Research personnel must become familiar with the properties and inherent hazards of the compressed gases used in the laboratory. Compressed gas cylinders contain varying pressures of inert, toxic, ...

Management of compressed gas cylinders is very dangerous because of the unusual characteristics some of them posses: storage under pressure, flammability, and many lack a distinguishable odor or color ...

A Facebook video shows a vehicle exploding at what appears to be a fueling station. A red object is projected away from the vehicle and flies off camera only to return and strike a nearby person. "I ...

The United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued an April 13th letter addressing a request for clarification of the Hazardous ...

This guideline identifies general safety precautions that should be reviewed and followed when dealing with compressed-gas cylinders at Brandeis. The MSDS for specific gases should be reviewed to ...

National trade body, British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA), has produced new guidance outlining the dangers posed by abuse of nitrous oxide. The guide underpins BCGA’s call for a ban on retail ...

Compressed medical gases are gases and liquids in pressurized cylinders administered for different purposes. They can be used for anesthesia, patient respiration or powering surgical tools. Handling ...

ON December 13, Mr. Robert Cook read a paper on “Compressed Gas as a Fuel for Motor Transport” before the East Midland Section of the Institute of Fuel and the Society of Chemical Industry at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Emergency crews were called to the Sawtelle ...