Safety Flash
Flash fire on Oxygen gas quad hose
Flash fire on Oxygen gas quad hose
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 18/22
- DivingExplosionHot Work and FirePressure Systems
- ExplosionFirePressure systems
- Diving operations
- Gas cylinderHose
- Fire protection
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An oxygen supply change aboard a DSV was followed by a hose burst, explosion and flash fire. The technician closed valves after hearing an unfamiliar regulator noise. Investigation identified missing inlet filtration and accumulated rust particles contributing to ignition. A deck foreman extinguished the fire using dry powder.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Gas cylinder; compressed gas bottle; gas cylinders.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
There was a flash fire on an Oxygen hose line onboard a DSV.
IMCA SF 18/22. Themes: diving, explosion, hot work and fire, pressure systems.