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Safety Guide for Selecting/Using Hose, Tubing, Fittings and Related Accessories

Failure or improper selection or improper use of hose, tubing, fittings, assemblies or related accessories (“Products”) can cause death, personal injury and property damage. Possible consequences of failure or improper selection or improper use of these Products include but are not limited to:

  • Fittings thrown off at high speed.
  • High velocity fluid discharge.
  • Explosion or burning of the conveyed fluid.
  • Electrocution from high voltage electric powerlines.
  • Contact with suddenly moving or falling objects that are controlled by the conveyed fluid.
  • Injections by high-pressure fluid discharge.

  • Dangerously whipping Hose.
  • Contact with conveyed fluids that may be hot, cold, toxic or otherwise injurious.
  • Sparking or explosion caused by static electricity buildup or other sources of electricity.
  • Sparking or explosion while spraying paint or flammable liquids.


Before selecting or using any of these Products, it is important that you read and follow the instructions below. Only Hose from Parker’s Stratoflex Products Division is approved for in flight aerospace applications, and no other Hose can be used for such in flight applications.