Wine and Spirits Country

Danger: Flammable Flumes Are Present

Virtually, every job site has a stock or uses flammable or combustible liquid. Both are potential explosion hazards hence adequate safety danger signs are placed anywhere substantial volume of them are stored.

Flammable liquids are more volatile than combustible ones because they can take lower temperature to ignite. It only requires temperature lower than 100 ^°F for their fumes, which is susceptible to ignition, to be released. On the other hand, it takes temperature higher than 100 ^°F for the combustible fluids to give off fumes.

Gasoline, alcohol, and lacquer thinners are inflammable liquids commonly kept in the workplace, whereas fuel oil, kerosene, and linseed oil are the most common examples for combustible liquids.

Gasoline is the most common of all of them. In some workplaces, workers even wash tools and equipment and their hands with gasoline. At one time or another, employees may have splashed a little or may even have finished smoking a cigarette while doing a gasoline replenishment.

Inasmuch as, in these situations, it is the fume that catches fire, it is worthy to remember that it does not need a continuous flame to kindle gasoline. A little spark is enough to do the damage, thus, the hazard of improper handling of gasoline.

The following precautions, in addition to adequate work-site signs of safety put up, could be important to remind all workers of the hazard of gasoline and other inflammable fluids.

• Gasoline and the like inflammable liquids are very volatile in that they can change from liquid to fumes at very low temperature.
• Gasoline vapor are denser than air; hence, they are inclined to settle down. Hence, proper ventilation can disperse these vapors through air and reduce hazard.
• Clothing that has been spilt with gasoline should be replaced and washed immediately. Using clothing spilt with gasoline is a risk for one to become a human torch.
• When refilling a tank or container, do not overfill, particularly during hot season. Gasoline tends to expand and may spill over the tank.
• Properly stock gasoline and the like flammable fluids where their containers can contain their fumes. Supplement this with adequate hazard fire safety sign.
• Gasoline is an irritant; thus washing your hands with gasoline is totally absurd. Always wash thoroughly hands that had been exposed to gasoline.

Having employees heed these precautions, this can assist in ensuring that they will go home from work safe.

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