LP gas emergencies - a review and appraisal of selected ignited leaks during liquid transfer operations.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bochnak, Peter M. ; Lark JJ ; Pizzatella, Timothy J.
• Description:
  Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a volatile substances which figures in a number of fires, explosions, and injuries in the United States each year. Through local accident investigations, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) inferred that valves influence the course of LPG-related fire incidents at liquid transfer facilities. NIOSH, therefore, undertook this investigation to establish the role that valves could play in LPG-related fire incidents. Information on file at NIOSH and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) was reviewed and incorporated into a logic tree analysis and diagram. On the basis of this investigation, several conclusions were reached and a central question was answered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Butanes Explosions Fires Occupational Health Petroleum Propane Safety
• Keywords:
  Liquefied-petroleum-gases; Industrial-hygiene; Safety-engineering; Valves; Fires; Explosions; Leakage; Accidents; Fugitive-emissions; Propane; Butane; Petroleum-hydrocarbons
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000698
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83193177
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Jun; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Butane (CAS RN 106-97-8) ; Propane (CAS RN 74-98-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243679/cdc_243679_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]