heckler73
Well-Known Member
O2 tanks are a horse of a different colour. when their valve gets damaged they become a torpedo, when O2 builds up, even the smallest spark becomes and inferno, and if they get too hot they go off like a bomb.
in a welding shop, the 02 tanks are the ones best protected.
In every shop, site, dock I've worked at, all bottles are stored in the same way; stand them up, collect them together, and put a chain in front of them, just in case of an earthquake. I don't recall anyone treating any gas in a bottle as being more special in handling. If your experience is different, then perhaps there is another reason for such precaution?