Temperature Extremes: How Cold Is Too Cold to Touch?

“We sometimes freeze the specimen with liquid nitrogen, which is extremely cold, you know. This is another technique we use now – but the specimens are not alive.”  — Lennart Nilsson I recently facilitated a HazOp where the process required both very hot heat transfer media (steam and hot oil) and very cold heat transfer [...]

By |2025-12-11T12:40:53-06:00December 11th, 2025|Process Safety, Risk Assessment, Workplace Safety|Comments Off on Temperature Extremes: How Cold Is Too Cold to Touch?

Too Extreme for Work? Cold Snaps and Heat Waves

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”  — Charles Dudley Warner A few weeks ago, we were treated to the sight of icicles hanging from NFL Coach Andy Reid’s moustache during the Chiefs-Dolphins playoff game in Kansas City. That gut punch of arctic air to the Midwest overwhelmed us. Here, our [...]

By |2025-01-16T12:32:54-06:00January 25th, 2024|Workplace Safety|Comments Off on Too Extreme for Work? Cold Snaps and Heat Waves
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