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Again, Another Hot Work Related Accident Was Happened

Yesterday morning (9/11), a hot work related accident was happened at Dupont’s Yerkes plant on River Road in Tonawanda, US. In that work accident one contractor worker was killed and another worker was injured.

The accident was happened when two contractor workers were welding on a 10,000 gallon chemical storage tank. The tank exploded during the welding work. The tank is usually used to store vinyl fluoride.

According to Dupont official, the chemical storage tank was emptied and cleaned up for several times to make sure it is safe to do welding work. However, some chemical reactions took place when the welding work was in process and caused the chemical storage tank exploded. (more…)

Tags: gas detector calibration, hot work permit, chemical storage

Scaffold Accident Statistic – The Unspoken Warning

Scaffold accident or scaffolding accident may be seen as the secondary hazard in chemical plant. It could be understood because the use of scaffold is less frequent in operating or existing chemical plant. Scaffold is probably used if there is a construction work done in the plant site.

In addition, scaffold accident has higher probability to happen due to scaffold users are construction workers or construction labors who may have received inadequate safety training.

Scaffold usage could cause various accidents at work. Fall accident may become the major work accident related to scaffold operation. It could cause fatal injuries and deaths. So that’s why safety precautions on such accident at work should be given in high priority. (more…)

Tags: clear message, safety induction program, construction labors, chemical plants

26 Ideas for Construction Safety Meeting Topics

Before starting any construction work in chemical plant, you will want to conduct construction safety meeting which is attended by safety in charges within your company or plant, construction workers and labors. Construction safety meeting is usually conducted daily, weekly and or monthly within the construction schedule.

At that time, you should choose appropriate construction safety meeting topics. Construction safety meetings are very important in which you communicate any safety-related topics with the construction jobs.

Below here are 26 ideas for construction safety meeting topics that you can choose for the construction safety meetings in the plant site. Selection of the topics will depend on hazard level of each construction work that you have assessed through the hazard identification and risk assessment. (more…)

Tags: safety work, hot work permit, safety related topics, safety checklist, risk assessment, construction jobs

Hot Work Permits and Dangers of Hot Work

Chemical Safety Board US released a safety video about the dangers of hot work recently. In that video, some real cases of chemical plant accidents caused by hot work were presented.

This video shows the importance of hot work permits that have to be got before hot works can be conducted at site. We will see how fire and or explosion happened when hot works were being conducted.

Chemical Safety Board would like to emphasize how to do correct preparations with correct methods prior to hot work execution. Complete hot work permits could eliminate hot work hazards. (more…)

Tags: dangers of hot work, Entertainment Culture, chemical safety, chemical plant, hot work permits, Chemical Safety Board

Understanding LEL of Common Combustible Gases

by Lukman Nulhakiem

There are many common combustible gases found in chemical plant. These combustible gases have one similarity. They can be ignited when their concentration in air are within their flammability limits.

What are flammability limits? Flammability limits or commonly known as explosive limits are defined as concentration of combustible gas in mixture with air in which they can be ignited and exploded in the presence of source of ignition.

The lowest concentration of a combustible gas in mixture with air where it still can be ignited is called by Lower Explosive Limit (LEL) or Lower Flammable Limit (LFL). Whereas, the highest concentration of a combustible gas in mixture with air where it still can be ignited is called by Upper Explosive Limit (UEL) or Upper Flammable Limit (UFL). (more…)

Tags: LEL of common combustible gases, Haile Gebrselassie, Lukman Nulhakiem, Man-Made Disaster, combustible gas purge, gas detector

Electric Safety Video: Electrical Breaker Box Log-Out & Tag-Out Procedures

In the previous video, we have known about electric hazards that are commonly found in chemical plant site. In the following electric safety video, we will learn about how to do log-out & tag-out on electrical breaker box.

This log-out & tag-out procedure is very important aims to cut off electric energy that will harm workers. And it should become a part of work permit procedures. (more…)

Tags: tag-out procedures, chemical plant site, electric energy, electric parts maintenance, electrical breaker lock-out tag-out procedure

Hot Work Permit Definition

Work permit is required to be completed before a work can be done. Work permit is made to ensure safe condition both for personnels and equipments. The same sense is also applied for a hot work.

According to wikipedia.org, a hot work is any process that can be a source of ignition when flammable material is present or can be a fire hazard regardless of the presence of flammable material in the workplace. (more…)

Tags: hot work permit definition, certain work area, Toxic gas, general work, work permit

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Posts Tagged ‘ work permit ’

Scaffold Accident Statistic – The Unspoken Warning

Hot Work Permits and Dangers of Hot Work

Understanding LEL of Common Combustible Gases

Electric Safety Video: Electrical Breaker Box Log-Out & Tag-Out Procedures

Hot Work Permit Definition

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