Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Certain chemicals can pose explosion hazards due to their inherent reactivity or interaction with other chemicals or metals. A few years ago the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) had recommended regulating "Reactive Chemicals". This begs the question - what are reactive chemicals?
At the outset let me tell you that it is ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
In 1992, OSHA promulgated the final rule for Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals. PSM standard has 14 elements intended to eliminate or mitigate the consequences of releases of highly hazardous chemicals which may be toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive. The presentation below briefly describes the 14 elements ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Chemical industry has evolved dramatically since the first sulfuric acid manufacturing plant was established in the 18th century. Modern day chemical plant is an engineering marvel producing valuable chemicals necessary for the societal progress. Although safe for the most part, chemical industries have witnessed a few significant accidents in the ...
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