Don’t Shake These Boxes in Terrace
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 @ 7:35 PM
Terrace RCMP are continuing their search for two missing boxes of nitroglycerin dynamite that fell off a truck on the West Kalum Rd Sunday afternoon July 16th. Police were told were by Orica Canada Inc. that a freight truck delivering packaged explosives had three boxes of the high explosive Power Pro™(dynamite) inadvertently fall off the truck on the West Kalum Forest Service Road near Terrace B.C.
One of the three boxes was recovered on the roadway and police are making every effort in locating the remaining two boxes.
The boxes are sealed with PowerPro™ printed in large white labels. Power Pro is nitroglycerin sensitized, extra gelatin dynamite formulated for use in surface and underground mining applications. It can be initiated by extreme instances of shock, friction or mechanical impact and therefore, extremely dangerous and should be handled with care.
If the public comes across any boxes marked as described above, they are asked to leave the boxes where they are and immediately call the Terrace RCMP Detachment at 1-250-638-7400
Comments
Incompetent delivery driver or the inside man?
Inside job, check the drivers spending over the next while
Incomprenhensible how this could happen.
There has to be serious consequences to those responsible for the shipping of this type of hazardous product. Inexcusible in today’s regulatory environment that is so concerned about safety and the environment.
No excuses are adequate.
I agree with Chester. If all the rules and regulations covering the handling and shipping of dangerous products were followed, there is no way that this could happen.
Funny how you can,t shake the box , but it fell of a truck and didn,t leave a crater in the road?
LOL, bc bob
Main word being ” FELL ” out of truck.?
2×4, 4×4 Pieces of Wood falling of Flatbed Trucks on the Road, now Dynamite what’s next? Who are the Drivers, never heard of tying thing down ?
This sounds almost as smart as a young fellow who tossed a coil of fuses with blasting caps attached into the back of his pickup next to a partial box of 70% dynamite. They landed on the bare bed of the truck. Fortunately they didn’t explode.
I would think that this kind of cargo should or must be transported in a secure container of some sort. I can’t imagine this fellow will be transporting any more of this stuff.
Boggles the mind, doesn’t it? Especially with all of the regulations, rules, laws and conditions required to transport explosive materials.
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