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Question for the plant baws and smells of various "unscheduled" releases

Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:29 pm
Posted by sidewalkside
rent free in yo head
Member since Sep 2021
4209 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:29 pm
A long time ago I was auditing a plant in Sulpher LA and I THINK they were making some component for Tylenol. Don't really remember.

But I do remember the plant safety guy meeting with us when we first got there and one of the safety points he said was if you smell the scent of syrup start running for the parking lot but it's likely too late for you by then anyway.

Any plant baws know what he was talking about?
Posted by Deek
Member since Sep 2013
1235 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:35 pm to
Means that you caught maple syrup urine disease. Usually transmitted sexually.
Posted by Redbone
my castle
Member since Sep 2012
20530 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:38 pm to
Awwwww.. he was just pushin your leg.
Posted by charliemurphy69
Member since Nov 2023
540 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:39 pm to
Probably phosgene the same stuff Hilter killed the Jews with (allegedly)
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
15624 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:40 pm to
One of the first time I was in a plant and younger, I asked a baw what that smoke was always coming out of one of the towers (I’m sure now it was just steam), and he told me if I ever look up there and don’t see anything coming out to spread my legs, bend over, and kiss my arse goodbye.

That’s all I got.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
64863 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:43 pm to
quote:

smell the scent of syrup start running for the parking lot
That means Aunt Jemima is coming to kick your arse.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15558 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

Probably phosgene the same stuff Hilter killed the Jews with (allegedly)



That smells like fresh cut grass/hay. I got in it and had a snotball the size of a baseball hanging out my nose by the time I got to the infirmary.
Posted by SouthEndzoneTiger
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2008
11372 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 2:57 pm to
In low concentrations it is sotolon.
Posted by geauxtigs18
Member since Oct 2019
153 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 3:31 pm to
Benzene is said to have a sweet, syrupy smell and is very harmful in small concentrations. Could have been that
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
2087 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

Probably phosgene


I thought phosgene smelled like new mown hay?
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133042 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 4:05 pm to
Chlorine will frick with your day I'll tell you that much.

Having to wade into that light green cloud (in SCBA obviously) to fix a leak is a surreal experience
Posted by Popths
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
4390 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 4:05 pm to
I worked in a plant that made hydrogen cyanide. Had an apricot smell. One of those if you smell it, it’s too late thing.
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
16105 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

smells of "unscheduled" releases
that happens to me when I accidentally fart.
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
31702 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 4:16 pm to
Phosgene is reported to smell like wet hay. I cannot confirm
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7881 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 5:34 pm to
quote:

the same stuff Hilter killed the Jews with (allegedly)

Hitler used Zyklon B. Not phosgene
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133042 posts
Posted on 10/9/24 at 5:46 pm to
Phosgene was one of the gases used in the trenches of WW1, along with chlorine and mustard gas
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
2087 posts
Posted on 10/11/24 at 7:47 am to
quote:

Phosgene was one of the gases used in the trenches of WW1, along with chlorine and mustard gas


Yup because it's heavier than air, stays close to the ground and permeates the trenches.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82912 posts
Posted on 10/11/24 at 8:56 am to
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Chlorine will frick with your day I'll tell you that much.


I almost passed out once from the fumes in the closet storing the pool chemicals at a pool I worked at. Strong stuff
Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
13468 posts
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:06 am to
Speaking of fumes, just got word 2 workers were killed yesterday due to H2S.

Posted by Dirt Booger
Comanche County
Member since Apr 2023
753 posts
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:23 am to
quote:

Had an apricot smell
I don't know what a fricking apricot smells like. Id be shitting my pants at every scent I detected
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