1. Assessing Facilities for Safety and Health Mechanical Fall-related Lifting Heat and Temperature Ergonomics Fire Noise and Vibration Automation
71. Harmful effects of widely used chemical Tissue damage Trichloracetic acid Ignites with moisture causing thermal burns Soduim (metal) Corrosive/caustic effect in the skin Silver nitrate Ignites in air causing thermal burns White phosphorus Ulceration and tissue damage Oxalic acid Severe burns and tissue damage Nitric/sulfuric adic mixture Blisters Methylbromide Dermatits and eye burns Lime Tissue hardening Formaldehyde Corrosive effect on the respiratory system and tissue damage Liquid bromide Tissue damage Acetic acid Potential Harmful Effect Chemical
88. Types of Fuel Extremely active oxidizers or mixtures, flammables containing oxygen, nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide, solid missile propellants. Special Categories Combustible, easily oxidized metals such as aluminum, magnesium, titanium and zirconium D Electrical (live electricity situations excluding fires in other materials started by electricity) C Flammable liquids and gasses B Solid Materials: wood, plastics, textiles and their products: paper, housing, clothing A Type of Fuel Class Table 13-1 Classes of Fire
89. Liquid Fuel Flash point at or above 200F Class 2-B Flash point at or above 140F, but below 200F Class 2-A Flash point at or above 100F, but below 140F Class 2 Combustible Liquids Flash point at or above 73F, but below 100F Class 1-C Flash point below 73F, boiling point at or above 100F Class 1-B Flash point below 73F, boiling point below 100F Class 1-A Flammable Liquids Table 13-2 Classes of Flammable and Combustible Liquids
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98. Portable Fire Extinguisher expensive cover of powder may be broken with resultant reignition cooling, smothering specialized powders such as graphite, sand D halogenated compounds are toxic; fires may ignite after CO2 dissipates chain-breaking smothering, cooling, shielding bromotrifluoromethane, CO2, dry chemical C halogenated compounds are toxic chain-breaking smothering, cooling, shielding dry chemical, bromotrifluoromethane, and other haloganted compounds, foam, CO2, dry chemical B freezing if not kept heated cooling smothering dilution, breaks the fire, reaction chain foam, water, dry chemical A Disadvantages Mechanism Extinguisher Contents Fire Class Table 13-4 Fire Extinguisher Classes