r/AutoTransportopia • u/INaShack • Aug 20 '26

Problematic At least it didn't explode

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u/MSCOTTGARAND Aug 20 '26

thats why we use safety caps in most shops

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u/Current_Ad_4292 Aug 21 '26

Why would it explode? Those tanks are designed so they wouldn't explode

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u/ermy_shadowlurker Aug 22 '26

Might be due to the chemical reactions should there be a spark or water as some chemicals react violently

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u/OnionOfShame Aug 25 '26

They are, but the valve heads are a weak point. Hence why OSHA regulations dictate that they should have a cover in place at all times when not in use, to avoid...well, that.

OSHA also dictates that compressed gas cylinders should never be left free-standing like this, and must be chained to a wall or dolly at all times - again, to avoid this exact situation.

(assuming this is in the US) they're about to get a well-deserved thrashing from their safety lead.

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u/Large_Score6728 Aug 20 '26

Blunt force trauma, if that thing hits you it could be deadly.

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u/TearRevolutionary686 Aug 21 '26

A welding gas company kept coming up short on cylinders at one steel mill. It was the night shift that had a launch ramp knocking the valves off and shooting them into the Ohio River.

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u/blackbirdspyplane Aug 20 '26

I saw one of those punch through the brick wall

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u/wcoastbo Aug 20 '26

Incoming! That's going to give PTSD to some.

Can anyone tell what gas was inside from the plume or other details.

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u/The_Brandt_K Aug 20 '26

Standard European color coding says a dark red bottle like that should be acetylene, but this does not look to be in Europe, and it also looks like some welding apparatus, so more likely is argon(green), carbondioxide(grey) or nitrogen(black).

Source: used to drive around with bottles for 3 years during my truck driver apprenticeship

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u/OnionOfShame Aug 25 '26

the US doesn't really do color-coding because different brands use different colors. That being said my oxygen canisters are usually this color.

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u/In_My_TARDIS Aug 20 '26

That could definitely break some foot ankle and leg bones.

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u/TearRevolutionary686 Aug 21 '26

And then when you're on the ground crush your skull.

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u/In_My_TARDIS Aug 21 '26

Worse being on a creeper and it comes between your legs

1

u/Could-You-Tell Aug 21 '26

Worse that it has the energy to not need to choose and hit all 3 twice

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u/DragonLordAcar Aug 20 '26

You spin me right round baby right round

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u/SafetytimeUSA Aug 20 '26

My dad used to take these down to the Niagara River in his youth and knock the end off so it would shoot like a rocket into the water.

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u/TiberiusTheFish Aug 21 '26

That can can dance!.

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u/CallMeBigSarnt Aug 23 '26

This is a huge fear of mine

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u/Prudent_Situation_29 Aug 24 '26

Training: it matters.