Posted on 06/22/2017 7:50:12 AM PDT by grundle
A popular fitness blogger and Instagram model in France died after a pressurized canister used for dispensing whipped cream exploded, hitting her in the chest.
Rebecca Burger’s death from the Saturday incident was announced on social media Wednesday by her family, who warned of the potential risks of defective whip cream dispensers.
Authorities in Eastern France told the French newspaper 20 Minutes, that Burger, 33, suffered cardiac arrest in her home in Galfingue on Saturday and firefighters were able to revive her heartbeat. But Burger was unconscious when she arrived to the hospital and died the following day.
Whipped cream dispensers use nitrous oxide canisters, which, when pierced by a pin, release the gas and pressurize the cream container.
According to the consumer magazine, 60 Millions, two people were gravely injured in 2014 by whipped cream canister dispensers in France.
A 2014 news release by the French economy ministry advised people to be cautious when using cream dispensers: “Since 2010, several models of kitchen syphons, also called cream syphons, have turned out to be dangerous and led to home accidents.”
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Whipped Cream Kills Burger
(sorry)
Made in China?.....................
in before the “they can have my whipped cream dispenser when they pry it from my cold dead hands.”
WHAT!? too soon?
She was a very attractive young woman and obviously in great shape. What a strange way to go.
I’m really surprised those bottles don’t have a safety poppet. That sort of thing is basic for pressure vessels. It’s a large part of the reason the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was formed, for creating boiler and pressure vessels codes and standards. That thing on the side of your water heater is technically an ASME Pressure and Temperature relief valve. And that whipped cream bottle is just a small pressure vessel, when it gets right down to it. An overheating water heater without a P&T relief is a bomb; an overpressured whippet bottle is a hand grenade.
An unanticipated hazard of the whip-it.
I wonder if the gas cylinder retaining lugs failed, or the canister wasn’t properly inserted, so it took off like a rocket when the seal was punctured.
Sadly, this seems “Final Exit” worthy.
If I understand this correctly, the explosion scared her to death.
Strange and tragic story; she was beautiful.
Pamela Anderson will continue to remain safe with this product.
I think the can hit her in the sternum, which is deadly.
Just huff the nitrous and you’ll forget about the whipped cream.
Not sure how the canister ever got through the silicone to hit her ribs
That’s almost as bad as being run over by the Chock full o’Nuts truck while crossing the street. (A Jean Shepherd nightmare)
“When a problem comes along, you must whip it.”
That’s what happens when you cheat on your fitness regimen.
Oooof. A muscular weight-lifting female, certainly not sexy. Sorry for the tragedy.
Sternum - bad luck - an inch to either side and she would have had lots of padding to absorb the impact.
There was a similar happening near me recently but fortunately there were no casualties. But for me it was a personal tragedy.
The soda machine at my local Rubios, my only source for decent fish tacos caught fire and did enough damage that the store had to close.
A tragedy for me. As to Rubios fish tacos: They are not really great but when you need a fish taco, I mean really need a fish taco theirs will do. As opposed to say Del Taco and the more upscale Islands where they burnt the last one I will ever buy there to an inedible crisp.
As to the soda machine problem - I have no clue.
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