Kleen Energy Explosion impact-CSB urges OSHA to ban gas purging of pipelines

Aug 05, 2010-The Chemical Safety Board has now recommended OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) to ban purging of pipelines with natural gas, that can cause explosions. This should have been done a long time back, but it was only after the Kleen Energy explosion that things started moving in this direction. —————–Advt—————— For an … Read more

Gas Monitoring Procedures around Hazardous storage tanks

For industry acclaimed training programs on Gas Monitors and Gas Detectors please click here. ————————————————————————————– Washington, DC, June 7, 2010 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a 14-minute safety video warning of the hazards of welding and other hot work activities in and around storage tanks containing flammable materials. Entitled “Dangers of … Read more

Oklahama Oil Site Explosion-CSB releases report

The best training courses on hazardous areas are available here. Looking for an area classification presentation? Download the Practical Guide to Hazardous Areas now! ———————————————————— Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 23, 2010 — A fiery explosion that took the life of a 21-year-old member of the public in Weeletka, Oklahoma, on April 14 occurred at an … Read more

Hazards of hot work-CSB issues safety bulletin

This blog has consistently pointed out that many people working in industry seem to be unaware about the dangers of doing any “hot” work in a plant without a “gas test”.  Despite several disasters that have been directly caused due to following this simple rule, nobody seems to have learnt lessons. The US Chemical Safety … Read more

A Practical Guide to Hazardous Area Classification

Update: The ebook publisher Abhisam, has informed us that the ebook has been withdrawn, due to changes in the standards and is now offered as the Abhisam Hazardous Area Classification training course. It also includes a free associated exam and certification of competency in hazardous area management. Covers classification as per NFPA (NEC) as well … Read more