21-04-2010, 23:11
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Re: Foundry workers
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Originally Posted by ShortStuff
They both don't look like very safe places to work! Don't think I'd fancy wearing a gas mask to work every day!
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Gas masks only came in when the elf un safety act came in, before that it was like it or lump it.
If you got splashed with hot metal, the last thing you do is flick it off, grit your teeth till it no longer burns, otherwise it would tear the flesh & leave a hole.
Still got a black mark on my left wrist 65 years later.
Retlaw.
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