Finally! A Radiator Cap That Stops People Getting Scalded
The number of people that are scalded each year from removing radiator caps is incredible. From research, it appears that each year, over 5,000 people are scalded in the USA from removing radiator caps. I couldn’t get any accurate numbers from Australia, but the number is still very high.
In fact, there are countless Mining Safety Alerts about scald injuries from people removing radiator caps on mine sites in Australia.
A small Australian company, MineSafe, has now come up with a solution to this problem by designing a radiator cap that is impossible to remove without first releasing the pressure from the radiator using the pressure release lever. Their main radiator cap has been specifically designed for use underground in mines. The cap has no prohibited alloy components and is built robustly for the tough environmental conditions experienced at mine sites.
We all know that hard barriers are a much better control for preventing accidents than procedures. These MineSafe Radiator Caps are a hard barrier.
These caps are inexpensive so there is no reason that they shouldn’t be fitted to every vehicle on a mine site. In fact, they have models to suit most industrial radiators and also smaller versions to fit standard passenger vehicles.
For more information, you can go to the MineSafe Radiator Caps website, or call Jean or Brett on +612 6372-2579.
Tags: radiator cap, Safety
please forward info to this address so i can introduce the idea to our site