Hacker News with Generative AI: Industrial Accidents

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 72 days ago | 221 comments

Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal into furnace (youtube.com)

Safety, Industrial Accidents, Manufacturing

11 points by lifeisstillgood 143 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 283 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 284 days ago | 0 comments