A H*ll of a way to go.........

[Bob in Calif.]

Read this article and you will know why...............


www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=80986

...Bob in Calif...

 

[57whitehouse]

Re: A H*ll of a way to go.........

Do you think he felt anything

 

[Bob in Calif.]

Re: A H*ll of a way to go.........

Hopefully he was totally unconscious before he fell into the tank of acid.........

...Bob in Calif...

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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That's a bad deal for sure, but you would have thought he would have been wearing some type of breathing device.

 

[Mark42]

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... and he fell forward into a waste-high vat of sulfuric acid and drowned to death just before 1:45 a.m....

Ummm... Is there anything left above the waist?

And did anyone notice the rather iroic and inappropriate mis-use of the word "waist" as they used it in " a waste-high vat". ?

Yeeecchhhh!

 

[thefairlaneman]

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Do you think he felt anything He didnt feel anything long,thats for sure,,,,,,,,,what a way to go gez

 

[bassboy1]

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They said something about him not wearing a face mask. As if that woulda helped.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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They said something about him not wearing a face mask. As if that woulda helped.

It might have kept him catching a bunch of fumes and passing out.

Officials believe fumes from the various chemicals used at the Costal Circuits Factory where Fernando Jimenez Gonzalez was working overwhelmed Gonzalez

 

[rob711]

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wow...i suppose i'm wrong but something about that to me is hillarious....although my deepest condolances for the entire gonzalez family..imagine being the first on the scene though......yep another death by vat of sulphiric acid...when will they learn....yeah sad

 

[tommays]

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I have 4 MASKS


1.welding (i weld inside tanks)
2.A special for toxic dust
3.A special for Acid and Caustic (we work with pure drums to regenerate DI water systems
4. Good paper ones for the general dust


We also have full face with air supply for working with Ammonia and Nitric Acid


you cant f around if you want to stay alive




Tommays

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: A H*ll of a way to go.........

"The other worker at the factory was not injured, Dowden said."

Just how big is this "factory" with 2 workers?

 

[SuzukiChopper]

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although my deepest condolances for the entire gonzalez family..imagine being the first on the scene though

his father was the one who found him.

My question, why are they still using acid to etch circuit boards?! There are 2 better, fully automated processes, one of them I gurantee doesn't use any kind of acid. Just not 100% sure on the other process available. It's quicker, cleaner, better for the environment and the people working in those places.

 

[rob711]

Re: A H*ll of a way to go.........

i'll take a stab at this and say its cheaper?!

 

[SuzukiChopper]

Re: A H*ll of a way to go.........

It's really not cheaper when you factor in the cost of buying the chemicals and then properly disposing of them. They all have a shelf life and when you're running large batches through, that shelf life shortens quite a bit. If I remember correctly, $100,000 is enough to have a nice automated system in place. Factor in the extra insurance the company probably needs to have with having all those chemicals around and especially for chance incidents like this, and $100k isn't all that much.

But like everything, any penny spent that affects your bottom line is, well a penny you didn't need to spend.

 

[kenimpzoom]

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Sulfuric acid is bad news. I think the stupid media got it wrong, he needed a respirator, not a face mask.

A family friend was involved with a runaway reaction due to a failed themometer. The explosion slightly scared his face and he lost his eye. However, the explosion caused a shockwave that knocked two other guys into large vats of acid. All they found was the rings.

Ken

 

[heycods]

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I know, Im wierd, But it has to be said. When Batman dropped Joker in the acid, It didnt kill him.

 

[Bob in Calif.]

Re: A H*ll of a way to go...UPDATE...

Re: A H*ll of a way to go...UPDATE...

Additional information on the acid bath........

www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_6983192

...Bob in Calif.

 

[pgdignan]

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Gross, it almost belies the question of whether it's worse to go by drowning in a vat of acid or by falling into a cesspool.

 

[moterboat]

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WOW, I can't imagine going like that,what a horrible death.
I guess safety first did not applie to the company rules or morals..