Alereon posted:I'm really curious what kind of mortar this was, whether it malfunctioned, and what his injuries were. I can't imagine any of the fireworks I can buy commercially, even the illegal ones from the Indian reservation, would have enough recoil force to cause more than a headache unless the mortar exploded in the tube. I'm guessing a malfunction of some sort caused the firework to explode in the tube.
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:Do you think this is a polite way of saying his head exploded? Timmy Headloaf died in a way completely unthoughtful to the morticians Alereon posted:I'm really curious what kind of mortar this was, whether it malfunctioned, and what his injuries were. I can't imagine any of the fireworks I can buy commercially, even the illegal ones from the Indian reservation, would have enough recoil force to cause more than a headache unless the mortar exploded in the tube. This article says it exploded http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/05/man-dies-after-attempting-to-shoot-fireworks-from-top-of-head/
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Mr. Despair posted:Someone didn't have the proper PPE. That still isn't good PPE. This is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA46WFX7jWA
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# ? Jul 5, 2015 23:00 |
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Furze is a mad genius.
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Alereon posted:I'm really curious what kind of mortar this was, whether it malfunctioned, and what his injuries were. I can't imagine any of the fireworks I can buy commercially, even the illegal ones from the Indian reservation, would have enough recoil force to cause more than a headache unless the mortar exploded in the tube. I'm not sure about this case, because some articles have said the mortar exploded, but even small explosives can have enough concussive force to kill at close range. Consider long-dead actor Jon-Erik Hexum, a true example of OSHA.txt: quote:On October 12, 1984, the cast and crew of Cover Up were filming the seventh episode of the series, "Golden Opportunity", on Stage 17 of the 20th Century Fox lot. One of the scenes filmed that day called for Hexum's character to load blanks into a .44 Magnum handgun. When the scene did not play as the director wanted it to play in the master shot, there was a delay in filming. Hexum became restless and impatient during the delay and began playing around to lighten the mood. Apparently, he had unloaded all but one (blank) round, spun it, and in what would appear to be a game of Russian roulette, at 5:15 p.m., he put the revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum His last words were reportedly "If we have to do one more take I'll blow my brains out".
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# ? Jul 5, 2015 23:07 |
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Workplace safety was WAY different in the 60's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMWTEyYV7CA With the intermittent rhyming I could only imagine it being narrated by Dolomite. That would probably make it much better and even less workplace-appropriate. I also want to know where I can buy the tiny, tiny fire engine at around 4:30.
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Alereon posted:I'm really curious what kind of mortar this was, whether it malfunctioned, and what his injuries were. I can't imagine any of the fireworks I can buy commercially, even the illegal ones from the Indian reservation, would have enough recoil force to cause more than a headache unless the mortar exploded in the tube. It says mortar, but it doesn't say if it was a one-time or reusable launcher, or even if the mortar was in a launcher. I could see things ending poorly if a bare mortar round was strapped to one's head and lit. e: by the above, i mean the explosive charge that goes off when it's in the air, not the launch charge. Wonder_Bread fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Jul 5, 2015 |
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I think even the launch charge recoil could be enough to kill if he had the tube on the top of his head.
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Three-Phase posted:I also want to know where I can buy the tiny, tiny fire engine at around 4:30.
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 00:54 |
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Workplace safety was WAY different in the 60's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMWTEyYV7CA Cool, an excuse to post the greatest safety film ever made again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-FR3u3AGiY
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 01:08 |
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 01:39 |
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get the fcuk out
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 01:48 |
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verbal enema posted:get the fcuk out
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 03:11 |
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VectorSigma posted:I think even the launch charge recoil could be enough to kill if he had the tube on the top of his head. Most likely. According to the previously posted document a 3 inch mortar has a peak recoil of 290 foot/pounds, which means he got hit in the head with the same energy as a .38 Special glaser.
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 03:47 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZ59j7hIlk ghosTTy fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Jul 6, 2015 |
# ? Jul 6, 2015 05:36 |
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So did all those cars rust out to poo poo over the following month?
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 05:50 |
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C.M. Kruger posted:Most likely. According to the previously posted document a 3 inch mortar has a peak recoil of 290 foot/pounds, which means he got hit in the head with the same energy as a .38 Special glaser.
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:That still isn't good PPE. 1:06 - hmm, looks like quite a big gap, surely that's not safe with sparks 1:16 - wonder if that's cooking his face/neck 2:01 - there we go
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 13:31 |
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Speaking of fireworks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o6pvrBNLow
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 18:59 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33407015 Not quite OSHA, but this happened a few miles from me yesterday. A prime example of why hillwalking in a thunderstorm is a bad idea.
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 19:27 |
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Drove past this today, it didn't seem to be the brightest thing to do.
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 20:21 |
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In some places (particularly in the power generation industry): Red light = On, closed, energized (red indicating a dangerous state) Green light = Off, open, de-energized (green indicating a safe state) But from location to location there are different indicator color schemes for different things, so you need to be careful. What's worse is that in some places on one piece of equipment it uses one color scheme, then on a vendor's piece of pre-manufactured equipment it's the other, and on another device it's another color scheme. Also a green "safe" indication isn't a bulletproof vest. Like an open breaker to a capacitor bank, the capacitors might contain a lethal stored charge that may take a short while to discharge (or need to be manually discharged), and green also doesn't mean it's locked out and tagged out. Three-Phase fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Jul 6, 2015 |
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When I was a kid I was terribly confused by the signalling at the gun range my dad took me to. "Red light" means shoot. "Green light" means don't shoot. The idea is, the green light means it's safe to go down range, to set up targets etc. The red light means it's unsafe to go down range. But man, I sure would have thought the lights would be signals for the shooters, instead!
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 22:25 |
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Leperflesh posted:When I was a kid I was terribly confused by the signalling at the gun range my dad took me to. They should have two sets of lights! One for shooters and one for walking downrange! What could possibly go wrong!?
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 00:17 |
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I need to sometimes "switch my brain" at work when dealing with valves and breakers. Closed breaker, on Closed valve, off Open breaker, off Open valve, on
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VectorSigma posted:Has anyone attempted or theorized a sort of fission-powered turbine? I don't mean like the Project Pluto ramjet, I mean something involving an aerosol suspension of a fissile substance that is compressed to critical mass by the engine cycle. This would obviously be extremely deadly, but would it work? Atomic Rocket is probably the type of site you'd enjoy, it covers a bunch of 60s-70s proposals for engines that were never built for good reason. quote:The limit on NTR-SOLID exhaust velocities is the melting point of the reactor. Some engineer who obviously likes thinking "outside of the box" tried to make a liability into a virtue. They asked the question "what if the reactor was already molten?"
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 01:48 |
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"Hey Earl the uranium vortex doohickey is all plugged up again, go poke it with this broom."
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 01:51 |
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Three-Phase posted:In some places (particularly in the power generation industry): Little Boy’s arming plugs: Red is boom; green is no boom.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 02:01 |
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"The ejection of atomized super hot radioactive particles angers environmentalists"
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 02:02 |
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That atomic rocket is absolutely mental! Is that correct, 37,000 F inside?!
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 02:32 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:"The ejection of atomized super hot radioactive particles angers environmentalists" Fuckin hippies!!!
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 02:43 |
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Three-Phase posted:That atomic rocket is absolutely mental! Is that correct, 37,000 F inside?! Been perusing the site... most of those engines use magnetic nozzles, probably for that reason.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 02:48 |
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This owns.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 02:51 |
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Mr. Despair posted:Someone didn't have the proper PPE. Mark XLIV armor looking good Tony
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Vernii posted:Atomic Rocket is probably the type of site you'd enjoy, it covers a bunch of 60s-70s proposals for engines that were never built for good reason. Oh so the mad scientists of the era were off designing rocket engines instead of becoming supervillians. Because goddamn that is one badass rocket.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:07 |
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Someone's watched "Spies Like Us" too many times
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:34 |
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Three-Phase posted:I need to sometimes "switch my brain" at work when dealing with valves and breakers.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:49 |
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Cool, an excuse to post the greatest safety film ever made again! I've always thought of this video fondly. Heavy equipment is absurdly dangerous and wants to kill you. My grandfather instilled in me a ridiculous sense of caution and it sticks with me to this day. I remember reaching my hand behind the rear wheel on a tractor with a malfunctioning hydraulic 3 point hitch to feel for a control line to see where the leak was. He grabbed my arm and yanked me back. Saved me several fingers when I realized that the lever was still in the lift position and the control line was putting out enough pressure to sever digits. Do not trust heavy equipment. It wants to eat your balls. (See auto depth adjustment and sitting down on the three point links like an idiot.)
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Cool, an excuse to post the greatest safety film ever made again! This video is cheesy as hell, but it's pretty legit as a safety film. Just about everything in it is absolutely true, right down to the "Experienced old guy stops being careful and helping out the new guys because he thinks he's too good for it."
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Three-Phase posted:I need to sometimes "switch my brain" at work when dealing with valves and breakers. My wife says "close/open the light" instead of "turn off/on the light" and it drives me loving insane. No amount of me explaining that closing the circuit turns the light on has every stopped her.
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