So far I have tried to explain how a vapor cloud develops by discussing Flash Point, Vapor Density, etc. Now I would like to explain how a vapor cloud develops and just how LITTLE energy is needed to be an ignition source. If you ever experience a spill of a flammable/combustible liquid and the temperature…...
Flammable Liquids – 102, Surface area and MIE’s Read More »
I want to touch a bit more on two of the elements I mentioned in my original post…Vapor Density and Lower Explosive Limit (sometimes called Lower Flammable Limit). Vapor Density is basically the weight of the vapor or gas in air. It tells us whether the gas/vapor will rise or fall when it flashes off…...
Flammable Liquids 101 – Part B Read More »
1910.38 Employee Emergency Action Plans 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations And Emergency Response 1910.134 Respiratory Protection 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces 1910.147 The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) 1910.156 Fire Brigades 1910.272 Grain Handling Facilities 1910.1001 Asbestos 1910.1017 Vinyl Chloride 1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic 1910.1025 Lead 1910.1027 Cadmium 1910.1028 Benzene…...
General Industry Standards with Written Program Requirements Read More »
In the USA, our Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has an exception to Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) for “cord and plug” equipment. The exception, 1910.147(a)(2)(iii)(A), states: Work on cord and plug-connected electric equipment for which exposure to the hazards of unexpected energization or start-up of the equipment is controlled by the unplugging of the equipment from…...
Defining Exclusive Control under LOTO activities Read More »
Control of Hazardous Energy Sources covers the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or start-up of the machines or equipment or release of stored energy could cause injury to employees. (See Appendix A) The Rule, 1910.1470(a)(2)(ii) reads: “Normal production operations are not covered by the standard. Servicing and/or maintenance…...
I Chose to Look The Other Way I could have saved a life that day, But I chose to look the other way. It wasn’t that I didn’t care, I had the time, and I was there. But I didn’t want to seem a fool, Or argue over a safety rule. I knew he’d…...
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It’s Up To Me I want a workplace, that’s Injury Free And if that’s going to happen, then it’s up to me. I can’t take for granted, that anyone, Has done all the things, that I should have done. I must, take the time, with each task I do, To look for the hazards,…...
M-1 INTRODUCTION M-2 CORROSION M-3 MARKING ON THE VESSEL M-4 PRESSURE RELIEVING DEVICES M-5 STOP VALVES LOCATED IN THE RELIEF PATH M-6 INLET PRESSURE DROP FOR HIGH LIFT, TOP GUIDED SAFETY, SAFETY RELIEF, AND PILOT OPERATED PRESSURE RELIEFVALVES IN COMPRESSIBLE FLUID SERVICE M-7 DISCHARGE LINES FROM PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES M-8 PRESSURE DROP, NONRECLOSING PRESSURE RELIEF…...
2010 SECTION VIII — DIVISION 1 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX M – INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Read More »
Overturns of JLG 500RTS scissor lifts Introduction: The purpose of this Safety Alert is to alert the target audience above about the need to regularly maintain, inspect and test (as recommended by manufacturers, and as required by law), safety related equipment on Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) generally, and also specifically to remind owners, users…...
Overturns of JLG 500RTS scissor lifts Read More »
On November 29, 2010, State Police Detectives assigned to the Office of the State Fire Marshal were requested to respond to the scene of a fire that had occurred at Coventry High School, 78 Ripley Hill Rd. Coventry. Investigators determined that a propane company was refilling two 120 gallon propane cylinders outside a fully-occupied cafeteria of the…...
STATE POLICE MAKE ARREST IN COVENTRY FLASH FIRE INCIDENT Read More »
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