Recently a company experienced an incident when a welder was cutting scrap beams in the scrap yard. There was an empty drum in the yard and he wanted to cut open the drum. The moment he pierced through the drum with his cutting torch, the drum exploded and injured him. Luckily it was not fatal.
I have been writing about how you should treat empty, but not decontaminated chemical/oil drums as potential bombs. Read my earlier posts here:
https://indiaprocesssafety.blogspot.com/2015/05/be-careful-while-cleaning-empty-drums.html
https://indiaprocesssafety.blogspot.com/2015/12/empty-drums-are-deadly-drums.html
Read a safety alert about drums in this link
I have been writing about how you should treat empty, but not decontaminated chemical/oil drums as potential bombs. Read my earlier posts here:
https://indiaprocesssafety.blogspot.com/2015/05/be-careful-while-cleaning-empty-drums.html
https://indiaprocesssafety.blogspot.com/2015/12/empty-drums-are-deadly-drums.html
Read a safety alert about drums in this link
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