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Compressed Gases

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Appeals Board Decisions: Don't Let Compressed Air Tank Requirements Trip You Up
June 2008
Noramor Industries, Inc., of Corona (near Anaheim), creates reproductions of original artwork for galleries and businesses to use. After Cal/OSHA inspected the employer's production facility in 2005, the agency issued citations for 21 separate violations, including one for . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Panama Shutters Dockets 05-R6D2-2167 through 2181
5/21/2007
Employer is in the business of woodworking for the manufacture of shutters. Beginning November 22, 2004, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division) through Associate Industrial Hygienist Zohra Ali, conducted an inspection at a place of employment maintained by Employer . . . more »

News Note: Safety Advisory Issued for Untested Compressed Gas Cylinders
June 2006
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a safety advisory for certain high-pressure DOT exemption cylinders that were not tested . . . more »

News Note: NIOSH and FDA Issue Joint Public Health Notification
June 2006
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have published a joint Public Health Notification entitled Oxygen Regulator Fires Resulting . . . more »

Cal/OSHA's Top Ten: Permits to Operate Air Tanks
March 2006
The tenth most commonly cited Cal/OSHA standard of 2004 is found not in the General Industry Safety Orders but in the Unfired Pressure Vessel Safety Orders. Two hundred fifty-six citations were issued . . . more »

Working with Compressed Air
March 2006
Who thinks of air as a hazard? And yet, one of the definitions of a hazardous chemical is "a chemical that presents a physical hazard because of the way in which it is packaged, stored, or used." Compressed air certainly comes under that definition, and it can present a number of workplace hazards, such as . . . more »