COMPLIANCE requirements for using and storing flammable liquids in the workplace are quite detailed and specific. Unfortunately, the requirements are spread over a number of agencies and multiple ...

In metal finishing, potentially flammable and hazardous chemicals such as acetone and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) often are stored in 55-gallon or larger drums, for dispensing into smaller containers or ...

In the March article, “Your Guide To The Safe Handling Of Flammable Liquids,” we discussed the chemistry of fire and some fire facts about flammable liquids, and concluded with a discussion of both ...

In a new case study addressing the July 2007 explosion and fire at the Barton Solvents distribution facility in Valley Center, Kans., the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) determined that a static ...

Segregate bases from acids, metals, explosives, organic peroxides and easily ignitable materials. Do not store aqueous sodium and potassium hydroxide solutions in aluminum drip trays. These will ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Flammable and combustible liquids are around us more than we think, and the WSP State Fire Marshal's Office wants to make sure you are safe around them. The fire marshal's office says ...

When discussing fire safety and fire prevention with groups of construction professionals, I often will ask them about the difference between flammable and combustible liquids. While the responses ...

When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100 miles of an interstate highway. The ...

An emergency order requiring trains hauling crude oil and other flammable liquids to slow down as they pass through urban areas and a series of other steps to improve the safety were announced Friday ...

COMPLIANCE requirements for using and storing flammable liquids in the workplace are quite detailed and specific. Unfortunately, the requirements are spread over a number of agencies and multiple ...

Workers use heavy equipment to begin to move one of several train cars which had been hauling crude oil and derailed a week earlier, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Custer, Wash. The cause of the ...