firehoser75
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- former owner of "Pilitak"
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- Nordic Tug 37
NS...you had s great post and I agree...
But as far as rules...not sure which are being broken..especially with the DOT compliant refillable ones....especially if you don't transport on roads.
Either way, I was never comfy with the disposable types...that's why I went to the refillable kind.
Still would love to know the actual number of mishaps per (number) refills.
Pretty well close to impossible to ascertain the number of mishaps per number of refills when often even the mishaps are not reported, and certainly the number of times single use cylinders are being "refilled" by users is definitely not reported nor recorded!
To most risk managers (even people just trying to avoid problems), the worst kind (most worrisome) is the low frequency (doesn't occur very often or the activity is not conducted very often) high consequence (if something does go wrong death or serious injury is very possible) type of activity. This is why LPG is regulated in the first place.
I do agree with you (both NS and Psneeld) that refilling the "reusable" cylinders is way less of an issue (with some caveats).
Often one of the root causes of an accident (whether at work or in private life) is when someone is "just trying to save time, cut corners, be more convenient, etc." and they actually do know better.