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Safe Limits for Oxygen Exposure: Why 19.5% to 23.5%?
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Safe Limits for Oxygen Exposure: Why 19.5% to 23.5%?

Chemicals, Process Safety, Workplace Safety

Safe Limits for Oxygen Exposure: Why 19.5% to 23.5%?

“Love is like oxygen. You get too much, you get too high; not enough and you’re gonna die.” — Andy Scott, of Sweet OSHA standards define safe lower and upper limits to the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere to which workers are exposed. The limits are a minimum of 19.5% and a maximum of [...]

By Mike Schmidt|2023-12-07T09:20:33-06:00December 7th, 2023|Chemicals, Process Safety, Workplace Safety|Comments Off

All Gases Are Hazardous

Chemicals, Process Safety

All Gases Are Hazardous

“Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gas.” — Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, of The Rolling Stones Ever notice how the popular media never refer to chemicals. No, they talk about “toxic chemicals.” It’s as though any material that is not toxic is not a chemical, or perhaps, any material called a chemical must be toxic. [...]

By Mike Schmidt|2023-11-09T09:13:59-06:00November 9th, 2023|Chemicals, Process Safety|1 Comment