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8:33 AM
October 7, 2005
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Caution tape has some pretty magical qualities too. 2 weeks ago I was attending a walk through at a nuke plant. The contractors were were on one side of the caution tape wearing street clothes and not more than 3 feet away on the other side of the tape were workers wearing full moon suits. I guess that tape stops all the "nastiness" too. :rolleyes:
That's pretty bad. I worked in a DuPont plant where they had the workforce so drilled to follow caution tape that I could change pathways throught the work site sometimes twice a day and no one would cross. They were like ants following a scent trail.
1:15 PM
October 7, 2005
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Implosions are pretty bad. People think it is like a hockey match where the closest spots are the best. I worked on the implosion of a waste to energy plant on Long Island one time and we actually had a guy crawl through the sewer to get a good vantage point. 
Here it was, right in the middle of a countdown and the manhole pops off and a guy with a camera pokes his lense out. :confused: :confused:
I have only worked in one place where caution tape kept people at bay. Some people take it as a challenge.
The one question I have is why, after you have the caution tape up, let the public cross it? That is just a disaster waiting to happen.
You're right thankfully no one was hurt.
10:06 AM
October 7, 2005
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Thankfully nobody was hurt but I am sure their insurance agent suffered palpitations.
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