Action
Safety advisory notice.
Summary
This is to notify the public that RSPA is investigating the unauthorized marking of high-pressure compressed gas cylinders. During November and December of 1998, RSPA conducted inspections of AAA Fire & Safety Company, Inc. (AAA), 48 East Newberry Road, Bloomfield, CT. The results of the inspections indicate that between the latter part of 1995 and August of 1998, AAA may have informed its customers that their cylinders had been hydrostatically retested by Aero All-Gas Company, Inc., Hartford, CT, when, in fact, the cylinders had not been retested by Aero All-Gas Company. There is no indication that Aero All-Gas Company had any involvement in the unauthorized marking of these compressed gas cylinders. Without conducting hydrostatic retests, cylinders that should have been condemned may be returned to service. Serious personal injury, death, and property damage could result from rupture of a cylinder. Cylinders that have not been retested in accordance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) may not be charged or filled with a hazardous material (compressed gas).