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> The stewardship claim bit seems maybe a bit overstated considering they weren't able to secure an object the size of a button leading to it "falling off the b
by swalberg 4y ago
> The stewardship claim bit seems maybe a bit overstated considering they weren't able to secure an object the size of a button leading to it "falling off the back of a truck"
As I understand it, this wasn't fuel, it was part of an instrument used by a mining company to measure the density of iron ore. The mining company (or a contractor depending on what you read) are the ones that lost it, the Australian government agency just came in to help find it.
- argiopetech 4y agoAnd, it was secured inside an instrument inside a box strapped to a truck. The instrument had an unplanned disassembly in transit, and the cesium capsule fell through a hole in the bottom of the box, presumably used to bolt it down to its previous location. Failure to secure that hole (and any others in the box) was, in my opinion, the true failure of the mining company in this case.