Victoria’s occupational safety regulator warns divers who filled their air tanks or cylinders at an East Gippsland dive shop not to use them after unsafe levels of carbon monoxide were found.
WorkSafe inspectors made the discovery after assessments at Cross Diving Services in Marlo, near Orbost.
The regulator said the store’s cylinders contained carbon monoxide levels of at least 150 parts per million, which is more than 30 times the maximum acceptable level.
The acceptable level of carbon monoxide is 5 parts per million.
WorkSafe has issued warnings prohibiting the company from supplying more cylinders or using an on-site compressor to fill them.
He said the business owner had been unable to provide complete records of who had filled the tanks or air cylinders in the store.
The regulator has advised anyone who has filled a cylinder or air tank at Cross Dining Services not to use it under any circumstances and to contact WorkSafe at 1800 136 089.
The business was inspected after the death of a diver in Queenscliff in April, which is the subject of a coronary investigation.