Old HSE topic - gas cylinders

[excossack]

I remember an old topic on a gas cylinder exploding and a HSE report showing pictures.
Can anyone point me to the location of said topic?

ta.

 

[tlovatt]

There was the data centre incident

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2013/07/06/plumber-killed-by-barrage-of-flying-gas-cylinders/

Is this what you are after?

 

[bump]

Or do you mean the BOC fire http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8454404.stm

 

[waldershelf]

I remember many years ago when the world was in black and white seeing a training film. in the film they had a full nitrogen cylinder set up on a trestle in an aircraft hangar. they then dropped a big weight on the valve (rope and pulley's) the valve snapped off and the cylinder shot off like a rocket and through the end wall of the hangar. It was most impressive and I have always been very careful with gas cylinders ever since.

 

[outofthefire]

I remember many years ago when the world was in black and white seeing a training film. in the film they had a full nitrogen cylinder set up on a trestle in an aircraft hangar. they then dropped a big weight on the valve (rope and pulley's) the valve snapped off and the cylinder shot off like a rocket and through the end wall of the hangar. It was most impressive and I have always been very careful with gas cylinders ever since.

They did something similar on mythbusters

 

[excossack]

There was the data centre incident

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2013/07/06/plumber-killed-by-barrage-of-flying-gas-cylinders/

Is this what you are after?

Cheers
Thats the one, only I remember more pics of the place destroyed. Maybe this was in the HSE report???

 

[norlander]

very sobering video clip,I'm always careful with cylinders but it does no harm to be reminded of the potential danger.

 

[MrFluffy]

I like this one the best, Starts slow, but wait and you see the cylinders exiting the fire like tiger balloons at about 3mins in.