TangoWhiskey
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Fall from launch pad leaves Shuttle worker dead
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Trapper John
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That's a shame.
At least the OSHA investigators get to go somewhere a lot more interesting than your average construction site.
At least the OSHA investigators get to go somewhere a lot more interesting than your average construction site.
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They were there before. When I worked at the Cape they had to come to investigate several death on the LC39 pad. There was a fueling accident. I seem to recall 4 workers perished. It was a run up for STS-1 if memory serves. Might have been a later one but definitely STS-4 or less. Hydrazine was venting and several workers had not realized what was going on. They walked into a cloud of the stuff without ANY protective respirators. They never had a chance. That stuff is nasty.