During a meal break, a contractor's employee left
oxyacetylene cutting equipment in an unsafe condition.
After welding, the run-off tabs are removed manually by operators using
oxyacetylene cutting and slag is also removed.
Thieves used
oxyacetylene cutting equipment to burn through locks on a barn where a pounds 6,000 all-terrain Polaris quad bike was stored.
64% of units surveyed did not have a complete portable
oxyacetylene cutting apparatus.
Operatives carry out their work by hand with hammer drills and
oxyacetylene cutting equipment.
Fire crews who were called out said the would-be robbers had used industrial
oxyacetylene cutting equipment in an effort to get at the notes.
They cut their way through the front door of the Abbey National in Evesham Walk and used
oxyacetylene cutting equipment to open one of the cashpoint machines.