one of those days
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RBHarter
West Central AR
Knock on wood in 22 yr here I haven't had a BAD day .
That day I got the forklift up on my foot was a rough day .
That time my partner blew out a knot and stuck a 10d nail an inch or so up under the skin next to that big vein next to my pointer finger , not a red letter day for sure .
A bad here is when people don't go home and it's possible to have to make ID via a blood smear in a toe cap on a bad day .
Knowing that you work in an environment where you could be vaporized somehow makes dropping a car in a lube pit seem pretty petty . Nope I don't want to be the customer service representative that has to fix that . Mostly because that car no doubt belongs to the one that thinks the world is ending when the nail polish gets chipped .
Perspective .
That day I got the forklift up on my foot was a rough day .
That time my partner blew out a knot and stuck a 10d nail an inch or so up under the skin next to that big vein next to my pointer finger , not a red letter day for sure .
A bad here is when people don't go home and it's possible to have to make ID via a blood smear in a toe cap on a bad day .
Knowing that you work in an environment where you could be vaporized somehow makes dropping a car in a lube pit seem pretty petty . Nope I don't want to be the customer service representative that has to fix that . Mostly because that car no doubt belongs to the one that thinks the world is ending when the nail polish gets chipped .
Perspective .
RBHarter
West Central AR
We have 12" "hallways" we park a flatbed in to do our job clearance and reach forces you to be where you need to be before the flatbed is pulled in or climb over or crawl under it .
On 1 curious day 1 of the women I worked with , well figured and unlikely to drown ,says to me " come on Rich , if I can get through there you can. " [Snort] " ummmm Julia . My 44 isnt shapped like yours , not happening ".
Good times , good days , good work friends , almost like family . Don't dare say something like that now ........
I feel bad for that girl stuck in the fence , up to the point of what was she doing to get stuck like that ?
On 1 curious day 1 of the women I worked with , well figured and unlikely to drown ,says to me " come on Rich , if I can get through there you can. " [Snort] " ummmm Julia . My 44 isnt shapped like yours , not happening ".
Good times , good days , good work friends , almost like family . Don't dare say something like that now ........
I feel bad for that girl stuck in the fence , up to the point of what was she doing to get stuck like that ?
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Fiver
Ya alright bro? Hope this day is wonderful for ya.
Rbharter
It would be fairly easy to get maimed, permanently sickened, & in some cases killed between our work environments & machines.....BUT vaporized is a whole other level of "hazard pay required".
Ya alright bro? Hope this day is wonderful for ya.
Rbharter
It would be fairly easy to get maimed, permanently sickened, & in some cases killed between our work environments & machines.....BUT vaporized is a whole other level of "hazard pay required".
RBHarter
West Central AR
Same line of work as those fellows in Milan Tn a few years ago . I may or may not have sent the pallets of cans seen in the news footage of the improperly stored haz mat at Minden La .
I like the job , love the people I work with ..........my foreman is even a pretty good guy . From there up they can .......stay behind their desks and push paper .
That said we have an excellent safety record we haven't had a BAD day since about 1972 . We did have a perfectly safe whoops that wrecked an oven about 4 yr ago . It sheared the studs off at the concrete on a 24x3/4" wall beam that made up the basically metal building that made up the oven walls . The normal load that is burned off is 7-25# spread around 150 pieces this particular load had a chunk in a single piece that was probably 25# . Plus the normal load . That triple nitro aluminum fortified toluene is very energetic stuff , just another day at the office that makes you appreciate every breath .
I like the job , love the people I work with ..........my foreman is even a pretty good guy . From there up they can .......stay behind their desks and push paper .
That said we have an excellent safety record we haven't had a BAD day since about 1972 . We did have a perfectly safe whoops that wrecked an oven about 4 yr ago . It sheared the studs off at the concrete on a 24x3/4" wall beam that made up the basically metal building that made up the oven walls . The normal load that is burned off is 7-25# spread around 150 pieces this particular load had a chunk in a single piece that was probably 25# . Plus the normal load . That triple nitro aluminum fortified toluene is very energetic stuff , just another day at the office that makes you appreciate every breath .
Or the lady who drove her car off the 6th floor parking garage? And missed the car on the street? Or the guy who 'nailed' his heart with a nail gun and survived? Or the guy who got the fluke anchor stuck in his skull? Have a H.S. friend worked in a metal fab shop. Kid at the machine next to him was flattened by a sheet that slipped (big sheet of boiler plate) off the pelican hook crane. Buddy walked out & never went back.
triple nitro aluminum fortified toluene is very energetic stuff Sounds really really really nasty (H.E.?).
triple nitro aluminum fortified toluene is very energetic stuff Sounds really really really nasty (H.E.?).
fiver
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I'm okay I was just havin some fun on u-tube.
when I was working a bad day was a bad day, explosions are explosions no matter what creates them.
I seen both of these happen up close and personal plus a couple of other things.
in the second one you can hear what is gonna happen, it's like hearing a gurgling sucking sound in an open well.
when I was working a bad day was a bad day, explosions are explosions no matter what creates them.
I seen both of these happen up close and personal plus a couple of other things.
in the second one you can hear what is gonna happen, it's like hearing a gurgling sucking sound in an open well.
fiver
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I was amazed at some of the stuff I seen.
[it is possible to push a wire rope]
I seen a chunk of solid nickel steel 2"x2" shatter when it was hit with a hammer because it was so cold.
sand pushed through iron 1/2" thick in a matter of minutes with 20-K psi behind it.
I seen a wire-line gun go off on surface and launch 60 30 cal armor piercing bullets along with the iron containing it in every direction. [I don't know how one of us didn't get killed]
but the pickup right behind me had 3 perfect bullet silhouettes and a jagged hole through the doors. [pass and driver in/out]
a 4" joint let go and spray [spinning] fluid containing sand and [32 barrels 1342 gallons a minute] fluid in every direction while the well starts flowing back from the other end of the cut joint at the same rate.
a co-2 vessel [basically a tanker truck] had it's release valve freeze shut and explode.
plus more up close and personal fun stuff.
[it is possible to push a wire rope]
I seen a chunk of solid nickel steel 2"x2" shatter when it was hit with a hammer because it was so cold.
sand pushed through iron 1/2" thick in a matter of minutes with 20-K psi behind it.
I seen a wire-line gun go off on surface and launch 60 30 cal armor piercing bullets along with the iron containing it in every direction. [I don't know how one of us didn't get killed]
but the pickup right behind me had 3 perfect bullet silhouettes and a jagged hole through the doors. [pass and driver in/out]
a 4" joint let go and spray [spinning] fluid containing sand and [32 barrels 1342 gallons a minute] fluid in every direction while the well starts flowing back from the other end of the cut joint at the same rate.
a co-2 vessel [basically a tanker truck] had it's release valve freeze shut and explode.
plus more up close and personal fun stuff.