Lurid Work Stories"I know a railwayman of 40-odd years' service," says Juan Quar, "and he tells me a new gruesome yarn each time we meet. Last week's was of checking the time on the wristwatch of a severed arm he'd just collected after a track fatality."
Tell us the horrible stories you tease the new hires with, or that you've been told.
NB By definition, these are probably all made up. Roll with it
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chthonic, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 17:33)
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I have worked in environments that use HF - Hydrofluoric AcidAnd I have stayed well clear of the stuff.
Apparently, if you get even the smallest splash, you have to strip off, rub a special neutralising lotion and then get to A&E.
There was a glass etching factory in Wales that used it. Apparently they had to use Platinum pipes to distribute it because, as you say, it is SO vigorously reactive.
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Platinum?Plastic pipes work just as well and are a hell of a lot cheaper.
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Ghoti Fingers, Sat 7 Sep 2013, 14:55,
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I thought thatThere was definitely Platinum on site, though I suspected that the pipework bit was a tall tale that the operators would tell the contractors for a laugh.
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YupI remember something like that.
We had ZERO H&S gear on that site, though. It was a disgrace. I got fired for complaining about it - and I was too dumb back then to kick up a fuss with tribunals and all that.
(I asked for a pump for the concentrated sulfuric acid, cause trying to tip up a 50l drum to pour it out into a jug was a bit dangerous.)
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 7 Sep 2013, 17:11,
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