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NS Dev

posted on 26/8/05 at 12:32 PM Reply With Quote
a bad day!!!


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phelpsa

posted on 26/8/05 at 01:08 PM Reply With Quote
Thats funny

[Edited on 26-8-05 by phelpsa]






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NS Dev

posted on 26/8/05 at 01:29 PM Reply With Quote
"fell off the back of a lorry mate"


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scoobyis2cool

posted on 26/8/05 at 01:48 PM Reply With Quote
How has that even happened? I can't see any debris that would indicate something smashed through it, surely tankers don't just break in half?!

Pete





It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...

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NS Dev

posted on 26/8/05 at 01:53 PM Reply With Quote
oh yes they do!!!

It was a fatigue failure at the welds on the tanker. It was carrying Ethylene Glycol.

Have a look at www.ntsb.gov and look at hazardous chemical accidents section for more info!

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Fred W B

posted on 26/8/05 at 02:24 PM Reply With Quote
About 11:36 a.m., on January 5, 2002, a tractor/cargo tank semitrailer was leaving the Bayer Corporation's South Charleston, West Virginia, chemical plant. (The cargo tank consisted of three independent but connected tanks.1) The vehicle had stopped at a traffic signal just beyond the plant, at the intersection of Montrose Drive and MacCorkle Avenue. When the vehicle started to cross McCorkle Avenue, the cargo tank failed catastrophically between the front and center tanks and broke in two. (See figure 1.) The tanks were not breached, and no cargo was released. (The cargo tank contained 5,152 gallons of polypropylene glycol.2) No one was killed, injured, or evacuated as a result of the accident. The intersection, however, was closed for 7 hours. Damage, cleanup, and lost revenues were estimated at $18,000.


see http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2003/HZB0301.htm




[Edited on 26/8/05 by Fred W B]

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Fred W B

posted on 26/8/05 at 02:35 PM Reply With Quote
My firm builds tanks like the broken one, and other transport equipment, so i see a few photos like that':

Cheers

Fred WB
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NS Dev

posted on 26/8/05 at 02:58 PM Reply With Quote
ouch!!!
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drmike54

posted on 26/8/05 at 04:35 PM Reply With Quote
I hope nobody was in the cab when they dropped that cargo box on it.





Started Welding the chassis!!!!

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