An incident has occurred where about 200 L of potassium cyanide has leaked into a vessel containing acids which has liberated the highly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas. Many pesticide manufacturing companies also use cyanide for their process and the handling and storage should be done with great care. I had observed a case where rainwater had entered a strongroom storing cyanide and reacted with it. The rain water entered the locked room through a drain which was open to the outside. Manage your toxic chemicals safely or they will manage you. Read the full article in this link.
RISK BASED PSM PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT INDIA CONSULTANT INCIDENT INVESTIGATION HAZOP TRAINING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND LESSONS FROM INCIDENTS
December 11, 2010
Potassium cyanide incident
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