Three experienced welders were killed recently in separate incidents while using torches to work on containers they believed were empty. In the first, a mechanic supervisor was using a torch to cut a 55-gallon metal drum that had previously contained diesel fuel conditioner. The drum exploded while he was cutting off the lid to recycle the container. The lid hit him in the head, knocking him down. He died later in a hospital. In another incident a welder with more than 30 years of experience was fatally injured while using a torch to install a bung (plug) in a new oil delivery […]