace the light bulb while still switched on. D-XXXX-07 complies, and suffers mild burns to his hands while removing the original bulb while it is switched on and retains heat. D-XXXX-07 does not acknowledge this until the new bulb is in place, whereupon he suddenly becomes aware of the pain and reacts accordingly.
Test T-XXXX-06
Researchers:
Subject(s): D-XXXX-04 (SCP-XXXX-A), D-XXXX-08
Time under influence of SCP-XXXX: 11 hours
Log: Chamber is furnished as previous tests. D-XXXX-08 instructed to enter chamber and replace the hanging light bulb.
SCP-XXXX-A commands D-XXXX-08 to eat the replacement light bulb. D-XXXX-08 complies, suffering but seemingly not being affected by extreme damage to her mouth and lips. After an estimated 90% of the replacement light bulb has been swallowed, D-XXXX-08 becomes aware of the situation and reacts accordingly. D-XXXX-08 expires five hours later from severe internal bleeding.
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