Be careful when dealing with pressurised lines

A man was killed in an accident involving a high-pressure water line at a well site. The victim along with two other men

was trying to heat a frozen high-pressure water line when the line ruptured. The victim was hit by a stream of high pressure water  at a pressure of 3,500 to 4,500 psi.The victim died from the impact of the water.

Read another safety alert from HSE UK http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/hydraulic-injection-injury.htm


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