Nog n somchem ontploffing

[finch]

Ek le gisteraand rondom 23h in die bed en hoor n harde boef. Vanoggend lees ek daar was nog n ontploffing by RMD somchem. Seker hul toetse op die nuwe batch S365...

[finch]

Hoop nie iemand het seer gekry nie

[tripodmvr]

Eyewitness News | about an hour ago

CAPE TOWN - The Helderberg region was rocked overnight by a massive explosion at the Denel facility.

Pictures from the Western Cape's traffic centre show a huge fireball in the sky over the factory.

It's not clear what caused the blast but it appears there were no fatalities as a result.
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Macassar ward councillor, Rhoda Ann Bazier, was one of the people who rushed to the scene.

"When we got to the gate, there were a lot of people standing there - the police, emergency services and so forth. There was an explosion inside but there were no fatalities."

In 2018, an explosion at the Denel munitions facility killed 8 people.

The second part of an official inquiry into that blast began in mid-October.

[Kolhasie]

Tata 365 vir seker nog 5 jaar

[Maroelas]

Is dit weer die kruit fabriek? Of iets anders van Denel?

[tripodmvr]

Ek sien nou eers dat daar al lankal 'n verslag was oor die 2018 ontploffing en dat daar nog baie ongelukkigheid daaroor is. Klink my daar was mense by die hek wat betoog het oor die verslag hieronder.

Human error part of the cause behind Denel explosion, finds report

By Marvin Charles Time of article published Oct 24, 2019

Cape Town - A year after a deadly explosion killed eight people at a munitions factory in Somerset West, an internal investigation has found that due process was not followed in ensuring the safety of materials.

The findings of the probe into the accident on September 3 last year at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) factory were released yesterday. They were also shared with families of the deceased and staff members at the factory.

The investigation was conducted by an experienced multidisciplinary internal team with external assistance, and guided by the company's statutory obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The N16 building, where the

incident occurred, was used for blending large volumes of propellant from smaller sub-lots. At the time of the incident, sub-lots of single base
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propellant were being blended into one homogenous final lot. Propellant had been safely blended at the N16 facility since it commenced operations in the 1980s without any incident.

According to the company, all members of the team were fully trained, and the team leader and supervisor both had extensive experience with the material and the operations being executed at the time of the incident.

The investigation established during the mandatory routine testing of sub-lots in the course of the manufacturing process,

that one sub-lot did not meet the required quality standards.

It was also revealed that due process was not followed and, instead, an attempt to rework the material was made by adding extra graphite to the propellant.

Investigation leader Rod Keyser said: “The investigation team therefore concluded that the cause was a combination of human error when excess graphite was added to the material, and a highly complex electrostatic electricity risk which was very unlikely to have been foreseen, or expected to have been foreseen, by the individuals involved.”
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The investigation established that the most likely cause of the explosion was a build-up of electrostatic electricity in a suspended graphite cloud due to the triboelectric effect (a type of contact electrification in which certain materials become electrically charged) and a subsequent discharge which ignited airborne propellant in the blending drum.

“This particular type of electrostatic electricity risk was, as far as the investigation team has been able to determine, a previously unidentified and unforeseen hazard across the industry internationally,” Keyser said.

Bradley Tandy, 19, who was an operator at the factory, was among the eight killed in the explosion. His family dismissed the report, accusing RDM of not taking accountability.

“They are not taking the fault for it. I told them that this is rubbish. It is if I commit a murder and I investigate myself and I find myself not guilty for a crime I committed. They feel nothing for us and all we want is answers,” said Brenden Manual, Bradley’s brother.

Most of the families the Cape Argus spoke too refrained from commenting but indicated that they are unhappy with the findings.

Stevon Isaacs, 51, team leader was also among the eight his wife was too distraught to speak to the media, “I am not feeling well after hearing the findings. I will speak at a later stage but I am not ready,” said Maureen Isaccs.

[OosKaapJagter]

Ek sien op News24 word daar reeds gekerm dat die aanleg toegemaak moet word: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafri ... y-20211101

Ek self kan nie die artikel oopmaak nie; ek weier om by so liberale netwerk in te teken en vir hulle 'n maandelikse bydrae te gee. Die opskrif is egter vanselfsprekend.

[Lategan1]

Enige aktiwiteit waar die bestuur daarvan die woord “onderhoud” insluit, het ongelukkig ‘n lewensgevaarlike situasie in ons land geraak. Ingevoerde kruit seker permanent ons voorland, soos hier genoem.

Slaggate in paaie is ook lewensgevaarlik. Ons nuwe Medupi kragstasie het ook onlangs gedeeltelik heengegaan, verlede jaar was dit die los moer in Koeberg.

Dink die Sjinese gaan dit beter kan doen. Skande.

Ons moet nietemin positief bly.

Beste.

[Leon Crous]

Dink dis moontlik die einde van RDM...

[Supacow]

Wonder of hul small of large rifle primer gebruik

[Apie]

Wonder of hul small of large rifle primer gebruik

Magnum, verseker Magnum


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[tripodmvr]

Sabotasie?

[OosKaapJagter]

Sabotasie vereis beplanning; onbevoegdheid nie.

[tripodmvr]

Daar was betogers (familie van die 8 wat vroeër in 2018 dood is in die ontploffing) buite die hek wat daar was om die sluiting van die fabriek te eis. Soiets kan dan nie summier geignoreer word nie.

[Otto]

En as die fabriek sluit dan kerm hulle weer hulle het nie werk nie en soek hand-outs

[Armand Steenkamp]

Dalk sabotasie van hoer af.... Hulle wil klaar herlaai onwettig maak..

[tripodmvr]

Volgens 'n berig op TV was die ontploffing by die magasyn en nie waar die vermenging plaasvind nie. Veiligheidsreëls is net so goed as wat dit nagekom word.

[Francoisv]

Sabotasie?

Daars manne wat daar werk wat ook so dink.

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[Chevvy SS]

Dalk sabotasie van hoer af.... Hulle wil klaar herlaai onwettig maak..

Praat jy van Cele?

[Alberts]

Dit is noggal opvallend dat:

"propellant were being blended into one homogenous final lot." en

" that one sub-lot did not meet the required quality standards" so naby aan mekaar in die verslag genoem word.

Sarel

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