2017 Video of the Week #12 (Cranes and Power Lines from WorkSafeBC)
Amazingly sad that anywhere on this earth we still have these kinds of acts occurring in 2017!
VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED! This is why we PREPARE for the WORST and HOPE for the BEST even in our training evolutions. When we are playing with LIVE FIRE – ANYTHING can happen; this week’s video shows us how quickly that ANYTHING can go WRONG.
This week’s video shows what appears to be an attempted “hot tap” procedure on an anhydrous ammonia piping. Watch closely as the escaping ammonia gas (VD<1) gets trapped under the roof and ignites from the welding sparks. The other concern is that if NH3 was present in a flammable concentration, the workers should have been in
WARNING! Viewer Discretion Advised. A worker is setting some trusses by himself when one breaks free and falls toward him. It misses him, but the impact caused his step ladder to become unstable and he fell to the basement floor. The worker’s condition is unknown.
WARNING! Viewer discretion is advised. The video captures the moment a worker falls from a high lift forklift (standing on tines), showing the impact with the concrete warehouse floor.
WARNING!!! Viewer Discretion is advised. Not graphic, but is does show a serious injury occurring when a grinder kicks back and strikes the user’s arm.