Safety Flash
Clogged tumble-dryer exhaust fan – potential for fire
Clogged tumble-dryer exhaust fan – potential for fire
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 29/22
- Hot Work and FireInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Fire
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Preventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel laundry inspection found intertwined rags and lint in a dryer exhaust fan, with further checks revealing an almost blocked outlet pipe. The flash describes potential overheating and fire where routine cleaning was absent, and recommends regular exhaust and filter maintenance together with accessible installation design.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Lint blocked tumble-dryer exhaust ducting, creating overheating and potential fire hazards because cleaning and inspection were inadequate.
IMCA SF 29/22. Themes: hot work and fire, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.