An 18-year-old high school student remains in critical condition after he was injured in an explosion at an Ottawa high school autoshop. The 18-year-old critically injured in an explosion Thursday at an Ottawa high school has died from his injuries
Many years ago I saw a guy sitting on an old empty 5 gallon paint thinner can while welding. Sparks from the welder ignited the fumes and it blew up and sent him 10' in the air and started his clothing on fire. Badly shaken he survived with only a good headache and some singed hair. This paint can had been empty for probably months as well. I can only imagine what a 55 gallon drum would look like when it went off from the sparks. I have a feeling that whoever was in charge of cleaning the barrels (usually steam washed) didn't do a good enough job.
"OnTheIce" said Epic fail on the part of the shop teacher.
That thing should be been either a new barrel or a used barrel full of water to prevent things like this from happening.
Yes, this teacher is going to have some 'splaining to do, but you aren't suggesting that you should fill a barrel with water before you go about cutting it in half, are you?
"Lemmy" said Epic fail on the part of the shop teacher.
That thing should be been either a new barrel or a used barrel full of water to prevent things like this from happening.
Yes, this teacher is going to have some 'splaining to do, but you aren't suggesting that you should fill a barrel with water before you go about cutting it in half, are you?
Yes, that's how you cut tanks/barrels that were previously filled with a flammable substance.
My first thought was that the barrels would have been purchased or acquired in a "clean" state. Don't think I'd trust any of the equipment available at a school to do a good enough job. Another method that I've seen with old fuel drums is to run an exhaust hose into the barrel as it is being cut, but that is still after it has been steam cleaned well. Hopefully it isn't the teacher's fault.
What's fucked about this is that steam cleaning doesn't even cost that much. Nor does finding a supplier and simply buying some brand new barrels instead of dicking around with one that's been sitting in a shop or in someone's garage for God only knows how long.
This is gonna be a big lawsuit, and rightfully so, if this kid died just because someone was being cheap and/or lazy.
This is gonna be a big lawsuit, and rightfully so, if this kid died just because someone was being cheap and/or lazy.
I doubt a shop teacher knew that peppermint oil is explosive. Not many people would. I used to go and get the hazardous material books that Occupational Health and Safety used to publish, because they were great tips on what to mix together to blow stuff up. Who would have thought calcium carbide and silver nitrate, for example, could be so much fun?
Okay I'll bite: Why was there a barrel of peppermint oil in the auto shop class?
It was an empty barrel that had been brought in as material for the class to use to manufacture bar-b-ques.
Also, how does a barrel of peppermint oil explode?
When you put a cutting torch to it, to turn it into a bar-b-que, without carefully cleaning it first.
That thing should be been either a new barrel or a used barrel full of water to prevent things like this from happening.
Epic fail on the part of the shop teacher.
That thing should be been either a new barrel or a used barrel full of water to prevent things like this from happening.
Yes, this teacher is going to have some 'splaining to do, but you aren't suggesting that you should fill a barrel with water before you go about cutting it in half, are you?
Epic fail on the part of the shop teacher.
That thing should be been either a new barrel or a used barrel full of water to prevent things like this from happening.
Yes, this teacher is going to have some 'splaining to do, but you aren't suggesting that you should fill a barrel with water before you go about cutting it in half, are you?
Yes, that's how you cut tanks/barrels that were previously filled with a flammable substance.
Okay I'll bite: Why was there a barrel of peppermint oil in the auto shop class?
It was an empty barrel that had been brought in as material for the class to use to manufacture bar-b-ques.
Also, how does a barrel of peppermint oil explode?
When you put a cutting torch to it, to turn it into a bar-b-que, without carefully cleaning it first.
Thank you kindly for the explanation. I'm quite sure I would be lying awake at night trying to figure this one out.
Hopefully it isn't the teacher's fault.
This is gonna be a big lawsuit, and rightfully so, if this kid died just because someone was being cheap and/or lazy.
This is gonna be a big lawsuit, and rightfully so, if this kid died just because someone was being cheap and/or lazy.
I doubt a shop teacher knew that peppermint oil is explosive. Not many people would. I used to go and get the hazardous material books that Occupational Health and Safety used to publish, because they were great tips on what to mix together to blow stuff up. Who would have thought calcium carbide and silver nitrate, for example, could be so much fun?