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There used to be a picture floating around the net, that had a ruptured air compressor on the roof of a two story apartment building. The story I think was that the tank had ruptured, and flown over a block. Just Google air compressor failures, and you will get a new respect for the power contained in an air tank.
You can't just go by training, or "Thats the way we been doing it forever". Back in 1980, when I went through the Army truck drivers school at Ft Dix, NJ, They had a bunch of us changing tires on the two piece split rims, with a pry bar, sledge hammers, and an air hose. Now I know how dumb that was, but back then, it was just the way it was done. Reading reports over the years, it is obvious that the Army does not learn from others mishaps. It seemed like every installation had to have a death to get them to change.
We could also discuss the stupidity of using PVC pipe for shop air lines. There is still way too many that think it is ok.
You can't just go by training, or "Thats the way we been doing it forever". Back in 1980, when I went through the Army truck drivers school at Ft Dix, NJ, They had a bunch of us changing tires on the two piece split rims, with a pry bar, sledge hammers, and an air hose. Now I know how dumb that was, but back then, it was just the way it was done. Reading reports over the years, it is obvious that the Army does not learn from others mishaps. It seemed like every installation had to have a death to get them to change.
We could also discuss the stupidity of using PVC pipe for shop air lines. There is still way too many that think it is ok.