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originally posted by: skunkape23
Foundries are dangerous places.
Gotta be on your toes at all times.
I heard tale of a foundry that had a roof panel collapse during a heavy rain.
The water fell into a melting pot and exploded with disastrous results for anyone standing near.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: TinySickTears
Yah, the melt.
Controlled volcano type stuff.
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originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: TinySickTears
Yah, the melt.
Controlled volcano type stuff.
Image search
thats it. exactly what i am talking about.
we have 4 drop continuous cast furnaces and 3 continuous cast furnaces going at the same time. overhead cranes. tow motors. lot of action man.
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: TinySickTears
Yah, the melt.
Controlled volcano type stuff.
Image search
thats it. exactly what i am talking about.
we have 4 drop continuous cast furnaces and 3 continuous cast furnaces going at the same time. overhead cranes. tow motors. lot of action man.
I think they are awesome. Never worked in one, had some gold and platinum scrap smelted on a couple of occasions. They let you watch...
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: TinySickTears
Yah, the melt.
Controlled volcano type stuff.
Image search
thats it. exactly what i am talking about.
we have 4 drop continuous cast furnaces and 3 continuous cast furnaces going at the same time. overhead cranes. tow motors. lot of action man.
originally posted by: TinySickTears
that happened a couple days ago. this is on the warehouse side. my office is maybe 50 feet in front of this. my bud from shipping almost got creamed. camera showed a truck coming in, backing up to the door so my bud went to hit the button to open it. started walking back towards the offices and the door was about 3 feet up and rising and the dude just backed up all the way through it. he was out of the way but not by much.
you never expect an accident to happen which is why it is an accident but on the foundry side # happens every day and you kind of shake it off cause it is almost expected. on the warehouse side though you feel a little more relaxed then something like this happens.
several months back a dude went to slag out the melter before he tapped and he thought it a good idea to clean(with water) the slag stick and droplets got trapped in the nicks and such and when he put in in the melt it flashed off and he got molten bronze in his mouth. he was in bad shape for a while.
about a year ago some dude was walking on the wail and tripped on his spat and when he tried to right himself he stepped right into the melt and went down to almost his knee. he is #ed for life. had to get flown to the burn unit.
crazy stuff man
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: TinySickTears
Yah, the melt.
Controlled volcano type stuff.
Image search
thats it. exactly what i am talking about.
we have 4 drop continuous cast furnaces and 3 continuous cast furnaces going at the same time. overhead cranes. tow motors. lot of action man.
lol, tow motors? never heard of forklifts being referred to as that til now.
But anyway, just out of curiosity, what were the consequences of the incident? At my work, if some idiot shunter even nearly backed a truck into a roller door, all hell would break lose.
Their would be worksafe training for all employee's, new safety barriers put up everywhere and investigations by the higher ups galore... to try and ensure it doesn't happen again.
originally posted by: mysterioustranger
.I wouldnt want any foundry worker job at any pay...
originally posted by: TinySickTears
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
yeah you see some crazy #.
about 3 months before i started at my last foundry a guy went under a belt like you just mentioned and somehow his arm got pulled in and it ripped it right off. not sure the details
i do cushy office work about 30% of the time i would say
its always something.
random fires
random floods