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> Last week at Underseas Divers on Big Pine Key a nitrox tank was being
>filled using a genesis adaptor that was not clean for O2 service. The fill
>station attendant suffered 2nd degree burns on both legs from top to bottom
>when the contaminants in the adaptor lit off. Luckily the reaction did not
>extend into the tank or up the fill lines but the adaptor and tank valve were
>both melted to some extent.
>
> I don't have any more details than this but if you want some more you can
>e-mail me and I will tell you who to call.
I'd like to see more details, please, could you gather the relevant
information and post it here?
What was the percentage of O2?
What was the method being used? Partial pressure?
Was it pure O2?
And most significantly, what STOPPED the combustion?
I must say, Cheekbone, this is the first suspicious thing I've seen you
present. Given the level of knowledge I've seen you exhibit, isn't the
fact that the explosion-in-progress STOPPED at less than a catastrophic
level suspicious to you? That fact alone suggests to me that, (given that
the incident actually occurred) it was something other than an O2 fire.
It surprises me that you would buy such a report, and then repeat it
here, without that question leaping out in front or your eyes, and
demanding an answer.
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--Jammer, 1992
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