Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 3, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2020 At a water treatment plant. Major incident, and multiple casualties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted December 3, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2020 Grim They’ve died in a massive Solid Waste tank. “Bio Solids” . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 3, 2020 Author Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Spider said: Grim They’ve died in a massive Solid Waste tank. “Bio Solids” . In or on? I heard someone saying they were on top of the tank. Strangely I thought of something you'd said once about welders, and imagined someone with using such equipment igniting methane! Whatever the cause, it is indeed grim. Going to work to do your normal job and not coming home is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted December 3, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: In or on? I heard someone saying they were on top of the tank. Strangely I thought of something you'd said once about welders, and imagined someone with using such equipment igniting methane! Whatever the cause, it is indeed grim. Going to work to do your normal job and not coming home is awful. That’s the worst bit. Just 4 lads doing a days graft. You should be making it home. If they were welding near a methane tank something’s gone very wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 3, 2020 Author Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Spider said: That’s the worst bit. Just 4 lads doing a days graft. You should be making it home. If they were welding near a methane tank something’s gone very wrong I'm not saying they were at all, it was just something that came into my mind. Lads on a tank that goes boom, poor bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 My grandad was welder. Burnt to death on a night shift. Grim way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green genie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 It was final digested sludge tank after lime (calcium carbonate not the fruit) added to kill off last bugs before goes for muck spreading. Only heard rumours about use of grinder on roof but very unlucky if got the methane in it's very tight explosive range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 A 16 year old among the dead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55191585 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2020 Tragic Likely some managers arent sleeping easily atm I feel for them, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 There are some serious questions to be asked, how can a young person be killed working on a public utility site? It is bad enough guys have been killed but you have to put into place special procedures and risk assessments if you have a young person working on construction activities. I work as a construction manager and when asked what I do I reply I build a good job on time without spending too much money AND without killing anybody. Not only do you need to put safety procedures into place you need eyes in the back of your head to make sure they are followed. The worst bit is at the end when there is that final bit of work that needs putting right and there's no scaffold or (maybe) someone says I can trim that in 5 minutes with my cordless disc cutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2020 I trotted off to altrincham magistrates when a bloke who worked for me lost 2 fingers That was bad enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 5, 2020 Author Site Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2020 I'm guessing the youngster was an apprentice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Probably, but the employer's construction manager has to carry out a specific risk assessment to take into account the young persons abilities, inexperience and lack of awareness of risk and put procedures in place to make certain they are followed. There are very few, if any, unavoidable accidents. That young lad was relying on the management to protect him and they have obviously failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green genie Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) The apprentice was one of three Wessex Water employees killed with one contractor working on the inlet conveyor. Sadly, he likely observing for experience Edited December 5, 2020 by green genie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 5, 2020 Author Site Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Dimron said: Probably, but the employer's construction manager has to carry out a specific risk assessment to take into account the young persons abilities, inexperience and lack of awareness of risk and put procedures in place to make certain they are followed. There are very few, if any, unavoidable accidents. That young lad was relying on the management to protect him and they have obviously failed. In that regard, they've failed them all. Though perhaps a bit early for laying blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Agreed but no young apprentice should die, particularly at a supposedly safe public site, it wasn't a back street in Farnworth operation. Makes my blood boil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted December 7, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2020 How does a young apprentice gain on-the-job experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, MickyD said: How does a young apprentice gain on-the-job experience? via Zoom. It's 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I remember a 16 year old lad who started on the surface at the pit and given a jack hammer to break concrete up, went through a main cable and blew himself up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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