With all the changes to Ammonia Refrigeration RAGAGEPs, many businesses forget that the IFC and their state fire code no longer cover refrigeration; they gave all that to IIAR. But since the IFC no longer covers refrigeration, how does NH3 get covered under the IFC? Is it flammable, toxic, or corrosive?… Membership Required You must...
In ASME B31.3, the number of welds that require visual inspection depends entirely on the Fluid Service Category designated for the piping system. Because visual inspection is the primary quality control method, the requirements are strict. For the vast majority of process piping (Normal Fluid Service), 100% of the completed welds must be visually inspected…....
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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…...
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…...
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…...
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...
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…...
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...
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…...
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…...
The Chemical Reactivity Worksheet (CRW) is a free program you can use to find out about the reactivity of substances or mixtures of substances (reactivity is the tendency of substances to undergo chemical change). It includes: a database of reactivity information for more than 5,000 common hazardous chemicals; a way for you to virtually “mix”…...
