The OPC NET API/COM Wrapper violates Microsoft recommended practices, with respect to the C# lock statement, in hundreds of locations. Here is an excerpt from an MSDN article:

In general, avoid locking on a public type, or instances beyond your code's control. The common constructs lock (this), lock (typeof (MyType)), and lock ("myLock") violate this guideline:

lock (this) is a problem if the instance can be accessed publicly.
lock (typeof (MyType)) is a problem if MyType is publicly accessible.
lock("myLock") is a problem since any other code in the process using the same string, will share the same lock.
Best practice is to define a private object to lock on, or a private shared object variable to protect data common to all instances.