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The Phoenix Fire Department has issued a nice SOP for their responses to flammable liquids. It would make a really nice start for a facility’s Emergency Response Plan where a response to a flammable liquid(s) spill/release. CLICK HERE
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Relief systems include, but are not limited to, relief valves, relief headers, relief drums, and rupture disks. Design basis means documenting how the loads and sizes of the relief system and inlet and outlet sizes were determined. This includes:
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I have probably posted more than two dozen reports and videos showing the hazards associated with Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC), almost all associated with flammable liquids. In September 2019, a facility in Rouen, France, experienced a catastrophic event involving IBCs containing flammable liquids. It was just a reminder of the hazards and level of risks these containers can pose...
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An employee, 49, of a paint manufacturing company spent eight days in intensive care on life support and has been left with all-over body scarring, partial blindness to one eye, hearing damage, and damage to a knee and shoulder. He was off work for 16 months. The explosion at the company’s premises on August 4, 2020, also caused significant damage to the building. The employee was...
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We have discussed this before; there is a significant difference between Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEPs) and OSHA’s minimum performance compliance standards. OSHA standards may be adequate when quantities of the hazardous material(s) are managed at a lower inventory level; however, once those inventory levels exceed the PSM/RMP threshold, the old...
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Last month I posted Exhaust Ventilation for Flammable Atmospheres and “Safe Locations” to explain the hazards of not controlling our flammable vapors associated with the required exhaust ventilation. I received several comments and questions on that article regarding the normal process of venting hazardous materials and how to best define a “safe location” for these process...
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The phrase “important building” is used in many hazardous material(s) standards and codes. OSHA, IFC, and NFPA all use the phrase, yet the phrase is not defined in any of these codes. And because of this lack of definition, there are usually needless debates about their role in safety or the hazards they may present. Here is OSHA’s use of the phrase…
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A fair number of you are with me on my approach to industrial safety. I am a believer and user of HOP, SIF, and Psychological Safety, the three (3) major moevements in safety these days. But these movements NEED STRUCTURE to thrive inside a workplace. They are NOT standalone “programs,” and any snake oil salesperson trying to sell you their product as such is not a safety professional;...
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NFPA’s Fire Protection Research Foundation completed a project to identify, summarize, and analyze static electricity incidents. A summary of the current provisions in NFPA 77 are provided and existing knowledge gaps were identified. This report assists the NFPA 77 Technical Committee on Static Electricity and others in the fire protection and life safety industry. The project comprised four...
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I was asked what I thought was the best flammable liquid code on the entire planet. Honestly, I can not answer, as I do not know all the flammable liquid codes on the planet, only those I have worked with in the countries where I do process safety work. But in my limited experience, I would say Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is one of my favorites as it requires some serious upgrades...
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SAFTENG NOTES: Interesting citations… GDC on “Opening process equipment” and GDC on LEL detector(s) locations
The Respondent operates plastics material and resin manufacturing processes at the Facility that produces polymers used in various applications and products, meeting the definition of “process “as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 68.3. The Respondent produces, processes,...
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Respondent has an “All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing” process at the Facility, meeting the definition of “process” as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 68.3. Respondent has greater than a threshold quantity of Vinyl Acetate, Ethylene oxide, Ammonia, Methane, Propylene, Acetaldehyde, and a Flammable Mixture (” the Regulated Substances”) in a process at the Facility,...
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