Accidents during the transfer of toxic gases are often dramatic and nearly always very dramatic in the case of liquefied toxic gases.
The Technical Bulletin details an incident that occurred to a 60,000 litre liquid nitrogen tank that suffered a brittle fracture of the outer jacket.
Failure to disconnect the product delivery hose(s) that connects the vehicle to a storage tank or utilisation point before moving a bulk delivery vehicle can lead to a serious incident.
The former Appendix 2 of EIGA 102 - Safety Audit / Assessment Tool for Industrial Gas Cylinder Filling - has been reviewed.
EIGA's Safety Advisory Council has been notified of an incident where a driver of a carbon dioxide road tanker sustained very serious head injuries that endangered his life.
Within the Industrial Gases industry we are very familiar with the hazards of gases including pressure and the physical state.
All gases, unless they contain sufficient oxygen, can kill by asphyxiation.
The 12th Adaption to Technical Progress (ATP) of the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation will apply from 17 October 2020.
