From: NEAL LANGERMAN <neal**At_Symbol_Here**chemical-safety.com>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] what to do - gas cylinder safety
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:37:28 -0700
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The lively discussion was part of the purpose

Can you provide a link to the gas cart you describe?

 

 

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From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Todd Perkins
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 9:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] what to do - gas cylinder safety

 

Dear Mr Advocate,   (aka Neal)  :)

 

A cylinder cart - a good one with all terrain tires, a cylinder securement chain, etc NOT a flimsy one with thin, hard, plastic tires - will make all the difference for traversing hazards such as uneven ground, curbs, etc. It would allow the operator control of speed, course, and direction, and if the cylinder were chained or strapped to another object (e.g. a tree), the wheels would add additional stability to keep the cylinder upright - three points of contact forming a stable base.

 

You will have a difficult time convincing me that there are common circumstances where a cylinder should not be moved across a surface with a proper cart, but it makes for a lively discussion!

 

Sincerely,

 

Safe in St. Louis

 

(Todd Perkins
Regional Safety Director

Aurgas USA, LLC)


From: NEAL LANGERMAN <neal**At_Symbol_Here**CHEMICAL-SAFETY.COM>
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] what to do - gas cylinder safety

 

I will continue to play devil's advocate -

 

Consider what we do not know about the work site

            Would a cart increase the mass control hazards because of terrain?

            What additional security or hazard reduction would you get by placing cylinders on a cart and chaining cart to a solid object, eg a tree?

 

Opinion

Keep an open mind and look for ways to reduce operational risk while keeping the work task reasonable - and acceptable to the workers

 

Interesting case for this group to look at - many of us forget there is a world outside our labs; no criticism, just a reality of our intense work worlds

 

Stay safe out there!

 

nl

 

 

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From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric Clark
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:58 AM
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Good question. 

This is the compressed version of the answer: 

   

Document Name: CGA P- 1 : Safe Handling of Compressed Gases

CFR Section(s) : 29 CFR 1 9 1 0. 1 1 (b)

Standards Body: Compressed Gas Association

   

3.2.6

 

Use suitable hand truck, fork truck, roll platform or similar device with cylinder firmly secured for transporting

and unloading.

 

 

 

Eric Clark, MS, CHMM, CCHO

Safety Officer, Public Health Scientist III

Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratory

 

 

From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of NEAL LANGERMAN
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 2:23 PM
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Why is it ill advised?

 

Nitrogen is used to purge and dry some conduit

 

 

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From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Debbie M. Decker
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] what to do - gas cylinder safety

 

I was in New York City, recently, and came across two liquid nitrogen dewars on a street corner.  One had a regulator on it and tubing running into a manhole in the street.  I think the dewars had been there awhile as one had been tagged with graffiti.  No one in sight that might have anything to do with the dewars.

 

Gas cylinders get "managed" in creative ways, it would seem.  I guess chaining to a tree satisfies the "prevent from falling" requirement.  Rolling along the pavement - ill-advised, certainly.  I wonder what they were using the nitrogen for.

 

 

Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow

Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

University of California, Davis

(530)754-7964

(530)304-6728

 

Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction

that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,

can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."

 

 

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Leslie Coop <lcoop**At_Symbol_Here**willamette.edu> wrote:

A company doing work on campus chained thee nitrogen compressed gas cylinders to a tree in front of a dormitory. And left them there, for several days. Two were capped, but one of them had a regulator attached, with tubing going into a hole in the ground.

 

One day, two of this company's employees were seen removing one of the cylinders from the tree (one with a cap). They lay in cylinder on its side on the ground, rolled it with their feet to the curb, then rolled it off the curb and into the street to their truck. There, they picked it up by hand and manually lifted it into their truck.

 

Comments?

--

Leslie Coop, MS, CCHO, CHMM

Chemical Hygiene Officer/ Stockroom Manager

Willamette University - 900 State Str - Salem, Oregon 97301

 

 

 

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