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Provision of emergency equipment for specialized building activities (i.e. chemical, radio-active contamination) ... 

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As outlined in previous chapters, it is essential for each laboratory worker to be proactive to ensure the laboratory is a safe working environment. This attitude begins with wearing appropriate apparel and using proper eye, face, hand, and foot protection when working with hazardous chemicals. It is the responsibility of the institution to provide appropriate safety and emergency equipment for laboratory workers and for emergency personnel. (See also section 5.C.)... 

Shutdown. Written procedures for normal, as well as for emergency, shutdowns should be prepared, rehearsed, and kept up-to-date. Operating supervisors must be responsible for leaving the process equipment in a safe condition or preparing plant equipment for maintenance work. 

Fire and uncontroUed polymerization are a concern in the handling of chloroprene monomer. The refined monomer is ordinarily stored refrigerated under nitrogen and inhibited. This is supported by routine monitoring for polymer formation and vessel temperature. Tanks and polymerization vessels are equipped for emergency inhibitor addition. Formalized process hazard studies, which look beyond the plant fence to potential for community involvement, are routine for most chemical processes. 

Types of Equipment The three most commonly used types of equipment for handling emergency relief device effluents are blowdown drums (also called knockout drums or catch tanks), cyclone vapor-liquid separators, and quench tanks (also called passive scruh-hers). These are described as follows. 

Another important issue in layout is the provision of safe access to equipment for emergency response needs such as fire-fighting etc. The layout also needs to provide for safe escape and rescue routes. As far as off-site population is concerned, the most important siting factor is the distance between the process... 

Are there appropriate planning, training, drills, and equipment for response to emergencies If yes, ask to review the emergency response plan and training records. Be aware that for some facilities, an acceptable plan is to evacuate and call the fire department. 

Provision for cooling emergency equipment, e.g. diesel generators if cooling water is disrupted. 

Checks on the adequacy and location of fire-fighting, emergency rescue and alarm equipment Practice in emergency situations Emergency procedures for Eire/explosion Toxic release Serious accidents Spillage... 

Identifies the needed emergency response equipment for various types of emergencies ... 

Afterw ard, when one of the foremen was back in his office, he realized the risk he had been taking. He complained that he should not be expected to take such risks. He had forgotten, in his eagerness to maintain production, that emergency equipment had been provided to avoid the need for siieh risk taking. 

No accident has a simple cause. In this case a contributory factor was the inexperience of the operator, who had to ask someone to show him how the quench system worked. It had not been used for several years. Emergency equipment is usually used infrequently, and without regular training, people forget (or never learn) how to use it [6]. 

The incidents described could occur in many different types of plants and are therefore of widespread interest. Some of them illustrate the hazards involved in activities such as preparing equipment for maintenance and modifying plants. Others illustrate the hazards associated with widely used equipment, such as storage tanks and hoses, and with that universal component of all plants and processes people. Other incidents illustrate the need for techniques, such as hazard and operability studies, and protective devices, such as emergency isolation valves. 

Emergency Generators A Reliability Study Based on an Analysis of Failures Chemical Process 138 Emergency Generator Failures Solids handling equipment for one plant rotary ... 

The plan must include a list of all emergency equipment at tlic facility (such as fire cxtinguisliing systems, spill control equipment, internal and c.xtcrnal communications and alarm systems, and decontamination equipment). In addition, the plan must include for each item on the list a physical description, a brief outline of its capabilities, and its location... 

A description of emergency equipment and facilities in tlie community and at each facility in tlie community subject lo Title 111 requirements, as well as tlie idcntificalion of tlie persons responsible for such equipment and facilities... 

A listing of community and industry emergency equipment and facilities, along with the names of those responsible for die equipment and its upkeep... 

A rectangular block layout should be followed to provide adequate roadways between process equipment for emergency vehicle access and minimize the spread of fire. 

The effectiveness of training and the availability of equipment for emergency response and medical treatment. This applies to both tlie plant and among emergency response serv ices. Trained persoimel obviously can improve the cliance of survival for those exposed. 

Grossel, S. S., Vn Overriew of Equipment for Containment and Disposal of Emergency Relief System Effluents, y(ntrnaZ Loss Prevention Process Industries, (3), 112-124, January 1990. 

EMETICS Because treatment of poison ingestion is an emergency, the nurse immediately obtains equipment for treatment. The nurse obtains the drag, an emesis basin, towels, specimen containers for sending contents of the stomach to the laboratory for analysis, and a suction machine and places them near the patient. The nurse obtains the patient s blood pressure, pulse, and respiratory rate and performs a brief physical examination to determine what other damages or injuries, if any, may have occurred. 

If the program continues and additional reductions are desired, more expensive and more complex projects begin to emerge (Phase II). These are often associated with equipment modifications, process modifications and process control and may include the addition or adaptation of auxiliary equipment for simple source treatment, possibly for recycle. This phase usually has little immediate ROI, and more inclusive approaches to assessing the economics of the operation (estimating costs for waste handling, long-term liability, risk) are needed to justify the continued pollution-prevention operation. 

Several technological responses to these emerging trends can be gathered under the umbrella of process intensification. This term encompasses a wide range of methods and equipment for performing chemical processing steps more quickly and compactly, thereby increasing the... 

National Institute of Justice. Guide for the Selection of Chemical and Biological Decontamination Equipment for Emergency First Responders, NIJ Guide 103-00. Vol. 1. Washington, DC Government Printing Office, October 2001. 

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