I was talking with my friend Mark about an explosion at CTA Acoustics. Two workers saw the fireball coming at them. Then about 10 feet away it stopped. Mark said the explosion which killed 6 people ran out of fuel. The two workers thought it was the Hand of God.
Mark and I investigated a quadruple fatality at Buffalo rock in the late 1980's It occurred when an ammo loading machine misfired and caused a small bang. The bang shook the dust off the rafters and then it the larger second explosion killed four of the eight workers. I interview two workers who didn't make it in. One was caring for a sick kid and had no backup and the other couldn't get his car started. Both had great attendance. Why did they not make it in?
In 1995, a worker took off his safety harness in Algoquin IL on the water tower. He fell 110 feet into small pile of sand. No injuries. 100 people could do that and be dead or crippled.
This blog is just my attempt to record some of these events.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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