Practical Guide to Industrial Safety Methods for Process Safety Professionals

✍ Scribed by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 456
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A reference concentrating on high-risk health and safety concerns of the chemical, petroleum, laboratory, and manufacturing industries, especially inhalation hazards and direct chemical exposure. Describes principles of accident investigation and examines chemical dangers such as polymers, rubber products, acids, and insecticides.

✦ Table of Contents

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY: Methods for Process Safety Professionals......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 0
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES......Page 9
REPETITIVE STRESS INJURY......Page 15
Ergonomics......Page 17
REGULATIONS, LAWS, AND AGENCIES......Page 21
OVERVIEW OF POLLUTION ISSUES......Page 23
Local and Regional Pollution......Page 24
Smog and Acid Precipitation......Page 25
Global Scale Pollution......Page 26
Global Warming......Page 27
Indoor Air Pollution......Page 28
End-of-Pipe Treatment and Pollution Prevention......Page 29
INJURY AND ILLNESS STATISTICS......Page 36
INTRODUCTION......Page 40
GENERAL TERMINOLOGY......Page 41
POLYMER PRODUCTION......Page 65
Manufacturing Equipment and Inhalation Exposures......Page 69
RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY......Page 74
SULFURIC ACID MANUFACTURING......Page 82
PHOSPHORIC ACID MANUFACTURING......Page 88
INSECTICIDE MANUFACTURE......Page 92
CONCEPTS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE......Page 100
Books......Page 104
Computer Databases......Page 105
INTRODUCTION......Page 106
Sources of Inhalation Hazards......Page 107
Engineering Control Methods......Page 109
Hazardous Properties and Nomenclature of Organic Materials......Page 112
Flammability of Hydrocarbons......Page 121
PRESSURE RELIEVING SYSTEMS......Page 132
Safety Valves......Page 135
Flares......Page 136
INHALATION HAZARDS FROM TANKER OPERATIONS......Page 143
OIL-WATER EFFLUENT SYSTEMS......Page 146
AIR EMISSIONS FROM VALVES......Page 150
COOLING TOWER OPERATIONS......Page 151
MISCELLANEOUS AIR EMISSIONS......Page 154
INTRODUCTION......Page 156
HVAC SYSTEMS......Page 158
Controlling Odors and Air Pollutants......Page 160
Contaminant Pathways......Page 161
BUILDING OCCUPANTS AND IAQ ISSUES......Page 163
AUDITING PRACTICES AND THE IAQ PROFILE......Page 167
Recordkeeping Practices......Page 169
Walkthrough Inspection of the Building......Page 170
MANAGEMENT PLANS......Page 174
Preventive Maintenance Practices......Page 178
Pest Control......Page 180
Smoking......Page 181
DIAGNOSING IAQ PROBLEMS......Page 182
Pollutant Pathways and Driving Forces......Page 191
Source Control......Page 197
Ventilation......Page 198
Air Cleaning......Page 200
Vacuum Pump......Page 207
Personal Sampling......Page 208
Equipment Preparation and Calibration......Page 215
Sampling for Special Analyses......Page 221
Sampling for Surface Contamination......Page 223
Technique for Wipe Sampling......Page 224
Air Sampling and Personal Safety Monitoring......Page 226
INTRODUCTION......Page 251
EYE, FACE, AND HEAD PROTECTION......Page 253
FOOT AND HAND PROTECTION......Page 255
CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING......Page 257
LEVELS OF PROTECTION......Page 298
Respiratory Protection......Page 302
WORKING WITH ASBESTOS AND OTHER SYNTHETIC MINERAL FIBERS......Page 314
Synthetic Mineral Fibers......Page 318
RADIOFREQUENCY/MICROWAVE RADIATION......Page 323
WEB SITES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION......Page 333
INTRODUCTION......Page 335
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE......Page 337
Site Security Issues......Page 350
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PRINCIPLES......Page 356
ASSESSING HAZARDS ON THE JOB......Page 361
ASSESSING CONFINED SPACE OPERATIONS......Page 366
USING THE INTERNET......Page 375
Material Safety Data Sheets and Other Health Risk Information......Page 381
Fire Safety......Page 384
COMPRESSED AND LIQUEFIED GASES......Page 388
Compressed Gases Storage Areas......Page 390
Compressed and Liquefied Gas Cylinders......Page 392
Compressed and Liquefied Gas Piping Systems......Page 393
Acetylene [C2HJ......Page 394
FLAMMABLES AND COMBUSTIBLES......Page 395
Transfer of Class I Liquids......Page 399
Tank Storage, Design and Use......Page 400
CORROSIVES......Page 402
Hydrofluoric Acid [HF]......Page 403
Uranium Hexafluoride [UF6]......Page 404
Perchloric Acid [HC0O4]......Page 405
ETHERS AND OTHER PEROXIDE-FORMING CHEMICALS......Page 406
OXIDIZERS......Page 409
Carcinogens......Page 411
Shock-Sensitive Chemicals......Page 412
Pyrophoric Materials......Page 414
Cryogens......Page 415
Incompatible Chemicals......Page 417
NFPA HAZARD RATINGS......Page 420
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS STANDARD......Page 425
Methods Of Compliance 1910.1030(d)......Page 426
Hazard Communication 1910.1030(g)(l)......Page 428
Reviewing the Exposure Control Plan......Page 429
MERCURY FACT SHEET......Page 430
BERYLLIUM......Page 434
LEAD......Page 438
FACTS ABOUT HEAT STRESS......Page 444
Personal Protective Equipment......Page 453
Investigating Heat Stress in the Workplace......Page 454