Dear All.
We were carrying out a Bursting pressure test on a Canvas Fire Hose at our
factory and it burst at around 34 Bar. This resulted in pulling in of the
coupling assembly at the far end which blew off and hit my shin. The thing
weighs about 8 kgs. I got 5 stitches and was home for about 10 days with my leg
raised up. The point is, even when informed on an earlier occasion, the
management did not rectify or secure the coupling in place adequately. I was
lucky as the coupling hit me after one bounce. Had I been about 3-4 feet
closer, I would have had a fracture.
Please take care when you carry out pressure tests and take no risks absolutely.
Regards,
Rajendra Bajikar.
Rajendra Bajikar.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Sat Dec 13 00:42:00 2003
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