| Two Oxyfuel Safety Horror Stories - and one of | | | | neighborhood by lighting these latex glove bombs |
| them could have been a tragedy. | | | | later that night. As he was carrying an armload of the |
| Story #1 | | | | explosive latex balloons, a static spark from the latex |
| A worker was returning from a lunch break and | | | | rubbing together made them all explode. A burned |
| preparing to complete his task of cutting a truck u | | | | chest, some permanent hearing loss, and dislodged |
| joint with an oxygen acetylene torch. | | | | kidney stones that he wasn't even aware of were |
| He turned on the Acetylene valve and then | | | | the price for stupidity that day. Had they ignited in |
| proceeded to open the valve on the oxygen tank. | | | | the trunk of his Camaro, which is where he planned |
| The oxygen regulator exploded which then saturated | | | | to put them, he would probably not have survived. |
| his shirt with oxygen. His shirt ignited and burn him | | | | Oxyfuel equipment is dangerous. |
| severely on his torso. The cause of the accident was | | | | Story #1 is understandable but entirely preventable |
| determined to be Regulator Burnout or RBO caused | | | | by using known oxyfuel safety principles |
| by the worker not bleeding down the pressures | | | | Story #2 is natural selection at work. There is no |
| when he left for lunch. | | | | excuse . And yet I sometimes see YouTube videos |
| Story #2 | | | | of people filling balloons with oxygen and acetylene |
| A worker was preparing for July 4th festivities by | | | | and I think to myself "Holy Crap, they are all going to |
| filling latex gloves with an oxygen and acetylene | | | | Die! |
| mixture. His plan was to be the hit of the | | | | |