Safety Flash
Caution advised on cellphone use due to ignition fears
Caution advised on cellphone use due to ignition fears
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/02
- Electrical SafetyExplosionHot Work and Fire
- Fire
- Ignition source control
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Summary
A contracted specialist suffered burns when a flash fire occurred as he opened a ringing cellphone while working on an instrumentation-gas panel. The company subsequently prohibited cellphone use in the field concerned and reiterated the ignition danger posed by electronic devices outside safe locations or without a gas detector.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Summary
A cellphone ignited vapour during panel work, causing burns and prompting restrictions on electronic devices in hazardous locations.
IMCA SF 03/02. Themes: electrical safety, explosion, hot work and fire.