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Safety ,Health and Environmental Legislation > Chapter-3 > Topic- Safety ,Health and Environment (SHE) Related Important legislation > Subtopic- Gas Cylinder Rules

 Gas Cylinder Rules 1981 What are the contents of a "Warning" attached to every gas cylinder ? ( Summer 2015)  As per the Gas Cylinder Rules 1981,   Section-9 states about labelling of  "Warning" shall be mentioned on every cylinder.  Labelling of cylinders – It should contain name of the gas, name & address of the party filling the gas. A warning should be attached as follows :                                                                WARNING i) Do not change the colour of this cylinder ii) This cylinder should not be filled with any gas other than the one it now contains iii) No flammable material should be stored in the immediate vicinity of this cylinder or in the same room in which it is kept iv) No oil or similar lubricant should be used on the valves or other fittings of this cylinder v) Please look for the next date of test, which is marked on a metal ring inserted in between the valve and the neck of the cylinder, and if this date is over do n

Safety ,Health and Environmental Legislation > Chapter-1> Topic- The Factories Act,1948 and Rules > Subtopic- Provisions relating to Safety ,Health and welfare

What are the restrictions regarding working hours and weekly offs of factory workers ? ( Summer 2012)   Answer:  As per Factories act 1948, Section-51 : Weekly hours -With respect to working hours of factory workers, no adult worker is allowed to working in a factory for more than 48 hours in any week  Section 54: Daily Hours - subject to the provisions of section 51, no adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in factory for more than 9 hrs. in any day.  [Provided that, subject to the previous approval of Chief Inspector, the daily maximum hours specified in this section may be exceeded in order to facilitate the change of shifts.]  S ection 52: Weekly holidays/offs -    (1) No adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory on first day of the week(hereinafter referred to as the said day), unless- (a) He has or will have a holiday for whole day on one of three days immediately before or after the said day, and (b) The manager of the factory has, before th

Chemical & Process Safety Management > Chapter-4 > Topic- Safety In plant operations and maintenance > Subtopic- Pipeline colour coding for identification of contents

 Que. Discuss in brief colour coding of pipeline & its importance in chemical industry  ( Summer 2015) In chemical industry and in other industries also, a number of chemicals are required to be transferred from one place to other. When there are fluids (liquids or gases), pipe lines are used. A number of such pipes are laid many times side by side, in a trench or on a bridge or overhead brackets. The identification of the contents of the pipe is very much essential for safe operations and particularly for maintenance of the pipe lines. More over to have uniformity some standard or code (a set of laws or rules) is necessary. This is achieved by IS 2379:1990. Purpose & Importance of the colour coding for piping as per IS 2379-  This code is applicable to pipes, fittings, valves and pipe coverings. Supports, brackets or other accessories are specifically excluded.  1) It gives a color scheme for identification of the contents of pipelines carrying fluids in domestic and public bu