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I nt r oduct i on t oGasCyl i nderSaf et y Ma i ncausesofAcc i dent s Ma i nHaz ar ds Rul esf orSaf eWo Wor ki ngwi wi t hGasCyl i nder s Ga sRegul at or s Fl ashbackAr r es t or s Ho ses,Pi pi ng,Bl ow Pi pesandTor ches Ace t yl ene– uni quepr oper t i es Ha ndl i ngGasCyl i nder s Tr anspor t i ngGasCyl i nder s Sa f eSt orage Cy l i nderI nci dentResponse Ga sCyl i nder sHazar dsi nYourWor kpl ace Co ncl usi ons ©Consultnet Limited
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Compr essedgasesusedi navar i et yofi ndust r i aland l abor at or ys i t uat i ons Co mpr esse dg ase spr es entauni quehaz ar d.Dependi ngon t hepar t i c ul arg as ,t he r ei sapo t e nt i alf ors i mul t ane ous exposur et obot hmec hani calandc hemi calhazar ds Ga sescanbe: – Fl ammabl eorcombus t i bl e – Expl osi v e – Cor r os i v e – Poi sonous/t oxi c – I ner t – Cr yogeni c – Pyr ophori c( bur nsoncont actwi t hai r ) – oracombi nat i onofhazar ds ©Consultnet Limited
I nt r oduct i on CommonI ndus t r i alGase s Ox i dant s supportcombust i one. g.ai r& oxyge n I ner t s dono tg e ne r al l yr e ac twi t hot he rmat e r i al s ,
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Saf eWor ki ngwi t hGasCyl i nder s: I dent i fic at i onandPr oper t i es
Readt hel abel t oseewhatgasyouar edeal i ngwi t handdoubl e c he c kt hat hec y l i nde r /g asi sr i g htf o rt he i nt e nde dus e Noc ompr ess edgascyl i ndershoul dbeaccept edf oruset hatdoes no tl e g i bl yi de nt i f yi t scont e nt sbyname I ft hel abel i ngonacyl i nderbecomesuncl earoranat t achedt ag i sde f ac e dt ot hepo i ntt hec ont e nt sc anno tbei de nt i fie d,t he cy l i ndershoul dbemar ked" cont ent sunknown"andr et ur ned di r e c t l yt ot hemanuf ac t ur e r Ne v e rr e l yont hecol oroft hecy l i nde rf ori de nt i fic at i on.Col or c odi ngi sno tr e l i abl ebe c aus ec y l i nde rc o l o r sma yv ar ywi t ht he s uppl i e r .Addi t i onal l y ,l abe l sonc apshav el i t t l ev al uebe caus e capsar ei nt er changeabl e I ft her ei sami smat chbet weent hecol orofacyl i nderandt he l abe l .Dono tus e ,c o nt ac tt hes uppl i e ri mme di at e l y Kno wt hepr oper t i es o ft heg as( r e adMat e r i alSaf e t yDat aShe e t s a v ai l abl ef r o my o urSupe r v i s o r ) Thec yl i nder ’ sc o nt e nt ss ho ul dbei de nt i fie datal lt i me s aswe l l ast hecy l i nde rs t at us( f ul l ,e mpt yori ns er v i c e) ©Consultnet Limited
Saf eWor ki ngwi t hGas Cyl i nder s Wo r kPr ac t i c e s
Se c ur e l yr e s t r a i nc y l i nde r st opr e v e ntt he mf al l i ngo v e r Cl o set hecy l i nde rv a l v eandr epl acedustcapswhencyl i ndernoti nuse Bef or econnect i ngagascyl i ndert oequi pmentorpi pewor k makes ur er egul at orand pi peworkar esui t abl ef ort hegasandpr essur ebei ngused Nev erdr opagascyl i nder Nev ert amper wi t hcyl i nder sorsubj ectt hem t oabnormalmechani calshockswhi ch coul ddamaget heval veorsaf et ydevi ce Nev err e pai nt ,c hang emar ki ng sori de nt i fic at i o no ri nt e r f e r ewi t ht hr e ads Nev erdi sgui sedamaget oacyl i nderorval ve.Labelasf aul t yandcont actt hesuppl i er Nev erat t e mptt or e pai rac yl i nde r Nev er scr apacyl i nder Nev er subj ectcyl i nder st oabnormal l yhi ghorl ow t emper at ur es Nev er mi xgasesi nacyl i nder Nev er t r yr efil lac yl i nde r Nev er t r ansportbyr ol l i ngt hem on t hegr oundoruset hem asr ol l er sorsupport s Nev er pi ckt hem upbymagnet i cl i f t i ng Nev er subj ec tt oabnor malmec hani calshockswhuchcoul ddamaget heval veorsaf et y de v i c e
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Saf eWor ki ngwi t hGas Cyl i nder s Dai l yI nspec t i on i nder sshoul dbei nspect eddai l y Cyl
andpr i ort oe ac hus ef orc or r os i on, l eaks,cr ac ks,e t c . nspect i onshoul di ncl udet he I cyl i nder ,pi pi ng,saf e t yr e l i efdevi ces, v al v es,pr ot ect i oncapsands t ems. ngr e gul at or s ,c yl i nde rv al v e s Leaki orot herequi pmentshoul dbet aken outofs er v i ce .
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Saf eWor ki ngwi t hGas Cyl i nder s
Mai nt e nanc eofc y l i nde r sandt he i rv a l v e so rr e l i e fde v i c e ss hal lbe per f ormedonl ybyt r ai nedper sonnel . Ane mer gencyr esponsepl anshal lbedev el opedandi mpl ement ed wher ev ercompr essedgascyl i nder sar eused,handl edors t or ed. Ne v ersmokear oundcompr es se dgasc yl i nder s. Va l v epr ot ect i oncapsmus tr emai ni npl aceatal lt i mesexceptwhen cyl i nder sar ese cur edandconnect edt odi spensi ngequi pment Onl ywr enchesort ool spr ovi dedbyt hecyl i ndersuppl i ershoul dbe usedt oopenorcl oseaval ve.Atnot i meshoul dpl i er sbeusedt o ope nac y l i nde rv al v e . Ne v erappl yPTFE t ape,j oi nt i ngcompoundsoranyot herseal i ng mat e r i alt ot hev al v ei nanat t e mptt oac hi e v eat i g hts e al ,i fag as t i g hts e alc anno tbeac hi e v e dme t alt ome t al ,r e pl ac et her e gul at oror changet hecyl i nder
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GasCyl i nderUse Af t ert her egul at ori sat t ached,t hecyl i nder val veshoul dbeopenedj ustenought o i ndi cat epr essur eont her egul at orgauge( no mor ethan onef ul lt ur n)andal lt he connect i onscheckedwi t hasoapsol ut i onf or l eaks.
Neveruseoi lorgr easeont her egul at orofa cyl i nderval ve.
or ear e gul at ori sr e mo v e df r om ac y l i nde r ,t hecy l i nde rv al v eshal l Bef becl osedandt her egul at orr el i ev edofgaspr essur e. Thev al v e c aps hal lber e pl ac e d,t hec y l i nde rc l e ar l ymar ke das" e mpt y , " andr et ur nedt oast or agear eaf orpi ckupbyt hesuppl i er at or s,gauges,hosesandot herapparat uss hal lnotbeusedon Regul g asc y l i nde r sha v i ngdi ffe r e ntc he mi c alpr o pe r t i e s Val v eout l e tt hr eadsi z ei sdi ffer entf ordi ffer entpr oduct sbutt he samepr oduct sf r om di ffer entgassuppl i er swi l lhavet hesame t hr ead ©Consultnet Limited
GasCyl i nderRegul at or s A r egul at ori sadevi cet hatr ecei vesgasatahi gh pr essur eandr educesi tt oamuchl owerwor ki ng pressure Pr ec i si oni ns t r ument sandMUSTbehandl edwi t hcar e t oavoi ddamaget ot hei rsensi t i vespri ngs,di aphr agms, val v eseal se t c. Eq ui pmentshoul ddi spl ayt her el evant Eur opean/Br i t i shSt andar dnumberandt hepr es sur es upt owhi chi tcan oper at e Le av et hepr ess ur eadj ust mentknob/scr ew f ul l yout whent her egul at ori snoti nuse( t hi sensur esa mi ni mum oft ensi onont hes pri ngsanddi aphr agms) Cy l i nder sshoul dbepl acedwi t ht heval veaccessi bl eat al lt i mes.Themai ncyl i nderval veshoul dbecl osedas s oonasi ti snol o ng e rne c es s ar yt hati tbeope n,i t shoul dnev erbel ef topenwhent heequi pmenti s unat t endedornotoper at i ng Thi si snecessar ynotonl yf orsaf e t ywhent hecyl i nderi s underpr essur e,butal sot opr eve ntt hecorr osi onand cont ami nat i onr esul t i ngf r om di ffusi onofai rand mo i s t ur ei nt ot hec yl i nde ra f t e ri thasbe e ne mpt i e d. ©Consultnet Limited
Fl ashbackAr r est or s
Fl ashbacki st her esul tofmi xt ur eoff uelgasandoxygen bur ni ngwi t hi nt hehose,flamet r av el sandbur nsi t sway t o war dst heg ass our c eatg r e a ts pe e d,c anr e s ul ti nf or c eof e xpl os i oni ne i t he rc y l i nde r Fl ashbackarr es t or smus tbefit t edonbot hoxyge nandf uel g asr e gul at or s I fflashbackar r es t ori sdr opped/damagedr epl ace i mmedi at el y Fl ashbackar r es t or sshoul doi nl ybeusedwi t ht hegast hey ar el abel l edf orandt hepr esuur et hayar edesi gnedf or Co omonr easonsf orflashback:i ncor r ectpur gi ngof hos e /t or c hpr i ort ous e ,i nc or r e c tg aspr e s sur e ,i nc or r e c t nozz l e,damagedt or chval ves,gaspassagesbl ockedwi t hi n t het or ch,ki nkedort r appedhose ©Consultnet Limited
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Cor r e c thos ebo r es i z e ,pr e s s ur er a t i ng ,l e ng t handc ol o rc odi ngar ee s se nt i alf o r saf e t yBSEN 559 Bl ue–oxygen,Red-acet yl eneandot herf uelgases( exceptLPG) Bl ack–i ner tandnoncombust i bl egases Or ange–Li qui fiedPe t r ol eum Gas Ne v erusehosest hatarel ongert han neces sary Ne v eruseequi pmentwhi l ehosesar ewr appedaroundt hecyl i nder sort r ol l ey L engt hofhoseshoul dbesui t abl ef ort het ask Ke ephosesi ngoodcondi t i on Ex ami net hehosef orcr acks,det er i orat i on,damageandt estt hehosef orl eaks bef or euse Dono tr epai rhosesunl essy ouhavet heski l landmeanst ot es them i n accor dancewi t hBSEn1256 Pur gehoset horoughl ybef orel i ght i ngt orch Dono tputwr appi ngt apear oundhosi ngast hi sc ont ai nscombust i bl e hydrocarbons Dono tus ec oppe rpi pi ngwi t hac e t y l e neho se sasi ti spo t e nt i al l ye xpl o si v e Pr ot ecthosi ngf r om heat ,oi l ,gr easeormechani caldamage ©Consultnet Limited
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Di s t r i but i onl i ne sandt he i rout l e t ss houl dbe c l e ar l yl abe l e dast ot het ypeofg ascont ai ne d
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Spe c i alat t e nt i ons houl dbegi v e nt ofit t i ng saswe l l aspossi bl ecr ackst hatmayhavedev el oped
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Bl ow Pi pesandTor ches
Leaksar easer i oushazar dast heyar ecl osestt ot heoper at or Al wayscheckcondi t i onbef or euse,ensur et i pi sf r eeofobs t r uct i on Si gnsofheatdamagear oundt hebl ow pi peort or chmayi ndi cat et heequi pemnt hassuffer di nt er aldamageandi sl eaki ngandshoul dber epl acedi mmei dat el y Nos i gnofsi dewaysmovementoft hecut t i ngl eaverast hi scoul dcausegasl eaks wi t hi nt hebodyoft het or c ht hatar edi fficul tt ode t ect Al waysfitt hecor r ectsi z enoz z l ef ort hej ob(hol esi z eandpr essur ese tat r egul at ordet ermi negasflow andgasvel oci t yexi t i ngt henozzl e,manuf act ur er g i v e sapr e ss ur er at i ngf ort henoz z l ebe i ngus e ,i ft hegasexi tv e l oc i t yi ssl o we r t hant hec ombus t i onv el oci t ybackfir eandflashbackmayoc cur Re pl acebl ow pi peort orc hi f Br okenbentorl oosegascont r olval ve Be ntmi xer ,mi sshapencut t erhead Be ntcut t ert ube Br okenofbentcut t i ngoxygenl ever Le akt e s tal lc o nne c t i o nsandv al v e spr i o rt ous e I fr e pl ac i ngO r i ngse al sal wa y sus et hec or r e c tmat e r i al s ©Consultnet Limited
Acet yl ene Uni q uepr o pe r t i e s Ace t yl enegasunderexcesspr essur ebecome s
unst abl e Cy l i nder sshoul dneverbesubj ectt oi nt enseheat orphysi cali mpactast her i sei nt emper at ur eand pr ess ur emaycauset heacet yl enet ot her mal l y decompos e Pr i ort omovi ngacyl i ndert hathasbeensubj ectt o heatorsev er ei mpactcont actt r ai nedemer gency per sonnelwhocanc hec kf ort emper at ur er i seand appl ycorr ectpr ocedur es Thecyl i ndermayappearnor malbuti fi ti smov e d i tmaydet onat ewi t hf at alconsequences ©Consultnet Limited
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Corr ectwayt omovecyl i nder si st o:keepupr i ght ,secur eandwi t h v al v esupper mos t Us emechani calai dssuchasat r ol l eywher er easonabl y pr ac t i c abl e (doar i s kas s e s s me nt ) Us esui t abl ecr adl es,sl i ngs,cl ampsorot hereffect i vemeanswhen l i f t i ngwi t hahoi s torc r ane Fo rs hor tdi s t anc e sone v e ng r o undt hepr ac t i c eo f‘ mi l k c hur ni ng ’ ( manual l ymovi ngcyl i ndr es)canbeusedonl ybyt r ai nedper sonnel andneverf orl ongerdi st ances,i nunevengr ound,wetori cy c ondi t i ons ,poorl i g ht i ng ,orats pe e dat r ol l e ys houl dbeus e d Al lper sonneli nv ol v edshoul dhav ecompl e t edmanualhandl i ng t r ai ni ng Ne v e rr ol lc y l i nde r sal ongt heg r o und Ne v e rt r ans po r tc y l i nde rwi t hv al v ea ndpr e s s ur er e g ul at o ra t t ac he d o rwi t ht hev a l v eo pe n Ne v e ra t t e mptt oc at c haf al l i ngc y l i nde rj us tg e touto ft hewa y Ne v e rl i f tac y l i nde rbyi t sc ap,v al v eorg uar d/s hr oud
Remembert hatacyl i nderi sneverempty ©Consultnet Limited
Tr anspor t i ng Cyl i nder s Car r i ageofDanger ousGoodsRegul at i onsappl y
I fpos si bl ec ar r yi nope nv ehi c l e sort r ai l e r s I ft heymustbecarr i edi ncl osedvans/car sensur egood v ent i l at i onatal lt i mes I ft hel oadcompar t menti snotsepar at edf r om t hedr i ver dono tc ar r yt o xi cg asc yl i nde r s( t hos ewi t hat o xi cg as l abelandhavi ngyel l ow asacol ouront hecyl i nder ) Se cur ecyl i nder spr oper l ysot heycannotmoveorf al li n t r ans i tordono tpr oj e c tbe y ondt hee dg e soft hev e hi c l e , nor mal l yi nt heupr i g htpos i t i onunl e s si ns t r uc t i onsf or t r ans por ts t at eo t he r wi s e Ens ur eg asc y l i nde r sar ec l e ar l yl abe l l e dt os ho wc ont e nt s andassoci at edhazar ds Fi ts ui t abl epr ot e ct i v ev al v ecapsandc ov e r st oc yl i nde r s ©Consultnet Limited
Tr anspor t i ng Cyl i nder s Car r i ageofDanger ousGoodsRegul at i onsappl y Di sconnecthosesandr egul at or sf r om
cyl i nder s Ca r r ypr opanecy l i nder supr i ghtanddonotcar r y flammabl eg asc yl i nder si nt hes amec ompar t ment ast oxi cgascy l i nde r s Dono tsmokewhi l ecar r yi ngcyl i nder si nsi de v ans/car s Unl oadt hecyl i nder sassoonaspossi bl eand mov et oawe l lv e nt i l at e ds t or ag ear e a I fy ous us pe cti ti sl e aki ng,par kt hev ehi c l e , i nv e s t i g at et hef aul tandc ont ac tt hesuppl i e r I fy ouar ei nv ol v e di nanac c i de ntadv i s e,any emer gencyservi cesi nvol vedwhatgascyl i nder sar e bei ngcar r i ed ©Consultnet Limited
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Each St or agear eashoul dbesubj ectt ouni quer i skasse ss ment
I ti sbe s tt os t o r eg a sc y l i nde r si nt heope nando nc onc r e t ei naf e nc e d compoundwi t hsomeweat herpr ot ec t i on I nst oragear easoxygencyl i nder smustbest ore datl east3met r es away/separat edbyafir ewal lf r om f uelgasessuchasacet yl ene, pr opane,me t haneet c. Ful lcyl i nder sshoul dbest oredseparat el yf r om empt i esandempt y oxygencyl i nder sshoul dbesegr egat edf r om empt yf uelgascyl i nder s Ot herpr oduct sshoul dnotbest or edi nt hegasst or agear eas e s pe c i al l yno toi lorc o r r os i v el i q ui ds ,s our c e so fi g ni t i onorflammabl e mat e r i al s Easeofaccessi nt oandar oundst oragear ea,suchaspr ovi si onofai sl e >0. 6m t opr ev entdomi noeffec t LPG cyl i nder shavespeci alr equi r ement si ncl udi ngst or age3m away f r om ot hergases Py r o pho r i candt o xi cg as e ss ho ul dbes t o r e ds e pe r at e l yi nl o c ke d, s ui t abl ev e nt i l at e ds t or a gear e aswi t hr e s t r i c t e dac c es s
Pr ot ectgascyl i nder sf r om ext ernalheatsour ceswhi chmayadver sel y affe c tt he i rme c hani c ali nt e gr i t y Cy l i nder sshoul dbesecur edandpr oper l yr est r ai ned,secur ewi t h s t r a pso rc hai nsc o nne c t e dt oawal lbr ac k e to ro t he rfix e ds ur f ac e ,o r byuseofacyl i nders t and Cy l i nder sshoul dbecl earl yl abel l edt oshow cont ent sandassoci at ed hazards ©Consultnet Limited
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St or eal lc y l i nde r supr i g htands e cur eonal e v e ls ur f ac et o pr eventt hem f r om f al l i ng Ace t yl eneandpr opanemus tnev erbes t ac kedhor i z ont al l y e i t he ri ns t or ag eori nus e St or agear r angement ss houl densur et ur nar oundofst ocki n adequat et i me St or agear easwi t hgascyl i nder smus thavemor et hanoneexi t Cy l i nder sshoul dbel ocat edawayf r om anyheat /sour ceof i gni t i onandi fpos si bl eawayf r om t hefir eexi t s ,e l e v at or s , wal kways,bui l di ngegr esses,unpr ot ect edpl at f or m edges,ori n l ocat i onswher eheavymovi ngobj ect smayst r i keorf al lont hem St or agearr angement sshoul dbecl ear l ydescr i bedi nt he emer ge ncypl an St or agear eamus thav egoodhouse keepi ngandadequat e war ni ngsi gnswi t hfir efight i ngequi pmentasnecessar y ©Consultnet Limited
Cyl i nder I nci dentResponse Repor tanydamaged/l eaki ngcyl i ndert osuppl i er
I facyl i nderi eaki ng gni t edandi sl butt hel eakhasnoti t i ssaf et odo sohavi ngconsi der edt hegasesspeci fic pr ope r t i e s: El i mi nat eal ls our c esofi gni t i on Ens ur et hev al v ei sc l os e dbutdono to v e r t i g ht e ni t Putt hec yl i nde ri nas af epl ac et hati swe l l v e nt i l at e d– keepi tupr i ght Ma r kt hecyl i nderasf aul t yandnott obeused War ne v er y onei nt hear eaoft hegasl eak I nf orm t hesuppl i er Ens ur et hewor kar eai st hor oughl yvent i l at edbef or e cont i nui ngwi t hanywor k I fahy dr og e nc y l i nde ri si nv o l v e dbeawar et hat hydr ogenbur nswi t hani nvi si bl eflamesose ekexper t as s i s t anc e ©Consultnet Limited
Cyl i nder I nci dentResponse Repor tanydamaged/l eaki ngcyl i ndert osuppl i er
I fac yl i nde ri sl e aki ngandi thasi gni t e d i tc oul d expl ode Ca l lt heemer gencyser vi ce sandev acuat et he ar eat oami ni mum di s t anceof100me t r es Wher eacy l i nderhasbee ndamage d I fi thasbeendr oppedorphysi cal l ydamagedchecki t
f orl e akag eandde alwi t hasf oral e aki ngc yl i nde r Fo rhandl i ngace t yl enecyl i nder sshoul dnotbemove d unl e s si ti scl e ar l ye s t abl i s he dt hatt he r ei snot he r mal di s as soc i at i on Cl ear l ymar kanycyl i ndert hathasbeenexposedt o excessi veheatorphysi cali mpactandcont actt he s uppl i e r ©Consultnet Limited
Cyl i nder I nci dentResponse I faflashbackhasoccur r ed: Cl osebot hbl owpi peval ve soxyge nfir st Cl os ebo t hc y l i nde rv al v e s Che ckt het emper at ur eoft heacet yl enecyl i nderf or
t her maldec omposi t i on Che c kt hebl owpi pehasnotov er heat ed Che c kt henoz z l ei snotdamaged Op enbot hbl owpi pev al v esoxygenfir stt oventt he s y s t e m Unwi ndt hepr essur eadj us t mentscr e w oneach pr e s s ur er e g ul at or Be f or es t ar t i ngupag ai n,c he c kt hei nt e gr i t yoft he whol es ys t em ©Consultnet Limited
Cyl i nderI nci dentResponse GasCyl i nder sonFi r e Dependsont hegas,whet hert hegasi sal i ghtatt hecyl i nder val v eori ft hecyl i nderhasbeensubj ectt osev er epr essur easa r esul toft heheatf r om t hefir e.Nat ur eofhazar dwi l ldet ermi ne pr ocedur et obeappl i ed
I fcyl i nderhasbeeni nvol vedi nfir edonotappr oach,evacuat et he ar eat o100m mi ni mi um t o300m Ca l lfir ebr i g ade Us el ar g equant i t i e sofwat e rt oc oolt hec yl i nde r si fs af et odos o ( dono tai m hi g hpr e s s ur ewat e rdi r e c tatt hec y l i nde r s )f r om as af e l ocat i onandawai tt hear r i valoft r ai nedemer gencyper sonnel ( Emer gencypl ant r ai ni ngshoul daddr ess ) Re moveanycyl i nder snoti nvol vedi nfir et osaf epl ace,ensur e v al v esar ecl osedi fsaf et odoso I nf o r mg assuppl i e r , I fc y l i nde rc ont e nt sar eunkno wn,t r e atasac e t y l e ne ©Consultnet Limited
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