IMCASafety Flash
Hand injury during O₂ handling and equipment maintenance
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 10/12
- Date
- Themes
- ExplosionHand and Finger InjuriesInspection and MaintenancePressure Systems
Summary
A regulator failure caused an oxygen blast that seriously burned both hands, with equipment age, contamination and poor maintenance identified as contributors.
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IMCA SF 10/12. Themes: explosion, hand and finger injuries, inspection and maintenance, pressure systems.
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