Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 13 - PROPANE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
Subchapter C - MANUFACTURE OF NITRO AND AMIDO COMPOUNDS
SPECIFICATIONS
Section 13.179 - Repairs

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 13.179

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) All repairs and changes on the machinery, apparatus, and pipes for nitro and amido compounds shall be made only after they have been thoroughly cleaned.

(b) If it is necessary for an employe to enter any vats, tanks, or other containers in which there have been used, stored or manufactured, gases, fumes or vapors of an asphyxiating or poisonous nature, or materials which give off gases, fumes, or vapors of an asphyxiating or poisonous nature, the following procedure shall be pursued:

(1) The containers shall be emptied. All connections shall be disconnected and blanked-off.

(2) The containers shall be cleaned thoroughly by repeated washings with water, soda water, steam, compressed air or other suitable means.

(3) If the person in charge then considers conditions satisfactory, employes may enter such containers. They shall use an approved type of helmet and have attached to their bodies a life line or rope if the person in charge considers it necessary.

(4) The life line or rope shall be under the control of one or more fellow workmen who shall remain outside of the container in order to render any necessary assistance.

(5) After the work is finished the men shall take, at once, a bath and change their clothing, including shoes, if the foreman or other person in charge shall deem it necessary. Facilities for taking such baths shall be provided.

(c) The superintendent of the plant shall be held responsible for enforcing the requirements of this section.

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 13.180 (relating to safety methods and devices).

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