I can see how this can happen. People don't realize how powerful compressed air is. They routinely work with it. They hear "50 pounds per sq.inch" or something like that our machinery can easily create and don't realize they can be literally torn apart by that. People need to take a pressure gauge and see how much pressure they can produce. It takes huge amounts of energy to create 50# compression of a significant volume of air - but that is so common place for us that it isn't respected much.
Our incredible technology is not respected and this type of thing gets played out in many ways.
How long before Big Momma Gubmint requires a warning on all air compressors to not inflate oneself with them?