Welding ground...don't do this!

mopar head said

Another story which may have involved a shock but not certain.
Ole Floyd as spoken above had his only son, he may have been a few years younger than me. Was working inside a dump truck bed welding. They had found him dead. This was shortly after I left for greener pastures. Jr was about the biker lifestyle, all tatted up hanging with dudes alot older. I think he partied allot even on work nights. He seemed to sweat more than normal and was a little over weight. He may of had a bad heart and possibly cokeing all night, who knows? A Fd up situation for sure

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Years ago I was a mechanic at a concrete mix company. I was elected to weld a few rotted steam pipes in the sand hopper that kept it from freezing in the winter. Went and talked to the operators in the mix plant on which hopper I was working in. Naturally rusted steam pipes are difficult welding. I got 2 repaired and just started a bead welding in a patch piece and the ground under me gave away. Someone forgot I was in there working and decided to use that hopper. Had to hang on for dear life. Driver brought the chipping hammer back later as he noticed it in the chute. Long tome before "lock out, tag out" became popular or mandatory.