Humbug Scoolbus posted:

That is a fantastic book. The whole thing is at archive.org

https://archive.org/details/dangeroustradesh00olivuoft

Captain Cool posted:

Samuel posted:

Looks like somewhere I shouldn't be to me.

Samuel posted:

Yeah, I read up on it it's pretty much a clusterfuck of poo poo that happened or couldn't happen. I still think the police and the local government is more accountable than the atomic agency though, the courts did post a guard and the dudes DID manage to bypass him when he was distracted to loot that sweet sweet radioactive material.

My previous statements aren't a correct recount of actual events though as the one in my language was incomplete, and THEN I read the English one which gave a better perspective of how it went down.

The IAEA posted:

It is now known that at about the end of 1985 a private radiotherapy institute, the Institute Goiano de Radioterapia in Goiania, Brazil, moved to new premises, taking with it a cobalt-60 teletherapy unit and leaving m place a caesium-137 tele- therapy unit without notifying the licensing authority as required under the terms of the institute's licence. The former premises were subsequently partly demolished. As a result, the caesium-137 teletherapy unit became totally insecure
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The Institute Goiano de Radioterapia (IGR) was a private radiotherapy institute owned by a medical partnership. The treatment facilities of the institute's clinic included rooms for teletherapy with caesium-137 and cobalt-60. The IGR had followed the normal licensing procedure described in Section 2.3 and on
17 June 1971 CNEN approved the importation of the caesium-137 source. Shortly afterwards the equipment was installed and inspected and became operational. Under the terms of the operating licence issued by CNEN, a physicist and a physician (one of the partners) were jointly responsible for ensuring that the conditions of the licence were complied with. In particular, there was a requirement that any significant change in the status of the equipment or the facilities had to be reported to CNEN.
It is now known that at about the end of 1985 the IGR ceased operating from these premises and a new partnership took over other premises. The cobalt-60 teletherapy unit was moved to these other premises. Ownership of the contents of the IGR clinic was disputed and the caesium-137 teletherapy unit was left in place. CNEN did not receive appropriate notifications of these changes in status, as required under the terms of the institute's licence. Most of the clinic, together with some surrounding properties, was demolished. The treatment rooms were not demolished but were left in a derelict state and were apparently used by vagrants. (See Photographs 1-3.)
The circumstances that led to the abandonment of the teletherapy machine complete with its caesium-137 source in the old clinic, its becoming insecure and subsequently being broken up have not been completely clarified. Moreover, at the time of writing they are the subject of legal proceedings. However, nothing can deflect from the fact that the professional and moral responsibility for the security of a radioactive source must lie with the person or persons licensed as responsible for it.
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R.A. had heard rumours that valuable equipment had been left in
1987
the disused clinic of the IGR (Location A). R.A. and a friend, W.P., went to the site of the disused clinic and tried to dismantle the tele- therapy unit with simple tools. R.A. and W.P. finally succeeded in removing the rotating assembly. The shiny stainless steel casing appeared valuable to them and they took it in a wheelbarrow to R.A. 's house (Location B), half a kilometre from the clinic.
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Recognition by the general public of the potential danger of radiation sources is an important factor in lessening the likelihood of radiological accidents. Due consideration should be given to a system of markings for radiation hazards that would be recognizable to the wider public.

quote:

The symbol is intended for IAEA Category 1, 2 and 3 sources defined as dangerous sources capable of death or serious injury, including food irradiators, teletherapy machines for cancer treatment and industrial radiography units. The symbol is to be placed on the device housing the source, as a warning not to dismantle the device or to get any closer. It will not be visible under normal use, only if someone attempts to disassemble the device. The symbol will not be located on building access doors, transportation packages or containers.

Segmentation Fault posted:

This place is not a place of honor.

No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.

Nothing valued is here.

This place is a message and part of a system of messages.

Pay attention to it!

Sending this message was important to us.

We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.

JB50 posted:

Car thief maybe?

Dandywalken posted:

I'm looking to get into HVAC, because I'm a giant poo poo. Will OSHA be my greatest enemy... or my greatest ally???

Toadvine posted:

dang whats an appropriate distance to run from the catastrophic explosion at a facility like this?

bitcoin bastard posted:

if you have to ask, youre not gonna make it

Carbon dioxide posted:

It happened in some theme park, probably in the UK. So employees went into the 'box' under a coaster for a yearly big cleaning thing. You always get people losing stuff while in the coaster, of course. This time, they found an artificial leg. The kind used by people who lost a limb. The strange thing is that nobody ever called up or came to the lost&found saying "Can I please have my leg back?". Not only are those things expensive as hell, you'd think someone who loses a leg would notice when they walk to the exit.

So, fake leg in box under rollercoaster, owner never came back for it. True or not?

Raskolnikov38 posted:

call animal control

FIRST TIME posted:

Wasn't some politician's response to the complaints that the public was left in the dark about the dangerous chemicals being stored there, that people can easily see where dangerous chemicals are being stored, just drive around and see. Then some people went around to different facilities where chemicals were stored and asked what was being stored there and they got told to gently caress off?

quote:

In May, after the Chemical Safety Board report came out, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled that government entities can withhold the locations of dangerous chemicals listed in state records (Tier II reports) to protect the public from terrorism or other threats. Abbott, a far-right Republican who is the leading candidate for Governor in Texas, then said that people can identify such facilities with a “drive around” their neighborhoods, and that they can find out about the chemicals by asking the companies via letter or email. He originally said they could just walk up and ask, but had to backtrack after remembering those facilities were on private property.
The statements set off a firestorm, and Abbott was forced to concede that this method of inquiry was burdensome, but that he still considered the change in law a “win-win.”

Number_6 posted:

I'm not sure what you mean about losing his job; he only stopped being AG because he was elected Governor.

Garrand posted:

This thread has made me wonder just how much brass I've inhaled cutting thousands of keys over the past few years.

spacetoaster posted:

Yep. Glad you see it.

This looks really good and safe:

`Nemesis posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wmcD3aM8X4

`Nemesis posted:

You just know people will rip the ground prong off plugs to be able to use something like that. A product that shouldn't exist.

spacetoaster posted:

Get on my level son!

EoRaptor posted:

I wonder how many knives and forks can be wedged in there.

quote:

The CSB's upcoming safety video "Filling Blind" presents findings and recommendations into the CSB's investigation of the October 23, 2009, accident at the Caribbean Petroleum, or CAPECO, terminal facility near San Juan, Puerto Rico. A massive explosion occurred when gasoline overflowed and sprayed out from a large aboveground storage tank, forming a 107-acre vapor cloud that ignited.

IndianaZoidberg posted:

But the craziest part is that no one was killed...somehow?

CampingCarl posted:

How would it do that? How would it kill rabbits but not people?

joke_explainer posted:

lots of good words...Xcel energy killing people in confined space because of money

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

buttcoinbrony posted:

Yeah what does happen if you've got a completely legal folder that's beat up to the point where it kinda falls open on its own? I guess like all things in the great US of A, it depends on your melanin level and/or bank account balance.

Three-Phase posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemYBeT4aQY

"Hey Jack, look at this feedwater level indicator!"

Real life (simulator)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swr74_CDyLk

Improbable Lobster posted:

I love the videos but I also hate that their reports and recommendations on new policies are pretty much entirely ignored. Hell, having to put up more warning paint and a new manual would be an improvement over what happens now.

ncumbered_by_idgits posted:

Yeah.....sorry goons. I'm pretty sure OSHA doesn't give any fucks about your office chairs.

ncumbered_by_idgits posted:

No standard number in front of all the word = no fucks given.

quote:

Even if there are no guidelines specific to your industry, as an employer you still have an obligation under the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) to keep your workplace free from recognized serious hazards, including ergonomic hazards. OSHA will cite for ergonomic hazards under the General Duty Clause or issue ergonomic hazard letters where appropriate as part of its overall enforcement program.

FIRST TIME posted:

Hell yeah, that's why I never use condoms. Save a buck or two, disappear if something goes wrong.

VendaGoat posted:

You just can't bring it through security

Nfcknblvbl posted:

Good, that means we'll finally start seeing new battery tech if Lithium becomes too rare.

flosofl posted:

5cm x 2cm x 2cm (20 cubic cm) is a pretty small phone.

WarpedNaba posted:

What the hell was this for, edible cluster bombs?

goodness posted:

"Have you ever seen a nuclear missile being transported in a convoy? Several helicopters in the air" as there are no helicopters in site in the video. Highly doubtful that is a missile but it is still funny.

zedprime posted:

Radioactive placards are yellow. It looks like its placarded for conventional explosives.

Robo Reagan posted:

wa hapen