"was beheaded due to a ...explosion"

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 2^nd 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.

Please comment.