Action
Safety advisory notice.
Summary
This is to notify the public that RSPA and the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (OIG) are investigating the unauthorized marking of high-pressure compressed gas cylinders by Fire Safety Products, Inc. Fire Safety Products, Inc. has two facilities: 203 Depot Street, Christiansburg, VA 24073, and 101 Beckley Road, Princeton, WV 24605. RSPA and the OIG determined that Fire Safety Products marked and certified an undetermined number of high pressure DOT specification and exemption cylinders as properly tested in accordance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), when the cylinders were not hydrostatically retested or visually inspected, or when the cylinders were improperly tested and inspected. A hydrostatic retest and visual inspection, conducted as prescribed in the HMR, are used to verify the structural integrity of a cylinder. If the hydrostatic retest and visual inspection are not performed in accordance with the HMR, a cylinder with compromised structural integrity may be returned to service when it should be condemned. Extensive property damage, serious personal injury, or death could result from rupture of a cylinder. Cylinders not retested in accordance with the HMR may not be charged or filled with compressed gas or other hazardous material and offered for transportation in commerce.