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Investigation of Fire and Explosion Accidents in the Chemical, Mining, and Fuel-Related Industries – a Manual

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  • Personal Author:
    Kuchta JM
  • Description:
    This Bureau of Mines manual is oriented to the technical needs of an investigation of fire or explosion accidents and includes various practical and theoretical information that is needed in analyzing accidents or evaluating conditions that might lead to an accident. It is applicable to accidents in the chemical, mining, transportation, and other fuel-related industries. Specific procedures for conducting an accident investigation are outlined, and various guidelines are given for developing the fire or explosion evidence. Ignitability, flammability, and physio-chemical data are presented for over 500 combustible gases, liquids, and solids; empirical and theoretical expressions are also given for extrapolating the behavior of combustible-oxidant-diluent systems to various environmental conditions. In addition, various data pertinent to damage analysis are summarized to facilitate the task of the investigator in developing plausible accident scenarios. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  • Subjects:
  • Series:
    Mining Publications
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
    Conference Publications
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Division:
    PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-84
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:10005239
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    1986
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:f9ccd0d187a5c1fb15b09fe991bc10d3f0190c4f67b774ceabef75eab1dea14734524ffd43198a6e518cb58c67771c9eb7ee85cad5afd1d4e935e39a80636d79
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  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 5.68 MB ]
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