Make compliance with British Standard hydraulic testing requirements obligatory
Flixborough Inquiry · Flixborough Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 11 April 1975
Government responseNot tracked (historical inquiry)
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Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
That compliance with the British Standard requirement for hydraulic testing (paragraph 73 above) should be obligatory. The by-pass was tested pneumatically to 9 kg/cm2 for leaks without any previous test at all. Had it burst there might well have been serious if not fatal injury.
Flixborough Inquiry, Flixborough Inquiry — Final Report · 11 Apr 1975 Source PDF →
Government response
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Delivery
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