Over many years I have never had one break into pieces on me. But I have
been "lucky" in that I have had two that developed "cracks" in the glass
when the impacted with something and I then racked off into different
containers and dumped the damaged ones in the local recycling depot. I have
been speared by a couple of breaking bottles though and had stitches in my
hand and felt lucky it wasn't worse. I was so glad when I got my floor
corker!!!!!!

Handling the 23+ litre glass carboys is always a risky business though and I
have been lucky a few times when cleaning them out and they have slipped. It
is bound to happen one day although I am always careful when handling them.
Very dangerous objects! I do believe that the most dangerous time is when
they are being washed and sanitised and tend to be much more slippy. When
they are full they are difficult to move anyway and one is perforce much
more circumspect in their handling

--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire, England
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"Nick Ruchalski" > wrote in message
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> As I was flushing a sanitized carboy down in my basement in prep for a
> rack it slipped a bit. The concrete floor's eyes widened, but I
> latched on tightly and finished the draining. It got me to thinking
> what would happen if I dropped it.
>
> Do they shatter into a million pieces, split into a few sections, or
> just bounce?