We strongly recommend the use of a whip check hose restrainer in any water jetting operation.  These are perhaps the simplest and least expensive safety measure to implement.  A whip check can be attached at any point where two hoses are joined, to a pump’s fluid end at the discharge side, or where a hose attaches to any piece of water jetting equipment, such as a water blasting lancing or cutting system.

When a high pressure hose is joined to a piece of equipment, the ship check should be used to restrain the movement of the pressurized hose, should it become uncoupled, thereby allowing operators to get away and perform a safe, orderly system shut-down.