Safety Flash
Person injured by parts ejected under pressure
Person injured by parts ejected under pressure
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/11
- Line of FirePressure Systems
- Line of firePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- Pressure vessel
Summary
This brief IMCA flash relays a BOEMRE account of a ruptured water pressure tank bladder. A fitting was expelled under pressure during removal, injuring an employee’s face. It directs readers to BOEMRE Safety Alert #297 for further information, without detailing preventive measures.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Summary
The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has published the following safety flash regarding the rupture of a water pressure tank bladder.
IMCA SF 13/11. Themes: line of fire, pressure systems.