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Worst shift I ever had on a boiler retube job last Thursday
We were on a 60k lb steam drum retube at the old power plant outside Portland. Third tube in, my helper dropped a brand new swage lock fitting down into the mud drum. Took us 4 hours with a magnet and a borescope to fish it out. Then the foreman chewed us out for being behind schedule and said we'd have to work Saturday. I told him to go fish it himself next time. The worst part was the fitting was a special order part, cost the company $180. Has anyone else had a dropped tool or part ruin their whole day?
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