Design for Safe Handling of
Industrial Chemicals.

Industrial chemicals can be very dangerous, if you are responsible for chemicals in your workplace you need to fully understand the risks and hazards involved in your day-to-day operations.

This short course will ensure you have the tools needed for safe and responsible handling of chemical in an industrial environment. You will study design techniques for the safe handling of industrial chemicals in detail: explosions, runaway reactions, occupational health and environment protection.

Course Content.

• Sources of ignition: combustion, flammability and methods of ignition
• Dust explosions: the dangers of dust explosions are explored, characteristics of dust
• Electrostaticignition: how to minimise the risks
• Overview of design for fire and explosions
• Safe handling of LPG
• Inerting and flammability diagrams
• Pressure relief systems and hardware
• Assessment and prevention of exothermic and runaway reactions
• Relief piping and disposal systems: application and optimisation
• Environmental protection management and auditing: Environment Agency, DEFRA, COMAH and IPPC and how these affect industry
• Environmental Harm Indices (EHI): how to monitor the severity of a major environmental accident
• Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA)
• Occupational medicine, occupational exposure and biological monitoring
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• Workplace exposure to biological agents