Compressed Gases Safety – articles and news from PGS
Our new office and training facility is now open for business! After months of hard work and preparation we are very pleased to be in our new premises: We are very proud to offer open courses at our office here in Northwich. A wide range of gas equipment and associated safety products will soon be on …
Read more »Our October Safety Update includes: Changes to Gas Cylinder Storage Abuse of Industrial Gases Free Fume Focus Seminars Changes to Gas Cylinder Storage Guidance. Recent changes to guidelines produced by the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA ) have relaxed previous store layout requirements while maintaining proper safety levels. Abuse of Industrial Gases. Safety at work and at home: Prompted by …
Read more »Supporting Malawi Orphanage Message from Caroline I would like to thank PGS for their support in sponsoring me towards my project overseas during my gap year. For the past 7 months I have been in Malawi (Africa) living in a specialist centre providing accommodation for around 50 street children. There I helped teach English, maths, …
Read more »David Openshaw and his wife recently had a relaxing holiday climbing Kilamanjaro! Congratulations on reaching the summit
Read more »In recent years acetylene has been much maligned due to many highly publicised incidents of acetylene cylinders involved in fires on premises. The Myths: 1. ‘External damage to a cold acetylene cylinder will lead to an explosion’ 2. ‘Acetylene cylinders involved in fires must be cooled for 24 hours before they are safe’ These long …
Read more »The primary method of establishing the gas cylinder contents is the cylinder label. Due to the recent Globally Harmonised System – GHS – for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals including Compressed Gases you will note gas suppliers implementing changes in cylinder labelling. Changes apply from December 2010 for all substances (pure gases) and 1 …
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Read more »The safe transport of LPG was brought into question after the disaster in northern Italy when a freight train carrying LPG derailed and exploded, killing a number of people and seriously injuring dozens of others. Monday 29 June 2009 (read the article on the BBC News website) David Openshaw, PGS Technical & Safety Director, was interviewed on BBC …
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