In our opinion some aspects of our industry have more risk than
others. In particular the scrap industry whose importance in providing scrap to
remelt facilities has increased exponentially over the past decade. Scrap
companies receive, sort, process and ship it to their customers. Here is a
story that we have posted before. The locations change but the result sadly is
the same.
An
explosion occurred while breaking an old army bomb behind a scrap shop in a
town in India one afternoon during the 2nd week of January. In the
accident, the man who brought the junk carrying the bomb went off and he died
on the spot. While the shopkeeper and his associate are injured.
According
to the police, the shop keeper buys scrap. The deceased resident of a nearby village
used to sell junk at the shop. One afternoon, at around 12 noon, the resident brought
about 15 kg of scrap in the bag.
He was
stripping copper, brass, aluminum out of the junk on the empty space behind the
shop. The shopkeeper and a colleague went to see the deceased worker behind the
shop. Who was then breaking an old army bomb with a hammer. At the same time, the
resident was beheaded due to a bomb explosion
We offer our condolences to the deceased worker’s family, and
friends. We pray that the injured people recovery fully.
The possibility of an un-exploded ordinance entering a scrap yard is not
unheard of incident. We wish it was. The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog has posted
numerous similar incidents. We post these incidents to bring awareness to this
hazard. All scrap dealers and brokers must be aware of what they accept and what they ship to their customers.
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