Action
Safety Advisory Notice.
Summary
This is to notify the public that RSPA is investigating the apparent unauthorized and improper marking of high-pressure compressed gas cylinders by FESS, Inc. d/b/a Fire Extinguisher Service and Sales, 3303 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, during the period 1995 to the present. Those cylinders may pose a safety risk to the public. Under no circumstances should a cylinder described in this safety advisory be filled, refilled or used for any purpose other than scrap until it is reinspected and retested by a DOT-authorized retest facility. RSPA requires that compressed gas cylinders undergo a visual reinspection and a hydrostatic retest on a periodic basis, in accordance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), in order to verify that a cylinder has the structural integrity for continued use. If the required visual reinspection and hydrostatic retest are not performed properly, a cylinder with compromised structural integrity may fail (leak or burst) in continued service, when it should have been condemned. Serious personal injury, death, and property damage could result from rupture of a cylinder. Cylinders that have not been retested in accordance with the HMR may not be charged or filled with a hazardous material (compressed gas).