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Old 14-09-2007, 1:06 PM   #1
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Expanding Foam Safety Warning

Guys,

I've just received a safety bulletin here at work regarding a can of expanding foam which exploded and killed someone. I know this is used a lot, so thought I would share it here. I've removed references to company names, although this was a general distribution notice. Please note, it's a real incident, not hearsay.

Mods, please remove if this is inappropriate.

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Old 14-09-2007, 1:17 PM   #2
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Re: Expanding Foam Safety Warning

Well,
That's me not ever using the stuff again...
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Old 14-09-2007, 1:48 PM   #3
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Re: Expanding Foam Safety Warning

I think this was the incident:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/6442153.stm

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Re: Expanding Foam Safety Warning

There was a follow up that went round the office a few weeks ago; if I can recall correctly the accident occurred due to the product being heated up by a blowtorch. I will see if I can find it in my emails tomorrow.
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