Human Fireball: The Story of Brad Livingston
Jordy Byrd
Brad Livingston survived two explosions that resulted from a welding mishap on the job. His story reveals the struggle of shortcuts, safety and the importance of PPE, especially FR clothing.
A Kansas breeze rattles Brad Livingston. A simple billow unsettles the retired laborer from Colorado Interstate Gas, when recalling Sept. 20, 1991.
“I’m fortunate I’ve never had a single nightmare being inside that fireball,” he says of that late-summer Friday. “The one thing that gets me is a sudden gust of wind. I’ll never forget the feeling, and the force of that explosion hitting me.”
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