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On their way out, they said they did not think the acid was strong enough to kill the roofer.
“It’s not that kind of acid,” said one of the workers, declining to give his name. “It’s diluted. He’s going to be fine.”
Davis has been a union ironworker for about 15 years, and worked for different companies. Davis hardly knew his co-workers, or the man who saved him, who Davis said was know on the job.
But Davis, who like his brother works in construction, said he knew why the co-workers rushed to save him. It was an ethics code in the business, he said.
“In our trade we stick together. It’s a serious business. You’ll die out there. You’ve got your family to feed and you have got to protect each other,” he said.
Davis had a breathing apparatus down his throat at the hospital Monday and hasn’t been able to communicate yet, his brother said, adding that their mother and stepfather were at his side. He said David is healthy and strong and he expected him to be fine.
“He’ll fight right through this,” he said. “I know he will.”
OSHA is on the scene investigating the accident. An employee at Swepco said the company did not have any comment and no one from Gar Con returned calls.
OSHA spokeswoman Leni Fortson said she could only say that the agency is investigating the accident and is looking into both companies. OSHA does not comment on open investigations, she said.
Colavitti said Monday the contractor did not have a building permit, which would have triggered a safety inspection before or during the roofing work. Swepco did not have any outstanding fire code violations, and the building’s last fire inspection was in December 2011.
The chief said over the years, acid steam and mist ate away at the corrugated metal roof above the tank, so the roof needed to be replaced. The roof replacement work has been shut down, but the factory remained open Monday.
Swepco was among the top polluters in Passaic and Bergen counties last year with 1,832 pounds of toxic chemicals released into the air, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory Program. The inventory cites nitrite acid as the plant’s top chemical and reported that air emissions were more than 10 percent higher in 2011 than in 2009.
But air emissions from the plant have declined in the past several years, government data shows. Toxic emissions for 2002 were 2,249 pounds and the numbers fell steadily to 1,645 in 2009.[/quote]
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Now that's a hero
Did a retard write this article or what?
What on Earth is up with the formatting of this article
Maybe it's time to actually start employing English majors.
The way that article is written is so bad, what exactly happened, the acid was apparently dilute yet somehow he's in hospital with a breathing apparatus
I don't get the point of the article beyond the title.
Am I the only one who cant understand shit from the article
[QUOTE=Gustafa;35865871]Did a retard write this article or what?[/QUOTE]
Yeah seriously. WHY did he jump into the vat and HOW did it save anyone?
The joker did that once.
who the fuck is davis? davis what? what happened to him? was he the one who "declined to give his name?" then who said the first quote?
terrible, terrible, absolutely terrible writing.
Shit article is totally shit
OP you posted page 2 of 2.
[quote]An ironworker who fell 40 feet from the roof of a manufacturing plant into a tank of acid and was pulled out by a co-worker was in critical condition Monday afternoon, according to his family.
Rescue workers place the victim of an industrial accident in Clifton onto a helicopter that will take him to St. Barnabas Medical Center.
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS, NJMG
Rescue workers place the victim of an industrial accident in Clifton onto a helicopter that will take him to St. Barnabas Medical Center.
Martin Davis, 44, of Avenel, was working on the roof of Swepco Tube LLC, a metal tube manufacturing plant, when he fell into the tank of nitric acid, sustaining burns from head to toe about 8:40 a.m.
Co-worker Rob Knucols, 51, who was on the ground floor, immediately jumped into the vat and was waist high in acid while he and three other roofers pulled the victim out, said Fire Chief Vincent Colavitti, Jr.
Knucols told firefighters after the ordeal: “I had to get him out of there.”
The tank was filled with a 40 to 70 percent solution of nitric acid used in making tubing. Davis was fully submerged in the solution.
“It takes a lot of courage,” Colavitti said of Knucols. “He saw one of his coworkers in trouble and he jumped in after him.
Davis suffered from a broken rib, punctured lung, and burns on his legs and side, said his 42-year-old brother John Davis, in an interview Monday.
“They have him a breathing apparatus and he’s in critical condition,” he said. “His condition is not so good. But he’s a young guy. He’ll pull through.”
When he was rescued, Davis was red and seemed to be in shock. “He was incoherent,” Colavitti said.
The fire department arrived about five minutes later and cut off Davis’ clothes and sprayed him down with water to stop the acid from burning through his skin, Colavitti said. Knucols had rinsed himself off, Colavitti said.
An ambulance took Davis to Weasel Brook Park where a waiting medical helicopter took him to St. Barnabas Medical Center. Davis, who is divorced, has a 20-year-old son who lives with him, and two daughters, ages 6 and 9, who live in Florida, said his brother. Davis also has a sister, Kim, who is 43.
Knucols was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical center with burns on his legs and abdomen, injuries that fire officials said were serious. One other roofer also was taken to St. Joseph’s and the other two were taken to St. Mary’s Hospital with irritation on their hands and arms.
The three other roofers were identified as Rob Fulton, 24; Joe Dabkowski, 45; and William Walker, who is in his 20s. Authorities did not have the victims’ hometowns. The men were working for Gar Con Enterprises, of Flemington, and it was their first day on the job at Swepco in Clifton.
Two of roofers returned to Swepco hours later, gathered personal items and left. One was in his socks and neither had any apparent injuries or bandages.[/quote]
[url]http://www.northjersey.com/clifton/Man_falls_40_feet_into_a_tank_of_acid_in_Clifton.html?c=y&page=1[/url]
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Davis, David, He, They... What the fuck am I reading?
Sorry guys, was in the middle of masturbating to scarlett johansson
[QUOTE=shian;35866182]Sorry guys, was in the middle of masturbating to scarlett johansson[/QUOTE]
Oh okay, as long as it was for a noble cause.
[QUOTE=shian;35866182]Sorry guys, was in the middle of masturbating to scarlett johansson[/QUOTE]
Keep us posted.
[QUOTE=shian;35866182]Sorry guys, was in the middle of masturbating to scarlett johansson[/QUOTE]
It's okay, keep fapping.
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This is why the formatting sucks.
What a fucking bro.
Man needs to get some sort of medal, also, whatever they're paying this man it's not enough.
[QUOTE=Liem;35866400]Man needs to get some sort of medal, also, whatever they're paying this man it's not enough.[/QUOTE]
I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.
[QUOTE=draugur;35867272]I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.[/QUOTE]
Uh
ok
[QUOTE=draugur;35867272]I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.[/QUOTE]
That wasn't funny at all
[QUOTE=draugur;35867272]I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.[/QUOTE]
horrible
i had my hands in a vat of acid, then i felt a tingling in my fingertips so i pulled them out and i saw my gloves had started to decompose
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Really? How is this funny.
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[QUOTE=draugur;35867272]I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=draugur;35867272]I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.[/QUOTE]
jesus christ
[QUOTE=draugur;35867272]I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.[/QUOTE]
Well, I guess we've got to go back to banning puns.
Thanks alot.
[QUOTE=draugur;35867272]I don't think he wants a medal after being in an acid vat in a me[B]t[/B]al pipe factory.[/QUOTE]
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So according the first half of the article the guy was completely submerged in acid.
I hope his eyes are ok.
