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Safety in the industry – Operating safely with gases

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Following the successful British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) 2008 conference, focusing on a theme of safer working practices within the gases industry, safety has taken on renewed interest within the industry of late. A company well versed in this area of safety is Gas Safe Consultants.

For many years Gas Safe has been working hard to ensure that users of gas cylinders, cryogenic liquids and associated equipment are aware of the potential hazards and risks posed by the products and substances they work with.

Whilst the gases industry has a good safety record accidents do, unfortunately, occur. How to operate safely with compressed gas cylinders and cryogenic liquid vessels is something of a specialist area for the company and Gas Safe offers gasworld readers some key safety guidance as we explore this topic.

The first relevant factor to consider is training, which is a legal requirement under the Health & Safety at Work Act of 1974.

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