This past January 2021, The Chlorine Institute issued Edition 7 of their Pamphlet 65 – Personal Protective Equipment for Chlor-Alkali Chemicals (which is available for FREE). This is a MUST have document for those who have exposures to:
- CHLORINE
- SODIUM AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (10 – 50 WT %)
- SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE (3 – 20 WT %)
- HYDROCHLORIC ACID (7 – 37 WT %)
- SULFURIC ACID (38 – 98 WT %)
- ANHYDROUS HYDROGEN CHLORIDE (AHCL)
- VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER (VCM)
The pamphlet offers some of the best “recommendations” for PPE when performing:
- Initial Line Break (Routine and Non-Routine),
- Sampling (Routine and Non-Routine),
- Loading/Unloading, and
- Emergency Response
To my knowledge, The CI is the only organization that has even touched “Line Breaking” recommendations.