Dangerous Substances and Explosive

Dangerous Substances and Explosives Atmospheres Regulations, SI 2002/2776. The Stationery Office ISBN 0110 429 57, 2002. 

Flammable substances used and stored in the laboratory are also subject to further risk assessment and control in UK law under the the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the COSHH Regulations 2002, the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR), and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. 

Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) 2002... 

Requirements for their safe use and storage were contained in the Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquified Petroleum Gases Regulations 1972 which have been revoked by the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002. However, they did lay down sound precautions to be taken where highly flammable materials are used and potentially explosive atmospheres arise. Their contents are summarized below ... 

Newly introduced regulations The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR) deal with those substances -whether solids, dusts, liquids, vapours or gases - that, when present in the atmosphere, can ignite and cause injury or damage by explosion, fire or other event . The Regulations apply to all premises where such circumstances can occur but with certain listed exceptions. 

In many cases, identifying a standard that can be adopted to measure workplace performance is straightforward. For example. Regulation 7 of the UK Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 requires certain places at workplaces to be classified in relation to the subject of the regulations as per Schedule 2, and to further divide the places classified as hazardous into different hazard zones. By referring... 

Before electrical equipment is installed in any location where flammable dusts vapours or gases may be present, the area must be zoned in accordance with the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations and records of the zoned areas must be marked on building drawings and revised when any zoned area is changed. The installation and maintenance of electrical equipment in potentially flammable atmospheres is a specialized task. It must only be undertaken by electricians or instrument mechanics who have an understanding of the techniques involved. 

In addition to fire safety legislation, health and safety at work legislation also covers the elimination or minimization of fire risks. As well as the particular and main general duties under the HSW Act, fire risks are also covered by specific rules, such as for dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres, work equipment, electricity and other hazards. Thus, environmental health officers or HSE inspectors may enforce health and safety standards for the assessment and removal or control of process-related fire risks, where it is necessary, for the protection of workers and others. 

The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations apply to the use and storage of highly flammable substances. See Chapter 20 for a summary. Proper precautions include ... 

The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations 2002, SI 2002, No 2776 ISBN 0 11 042957 5... 

Operators of Buncefield-type sites should review the classification of places within COMAH sites where explosive atmospheres may occur and their selection of equipment and protective systems (as required by the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002). This review should take into account the likelihood of undetected loss of containment and the possible extent of an explosive atmosphere following such an undetected loss of containment. Operators in the wider fuel and chemicals industries should also consider such a review, to take account of events at Buncefield. 

Recommendation 11 of the Buncefield MIIB report addresses the connected issue of the classification of places within CXDMAH sites where explosive atmospheres may occur and their selection of equipment and protective systems (as required by the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002). 

Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres. Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002. Approved Code of Practice and guidance El 38 EISE Books 2003 ISBN 978 0 7176 2203 0... 

Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002, SI 2002 No 2776 Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, SI 2006 No. 2739 AH published by The Stationery Office, London. 

Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 199 Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990 857... 

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