Signs your weak-seam welded roof on your atmospheric storage tank worked as designed! Interesting video, but it shows how things are supposed to work when an atmospheric flammable storage tank is exposed to a fire. Firefighters need to understand how weak-seam welded roofs work so that can stay clear. You can see the roof of…...
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Filmed under controlled conditions, this video demonstrates the explosive power of igniting a drum containing flammable vapors. This drum is manually ignited to simulate what can happen when a used drum is cut or welded. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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Almost all of the recognized codes and standards related to the storage of flammable liquids will reference an Underwriters’ Laboratories construction standard, No. 142, Standard for Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids. Those recognized codes and standards include OSHA’s 1910.106, Flammable liquids and the International Fire Code (IFC). The IFC does not directly…...
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A worker was pressure washing and vacuuming solids from a hydrocarbon storage tank when an explosion occurred within the container. The blast tore off the tank’s roof and forcibly threw the worker away from the tank. The worker was seriously injured. Static electricity may have ignited flammable gases and vapors. CLICK HERE for this Safety…...
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A traffic accident around 4 p.m. involving a gasoline tanker truck and an SUV in Mobile, AL on 4/22/2018 led to a massive fire. Firefighters evacuated a two-block radius of homes and businesses. It took more than an hour before firefighters could extinguish the flames by spraying large amounts of water and foam to the…...
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Since around 2003, the International Fire Code (IFC), section 5704 – Storage, has required that ALL above-ground storage tanks, regardless of capacity, be provided with an approved means or method of overfill prevention. In this article we will look at what the code prescribes as the flammable liquid tank’s safe upper limit and the requirement…...
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You may have heard that low melting-point materials such as aluminum, copper or brass should not be used for flammable liquids and gases. This is due to the concern these materials may fail under fire conditions, so we have some minimum requirements to meet IF we choose to use these types of metals…… Membership Required You...
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If you follow the CSB investigations, you may remember an incident from years ago where a fire impacted a pipe rack and the supports that were treated for fire resistance withstood the fire and the ones not treated/protected failed, causing the collapse of the structure leading to a much larger fire which then impaled three…...
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Most know NFPA 30 and OSHA’s 1910.106 for managing flammable liquid hazards. I have often written about the International Fire Code and its value to those looking for additional measures to reduce risk. In this situation, it does not disappoint when it comes to “Bulk transfer and process transfer operations.”…… Membership Required You must be...
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OSHA specifically exempted “Oil or gas well drilling or servicing operations” (1910.119(a)(2)(ii)), which it is trying to rectify with a revision to the standard. However, the IFC and many states have had requirements specific to “well drilling and operating” as it relates to managing the hazards associated with flammable liquids…. Membership Required You must be...
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SAFTENG Comment: I am not sure why OSHA chose to use the General Duty Clause (GDC) rather than cite 1910.307 This case involves an oil and gas well-servicing company after a fire at a worksite injured an employee, and OSHA conducted an inspection. OSHA issued a citation alleging a violation of the general duty clause…...
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This National Safety Alert provides an update to National Safety Alert No. 5, Cell Phone Results in Fire, dated March 6, 2002, which addressed a flash fire on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico OCS. As detailed in National Safety Alert No. 5, a contract panel specialist was working on an open platform master…...
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