Horrible way to go...

[The Medway Handyman]

[The Natural Philosopher]

Thus becoming the first person to ever be killed by cannabis..

[Bob Eager]

This wasn't too nice either...

[Dave Liquorice]

Aye but probably better than compression of the chest leading to not being able to breath properly. Yesterdays report from the inquest:

Had the internal temperature at 80 C with the metal walls around 135 C, a "hostile enviroment". I'm not convinced that the new "safe proceedure" to shine a torch into the autoclave before closing the door is anything more than blame shifting if anything happens again. Might be slightly improved if there was a sign hanging on the door handle saying "Person Inside" on one side blank the other. If some one goes in, and why FFS 80 C is extremely hot, as in burn your skin hot, it's in their best interest to set the sign. Someone coming along to shine in a torch before closing the door isn't going to be that bothered.

[Andy Burns]

Sounds like it needed a sign saying "person topping themselves inside"?

[fred]

[DerbyBorn]

Door should be locked open by the person entering and that person should carry the key.

[dennis]

It should have multiple locks and everyone that enters should have a different key. Only when all are out will all the locks be open so the door can be closed.

[DerbyBorn]

"dennis@home" wrote in news:52a852e9$0$34987$c3e8da3$ [e-mail]:

I thought these were common place in hazardous areas. They are where I worked and personnel were well briefed in their use.

[DerbyBorn]

[Nightjar]

You are assuming that the person entering is not trying to commit suicide, which seems to be implied in this case. I would expect that anybody entering it for maintenance purposes is supposed to lock out the power supply.

Colin Bignell

[Dave Liquorice]

Inquest Day 3:

"Mr Falder's body was found about three quarters of the way along the length of the 17.5ft (about 5.3 m) cylindrical steel oven."

Illiterate journos again is that cylindrical steel oven 17.5 ft in dia and unspecified length or unspecified dia, 17.5 ft in length?

Steam in this case but one would assume that is "safely locked out" by virtue of the door being open. High pressure steam is nasty stuff, the "steam" you see above a pan or kettle isn't steam it's water...

I expect there is some rule about don't go in (the hook for fishing beads out) but it's apparent that the workers do enter it.

[Nightjar]

...

Locking out requires something, whether it is a power switch or a fluid valve, to be physically secured in the safe position with a device, such as a padlock, that can only be removed by the person who attached it.

In which case, it is doubtful whether they would follow locking out procedures properly either.

Colin Bignell

[jgh]

Surely the safe operating procedure is to clamp something on the door or lay a plank through the hatchway to physically prevent the door being closed - some sort of equivalent of carrying the main fuse around in your pocket to stop some idiot putting it back in.

jgh