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From: Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (19 articles)
Date: Apr 23, 2012 07:33 UTC
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One of the accidents in the list is a fatal 2010 welding explosion at a DuPont production facility.
For a Chemical Safety Board video re-creation and analysis of the event -- and information about prior similar incidents --- see http://www.csb.gov/videoroom/detail.aspx?VID=65
The lessons learned for pre-job analysis of hazards are widely applicable, and could apply to any ignition source near a laboratory system containing flammable gases in interconnected vessels.
David Haugen, retired