Creating A Safer Workplace for Higher Productivity
You must treat the existence of toxic gases in the workplace appropriately. Otherwise, a fatal work accident will occur.
The first thing you should do is to ensure that you know gases that are classified as toxic gases.
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The area in the plant site can be classified into two classifications; hazardous area and non-hazardous area.
Some of you may already know well about hazardous area classification within the plant site where you work.
But, the other may just hear about that term once in your career. That is no problem because in this post I will show you the important facts behind hazardous area classification.
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Ethanol is a widely used chemical in the industry as a solvent, alcoholic beverages, and raw material for making other chemical products such as ethylene.
Nowadays, while the Covid-19 outbreak is spreading, ethanol is getting more and more popular. It is because ethanol is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the hand sanitizer ingredients.
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Carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms will mainly depend on the carbon monoxide levels or concentration in the air.
The higher the levels, the worst the risks.
Besides the levels, the symptoms and the risks also depend on the exposure time.
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Knowing the sources where carbon monoxide comes from is very vital.
When you know this information for sure, then you will be able to decide where to place a carbon monoxide detector to alarm you as soon as possible.
Principally, carbon monoxide is obtained from an incomplete combustion process of organic materials, including fuels.
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Talking about the hazards of static electricity in the chemical industry is like re-open my memory when I was facing such kind of incidents in the plant several years ago.
The accident happened when metallic-powder catalyst charging was being done from a wagon into a catalyst feeder with poor earth grounding and incomplete flammable gas substitution.
Static electric sparks were created and ignited flammable gas inside the catalyst feeder immediately. A fire occurred. [Continue reading…]
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Hazards of ammonia are harmful to your safety and health. Beware of this chemical; while you are using it, on the road, warehouse, or any other places where you find this chemical.
Actually, ammonia is a very useful chemical. According to Potashcorp.com, the world’s ammonia consumption is increasing from year to year.
Despite its usefulness, however, ammonia can potentially endanger your safety and health. [Continue reading…]
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Hazard control with the elimination method is the most effective method compared with other hazard control methods; substitution, engineering control, administrative control, or PPE.
With the elimination method, hazards are removed completely from their sources.
As the result, there will be no remaining hazard after implementing this method.
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