Pressurized Tanks

[El Camexican]

Please watch it to the end.

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FG1LGKieTxY?autoplay=1&vq=480&rel=0

[Jmoozy27]

I have seen this first hand, with a bigger truck!!! They were lucky to have them popping as fast as they were. Sometimes it takes hours and just when you think that it's cool enough to enter the hot zone, a few more start popping.

Btw, they are standing way too close. I would be watching through binoculars...

[El Camexican]

I have seen this first hand, with a bigger truck!!! They were lucky to have them popping as fast as they were. Sometimes it takes hours and just when you think that it's cool enough to enter the hot zone, a few more start popping.

Btw, they are standing way too close. I would be watching through binoculars...

And I'd be standing behind you!:lol:

I was once in a low ceiling dirt floor basement (welding in beams and channels so it could become a real basement at an old Legion) when someone knocked over an full, untied, uncapped O2 bottle and broke the valve off. Instant total darkness and un-breathable air. Scared the crap out of me and that was without a fire or an explosion. I've also been 3 sections of scaffold in the air when I noticed it was "getting warm" and realizing my acetylene tank was on fire next to the O2 tank under us. I also remember getting the news that our bottle delivery guy died instantly one day when his truck ran off the shoulder and the full load of bottles swept over the cab.:( He was one of those guys that got to know everyone in the shop and always had a smile.

To this day I still see guys that think nothing of handling O2 tanks with greasy gloves and driving those trucks like they have a load of pillows on the back.:crazy: I hope they see this video.

[Jmoozy27]

And I'd be standing behind you!:lol:

I was once in a low ceiling dirt floor basement (welding in beams and channels so it could become a real basement at an old Legion) when someone knocked over an full, untied, uncapped O2 bottle and broke the valve off. Instant total darkness and un-breathable air. Scared the crap out of me and that was without a fire or an explosion. I've also been 3 sections of scaffold in the air when I noticed it was "getting warm" and realizing my acetylene tank was on fire next to the O2 tank under us. I also remember getting the news that our bottle delivery guy died instantly one day when his truck ran off the shoulder and the full load of bottles swept over the cab.:( He was one of those guys that got to know everyone in the shop and always had a smile.

To this day I still see guys that think nothing of handling O2 tanks with greasy gloves and driving those trucks like they have a load of pillows on the back.:crazy: I hope they see this video.


I was told stories when I just a shop hand with no field experience. The stories were told by a toothless old white haired man named mike walker. He would say stuff like: 'Dat bottle right there, that's a sleeping giant' and 'Dont take much to break dat brass valve, now u got yoself a torpedo' We would all just laugh and carry on. It wasn't until I saw them take flight that my opinion changed.

Definitely a 'Sleeping Giant'!!!!! :lol:

[coolpool]

That is insane; and look at the complacency of the bystanders. They are a special kind of stupid IMO. I think the guy you see jumping out was the driver....at least we hope so.

[briano]

My dad worked with a guy that was welding on a SEALED tank of some sort. The pressure built up and the end of the tank blew off and went right through the guy welding it. He did not survive the 12 inch tank end going through him