- Piping/Fittings/Valves
- Flexible Tubing
Unprotected hoses are susceptible to glass shards, abrasion, and burns during normal use. This leak was formed from a glass shard penetrating the tube wall.
Flexible hoses require protective sheaves to avoid cuts, abrasions and burns during normal use. Hydrogen supplied workstations require emergency shut off valves that are readily accessible by operators and are removed from the normal usage point of the gas. A request has been submitted to facilities engineering to select an appropriate valve. Once this has been done a follow-up request to facilities will be made to install such a valve. Such corrective action will be implemented plant-wide.
All existing hoses have been replaced. Weekly inspections during the units clean-up period has been requested of all glass workers. The hoses will be inspected for wear and burns. Flexible hoses on equipment have been replaced with stainless steel tubing where applicable.