[TheForge] When is a shield not a mask?

[Woolley]

I saw a piece of that show.  Unbelievable.

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> Sonewhere I have a video tape I made of a tv documentary done by one of 
> the sixty minutes folks ( I think).   I am pretty sure it talked about 
> workers who were semi blind from working without protection.  I had seen 
> it years ago and when I ran into replaying late at night a couple of 
> years ago, I taped it, as it was fascinating.   I can't lay my hands on 
> it righ6t now.  The documentary was about the shipbreaking industry in 
> India.  The ships are brought onto the beaches in Alang at high tide and 
> drug up on the shore.   They are then dismantled by mostly unskilled 
> labor using whatever they have at hand and paid on what they drag off 
> the carcass.  Things like engines and such are handled by a semi skilled 
> crew.  The camera caught several scenes as I recall of workers torching 
> large assemblies above families working below, with warning shouts as 
> the structure started to give.  Everyone spreads out, and returns as 
> soon as the object has fallen.  It really is an amazing video to watch.  
> Since the documentary was made, the industry has come under fire from a 
> number of quarters, so they no longer allow the press in there.   There 
> is some writeup on the following sites, mainly about the environmental 
> impact.....
> 
> 
> http://www.greenpeaceweb.org/shipbreak/india.asp
> 
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,12559,1244396,00.html
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>>  He's not given to prevarication. He said that their pupils were sorta 
>> white looking. Dunno
>> Even if untrue, it's served to motivate me to wear my wee arc welding 
>> bonnet....pf
>>
>> Woolley wrote:
>>> No way.
>>>
>>>
>>>> A friend who spent some years in asia said that in some of the 
>>>> shipyards he'd seen career welders who worked without eye protection.
>>>>  Their children led them to work every morning, put them in 
>>>> position, handed them the stinger and as soon as the arc was 
>>>> struck...they could see again...'till quitting time....pf
> 
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