Safety Flash
Diving decompression chambers – not fit for purpose
Diving decompression chambers – not fit for purpose
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/13
- DivingInspection and MaintenancePressure Systems
- Pressure systems
- Pressure vessel
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Summary
This safety flash relays an OGP warning about air decompression chambers found to present serious safety hazards during verification audits. The supplied page gives no details of the defects, affected locations or corrective measures, and states that the underlying report is available from IOGP on request.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Summary
Verification audits identified serious safety hazards in several air decompression chambers.
IMCA SF 03/13. Themes: diving, inspection and maintenance, pressure systems.