Hazardous equipment

Figure 12-2. Flowsheet and floor plan of hazardous equipment. (Source Shabica [2].)...

Process documentation and knowledge Documentation of hazards, equipment design, risk management decision, etc. applies... 

Figure 11.7 Guide to the selection of respiratory protection hazards Equipment...

Blast walls may be needed to isolate potentially hazardous equipment, and confine the effects of an explosion. 

Special isolation for hazardous equipment 4. Guards for belts, pulleys, sheaves and ... 

AREA or HAZARD EQUIPMENT specification FIREWATE CONC SUPPLY COMMENTS... 

Identify exposure problems, potential difficulties and hazards, equipment needed and available, make appropriate notifications to obtain outside help, study pre-plans if they exist, develop action plan (priorities, tactics, assignments to the ICS (Incident Command System) and Unified Command. 

Various standard-setting groups, including NFPA and Factory Mutual, provide guidance for separation of potentially hazardous equipment and processes. Dow achieves adequate spacing between critical process units, and between Dow installations and neighboring properties, by applying the Dow Fire and Explosion Index and a Chemical Exposure Index. 

Almost everyone works with or around chemicals and their products every day. Many of these materials have properties that make them hazardous they can create physical (e.g., fire, explosion) or health hazards (e.g., toxicity, chemical bums). However, there are many ways to work with chemicals which can both reduce the probability of an accident and reduce the consequences to minimum levels, should an accident occur. Risk minimization depends on safe practices, appropriate engineering controls for chemical containment, the proper use of personnel protective equipment, the use of the least quantity of material necessary, and substitution of a less-hazardous chemical for the more hazardous one. Before beginning an operation, ask, What would happen if... The answer to this question requires an understanding of the chemical hazards, equipment, and procedures involved. The hazardous properties of the material and intended use will dictate the precautions to be taken. 

In addition to good, a preventive maintenance system is programmed for hazardous equipment and devices. Safety reports filed and safety department consulted when abnormal conditions are found... 

The moderately sedating group of antihistamines should not be used when operating hazardous equipment or when good motor and sensory skiUs are required. Some of these agents, such as clemastine, are moderately potent cholinergic blockers. 

Avoid driving and using hazardous equipment when experiencing tremors, nervousness, or increased heart rate. 

The ability of any laboratory to operate in a manner that minimizes risks to personnel and the environment is dependent on laboratory workers who understand and carry out prudent practices for handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals. Training of laboratory personnel in safety and waste management is essential and must be followed up with an appropriate inspection system to ensure that safe practices are fohowed. Safety training must include discussion of chemical hazards, equipment hazards, laboratory safety and environmental systems, and the potential impact of laboratory work on these systems. 

Blue Notice and information Personal protective Health hazard equipment... 

Basic Information (Materials, Use, Occupancy, etc.) Hazardous Operations Hazardous Equipment/Subsystems Emergency Personnel Emergency Access... 

The same principles could be apphed to hazardous equipment, in that inherently safe equipment would not involve high energy systems such as pressure, vacuum, or high speed rotation . 

Is high hazard equipment inspected more thoronghly than other equipment Y N... 

Types of chemicals and their hazards Facilities for installations, accessibility Isolation and maintenance facility Critical components and controls Interface hazards Equipment failure Control failure/hackup control Environmental hazards... 

Another hazard equipment operators face is due to improper momiting and dismounting equipment. In fact, many workdays are lost because of slips, trips, and falls on and from heavy equipment. There are proper ways of climbing up, getting into or out of cabs and seats, and getting down and off the equipment. 

Did not take advantage of opportunities to replace inefficient and more hazardous equipment. 

Develop and maintain written safety information identifying workplace chemical and process hazards, equipment used in the processes, and technology used in the processes. 

In the workplace, place your Safety Cards in the lunchroom, inside your locker, inside your toolbox, on hazardous equipment, and near high hazard areas. 

All hazardous facilities - offshore or onshore, oil and gas, petrochemical, nuclear, pharmaceutical, etc. - must have clear controls over how maintenance, inspection or test work is carried out on the plant. Hazardous equipment needs to be carefully isolated, and work needs to be carried out in a planned, careful way. Isolation means ensuring that sources of electricity or high-pressure fluid or other hazards cannot reach the equipment being worked on. After the maintenance work is completed, the equipment needs to be tested, de-isolated and re-commissioned carefully. 

These could include operation of special hazards equipment, building temperature supervision, supervision of city water pressure, tank level and temperature, dry pipe air pressure, supervisory pressure in preaction systems, smoke and gas detectors. 

Table 19.1 Example of Firewater Demand Calculations Area/Hazard Equipment Ref. 

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