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The toller needs to be familiar with all raw materials, intermediate materials, products and wastes, used, produced or generated, respectively, while operating the process. Tollers in the U.S. should comply with the Federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, codified as 29 CFR. 1910.1200 and any similar state right-to-know laws that are currently in force or may be enacted during the term of the contract. This is often stated in the contract. The contract may require the toller to inform its employees of the chemical hazards associated with products or chemicals and may also be responsible for training its employees in the proper handling methods. The toller has an obligation when in doubt about a product or chemical, to seek further information from the product s manufacturer. 

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CHEMICAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC ART TECHNIQUES... 

Animal feeds appear to be particularly vulnerable to chemical contamination. Chemical hazards associated with fungal toxins (mycotoxins) were first identified when poultry were adversely affected. Mycotoxins such as aflatoxins... 

The Chemical Hazard Potential (CHP) addresses chemical hazards associated with a material and can be applied to non-radioactive and radioactive materials. For a material that has both a radiological and a chemical hazard potential (e.g, radioactive asbestos) both of these hazard potentials must be taken into account in deriving the Safety and Environmental Detriment (SED). 

David Rainer and Lisa Brooks, co-authors of Chapter 7, Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Some Plasma Processing Hazards, provide an overview of the plasma process as well as the various physical and chemical hazards associated with plasma processing. 

PIMs share considerable similarities with the more well-known liquid-liquid extraction techniques, commonly known as solvent extraction (SX), in which an extractant is dissolved in a large volume of solvent. PIMs are principally differentiated by the replacement of the solvent with a polymer matrix. Solvents used in SX are commonly volatile, toxic and flammable (e.g., kerosene, decane) and extractants are commonly corrosive and harmful to the environment if released (e.g., substituted aUcylamines, substituted alkylphosphorus compounds). By replacing the solvent with a relatively inert polymer matrix, the chemical hazards associated with separation processes are considerably reduced and solvent-associated fire hazards are essentially eliminated. Additionally, by entrapping the extractant in the polymer matrix, occupational exposure to the extractant could be considerably reduced. 

The hazards associated with any faciUty which produces or uses chemicals can be quite numerous, perhaps ia the hundreds or thousands for larger facihties. These hazards are the result of the physical properties of the materials, the operating conditions, the procedures, or the design, to name a few. Most of the hazards are continually present ia a faciUty. 

The purpose of hazard analysis and risk assessment ia the chemical process industry is to (/) characterize the hazards associated with a chemical facihty (2) determine how these hazards can result in an accident, and (J) determine the risk, ie, the probabiUty and the consequence of these hazards. The complete procedure is shown in Figure 1 (see also Industrial hygiene Plant safety). 

The Dow Fine and Explosion Index is a useful method for obtaining an estimate of the relative fine and explosion hazards associated with flammable and combustible chemicals. However, the technique is very procedure oriented, and there is the danger of the user becoming more involved with the procedure than the intent. 

The electrochemical process industries are confronted with a wide range of hazards. These include electrical hazards, various explosion hazards, and the hazards associated with exposure to reactive chemicals. 

Toxicology. The toxicity of ethyl ether is low and its greatest hazards in industry are fire and explosion. The vapor is absorbed almost instandy from the lungs and very prompdy from the intestinal tract. It undergoes no chemical change in the body. Prevention and control of health hazards associated with the handling of ethyl ether depend primarily on prevention of exposure to toxic atmospheric concentrations and scmpulous precautions to prevent explosion and fire. 

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) An organized effort to identify and evaluate hazards associated with chemical processes and operations to enable their control. This review normally involves the use of qualitative techniques to identify and assess the significance of hazards. Conclusions and appropriate rec-... 

It is hoped that the improvements will help to achieve die objectives for which die text was originally conceived, i.e. to summarize in relatively basic terms die hazards associated with chemicals and how the ensuing risks can be controlled, and to provide sufficient detailed information to supplement that obtainable from suppliers, government publications, trade associations, and computerized data banks where recourse to specialized textbooks may be premature, difficult or unnecessary. 

What do we mean when we speak of an inherently safer chemical process Inherent has been defined as existing in something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute (American College Dictionary, 1967). A chemical manufacturing process is inherently safer if it reduces or eliminates the hazards associated with materials and operations used in the process, and this reduction or elimination is permanent and inseparable. To appreciate this definition fully, it is essential to understand the precise meaning of the word hazard. A hazard is defined as a physical or chemical characteristic that has the potential for causing harm to people, the environment, or property (adapted from CCPS, 1992). The key to this definition is that the hazard is intrinsic to the material, or to its conditions of storage or use. Some specific examples of hazards include ... 

Unfortunately, many times it is not clear which of several process alternatives is inherently safer. Because nearly all chemical processes have a number of hazards associated with them, an alternative which reduces one hazard may increase a different hazard. For example, process A uses flammable materials of low toxicity process B uses noncombustible materials, which are volatile and moderately toxic, and process C uses noncombustible and nontoxic materials but operates at high pressure. Which process is inherently safer The answer to this question will depend on the specific details of the... 

The first major objective for the inherent safety review is the development of a good understanding of the hazards involved in the process. Early understanding of these hazards provides time for the development team to implement recommendations of the inherent safety effort. Hazards associated with flammability, pressure, and temperature are relatively easy to identify. Reactive chemistry hazards are not. They are frequently difficult to identify and understand in the lab and pilot plant. Special calorimetry equipment and expertise are often necessary to fully characterize the hazards of runaway reactions and decompositions. Similarly, industrial hygiene and toxicology expertise is desirable to help define and understand health hazards associated with the chemicals employed. 

A database of the hazards associated with different types of equipment and unit operations including the applicability of inherently safer technology in each. As innovative solutions to hazards in equipment and process operations are discovered these could be included in this database for use by others in reducing risk in similar equipment and processes. A summary of design approaches for a number of common types of chemical process equipment will be published in CCPS (1997). This summary may be a starting point for the development of this database. 

PSM was created to help the management of hazards associated with processes using highly hazardous chemicals. In an appendix to the rule, OSHA discussed several methods of process hazard analysis. That... 

DOE sites not only are subject to radiological hazards, but also have the typical physical, chemical, and biological hazards associated with other sites. Although your site may seem unlikely to have radiological hazards, they can be found in more places than you might believe. Eor example, if your site manufactures chemicals or other items, or generates electricity, it likely has some form of radiological hazards. 

Each hazard is analyzed and documented as specifically as possible in this section. Specific job tasks and hazards associated with those tasks should also be included. If analytical information is available for site contaminants, it should be included. These typical hazards may also include physical, chemical, biological, and radiological, as discussed in the next sections. 

Ozog, H., and Erny, W. J. 1999. Safety Hazards Associated with Air-Emission Controls. Paper 5d. Proe. 33rd Annual AIChE Loss Prevention Symposium, March 14-17, 1999, Houston, TX. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY. 

It is worthwhile drawing attention to health hazards associated with film infected water systems which also cause corrosion. Two of the most common are Legionnaires disease and so called humidifier fever . Because of strong adhesion of biofilms and diffusion rates through the film treatment based on cleaners and chemical sterilisers such as chlorine often fail similar considerations apply to other systems in industry, e.g. food, paint, oil and gas are examples where biofilm activities have given massive problems. 

Two main hazards associated with chemicals are toxicity and flammability. Toxicity measurements in model species and their interpretation are largely the province of life scientists. Chemical engineers can provide assistance in helping life scientists extrapolate their resrrlts in the assessment of chemical hazards. Chemical engineers have the theoretical tools to make important contributions to modehng the transport and transformation of chemical species in the body—from the entry of species into the body to their action at the rrltimate site where they exert their toxic effect. Chemical engineers are also more likely than life scientists to appreciate... 

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