Training flammable liquids safety

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A language barrier should not stand in the way of hazard communication. In some ways, a precedent has already been set vis-a-vis the four-digit placard. This placard, without the use of words, communicates the symbol, color and class number. The four-digit UN number simply identifies the specific commodity. Is the white flame on a red background with Class Number 3 any less a Flammable Liquid label than with the use of those words Or, is the green label with the white cylinder and Class Number 2 any less a Non-Flammable Gas There will be those who will object to the additional training necessary in a world without words. It is suggested that such a step will not be as difficult as it may appear, and further, it will promote safety and economic benefits in both international and domestic trade. 

Frank Swaine is a Senior Area Director for the Health and Safety Executive. Trained as a physicist, he spent several years working on legislation for the control and use of flammable liquids and on the EC directive on packaging and labelling regulations. He is actively involved with problems in the construction industry. 

In the United States, the OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals requires that a hazard analysis must be carried out for any process involving certain listed chemicals (see Appendix A of the standard) or involving more than 10,0001b (4535.9 kg) of flammable gas or liquid. Employers must involve employees in the hazard analysis, and it must be made available to employees and updated at least every 5 years. Employees and contractors must be trained in safe work practices associated with the identified process hazards. Eull details of these and other legal requirements as well as descriptions of the information that must be included in the analysis can be found in the standard. The most recent version of this standard and all other OSHA regulations are available at www.osha.gov. 

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