Safety Alert
Use of gas-fired oven cleaning equipment inside vehicles
Use of gas-fired oven cleaning equipment inside vehicles
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- FOD1-2019
- Hot Work and FireVehicles and Driving
- ExplosionFireOxygen deficiency
- Gas cylinderHoseValve
- Competence and trainingFire protectionIgnition source controlVentilation
Summary
HSE alerts suppliers, installers and users to hazards of LPG-fired oven cleaning equipment inside vehicles following a van explosion. It sets expected standards for cylinder storage, ventilation, driver separation, ignition control, gas isolation and training, and recommends substitution where reasonably practicable to eliminate or reduce risk.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Oxygen deficiency; oxygen deficient; oxygen displacement; oxygen depletion.
Classifications: Gas cylinder; compressed gas bottle; gas cylinders.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Classifications: Ventilation; forced ventilation.
FOD1-2019. Themes: hot work and fire, vehicles and driving.