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November 7, 2016
Emergency evacuation - lessons to be learnt from the aviation industry
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Initiative by India Glycols for filling CO2 fire extinguishers
There have been a few incidents where CO2 fire extinguishers have
suddenly failed due to corrosion caused by moisture in CO2, leading to
the formation of carbonic acid. See the earlier post at http://indiaprocesssafety.blogspot.in/2016/05/internal-corrosion-of-gas-cylinders-and.html
Thanks to Mr M.K.Rao, Executive Director of India Glycols for sharing this news:
India Glycols has started the service of filling CO2 fire extinguishers ensuring quality of the filled cylinders to prevent mositure entry. If you are interested, you may contact their marketing department:
rk.gupta@indiaglycols.com
sandeep.sharma@indiaglycols.com
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Thanks to Mr M.K.Rao, Executive Director of India Glycols for sharing this news:
India Glycols has started the service of filling CO2 fire extinguishers ensuring quality of the filled cylinders to prevent mositure entry. If you are interested, you may contact their marketing department:
rk.gupta@indiaglycols.com
sandeep.sharma@indiaglycols.com
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November 5, 2016
Worker-suffers-fatal-burns-when-ethanol-ignites
http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/24898-sd-worker-suffers-fatal-burns-when-ethanol-ignites-during-expansion-project.html
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November 4, 2016
Human error likely caused the deadly explosion
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2016/10/basf-says-deadly-explosion-german-plant-likely-caused-error
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November 3, 2016
4 killed due to toxic gas leak in Gujarat
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/gnfc-tdi-gas-plant-leak-four-killed-3735121/
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November 2, 2016
Fire at insecticide factory injures 8
News reports indicate at least eight persons have been injured in a fire at Hndustan Insecticides plant in Kerala. The fire is attributed to carbon disulphide.
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Corrosion Induced Explosion of a High-Pressure Fire-Extinguishing Gas Cylinder
Thanks to Mr Satya Subrahmanyam DGM, EHS, Coromandel International Limited, for sending a link to the article Corrosion Induced Explosion of a High-Pressure Fire-Extinguishing Gas Cylinder in the Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention -October 2014, Volume 14,Issue 5,pp 564–568 by Yong Jiang,Jian-ming Gong,Peng-jie Tang.
The abstract of the article mentions "The failure of a high-pressure fire-extinguishing cylinder was investigated. Failure was induced by internal surface corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) due to condensation of carbonic acid. In internal surface, especially the area near the bottom of the exploded cylinder, severe corrosion was characterized by local pits. SCC initiated from these local corrosion pits was observed by metallurgical analysis. Microstructure of the failure cylinder near the internal surface consisted of multiple-banded structure and the banded structure could accelerate local corrosion initiation and propagation. The corrosion products built up on the fracture surface were primarily ferrous carbonate (FeCO3). The determination of moisture in fire-extinguishing gas was also examined."
Be careful of your CO2 extinguishers. Traces of moisture which can get in during refilling can cause the formation of carbonic acid and cause corrosion.
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The abstract of the article mentions "The failure of a high-pressure fire-extinguishing cylinder was investigated. Failure was induced by internal surface corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) due to condensation of carbonic acid. In internal surface, especially the area near the bottom of the exploded cylinder, severe corrosion was characterized by local pits. SCC initiated from these local corrosion pits was observed by metallurgical analysis. Microstructure of the failure cylinder near the internal surface consisted of multiple-banded structure and the banded structure could accelerate local corrosion initiation and propagation. The corrosion products built up on the fracture surface were primarily ferrous carbonate (FeCO3). The determination of moisture in fire-extinguishing gas was also examined."
Be careful of your CO2 extinguishers. Traces of moisture which can get in during refilling can cause the formation of carbonic acid and cause corrosion.
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November 1, 2016
Inadvertent mixing incident causes chlorine cloud
More than 100 people were treated for respiratory problems after an inadvertent mixing of chemicals caused a large gas cloud at a plant in Kansas, USA.
The two chemicals involved in the spill were identified as sulfuric acid and sodium hypochlorite, which mixed to create
a chlorine cloud.
Are you training personnel on the inadvertent effects of mixing of chemicals?
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Are you training personnel on the inadvertent effects of mixing of chemicals?
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October 30, 2016
Human factors aviation incident
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October 28, 2016
Walk the Line - Chemical Processing
http://www.chemicalprocessing.com/articles/2016/process-safety-walk-the-line/?show=all
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October 24, 2016
Caustic soda handbook
PPG industries, as part of their Responsible Care initiative have published a very good safety handbook on Caustic soda. You can read it in this link.
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October 21, 2016
Toxic Warehouse Fire In Maywood Out, But Evacuees Still Can't Go Home
Though this incident occurred in June, there are lessons to be learnt in emergency planning and response.
Toxic Warehouse Fire In Maywood Out, But Evacuees Still Can't Go Home: Crews are now making sure there are no lingering health risks before letting the rest of the evacuees return home.
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Toxic Warehouse Fire In Maywood Out, But Evacuees Still Can't Go Home: Crews are now making sure there are no lingering health risks before letting the rest of the evacuees return home.
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October 18, 2016
Ludwigshafen fire: BASF blast hits German HQ - BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37676974
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October 16, 2016
Interesting article on incentives and motivation
http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/finding-the-right-performance-incentives-to-motivate-employees
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October 13, 2016
Hazards of nitrogen asphyxiation in confined spaces
Hazards of nitrogen asphyxiation in confined spaces
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October 10, 2016
Van explosion due to epoxy resin
A van explosion and fire in Chelmsford in UK has been attributed to a self-combusting epoxy resin which the van was transporting. Understand the hazards of chemicals by reading the MSDS.
Read more at http://www.essexlive.news/chelmsford-van-explosion-pictures-show-devastation-on-city-centre-road/story-29782245-detail/story.html#lfd47Y66JXsfjDiu.99
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Read more at http://www.essexlive.news/chelmsford-van-explosion-pictures-show-devastation-on-city-centre-road/story-29782245-detail/story.html#lfd47Y66JXsfjDiu.99
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October 6, 2016
Osha citation
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