2024 IFC will recognize the GHS for flammable gases

I have been writing about it since 2022, when OSHA said they wanted to revise its HAZCOM standard (1910.1200) to align with Revision 7 of the GHS standard.  Remember, the current HAZCOM standard is based on Rev. 3 of the GHS.  Now the 2024 International Fire Code (IFC) will recognize the new Categories of Flammable gases.

FLAMMABLE GAS. A material that is a gas at 68°F (20°C) or less at 14.7 pounds per square inch atmosphere (psia) (101 kPa) of pressure [a material that has a boiling point of 68°F (20°C) or less at 14.7 psia (101 kPa)] which subdivided as follows:

Category 1A

  1. A gas that is ignitable at 14.7 psia (101 kPa) when in a mixture of 13 percent or less by volume with air; or has
  2. A gas with a flammable range at 14.7 psia (101 kPa) with air of not less than 12 percent, regardless of the lower limit, unless data show compliance with Category 1B

Category 1B

A gas that meets the flammability criteria for Category 1A, is not pyrophoric or chemically unstable, and meets one of more of the following:

  1. A lower flammability limit of more than 6 percent by volume of air; or
  2. A fundamental burning velocity of less than 3.9 in/s (10 cm/s).

 

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