Posted by El Toro on January 16, 2008 at 06:37:09 from (64.12.117.74):
In Reply to: Re: farm safety posted by John S-B on January 16, 2008 at 05:38:39:
Some people are careless and don't heed safety instructions. Had that happen where I worked, but in a different section where they uploaded 120mm ammo with more propellant for proof firing. They were suppose to use a spanner wrench to remove the primer, then add the propellant and replace the primer with the spanner wrench. Then used an impact wrench that torqued it.
The man that had been doing this for years used the impact wrench to remove the primer and then added the propellant and used the impact wrench to install the prime. He was lover boy and always left for lunch early to be with his girlfriend.
In 1990 we heard a loud explosion from our building. We knew the ammo processing building was down the road about 1/4 mile, but didn't think too much about it until the firetrucks and ambulance went by screaming.
When he installed the primer this time it created so much heat it detonated that round and killed him and another worker. It would've killed his girlfriend too if she hadn't been the bathroom. A photographer friend of mine had to video the scene and take photos. He said he didn't eat for 2 days after seeing what happened. Hal
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