Cylinder Colors While the cylinder label is the primary means of identifying the properties of the gas in a cylinder, the colour coding of the cylinder itself, can often time provide a further guide. Cylinder Shoulder – European Standard Color CodingThe color applied to the shoulder, or curved part, at the top of the cylinder,…...
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For nearly 16 years I have seen clips of a “dashcam” video that claims an NH3 transportation accident (w/ nurse tank) claimed the life of an IL State Trooper. The video is on dozens of websites and we even see it used in training courses and almost always the video is depicted as being real…...
The TRUTH about the IL State Trooper who was overcome by NH3 Read More »
FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2012–01 to remind shippers and consignees of railroad tank cars containing odorized liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), of the importance of taking actions to ensure that a sufficient level of odorant remains in the LPG throughout the entire transportation cycle. FRA is issuing this notice to raise awareness within the hazardous materials community,…...
Odorant Fade in Railroad Tank Cars (Safety Advisory 2012–01) Read More »
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Ammonia kills woman driving thru cloud (Video – News Account) Read More »
This traffic camera footage of a Bromine Release in Russia is some of the most amazing HAZMAT footage I have ever seen. The officials at the time and when I reported it in the Incident Alerts stated it was a “small release from a pail”. Now with this footage available, we can clearly see this…...
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This happened in Regina, Tuesday morning (29 November 2011). Here is what the owner said: So my time almost came to an end this morning… I’m very lucky to be alive. I had an acetylene bottle in my truck, the valve was bumped so slightly and over night the truck filled with the gas. I…...
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Fire department, what’s the location of the emergency? >> It’s on 24th Street and Osborn. Okay, in the McDonald’s there ma’am? >> It’s inside McDonald’s. One of our employees fall down and she’s pregnant. Okay, okay is she complaining of any pain anywhere? >> I’m sorry. Is she complaining of any pain? >> Yeah…...
Phoenix FD Liquid CO2 Dewar Tank Basement Incident Read More »
NOT the way to transport “empty” cylinders! Click on “Read More” below the photo to see full size photo…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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PROPANEby Dennis Hoaglin (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR) If you wanna get chilled, blown up or killed — PROPANE.Forget the rules, act like a fool — PROPANE.It’s a gas, it’s a gas, it’s a gas — PROPANE. If sprayed with this gas, it’ll freeze off your ass…...
PROPANE (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR) Read More »
The photos below are from a 1,000-gallon anhydrous ammonia nurse tank explosion June 6, 2005, at the Cenex Co-op yard in Morris, Minn. The explosion released approximately 841 gallons of anhydrous ammonia to the atmosphere…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Morris missile: Anhydrous ammonia nurse tank explosion Read More »
Ethanol, what is the worry? On May 14, 2007, a tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of ethanol overturned and burst into flames on an interstate in Baltimore, Maryland, killing the driver and sending a burning stream of ethanol into the street below, igniting a row of parked vehicles. On October 22, 2006, an eighty-six-car train carrying…...
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The Chlorine Institute, Inc. (CI) has launched a major initiative to provide a vast majority of its informative technical publications free to key chlor-alkali industry stakeholders via CI’s online bookstore. Twenty-six of CI’s 47 technical pamphlets already have been made available free, including five added so far this year. Five more will be added each…...
Chlorine Institute offers FIVE more FREE Technical Publications Read More »
