Originally published at: Man injured when his oxygen tank explodes, after he pounded on it with a hammer | Boing Boing
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That dude never played Bioshock
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Obviously some sort of rocket surgeon.
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The gentleman’s name has now been released: a certain Mr. Wile E. Coyote.
The manufacturer of the oxygen tank is, of course:
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Mighty lucky he was only injured. The training videos for rescue oxygen tanks like that are (accurately) terrifying.
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Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius.
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As someone who used HPA tanks for many years - WHAT? Dude is lucky to be alive. Since those tanks I don’t see fiber wrapped, they must be at a relatively low pressure, around 1200psi I am guessing?
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The man was taken to the hospital with burns.
They should check him for stupidity too. Just to be safe…
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I really need to know why…
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This came to mind first:
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Reminds me of a scene I witnessed in the parking lot of a Grateful Dead show in the early 1990s. The guy was selling nitrous balloons from a big tank to a group of Deadheads. The laughing gas wasn’t flowing and he started beating on the valve with a pipe wrench. Everyone else took two or three big steps back. Even these super-high kids instinctively saw the danger.
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Well, what did he expect would happen?
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The man was pounding on an oxygen tank with a hammer.
He was not ok to begin with.
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Reminds me of an old joke:
“You know, they say that smoking will lead to slow, drawn-out deaths, but that wasn’t the case with my uncle at all. He was a lifelong smoker, and when his time came it was all over very quickly. Even enjoyed a smoke on his last day, when his oxygen tent suddenly exploded in a freak accident.”
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To squeeze the last few drops out, that’s why. Works for propane too. /s
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… and acetylene, and I suppose for hydrogen, but I haven’t tried hydrogen yet.
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