• @Benjaben
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    183 months ago

    Blech, I’ve heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

    • @[email protected]
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      83 months ago

      Well, now this is on my list of invisible things that scare me:

      • Radiation
      • Methanol fires
      • Supercritical steam jets
      • @Benjaben
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        33 months ago

        Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation…filling your boots etc.

        • @MehBlah
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          22 months ago

          At paper mills the fear is caustic pools filled with bases.

          • @Benjaben
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            12 months ago

            The weird man-lifts used to get a side eye from me

        • @[email protected]
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          12 months ago

          Definitely dangerous, but I’m less scared of that one. I’ve got detectors for that, and that’s more of a “go peacefully in your sleep” kind of danger.

      • @MehBlah
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        12 months ago

        The regular ones will kill you as well. Boiling water on a stove is nothing compared to steam under pressure.