Prolific High Road contributor rcmodel posted pix from an accident where a guy's smelting pot collapsed and poured a bunch of hot lead on his driveway and into his open top shoe.
Thread with pix is here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=793300
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Armed people don't march into gas chambers.
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Wow. I don't need to see it to believe it.
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I copied the pix. The third one is the foot. It's not horrible but it did make me cringe a bit, so don't scroll if you are really squeamish.
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Armed people don't march into gas chambers.
Ouch.
I wonder what equipment failure caused this? Aluminum pot? Pot get too heavy for the burner?
I find it highly desirable that this doesn't happen to me.
Had a similar problem with my new pot tipping before I had a good grip on it. But, I had the right clothing on and suffered no burns. But my back deck got shiny until I scraped it all off....
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WOW! He is a very lucky man it could have been much worse.
I commented in that thread. That guy is an idiot. There is no excuse for not wearing proper PPE. A minimum is a natural fiber long sleeve shirt, long pants and leather boots. You have to be a complete and utter moron to wear those type of shoes around molten metal. You should see the FR clothing I have to wear to work on anything greater than 50v in some plants. Better to be fully protected.
In case you aren't aware. ABSOLUTELY NO SYNTHETIC MATERIALS SHOULD BE WORN WHEN WORKING W/ MOLTEN LEAD.
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Surprised he did not get any in his mouth...being a mouth-breather.
looks like the legs collapsed on the burner, pot I think was way to big for the burner setup.JMO
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It looks like he already went after those toes with a hammer…what did they do to deserve his wrath?
Lead weighs just over 23lbs per quart, care to guess how many quarts his pot was holding!
That pot has a narrow based and wide top. That would be sort of the opposite of stable. Considering how heavy lead is that pot would be pretty top heavy and weigh more than most burner stands would support. Aside from those of you that weld really well or build a pot support with solid brick..... Not sure what would hold that up.
Maybe I'm just clumsy but after a casting session I have seen drips of lead on my leather work boots or small splatters on my leather apron or my denim pant leg. I'm guessing that open shoes or shorts would have made those little drips memorable learning experiences about the value of protective gear. Except that I was learned better than that in my younger days by a whole host of older shop and construction workers or factory rats who could be most abrupt and rude if one ignored safe practice.
Scrap.... because all the really pithy and emphatic four letter words were taken and we had to describe this source of casting material somehow so we added an "S" to what non casters and wives call what we collect.
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Learned my lesson 15 years ago when I dropped a razor-sharp 1 1/2" bench chisel on my sandaled right foot. I was lucky to get out of the ER with just 6 stitches in my second toe. Had the edge dropped 90-degrees to my foot ,I'd be known as ol nine toes (maybe eight.)
Now it's steel-toed work boots in the shop.
How fast do you think the shoe came off that foot?
I still have mark just above my right knee from being tired and moving a mold w/ a molten sprue puddle with less care than I should have--and spilling it on my knee (I was sitting). That was through denim.
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Crocs...Lol...crocs.
Yep, here's your sign.
I hope he heals quickly and well. Um...I can't wait to see what he does next?
If you think your a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Agree completely!Originally Posted by bangerjim
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Surprised he did not get any in his mouth...being a mouth-breather.
I feel sorry for people that suffer from mere accidents. Suffering from stupidity doesn't earn you the same sympathy.
I don't gear up in all the Nomex and everything but I'd never wear sandals, Crocs or go barefoot. That is just asking for pain.
I wonder if he fries bacon while naked>
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I think he's more of an operate a lathe while wearing a necktie kind of guy.I wonder if he fries bacon while naked>
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