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Sorry, there hasn't been a new post in a few days, but we have been out kicking ass, so suck it. This post doesn't really need some sort of intro, but just know that we, as usual, couldn't make this up if we tried.
A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.
John Jenkins, 53, and his wife, Ramona Jenkins, 35, of Brave, Pa., filed the suite Tuesday in county circuit court seeking $10 million in damages from Chisler Inc. and Eastern Associated Coal Corp.
The lawsuit claims Jenkins’ face, neck, arms, torso and legs were severely burned last July after the cigarette ignited methane gas leaking from a pipe underneath the toilet unit.
“When I struck the lighter, the whole thing just detonated — the whole top blew off,” said Jenkins, a methane power plant operator with North West Fuels Development Inc. “I can’t tell you if it blew me out the door or if I jumped out.”
Eastern Associated owns the Blacksville property where the explosion occurred. Jenkins alleges that heavy equipment from Chisler Inc. ran over the pipelines before the explosion, causing the methane gas leak.
A call to the Charleston office of Peabody Energy, the parent company of Eastern Associated Coal, was not returned.
A man who answered the phone at Chisler’s office in Fairview said the company would have no comment.
What we love about this story is the fact that the man was sitting down in a portable toliet (disgusting), then decided to smoke? You can't wait like five minutes before you smoke? Then, he's confused as to whether he was blown out or if he jumped? How do you not know if you jumped?? It's an activity that requires some sort of motivated action. We also love that his face, neck, torso, and legs were burnt. Couldn't you have just said that his whole body was burnt. Oh well. Kick ass.
A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.
John Jenkins, 53, and his wife, Ramona Jenkins, 35, of Brave, Pa., filed the suite Tuesday in county circuit court seeking $10 million in damages from Chisler Inc. and Eastern Associated Coal Corp.
The lawsuit claims Jenkins’ face, neck, arms, torso and legs were severely burned last July after the cigarette ignited methane gas leaking from a pipe underneath the toilet unit.
“When I struck the lighter, the whole thing just detonated — the whole top blew off,” said Jenkins, a methane power plant operator with North West Fuels Development Inc. “I can’t tell you if it blew me out the door or if I jumped out.”
Eastern Associated owns the Blacksville property where the explosion occurred. Jenkins alleges that heavy equipment from Chisler Inc. ran over the pipelines before the explosion, causing the methane gas leak.
A call to the Charleston office of Peabody Energy, the parent company of Eastern Associated Coal, was not returned.
A man who answered the phone at Chisler’s office in Fairview said the company would have no comment.
What we love about this story is the fact that the man was sitting down in a portable toliet (disgusting), then decided to smoke? You can't wait like five minutes before you smoke? Then, he's confused as to whether he was blown out or if he jumped? How do you not know if you jumped?? It's an activity that requires some sort of motivated action. We also love that his face, neck, torso, and legs were burnt. Couldn't you have just said that his whole body was burnt. Oh well. Kick ass.
posted by adrock at
10:40 AM
1 Comments:
I think I was in a mens toilet facility in Amsterdam and one of the stalls occupants was smoking whilst dumping.
I thought it was a Dutch thing.
Then again, this story took place in Pennsylvania.
Dude, 'Pennsylvania' is pretty cool word. Look at it.
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