Have you taken the 3 minutes to read OSHA’s expansive Compressed Gas Standard 1910.101? After all, the standard is three sections long and references Compressed Gas Association (CGA) pamphlets that are no longer in print. One of the most requested standards I get from SAFTENG members and clients is for CGA P-1 (1965): Safe Handling of Compressed Gases (which can now be downloaded for FREE since it has been out of print for 20 years!) This is NO FAULT of OSHA’s as they have repeatedly tried to update the standard with a reference to a newer revision. But with 1910.101 being so lame; being based off a 1965 standard that is not even in print anymore, what is a safety professional to do when it comes to the serious hazards posed by compressed gas cylinders? Now let me see if there was only some other standard that is recognized around the world that I could use? How about the International Fire Code, specifically Chapter 53, Compressed Gases (Free access link). I have been using the IFC since 1991 when I was in school at Murray State and working for the Physical Plant/EHS Group, especially Chapter 53 as the university used compressed gas cylinders in just about every building. So what does IFC, Chapter 53 require… (with my comments and emphasis added)
Compressed Gas Cylinders, OSHA and your AHJ with the IFC