Introduction and Scope

Potentially explosive atmospheres occur in many industries, not only in onshore and offshore petrochemical processing and refining plants, but also in places such as fuel filling stations, garage workshops, liquor distilleries, paint spraying plants, flour mills, woodworking plant, coal handling plant, the water and waste treatment industries, etc. Failure to adopt correct and safe working practices could result in ignitions of explosive gases and dust clouds, not necessarily at the time the work is done but possibly at some future date.

Introduction and Scope Potentially explosive atmospheres occur in many industries, not only in onshore and offshore petrochemical processing and refining plants, but also in places such as fuel filling stations, garage workshops, liquor distilleries, paint spraying plants, flour mills, woodworking plant, coal handling plant, the water and waste treatment industries, etc. Failure to adopt correct and safe working practices could result in ignitions of explosive gases and dust clouds, not necessarily at the time the work is done but possibly at some future date.

This Publication is not intended to be, and can never be, a full treatise on all facets of working in potentially explosive atmospheres, but fulfils an important need, as explained in the Foreword.

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