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<DIV>Dave,</DIV>
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<DIV> 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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<A title=Daves69vair@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bsc-list@CORVAIR.ORG
href="mailto:bsc-list@CORVAIR.ORG">bsc-list@CORVAIR.ORG</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> BSCC- explosive weekend</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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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