Editing Paintball compressed-gas cylinder failures (section)

=== Fatal filling accident, Connecticut, 2002 ===

On 13 November 2002, WARPIG reported the death of '''Ralph Sanzeri Jr.''', a 31-year-old volunteer firefighter who was fatally injured while filling paintball compressed-air equipment at his bait and tackle shop in Thomaston, Connecticut.[3]

Early accounts differed about whether the failure involved the player's cylinder, a storage cylinder or filling equipment.

WARPIG reported that the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration was investigating the accident.

A subsequent update dated 15 November 2003 stated that preliminary information suggested neither the player's paintball cylinder nor its fill connector had failed.[3]

The published account does not establish the precise cause or identify an expired hydrostatic test as a contributing factor.

The case is a documented fatality involving paintball HPA filling equipment, but not a confirmed fatal rupture of a player's HPA cylinder.