| Document ID (ISN) | 69305 |
| CIS number |
97-1347 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-7176-1329-1 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
Guidance Note GS 53
|
| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) |
| Title |
Single-flue steel industrial chimneys - Inspection and maintenance |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, United Kingdom, 1997. 8p. 8 ref. Price: GBP 4.00. |
| Abstract |
This guidance note reviews the necessity for, and methods of, carrying out inspections of single-flue steel industrial chimneys. Contents: frailty of single-flue steel chimneys and consequences of collapse; causes of deterioration in steel chimneys (lack of inspection and maintenance, poor design); legal duties of owners; planning and implementation of an inspection; competencies of inspectors; inspection cycles. In appendices: high risk chimneys; recording defects; principal items to be inspected; factors affecting the life of a chimney. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; safety checks; preventive maintenance; chimneys |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
legislation; responsibilities; data sheet; glossary |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Other equipment and plant
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Safety supervision
|
