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Hazards arising from Explosions

Guide for Risk Assessment in Small and Medium Enterprises 7

This brochure is intended to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to identify gas and dust explosion hazards at the workplace, evaluate the associated risks and recommend possible preventive and protective measures.

This brochure does not cover other types of explosions such as runaway reactions, detonations of high explosives, or bursting pressure vessels.

The information is structured as follows:

Basic Information – Principles
Checklists for Risk Assessment (Hazard Identification)
Risk Assessment
Risk Reduction – Taking Measures
Explosion Protection Document

ISBN 978-3-941441-50-7

Downloads

English [ 2ISSA_explosion_100310.pdf 963.24 kB ]

Croatian [ Risk_assessment_Explosion_Croatian.pdf 1.56 MB ]

Czech [ Explosion_czech.pdf 880.69 kB ]

German [ 4ISSA_explosion_270510.pdf 389.74 kB ]

Greek [ Explosion_greek.pdf 800.22 kB ]

Spanish [ 3-explosion_070710.pdf 381.99 kB ]

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7.60 € + postage/packaging/dispatch

If you are interested to get printed copies of the brochures, please contact the Secretariat of the International Section of the ISSA on Machine and System Safety either by mail or by e-mail.

Editor: Section for Electricity, Gas and Water, Section on Prevention in the Iron and Metal Industry, Section on Machine and System Safety
ISSA, Germany 2010
Topics: Occupational risks
Regions: International
Language: Croatian, Czech, English, German, Greek, Spanish

Publications contact

Please contact the following address for additional information on our publications:

International Social Security Association
ISSA Publications
Case postale 1
CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 799 85 09
E-mail: issa@ilo.org

For information on publications of the ISSA International Sections on the Prevention of Occupational Risks , please contact the respective Section directly.