Make sure you contact the utility companies before you dig in your yard

[SAWYER]

http://boards.ign.com/teh_vest...b5296/175957068/p1/?25

 

[Tim]

Wow, he set himself up the bomb.

 

[MotF Bane]

Uh, yeah, DigSafe exists for a reason?

 

[ch33zw1z]

ouchie

 

[Darkstar757]

Man my workie blocks the pics. Can someone put the pics up somewhere else for me!

Thanks

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
ouchie

 

[spidey07]

Wow, that's tragic. Probably thought "there's nothing out here, just dig away".

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757
Man my workie blocks the pics. Can someone put the pics up somewhere else for me!

Thanks

first 8 pics here
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/search.php?q=boom

I work for a utility company and one of the guys I work with sent these pictures of some guy that blew up himself, his house and his whole family while putting up a fence in his backyard when he drilled into a high powered gas line with a powered post hole digger.

This is where he was standing when he was incinerated.

JohnCU posted the pics last month but with no story

 

[sdifox]

shit... harsh lesson

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Darkstar757
Man my workie blocks the pics. Can someone put the pics up somewhere else for me!

Thanks

first 8 pics here
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/search.php?q=boom

I work for a utility company and one of the guys I work with sent these pictures of some guy that blew up himself, his house and his whole family while putting up a fence in his backyard when he drilled into a high powered gas line with a powered post hole digger.

This is where he was standing when he was incinerated.

JohnCU posted the pics last month but with no story

Darn I cant get there either!!!
Sighes

🙁

 

[scott916]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Darkstar757
Man my workie blocks the pics. Can someone put the pics up somewhere else for me!

Thanks

first 8 pics here
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/search.php?q=boom

I work for a utility company and one of the guys I work with sent these pictures of some guy that blew up himself, his house and his whole family while putting up a fence in his backyard when he drilled into a high powered gas line with a powered post hole digger.

This is where he was standing when he was incinerated.

JohnCU posted the pics last month but with no story

Darn I cant get there either!!!
Sighes

🙁

Websense, huh? 🙂 I have the same damn problem. Only flickr works.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: scott916

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Darkstar757
Man my workie blocks the pics. Can someone put the pics up somewhere else for me!

Thanks

first 8 pics here
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/search.php?q=boom

I work for a utility company and one of the guys I work with sent these pictures of some guy that blew up himself, his house and his whole family while putting up a fence in his backyard when he drilled into a high powered gas line with a powered post hole digger.

This is where he was standing when he was incinerated.

JohnCU posted the pics last month but with no story

Darn I cant get there either!!!
Sighes

🙁

Websense, huh? 🙂 I have the same damn problem. Only flickr works.

lol id host them there for you but.... flickr is blocked here and the other stuff is not

 

[BillGates]

FAIL pic needed.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Whoa...that must have been an enormous explosion.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: sdifox
shit... harsh lesson

I don't think he learned much of a lesson, so much as he vaporized in a fireball.

 

[finite automaton]

What was the last thing the went through his mind?

...his ass.

 

[Anubis]

this is relevent

http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/l...l_investigating/17437/

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Anubis
this is relevent

http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/l...l_investigating/17437/

So wait - was it a pipe failure or a human making the pipe fail?

 

[Anubis]

im gonna beleive the News site and go with Pipe Failure

 

[Jeff7]

The campus here lost power for a few hours when some heavy equipment hit an underground powerline. There was a nice loud boom from outside, and the lights went out.

The best part: The powerline wasn't listed in the power company's records, so they had given the OK to dig there.

 

[franksta]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Anubis
this is relevent

http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/l...l_investigating/17437/

So wait - was it a pipe failure or a human making the pipe fail?

I think it was a pipe failure. The spot is on the other side of the road, it doesn't make any sense for him to put in a fence there. Also that pipe is rather deep under the ground. Looking at the first picture it's at least 6 feet but maybe even deeper.

I think the OP on the other forum fabricated the story.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: sdifox
shit... harsh lesson

I don't think he learned much of a lesson, so much as he vaporized in a fireball.

fine, harsh consequence.

 

[Capt Caveman]

At least he went out with a bang.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: franksta

I think it was a pipe failure. The spot is on the other side of the road, it doesn't make any sense for him to put in a fence there. Also that pipe is rather deep under the ground. Looking at the first picture it's at least 6 feet but maybe even deeper.

I think the OP on the other forum fabricated the story.

Yeah, if you google around some it was indeed a failure. Nobody died thankfully.

But the call before you dig is still very true and important.

 

[MrPickins]

The line was at 52,000 PSI :Q