[AT] smoking/gas bottles
Dan Glass
dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org
Thu Jul 7 05:37:06 PDT 2005
Last week I saw a lady puffing on a cigarette while she was filling up
her car. I would have yelled at her, but I was afraid of what she would
do with the cigarette. I just left the station.
Chris Britton wrote:
>> From: DAVIESW739 at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Re: how NOT to adjust your baler
>> I saw a kid smoking today while leaning up against a cage full of
>> propane
>> bottles full and otherwise I guess. I ask him if he got his IQ out of
>> Crackerjacks box. then I looked at my sor hand and I new just how he
>> felt.
>
>
> While we all try to avoid doing those 'life limiting' moves.. I think
> the guy leaning up against the gas bottles was a tad safer than
> reaching into a moving bailer. Gas and air mix has to be at a certain
> level before explosion. with the addition of stench.. you will
> (should) know when it's getting unsafe.
>
> We run into alot of gas issues doing underground utilities. Working
> in a trench poses extra hazards witht he gas pooling, than working on
> flat open ground.
>
> Still.. it just doesn't look good anyway.. and I'm sure an osha
> inspector would faint seeing a guy smoking next to gas equipment...
> makes ya wonder what they are teaching kids in school these days...
> sure isn't common sense.
>
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