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#1 Posted : 22 February 2002 10:42:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jim Evans
I am looking for information on the safety requirements for using high-pressure water jet cleaning equipment. Our company uses contractors for this activity quite often and I would be interested to know if there is any ACOP or specific regulation that they/we should be complying with.
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#2 Posted : 22 February 2002 12:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Diane Warne
Jim, if you search this forum and maybe the old one too, you will find answers from when a similar topic was posted before.
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#3 Posted : 22 February 2002 18:04:00(UTC)
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Posted By STEVE
Hi Jim

Might be able to help you, I am the safety officer for my Company and deal with all the H/P Jetting that we are involved in.

We have just completed a contract that involved decontamination of low scale activity of radioactive steel.

YES! The H/P Water Jetting Assc. have an ACOP
albeit Voluntary, however this is backed up by the HSE.

Feel free to e-mail me personally for more info if required.

Steve
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#4 Posted : 23 February 2002 16:03:00(UTC)
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Posted By Peter J Harvey
Try the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000
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#5 Posted : 25 February 2002 13:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Andy
Hi Jim, Hope you don't mind

Steve, could not reply to you directly your e-mail address being hidden.

Tried to find the H/P Water Jet Assoc. No luck.

Any info? WWW? Tel etc

Also, is the ACOP free/digital.

Thanks and regards

Andy.
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#6 Posted : 25 February 2002 14:26:00(UTC)
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Posted By Joe McNicholas
Try this link:

http://www.waterjetting.org.uk/

There is some safety info as well as some codes of practice that you can print off.

If you need any further info please e-mail me as I used to be a contractor working with high pressure water (appx 3,500 psi at 12 gallon a minute).

joe.mcnicholas@centers.co.uk

Regards
Joe
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#7 Posted : 25 February 2002 16:16:00(UTC)
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Posted By Nicky
Try http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg68.pdf

Its off the HSE site, I haven't looked at it but it may help. (Under work equipment in the hazards list)
regards
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#8 Posted : 26 February 2002 17:35:00(UTC)
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Posted By STEVE
Hi Jim-Andy

SORRY ABOUT NOT MAKING E-MAIL AVAILABLE

sbooth@ntlworld.com


I have experience in 3,500Psi Hot/Wash units-
30,000 Psi units.

Both sets of safe systems of work need to be addressed differently due to the hazard risks
being vast.

Steve
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