Posted on 02/12/2019 8:07:34 AM PST by oh8eleven
Fellow employees found Daniel Hill, also known as “Moose,” fully submerged in the chemical tank and tried rescuing him, according to HometownLife.
The 54-year-old grandfather was taken to a decontamination room and then rushed to a hospital, but he eventually succumbed to his injuries.
It’s unclear how long Hill — who worked for Michigan Seamless Tube in South Lyon — was in the vat or how he fell in. Local officials told reporters that the acid inside was heated to temperatures of at least 160 degrees.
Authorities are investigating the incident — described by MST management as a “serious industrial accident”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Still one of the most horrible that I remember.
The mishap was triggered when a 30-tonne-capacity steel ladle sheared off from the blast furnace, spilling liquid metal onto the factory floor three metres below.
The molten steel engulfed an adjacent room where workers had gathered for a routine shift change, the State Work Safety Administration said.
Rescuers were unable to get closer because of the intense heat emitted from the “white-hot” liquid metal which rose to 1,500 C (2,732 F), according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Source: 'Molten steel kills 32 Chinese workers'; Times Online/AFP, April 18, 2007 Added by: Colin Harris
An industrial ladle was moving into the pouring position at the plant in the northeastern province of Liaoning when it sheared off an iron rail, spewing out its 1,500 degrees Celsius (2,730 F) contents.
"The liquid metal engulfed the room, bursting through the door and windows and burying the workers," the China Daily said of Wednesday's tragedy at a plant belonging to the Qinghe Special Steel Co. Ltd.
Nah, a life has no value. We literally murder babies out of the womb, and no penalty.
“Thankfully, there is likely a threshold of pain that would induce a loss of consciensness.”
I was severely scalded when a coolant hose burst on a car I was working on. I was able to call an ambulance for myself. It was there quickly and I got up and tried to walk to it. The EMTs started running toward me. I walked out of the shade and into the sun. July 5th in Illinois. I came to in the emergency room. They told me later that I was in shock and when the sun hit me it put me over the pain limit.
yes, I agree. God has made us so that our bodies will shut down at a particular point.
I pray for this guy’s family.
So sad.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
What I don’t understand is why there weren’t two of them on shift.
For such dangerous work it would only make sense.....
I’m inclined to agree with you.
Though there have been women who have made outstanding contributions to the science and mechanical fields, the average woman would not volunteer for the most dangerous working conditions.
The ‘Rosies’ of WWII were mostly exceptions borne out of sheer need.
This story is giving Hillary good ideas.
Lots of stories since I worked in HR and was aware of everything that went on both inside the plant and outside.
Most notably and sadly the retirees who spent their entire lives in the plant, 40 year+ , who died within a year of their retirements.........
Lesson learned: When you can retire, do it....it might be your last days on earth.
Then there were the murders of at least 12 employees that I can remember.
The two most remembered was a guy who retired in Dec. 2015 who was found killed in his apartment a few months later.
Then there was a tool and die maker who was murdered in October 2016 after winning several thousand dollars at a Detroit casino. Since he was drunk, the casino paid for a cab to take him home which was located on Detroit's east side around W. Grand Boulevard. He had the cab drop him off at a party store for cigarettes and on his walk home, he was robbed and killed by two thugs........Literally two months before the plant closed and he would have retired...............
Yea, I have lots of stories.......
My cousin was cleaning a grill hood and slipped and cooked his foot in a deep fat fryer!!!
My first job after the Navy, in 1962, was at a firm making diamond drill bits for the oil industry and the State highway dept.
One of my tasks was to take the used bits to reclaim the diamonds. Required electricity and acid to desolve the metal matrix. When pouring in acid to the tank from a carboy one day, it suddenly sloshed and hit me in the upper body.
Fortunately I had on glasses and immediately turned on the water to soak my face. The VP of the company helped me walk to his convertible Buick Wildcat and drove at very high speed to a local health facility. I couldn’t see much but they washed my eyes and applied other “potions”, so I had no long-term effects.
The pain from the acid was great, even though I was able to quickly apply water to dilute the effect. ...I really don’t even want to imagine the pain and suffering of someone falling into a vat of acid!
Apologies for the long-winded post. Subject just raised memories.
Wow. So glad you are ok. I was thinking water wasn’t a great help and actually maybe worse for the injury. Chemistry class was so long ago, so no clear memory of the reaction between H2SO4 and H2O. Glad you are good.
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