HazardEx - for safety, health and hazardous area professionals
WEBFREE-to-attend Hazardex safety conference comes to Southampton on 23 September! 01 October 2024. Our popular one-day hazardous area showcase, Hazardex in the Regions, is coming to Southampton on 23 October! It will include a conference programme consisting of leaders in the field of hazardous area engineering, sharing vital insights, knowledge ...
Major chemical plant fire causes mass evacuation in US
WEB3 hours ago · A large fire broke out at the Bio-Lab facility in Conyers, Georgia in the US on 29 September. The incident forced the closure of nearby highways and the evacuation of around 17,000 people in the local area. Another 90,000 people east of Atlanta were also advised to shelter in place due to a significant plume of dark smoke from the fire.
US to update Hazard Communication Standard to better protect …
WEBThe Department of Labor has announced a final rule from its Occupational Safety and Health Administration that will update the current Hazard Communication Standard to better protect workers by improving the amount and quality of information on labels and safety data sheets and allow workers and first responders to react more quickly in an emergency. The updates take effect on 19 July 2024.
Report highlights progress in nuclear and radiation safety in the UK
WEB41 minutes ago · Report highlights progress in nuclear and radiation safety in the UK. The UK is committed to delivering the highest standards of nuclear and radiation safety, a global review has concluded. Earlier this year, the country hosted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) follow-up mission to the UK ...
Flameproof (Ex d) Certification Basics for equipment to meet …
WEBNov 7, 2017 · Whereas other protection types aim to prevent an explosion by removing one of the legs of the fire triangle, the intent of the Ex d type of protection is to contain/quench an explosion by use of a suitably designed enclosure where all of the paths from the inside of the enclosure to the outside atmosphere, called flamepaths, are tightly controlled. In order to contain an explosion, the ...
HazardEx - Battery technology for hazardous environments
WEBJan 14, 2022 · Battery technology for hazardous environments. Author : Luke Halton, Ex Dynamics. 14 January 2022. Batteries have become a huge part of our lives with their use in everyday items such as mobile phones and laptops and this trend looks set to continue with their ever-increasing use in this data-driven era and push to move to electric vehicles.
HazardEx - Explosion injures five workers at oil site in Canada
WEB3 hours ago · 08 October 2024. Five people were rushed to hospital after an explosion and fire broke out at an oil site in Alberta, Canada on 30 September. Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) attended the scene near the town of Cochrane at around 14:15 local time after receiving reports of a workplace …
Understanding effective audible and visual alarm notification
WEBOct 5, 2020 · The ‘A’ weighting network is the most widely used. SPL quoted in dB (A) at a distance of 1m can be converted to an estimate of effective distance as the SPL reduces by 6dB as the distance doubles. The effective distance of a 100dB (A) @ 1 metre alarm in an ambient of 65dB (A) is the distance at which the sounder output level reduces to 70 ...
HazardEx - How to calculate an Intrinsically Safe loop approval
WEBOct 5, 2020 · A Zener barrier is a simple device where the voltage is limited by a Zener diode and the current by a resistor. The fuse is there to protect the Zener diode and the key to safety is the Intrinsically Safe earth – without it, there is no protection. If the input voltage increases above Zener diode voltage, the Zener conducts and the fuse blows.
Loss-of-containment, a basic cause of process safety incidents
WEBThe Chemical Safety Board, CSB, has released its report on this case, and the findings indicate that loss- of-containment is still causing disasters in the CPI. It has been said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (George Santayana (1863-1952)). For this reason, process safety personnel need to study past ...