Hacker News with Generative AI: Industrial Accidents

Fatal Accident at Universal Stainless Leads Steelworkers to Flag Safety Failures (hntrbrk.com)
A worker died this week while operating a crane at a steel mill in Dunkirk, New York, according to former and current employees.
Industrial Accidents, Safety, Labor, Steel Industry, New York
6 points by impish9208 18 days ago | 0 comments
Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996) (amasci.com)
David Swenson of 3M Corporation describes an anomaly where workers encountered a strange "invisible wall" in the area under a fast-moving sheet of electrically charged polypropelene film in a factory.
Physics, Manufacturing, Industrial Accidents
403 points by Simon_O_Rourke 95 days ago | 221 comments
Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal into furnace (youtube.com)
Safety, Industrial Accidents, Manufacturing
11 points by lifeisstillgood 166 days ago | 4 comments
Fire at South Korea lithium battery plant kills at least 16 people (nbcnews.com)
Fire Safety, Lithium Batteries, South Korea, Accidents, Industrial Accidents
98 points by rntn 306 days ago | 39 comments
In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure (mastodon.social)
Health, Industrial Accidents, Personal Experiences
10 points by viraptor 306 days ago | 0 comments