/still real

BTW stuck in the 80's Subby?

Not sure if HERO or DUMBASS is more appropriate. Both I guess.

Was it boiling? Link

Story from ABCNews.com that you can actually read without javascript.

/I'm not turning off NoScript to read Gawker or Gismodo stories.

His savior also sustained burns from the waist down, and is in serious condition.

Somehow it's easier to imagine risking your life to save a life than risking living without your genitals to save a life.

FTA: A roofer in New Jersey took a dangerous dive into a vat of acid to save a coworker who had just fallen through a roof into the tank 40 feet below... Interestingly enough, the steam and mist from the vat of acid was the reason the roof needed to be repaired in the first place.

Right up there with leaving a trash compactor running while you clean it out.

They were probably one day away of 30 days without an accident that cost the rest of them a pizza lunch.

That's quite a pickle.

Reminds me of the time I was working emptying septic tanks. We were working on this one and Clem's jacket fell in. Without even thinking about it, Clem jumped in and waded out to where the jacket was. He dragged the jacket back to the side and placed the shiat and urine-soaked jacket on the ground. I said to him, "look Clem, why'd you do a fool thing like that? Can't you see the damned jacket is ruined?" Clem just looks at me like I got two heads growing outta my shoulders and says, "hell, I don't give a darn about the jacket; I had my sandwich in the pocket."

Why wasn't he tied off while working on a roof over a vat of acid?

I guess he didn't...

THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE!

MAYORBOB: Reminds me of the time I was working emptying septic tanks. We were working on this one and Clem's jacket fell in. Without even thinking about it, Clem jumped in and waded out to where the jacket was. He dragged the jacket back to the side and placed the shiat and urine-soaked jacket on the ground. I said to him, "look Clem, why'd you do a fool thing like that? Can't you see the damned jacket is ruined?" Clem just looks at me like I got two heads growing outta my shoulders and says, "hell, I don't give a darn about the jacket; I had my sandwich in the pocket."

Hehe.


When I was a kid I remember a guy in a wheel chair working on our septic tank. That bravery impressed the young me so much I remember it 20 years later.

Gyrfalcon: Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Now, I've never done roofing work, so maybe a more knowledgable Farker can enlighten me, but is it common practice to have a vat of acid beneath you when repairing a roof? Seems to be a trampoline, or an inflatable mattress or something would be a better choice...

I am not an engineer, but I'd guess that when the roof is over a vat of acid, then you'd have to have the vat of acid under you when repairing the roof over it, since moving the vat of acid to repair the roof would negate the purpose of repairing the acid-damaged roof over the vat of acid.

But I could be wrong.

Are you kidding? Drain that shiat for the duration. The only reason to do otherwise is to save a few bucks, which is what they did, and now look at them. Massive lawsuits and an OSHA investigation will not save you money.

Um....shouldn't there be a cover or something on an acid vat when its not in use?

What do you even need a giant vat of acid for anyway?

So, no one on the roof was tied-off. And they knew the roof was weakened. Yeah, no OSHA issues here. I hope the supervisor is fined and then sued for everything he has.

The edge is a fickle hellcat...

fusillade762: uber humper: That's quite a pickle.

I think I would need more information to base my assumption on.

Use what information you have. I'm sure you'll find a solution.

Interestingly enough, the steam and mist from the vat of acid was the reason the roof needed to be repaired in the first place.

If it weren't for government regulators running amok like proverbial rabbits and imposing a quantum increase in the power-grabbing regulatory burden with which big-government bureaucracy czars are smothering small business, free-market solutions would voluntarily have prevented this from happening in the first place.

Thanks a lot, Obama.

RogermcAllen: The article is useless without giving us the concentration.

Is this a 2N my hand is itchy kind of acid burn, or a 15N I can see my bones kind of acid burn?

TFA doesn't offer statistics a layman wouldn't understand, but there is info about the severity, which should give a clue:

The victim was completely submerged in acid. He's suffered burns from head to toe; his state is unknown, but other employees said they don't think it's enough to kill him. His savior also sustained burns from the waist down, and is in serious condition.

MeanJean: Um....shouldn't there be a cover or something on an acid vat when its not in use?

What do you even need a giant vat of acid for anyway?



Need I say more?


/hotter than Amy Pond

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: In other news, is anything good ever stored in a vat? I mean, water is in tanks, whiskey is in in barrels, milk is in crates, etc... Seems like the only things kept in vats are acid, sewage, medical waste, etc...

What about clones? Bet he wish he fell into the clone vat instead.

It the top of the vat has to be exposed to the air, why don't they put some kind of acid-resistant mesh over the top of the vat to prevent people from falling in?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: In other news, is anything good ever stored in a vat? I mean, water is in tanks, whiskey is in in barrels, milk is in crates, etc... Seems like the only things kept in vats are acid, sewage, medical waste, etc...



This is a beer vat. Your argument is invalid.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: In other news, is anything good ever stored in a vat? I mean, water is in tanks, whiskey is in in barrels, milk is in crates, etc... Seems like the only things kept in vats are acid, sewage, medical waste, etc...

And chicken hearts that eat up New York City.

That man has balls of steel.

At least, I hope so. Otherwise, he's in a lot of pain now

The most acid ever, man.

The first guy probably won't ever see again. The second guys penis will probably fall off in a couple days.

100 Watt Walrus: RogermcAllen: The article is useless without giving us the concentration.

Is this a 2N my hand is itchy kind of acid burn, or a 15N I can see my bones kind of acid burn?

TFA doesn't offer statistics a layman wouldn't understand, but there is info about the severity, which should give a clue:

The victim was completely submerged in acid. He's suffered burns from head to toe; his state is unknown, but other employees said they don't think it's enough to kill him. His savior also sustained burns from the waist down, and is in serious condition.

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40-70% in solution.
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It boils down to the length of exposure - a few seconds = mild irritation
- a few minutes of it in your eyes, mouth, ears and soaking your balls you'd prefer death.
Best way to descibe it would be it melts meat

There was nothing value-added about that vat.

Boatmech: 100 Watt Walrus: RogermcAllen: The article is useless without giving us the concentration.

Is this a 2N my hand is itchy kind of acid burn, or a 15N I can see my bones kind of acid burn?

TFA doesn't offer statistics a layman wouldn't understand, but there is info about the severity, which should give a clue:

The victim was completely submerged in acid. He's suffered burns from head to toe; his state is unknown, but other employees said they don't think it's enough to kill him. His savior also sustained burns from the waist down, and is in serious condition.

`
40-70% in solution.
`
It boils down to the length of exposure - a few seconds = mild irritation
- a few minutes of it in your eyes, mouth, ears and soaking your balls you'd prefer death.
Best way to descibe it would be it melts meat

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

I received a mild chemical burn once from some concentrated industrial cleaner. Made my hand hurt/itch for a week, but the most important thing I got out of it was a healthy respect for acid burns. They couldn't have payed me enough to go up on that roof knowing its a vat full of ACID!!!

why the hell weren't they in climbing harnesses while working over something like that? Dumb, dumb, dumb