BSCC- explosive weekend

[Ray & Kathy Bombardier]

Dave,

        We had a Mechanic Class 2 (a "helper") in the garage at Hendrie's, (the company I worked 33 years for) and he basically did the same thing Rich did but he got hurt much worse.   He too was welding something using an empty barrel of Dri-Gas as a table and when it blew one whole end off the barrel, it damn near took his scalp with it.   Joe was unconscious on the garage floor in a pool of blood when one of our drivers returned from a run and stepped inside to write his fuel and oil numbers on the clipboard and saw Joe on the floor.    Joe was lucky that Tom came along when he did or he would have bled out.   They got him to the hospital, stitched him up and he was back to work the next day.   He looked like one of the guys in the Revolutionary War picture with the flag, the fife or the drum who had the rag wrapped around his head and the blood trickling through.   You've got to be aware of what you're welding on and I'm sure Rich will be from now on.   It must have been an adventure for your mother when you guys were kids.     Ray
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daves69vair at aol.com 
  To: bsc-list at CORVAIR.ORG 
  Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:10 PM
  Subject: BSCC- explosive weekend


  hey gang me again, heres one for you and it didn't happen to me. nope it happened to my brother this afternoon. he was doing some welding in his garage on a 55 gallon drum that he was preparing for paint and then to be used  for a small oil drum for his shop. know my brother is very very anal about a lot of his work and this was no exception. he drained the oil then washed it out with lacquer thinner and he thought that he removed the cap so that it would drain. but big mistake. he didn't remove it so it hung there for two days and today he was going to weld the spicket on to the end of the drum. he touched the drum with a live welding rod and booooooommmm. the end of the drum blew off and went up thru the ceiling thru the attic and then thru the roof and landed out in the yard. the rest of the drum blew up and to the left thru the ceiling then back down thru a cabinet and the in to the wall. it blew out the out side window smashed the lights on the ceiling, it took down 3 and a half sheets of 3/4 sheet rock and as far as my brother goes well some thing hit him in his hand maybe a broken finger and a small burn  and he cant hear to good out of his left ear. other then that he's good to go. so we are all happy that some was watching over him. rich never makes mistakes like this it is all was me that dose that, so i thought that i would share this  with you all, be safe and check your work always before you do any welding burning or mixing anything around heat   Dave c.  


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