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Document ID (ISN)24408
CIS number 76-241
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Permanent International Commission for Acetylene, Gas Welding and Allied Industries (Commission permanente internationale de l'acétylène, de la soudure autogène et des industries qui s'y rattachent), Paris.
Title Safety manual for personnel of plants producing acetylene and gases extracted from the atmosphere - Manuel de sécurité pour le personnel ouvrier travaillant dans les usines de production d'acétylène et des gaz extraits de l'air.
Original title Manuel de sécurité pour le personnel ouvrier travaillant dans les usines de production d'acétylène et des gaz extraits de l'air - Safety manual for personnel of plants producing acetylene and gases extracted from the atmosphere. [in French]
Bibliographic information Publications de la soudure autogène, 32 boulevard de la Chapelle, 75880 Paris Cedex 18, France, 2nd edition 1973. 22p. Illus.
Abstract The first part of this bilingual manual, published for the information of workers in factories producing gases such as acetylene, oxygen, nitrogen and argon, is devoted to general rules of safe behaviour aimed at preventing falls, injuries, electric shock and fire in workshops, and to first aid in the event of burns, etc. The second part, devoted to special safety rules for oxygen plant, stresses the combustive properties of oxygen, dealing in detail with the hazards of the products and equipment involved. The third and fourth parts are concerned with the hazards of nitrogen, argon and acetylene and the safety rules to be observed in factories producing them.
Descriptors (primary) nitrogen; acetylene; oxygen; argon; welding and cutting; gas industry
Descriptors (secondary) cryogenic fluids; fire fighting; CPI; fire hazards; safe working methods; manuals; electrical safety; burns; first aid; gas cylinders
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons
Welding and cutting
Power generation and distribution