Safety Alert
HSE issues gas detector safety alert
HSE issues gas detector safety alert
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- HID3-2011
- Hazardous SubstancesHydrocarbon Release
- Hazardous substances
- Gas detector
- Alarm management
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Summary
HSE warns that some Status Mentor PGD2 portable gas detectors with older software may remain active with insufficient power, understate gas concentrations and fail to activate alarms. The alert prohibits use until the correct software version and low-battery alarm configuration have been verified against the manufacturer’s instructions.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Gas detector; gas monitor; gas detection instrument.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Summary
This alert concerns safety risks associated with gas detectors.
HID3-2011. Themes: hazardous substances, hydrocarbon release.