Dear All,
This is for your information and to initiate preventive actions at your plant/construction site.
INCIDENT:
Two fatalities and one serious injury occurred in one of the major steel plants while unloading gas cylinders from the truck, as seen in the photographs.
Brief Description:
During the unloading of the oxygen cylinders from a truck loaded with 95 oxygen and 5 LPG cylinders, the oxygen cylinder hit the neck ring of the LPG cylinder, causing its welding to give way, resulting in an LPG leak followed by an explosion and fire. Additionally, the valve of the oxygen cylinder was damaged and leaked, causing an explosion, and the cylinder flew like a rocket. Two persons who were engaged in the unloading died, and one person sustained serious injuries.
Probable Causes:
1) The oxygen cylinders were stored horizontally and without protective caps.
2) LPG cylinders were stored alongside oxygen cylinders.
3) Smoking in the area.
Lessons to be Learned:
1) Gas cylinders need to be transported in a vertical position.
2) No gas cylinder is to be transported/handled without its protective cap. No cylinders should be received on our premises without their caps.
3) Oxygen cylinders should not be transported along with cylinders containing flammable gases like LPG, Acetylene, etc.
4) No smoking should be strictly followed during the transportation/handling of gas cylinders.
5) Gas cylinders need to be unloaded using standard methods and not by throwing them.
Please review the existing practices and take appropriate actions. Please communicate this incident to all employees, both owned and contracted.
Thank you.
This is for your information and to initiate preventive actions at your plant/construction site.
INCIDENT:
Two fatalities and one serious injury occurred in one of the major steel plants while unloading gas cylinders from the truck, as seen in the photographs.
Brief Description:
During the unloading of the oxygen cylinders from a truck loaded with 95 oxygen and 5 LPG cylinders, the oxygen cylinder hit the neck ring of the LPG cylinder, causing its welding to give way, resulting in an LPG leak followed by an explosion and fire. Additionally, the valve of the oxygen cylinder was damaged and leaked, causing an explosion, and the cylinder flew like a rocket. Two persons who were engaged in the unloading died, and one person sustained serious injuries.
Probable Causes:
1) The oxygen cylinders were stored horizontally and without protective caps.
2) LPG cylinders were stored alongside oxygen cylinders.
3) Smoking in the area.
Lessons to be Learned:
1) Gas cylinders need to be transported in a vertical position.
2) No gas cylinder is to be transported/handled without its protective cap. No cylinders should be received on our premises without their caps.
3) Oxygen cylinders should not be transported along with cylinders containing flammable gases like LPG, Acetylene, etc.
4) No smoking should be strictly followed during the transportation/handling of gas cylinders.
5) Gas cylinders need to be unloaded using standard methods and not by throwing them.
Please review the existing practices and take appropriate actions. Please communicate this incident to all employees, both owned and contracted.
Thank you.
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