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>TO: Concerned Divers > >FRM: Bill High, PSI, INC. > >Subject: Cylinder Rupture at Riviera Beach, FL. >SNIP >Divers who are concerned about the safety of their cylinder should insist >that the technicians who service their equipment have proof of training. >PSI, Inc. conducts more that 200 cylinder visual inspector training >workshops each year. PSI is always quick to jump on any cylinder disaster to promote the notion that only PSI-trained inspectors can and should be inspecting cylinders, but in most of the cases I've followed, ANY inspection, properly done, would have prevented the accident, except for a few "act-of-god" cases where NO inspection would have. And anyhow, the PSI trained inspectors I know all inspect tanks just like the non-PSI trained ones, by (99% of the time) taking a quick peek rather than following the PSI protocol. I can't even recall the last time I actually saw an inspector use a light and mirrior to inspect the thread base area - probably the most critical step of all with the questionable alu tanks. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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