The new Explosives Regulations 2014 (ER 2014) and the Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014 (ASR 2014) came into force in November 2014.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has been working with stakeholders since 2010 to review existing legislation. One of the key aims has been to consolidate, modernise, and, where practicable, simplify the legislative arrangements.
Safety in the workplace is of paramount importance and ESAB is reminding the market that these new regulations embrace significant changes to acetylene safety within the UK. Until now, the use of a flashback arrestor with oxyfuel gas systems was covered by best practice – but was not a legal requirement. With the new regulations, however, a flashback arrestor with a non-return device is becoming a mandatory requirement when using acetylene gas in individual portable, mobile cylinder supply or manifold systems.
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