Washington, DC, July 9, 2010 — Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso, chairperson and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said today he was saddened by news of the death of a Colorado welder yesterday while performing what is called “hot work” on a storage tank containing flammables at an environmental remediation company in Englewood, Colorado. … Read more
Ever wonder why Acetylene is classified under Group IIC of the IEC’s explosive material classification system (equivalent to Group A of the NEC material classification)? Why is it classified as much more explosive as compared to say, Methane? Rather than launch into the theory of explosivity and other such things, wouldn’t it be nice to … Read more
The US Chemical Safety Board has released an excellent educational video, that shows the hazards that are present in many manufacturing plants, due to accumulated dust. When we think about explosions and fires, we never think that such incidents could be caused solely by dusts. We normally tend to think that such incidents are caused … Read more
