Disguised transportable gas cylinders
- Safety Flash
- Published on 2 August 2004
- Generated on 26 December 2024
- IMCA SF 08/04
- 1 minute read
IMCA has been passed a copy of a safety alert issued by the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA).
What happened?
A number of recent incidents have been reported in various locations around the world where gas cylinders have been tampered with and deliberately disguised. A number of these have been where acetylene cylinders have been marked as oxygen cylinders, including replacement of the cylinder valve. The EIGA alert sets out a number of ways of spotting modified cylinders, which should be brought to the attention of anyone dealing with them.
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