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>What if you had been walking by the fill station when this happened - or
>perhaps your wife with your son in her arms ?

Come on. The guy got minor burns on his legs. The incident took only a
second. Puffft!!!.
This was not a nuclear meltdown or bomblast.


>   What is more interresting is that if a friend had not informed me of this
>incident chances are there would have been no more than maybe 6 divers
>on the planet who knew about it.   I'll bet 5 bucks that the shop personnel
>have standing orders not to talk about this to anyone under threat of firing
>and I doubt that the owner ran down to the local newspaper to report it.
>

This is actually a very good point. We don't really know how many incidents
like this happen - it is absolutely maddening trying to get the facts
since, as you say, everyone would prefer to cover it up. But major injuries
aren't easy to cover up - they have a way of getting around, and insurance
co.s and next of kin like to know what happened - and it's interesting that
so far, for all your efforts, all we have a couple minor incidents.

My suspicion is that, as they shops get more blase about nitrox, they keep
edging up their fill rates, and finally one day, with just the right set of
circumstances, pffofftt!!!! Interesting that both stories of tank fires
we've heard, the valve seems to be the part most effected which suggests it
may be materials/lubes in the valve, and nothing to do with the tank at
all.

One conclusion I draw (perversely, perhaps) is that homebrewing (properly)
is probably safer than PP mixing in a shop, because the homebrewer is in no
hurry and can keep flow rates S-L-O-W. Which can avoid many (if not all)
evils.



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