A new hazard alert from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health identifies health and safety risks to oil and gas industry workers who manually gauge or sample fluids on production and flowback tanks.
When part of an ExxonMobil refinery exploded in February south of Los Angeles, smoke filled the sky and ash rained down on nearby neighborhoods. Four workers were injured, but at the time ExxonMobil told residents that no one in the community was ever in danger. But CBS News revealed it could have been much worse.
A common myth in the portable gas detection industry is the concept of a “detection range” — the area around a gas detector that is monitored for hazardous gases.
Pfannenberg is pleased to introduce PATROL model PA X 1-05, an audible alarm sounder with flashing strobe light. The device is particularly well suited to perform as a hazardous gas warning alarm when connected to the remote alarm relay of a toxic or combustible gas detector controller.
For companies in which the presence of combustible and toxic gases are a way of life, protecting your people and your physical plant while ensuring business continuity is the most important function of a fixed gas detection solution.
Devices that detect potentially hazardous gases or airborne environmental pollutants are out there. But they’re expensive and bulky. Now M.I.T. researchers say they’ve developed a way to get the same.
