Unfortunately all of us that have been in industrial jobs will have been exposed to lots on nasties over the years. I remember one of our lecturers at tech listing the hazards of asbestos with us apprentice electricians. At the end, he just shrugged and told us all to avoid drilling, cutting, filing any material whenever possible, because "all dust and fumes are bad for you". Sounds bloody obvious really, but it was often ignored.
Back on the original topic - might have been something like an aerosol of flyspray or something emptying itself, or agricultural chemicals being sprayed, or a non-stick pan having the teflon burnt off And there is the amusing one where the glowing part of the cigarette converts gases around you into even nastier chemicals. If you arent smoking the gases have less effect.
What my old mate who was a self employed welder/fabricator for much of his working life always referred to it as 'galvie flu'.
Does sound like it. Symptoms of inhaling zinc fumes working on galvanised stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_fume_fever
I picked up some nicely shaped sheet at Rufforth autojumble, perfect for a sill I needed to replace. Once I got stuck in and as the 'protective' paint burnt off I realised it was galvanised but hey-ho , it was cheapo so just did what I needed to do - next day I was sick as a fluey dog . Never again Glad you're on the mend @zedders Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
it was actually with my old man ...and another guy ...both ignorant to the toxin . Dad said to me when i told him about what happened to me ...said ( i felt like i had a night on the tiles ) FFS Still love him ...RIP
As a representative of the plumbing and heating engineer profession I can categorically state I have never had a wee in a cold water tank! Tho maybe a she-wee would make it easier
It was one of those really heavy folded and riveted tanks ..really thick open at the top , we had no electrics to the place . We tried chiseling but was to thick ...thick as a Sherman tank ...so thought bugger this and got the portapak out ...Mistake .
We had one in the attic here, too big to get out so tried to cut with a hacksaw...... Ended up disc cutting it in half and they are now used as a pair of log baskets.
Still got one of those in our loft. Was going to cut it up, but chances of setting the loft alight were unacceptably high. It just sits in the corner, glowering at me...
I did spend several panicky moments stamping out smoldering embers and another few hours checking afterwards.
