Excitement at work

Last night at work we had just gone to break and was relaxing in the shop when our foreman called and said do not go back to the unit until she calls again there has been a incident. We waited at the shop and after a bit we got the go ahead to go back to the unit.

Upon arriving we was informed that a crane had gotten out of control and the block (The hook at the end of the cable) swung around and hit the new vessel top they have been fabricating on site to put on a vessel on plant 73 then the block swung the other way about 40 feet ripping out a cable tray that houses the new SIS wiring that we on nights have been loop checking. The tray holds about 50- 25 pair cables. 50 x 25 wires to check. After visual inspection, the cables are fine but the tray is rim racked. About a 40 foot section will have to be replaced.

Then after that the block swung back to the vessel top but did not hit it then the person operating the rig overcorrected and the block swung back like a big pendulum and smack into the side of F-2 furnace bending a landing support I beam. There were worker working inside the furnace that spilled out like ants after the contact rang the huge furnace like a bell.

After the investigation we found out that the original operator went to use the bathroom and the oiler got in the cab. The first story was that he was in there to warm up and his jacket hung on the levers that swing the rig. Upon further inquiry the contractor admitted that he was messing around with the controls and the rig got out of his control. The oiler is suppossed to keep an eye on the cables as they spool on and off the rig and keep the moving parts lubricated as the operator works the crane.

THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT. They proptly took the oiler and had him drug tested and I heard that the company fired him.

Hope tonight is alot less exciting. I dont think I can handle much more excitement.