Digest
Bad things can come in small packages! — Process Safety Beacon, March 2011
Bad things can come in small packages! — Process Safety Beacon, March 2011
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon March 2011
- Process Safety
- Hazardous substancesProcess safety
- Operating and work procedures
- Downstream and process industries
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Summary
A bulletin describes an operator injured when sodium-bearing waste spilled from a pail and reacted with rainwater after methanol treatment. Solids had prevented complete reaction, and the procedure omitted mixing. It highlights hazards in small waste containers and recommends labelling, identifying unknown materials and safe disposal instructions.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Process Safety Beacon March 2011. Themes: process safety.