/sci/ - Science & Math

"Of course I don't need to use the deadman switch! If I did it would be called a deadwoman switch! Silly boys!"

she died doing what she loved. maybe. wont stop me from doing chemistry!

The article didn't say how she got killed. Anyone has a guess?

>>2881278

I thought she died in a lab accident...

>>2881284

Evolution.

>>2881284

explosion.

Are lab accidents actually attributable to people not knowing what the fuck they're doing?

She fell in the proton NMR machine.

Her spectra was so beautiful ;_;

>>2881310

They are, most of the time. Unless more details on this particular case are revealed, we won't know if this was carelessness on her part, or a machine malfunction.

>>2881322
Wouldn't determining such a thing be of grave legal concern? I mean, wouldn't Yale be liable if the error was mechanical rather than human?

>>2881284
She sawed off her arm or something. Or maybe she left the spanner in the lathe bench as she turned it on. Almost did that once. Flying metal has no respect for intimacy barriers.

Accidents only happens for two reason.

ignorance, stupidity or unknown consequences of actions.

or faulty machinery.

Seeing how machinery hardly makes faults I bet on the first one.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/04/13/Yale-student-dies-in-lab-accident/UPI-25981302719620/

>Michele Dufault of Massachusetts was killed Tuesday evening when her hair became ensarled in a spinning lathe in the laboratory's machine shop and she was pulled into the equipment, the New Haven (Conn.) Register reported.

>>2881367
Ugh, Jesus. It must have ripped half her fucking skull off. I bet that was a pretty sight for others to find.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michele-dufault/19/633/67

Such a shame.

She was pretty and obviously intelligent.


Though it makes you wonder if it had been your average 340lb 4chan Neckbeard /sci/ resident if it'd hit the news quite so readily.

>>2881367
Ultimately, it's her fault. She should've tied her hair up.

>>2881398
>Woman
>Intelligent
>Doesn't tie her hair up when using machinery
>Intelligent
>Nope

>>2881352

Heh look.

>>2881367

So I was right, stupidity, not tieing hair so that it came stuck in the machine.

That's quite sad to die like that... yes she did look rather well, but this is like not wearing glasses, helmet, proper clothing, gloves and such that cause these evidence.

either thinking you don't need it, forgetting it or too stupid to realize these things could happen.

>>2881378
>my face when visualising it
holy shit what a fucked up way to die

man,

1, in the end her fault for not tying hair back
2 she should have known to do that since they don't allow people in there without a safety class
3 why does an astrophysics student need a lathe? making a telescope?
4 it is weird to think that would kill someone, seems like the hair would just rip out..maybe it scalped her and she died of blood loss

Michelle didn't wear her safety goggles. Now she's DEAAAAAAD.

If you are going to be using custom machines, you have to be fucking careful.

If you are a female doing this shit, CUT YOUR GOD DAMN HAIR SHORT OR FIND A PENIS.

>>2881546
A rough guess, it does have the force to rip off the hair/scalp but this would only happen if her head is held in place otherwise it would just pull her towards the lathe.

>>2881546
>2 she should have known to do that since they don't allow people in there without a safety class
Thoes classes are shit, and they give you no real training beyond "if you get hurt its your fault, sign this dont sue us paper".

You have to just figure it out, but they do fucking mention long hair over and over again.

>4 it is weird to think that would kill someone, seems like the hair would just rip out..maybe it scalped her and she died of blood loss

It was one of the fucking huge ones, she was close enough that her head got pulled through the machine and well...god damn thats fucking gross.

>>2881546
>4 it is weird to think that would kill someone, seems like the hair would just rip out..maybe it scalped her and she died of blood loss

Proper sized lathes can cause horrific injuries, seen photos of someone who's tie got caught in one. It completely ripped him to shreds... just by getting his tie caught in it.

If this student really did use a lathe without tying their hair back then I guess they're up for winning a Darwin Award.

WEAR YOUR GLASSES, DON'T LEAVE YOUR SLEEVES HANGING, DON'T WEAR A LOOSE LABCOAT, TIE YOUR SHOES HARD.

But seriously, shit's bound to happen once in a while. Nothing special here. Also, I don't see how this is actually related to chemistry, a lathe is more of a tool for mechanical work.

I knew a guy that was running a lathe while wearing a long-sleeved shirt. The lathe caught one of the sleeves and ripped it off at the shoulder, leaving him wearing a one-sleeved shirt. After we were sure that he still had both arms, we started laughing at him.

Why would you use a lathe in a chemistry experiment? The last time I had to use one was when I took woodshop in high school

>>2881458
my reaction exactly fuck, at first i was like lol some bitch doused herself in acid or something but fuck thats just awful

The article said she died of asphyxiation due to neck compression.

holy fuck, this would be the absolute worst way to die!

imagine just the fucking sudden shock of being thrown into this thing, god damn that gives me shivers

I feel sympathetic that her stupidity killed her. Most women don't have a lot of experience with high powered machinery.. but there should always be a supervisor on duty, so this is largely Yales responsibility. If you don't agree with me, then you probably have no clue about working in trades.

>>2883759

aye, I'm honestly extremely surprised that equipment like this would be available to students after school hours. The school should have recognized that a 1 hour safety orientation != years of trades experience.

I am just really shocked that the machine shop would be accessible anytime after normal school hours (9-5ish).

>>2881438
>no respect for the dead

I want to know why there is a fucking lathe in the chemistry department.

>>2883826
to do her nails

>>2883826
This. Seriously, I only see these in the ME department.

Getting hair+head pulled into a machine is not exactly a rare form of accident.

It's her fault for being a woman, otherwise social pressure would have forced him to have short hair.

>>2883871
>mfw i'm a dude with long hair
>also a fatass
>with acne

>mfw im also a dude with long hair
>but sexy and in shape and get laid regularly
>but actually a fatass with acne too

first of all. lathe? in a chemistry lab?

secondly. long hair not bound up/covered in a chemistry lab?

>>ouch

i cringed

2 things happened. Either she got scalped and bled to death before she could get help which shouldn't have happened because you never work alone. Or 2. she got her head pulled into the machine and it either snapped her neck or crushed her skull between the bit and the backgaurd which also shouldn't happen because you always tie hair back and roll up you sleeves.

Yes its a tragedy but most likely due to not following safety procedure. THE RULES OF THE SHOP ARE NOT GUIDELINES! FOLLOW THEM OR START DRAFTING UP A COFFIN.

fyi: Lathes are used in chemistry for glass working.

hey science girl! wheres is your god noww?

can anyone post pictures of that kind of machine?

>university student catches hair in lathe
>I used bandsaws and drill presses in tech class in grade 4 with no problems
There's a problem here.

>>2883961
Its a lathe. Google lathe.

>>2883965
Supervised activity vs a lone sleep deprived girl in a rush.

>>2883976
Still,
>lone
>sleep-deprived
>problem

>>2883982
Yes, and that is why her head is now a jumbled pile of mush

>Majoring Astronomy and Physics
>Working in a project about Dark Matter
>Using a lathe at a chemistry lab at night

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK.

This makes no sense.

>>2884002
she was using it to make dark matter, duuuh!

>>2884002
She was probably making some glass apparatus. I am also majoring in physics and I do chemistry shit every day.

>>2884025
Yes, she must have wanted to store some dark matter.

lathes are shockingly dangerous

Back when i was into woodworking my friends necklace caught in a lathe and pulled his head into the spinning wood giving him a huge gash, luckily the necklace broke

>>2884025
more likely to be metal work with dark matter
vacuum vessel and whatnot

She was on the verge of a breakthrough of producing dark matter on a commercial scale. If she lived to finish her work, energy crisis would have been solved.

But now all we have is that lathe is used in some way.

>>2884072
Inb4 she was murdered by the government.

Oh you silly you.

The governments in this world are just pawns.

She was murdered by the top 0.01% corporate businessmen.

>>2881618
I would rather get my hair caught in a machine than my penis.

>A Yale University senior lauded as an ardent champion of women in science

lol

>>2884184

What's so funny?

>>2884192
I found the word choice to be somewhat amusing. Dunno about the other guy.

>>2884133
> She was murdered by the top 0.01% corporate businessmen.

Pfft. Those guys wish they were as powerful and rich as Wisconsin teachers. Ask the right.

>>2884192
he must not like women, must be homosex

>pouring acid into water.

>>2884192
>Champion of women in science
>Fails at staying alive
>Fails at using a lathe
>Fails at being a man
>Diagnosis Buttlathed


Also lol if she was machining a glass dildo. Science is a lonely field

>>2884133

>>2884192
Probably laughing at the irony of her dying due to long hair, a generally feminine trait.

>>2884207

>Diagnosis Buttlathed

Ok, I lol'd.

>>2884207 machining a glass dildo

THIS, is a surprisingly good idea. You could get some serious cash for this on campus.

>>2884222
Or it could get your ass killed, as we've already seen.

Could you imagine being the poor fucker who found her? You wake up bright and early in the morning, you stumble into lab to get some work done still rubbing the sleep from your eyes. You walk into the room while massaging your eyelids, thinking something smells kinda funny, then when you finally look up...

>>2884222
no need for glass dildo; i can do the trick even better

>operating a lathe
>long, flowing hair
Jesus lady, if you wanted to commit suicide just down a bottle of aspirin.

>>2884228
I read that the cause of death was suffocation, not avulsion.

Pics of a different, but probably similar, lathe accident.

http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Disasters/indacc/Lathe_Accident/
http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Disasters/indacc/Lathe_Accident/
http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Disasters/indacc/Lathe_Accident/
http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Disasters/indacc/Lathe_Accident/
http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Disasters/indacc/Lathe_Accident/
http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Disasters/indacc/Lathe_Accident/
http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Disasters/indacc/Lathe_Accident/

>>2884254
I somehow doubt she suffocated after having her skull put through a spinning lathe.

Unless "suffocation" is just the polite term for having your skull smashed and brain stem severed...causing suffocation.

>>2884273
also this: http://www.phuckedtube.com/contents/member/mrphucked/photos/MidThumbs/Lathe-Accident-2-d58cb136-d.jp
g

>>2884279
Technically, everybody dies of suffocation

>>2884285
Ah yes, this appears to be a case of suffocation, specifically Mashedbrainitus

>>2884285
What about the people caught at ground zero of Nagaski and Hiroshima?

>>2884273

>go to lathe something on campus
>see this

wat do?

>>2884295
Rapid oxidation, depriving the brain of oxygen.

>>2884300
Wear short sleeves.

>>2884310
What brain?

>>2884300

"Jesus dude, you were using this lathe when I was in here last night. You gonna finish sometime this century?

>>2884300
Pretend I never saw it, try to leave without getting brains on my shoes, and let someone else deal with it/clean it up.

>>2884300
Do a 540 and walk away.

>>2884325
Didn't happen instantaneously, yo.

Fuck I'm supposed to work the lathe to build a mount for my lab. Should I be afraid?

>>2884349
No, but the brain would probably be vaporized before the respiratory system.

>>2884357
Based on what? Conjecture and stubbornness?

>>2881367
bitch should have stayed in the kitchen


just goes to show women have no place in science.

>>2884173
Unless your penis is attached to your brain that's retarded.

>>2884375
>>2884375
>I forgot to add
>except on their knees sucking my dick

>>2884365
I dunno, it was initially based on the fact that nuclear weapons detonate in the air above the target, so the explosion would be traveling downwards, but now that I think about it the shockwave from the explosion would probably push people to the ground before the explosion vaporized them. So, in fact, the brain and respiratory system might be vaporized at the same time if the person was pushed into a prone position on the ground as the explosion hit.

Mission accomplished. Everyone thinks it was an accident.

>>2884383
No, I'd definitely rather be dead than that amount of pain plus no penis (or more likely no lower body).

>physics major
she would have known better if she were an engineer

>>2884388
>implying you would have used that penis anyway

>>2884385
Oxygen delivery to brain failed: Organs not present. :D

>Pulled into Lathe

Bad way to go, man. Fucking bad way to go.
Quick though - just a moment of terror then....

She must have caught a huge chunk of her hair for it to not get ripped off her head.

>>2884405
omg is she ok?

>>2884391
I do use it. Every day. I'm actually using it right now.

When I was taking a machining class at Cal Poly some idort tried to move the rack on a mill while he was putting in a chuck.
Moron hit the wrong button and ended up crushing his pinky into a piece of bacon.

God there was a surprising amount of blood spattered all over that machine.

>>2884391
Touché

>>2884365
Stop projecting.

>>2884408
Her vagina is still intact.

>>2881265
0/10
Annie Le was hotter.

>now that I think about it the shockwave from the explosion would probably push people to the ground before the explosion vaporized them
No, the gamma rays, x-rays and thermal energy get there well before the shock wave propagates through the atmosphere.

Same thing happens inside of a fusion device, before the physical shockwaves and spalling bomb casing compress the fission sparkplug and hydrogen, they've already been heated to millions of degrees by the initial release of energy that travelled ahead of them at the speed of light.

>>2884457
In that case, the brain would be vaporized before the respiratory system then, correct?

/winningtheaspiefight

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