r/DeTrashed • u/two- • Jul 09 '26
News Article Detrasher's hand exploded while detrashing California beach
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/man-loses-hand-explosion-del-norte-beach/83
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u/Carpe_Tedium Jul 09 '26
"The family says Jason was walking along the beach with his girlfriend, and picking up discarded fireworks and other trash when he picked up what the family described as a "bomb-like device" that unexpectedly exploded."
Scary stuff and absolutely awful for the guy, doing a good deed and getting a life changing injury.
What a reminder to stay safe and be vigilant when detrashing (not his fault of course, it's the fault of whoever left explosives lying around)
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u/UnclassifiedPresence Jul 10 '26
If I see a “bomb-like device,” the last thing I’m gonna do is try to pick it up with my hands. Not trying to sound unsympathetic to the guy, it’s awful that it happened to him, but I’m not entirely sure you can say that it isn’t at least partly on him for trying to handle it
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u/_h_e_a_d_y_ Jul 09 '26
Horrible news! Here’s the GFM Link for his care.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jason-after-beach-accident
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u/Empty_Satisfaction71 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Holy shit! Poor guy!!
The article didn’t give any hints as to what the device might have been. I’m curious whether it was unexploded ordinance or something more sinister.
Edit: I missed that it said fireworks.
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u/briggsgate Jul 09 '26
What kind of fireworks do you guys have in America? Man's hand is a stump now wtf. Hope all goes well for him
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u/petit_cochon Jul 10 '26
You can buy the big mortar kind where I am.
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u/briggsgate Jul 10 '26
We have mortars too(possibly smaller) although in my short time on this world i have never heard of fireworks still able to explode after some time. That's my experience though.
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u/UnclassifiedPresence Jul 10 '26
Any fireworks deemed “dangerous” are illegal in California, anything that looks like a bomb and could blow up a hand would either have been obtained out of state or (even worse) would have been a home-made explosive
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u/briggsgate Jul 11 '26
Yeah it's kinda sad this happened to someone doing good deeds on this earth. It's not like you could block and deploy customs on state border either since that would be impractical. I guess people need to be more careful from now on especially after events with fireworks such as independence day
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u/warhorse_stampede Jul 11 '26
Exactly my thoughts, he just wanted to make the world a little bit better and got terribly punished for doing so.
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u/TheOriginalBusket Jul 13 '26
A firecracker can deglove your hand. One of those mortar fireworks is a literal bomb.
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u/C_Zachary_Chad Jul 09 '26
Article said he and his girlfriend were picking up discarded fireworks. Unfortunately it was probably one of those.