Hazardous work areas present special challenges for the workers and businesses that must operate within them. These work areas are often confined rooms or containers like fuel tanks where vapors and gases from work activities can become concentrated to dangerous levels. As well as the obvious dangers posed by inhalation of these contaminants are the not so obvious dangers that can have lethal consequences if not properly addressed. Intrinsically safe lights which are defined by Underwriter Laboratories as basically any electronic circuit that is “incapable” of causing ignition, which puts them in an ultra-high classification outside that of explosion proof lights. When working in confined spaces such as but not limited to boilers, pressure vessels, cargo holds, cargo tanks, ballast tanks, double bottoms, double hull spaces, fuel oil, lube oil, sewage-tanks, pump-rooms, compressor rooms, cofferdams, void spaces, duct keels, inter-barrier spaces and engine crankcases, etc. rely on the Intrinsic safety lighting range from Nightstick. PSC are the official distributors of NightStick for Indian Markets.
2. About PSC
Project Sales Corp (PSC) aims to be the first choice for customers by
differentiating ourselves through application based expertise.
PSC focuses on limited high potential customers to provide the most complete
range of solutions to minimize downtime, enhance production and improve
workplace safety. Our product range is not determined by what generally sells in
the local markets, but by products that have set a benchmark somewhere in the
globe in adding value to organizations positively and creating a difference. With
over $1 million in annual revenues which comes from making your workplaces
safer, we are now completely invested in your safety!
PSC offers over 100 product lines in head to toe protection, and a dozen in
workplace injury risk mitigation, with brands that are approved by oil & gas
operators, we are undoubtedly your best choice when it comes to making your
employees feel safe at workplaces.
With large inventory in stock in our warehouses in Kakinada and Visakhapatnam
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well.
3. What is
Intrinsically
Safe
Lighting?
Hazardous work areas present special challenges for
the workers and businesses that must operate within
them. These work areas are often confined rooms or
containers like fuel tanks where vapors and gases
from work activities can become concentrated to
dangerous levels. As well as the obvious dangers
posed by inhalation of these contaminants are the not
so obvious dangers that can have lethal consequences
if not properly addressed.
On April 27, 1917, an open light ignited gas that
killed 121 people inside the Hastings Coal Mine in
Colorado. On February 21, 2010, a man in
Drummond, Ohio died when fumes from vehicle
paint were ignited in his workshop, destroying the
building. On February 18, 2010, a man in Arkansas
was killed when the oil tank he was cleaning
exploded. In May 2009, three workers were killed
when a gas tank they were contracted to clean
exploded.
4. What is Intrinsically Safe Lighting?
Incidents like these have occurred numerous times in mines, factories, shipyards, power plants,
and even homes. These incidents often times happened because basic precautions were not
followed, and/or improper equipment was used. In some case such as the 1917 mine explosion,
improper lighting was determined to be the definite source of ignition for the explosion. What
they all demonstrate is the seriousness of the danger that gases and fumes in the work
environment present.
While it may be obvious that high concentrations of vapors or fumes in the workplace present a
fire hazard, it’s not as obvious that something as innocuous as a simple light can cause ignition of
fumes or vapors and lead to an explosion. Just about anyone knows better than to light a cigarette
near a gas pump. However, would they be so concerned with a spotlight? Because of these
dangers and their complexity, standards have been created and assigned by federal bodies such as
OSHA mandating the use of explosion proof lights in these hazardous work areas. There are
different levels of danger and thus different requirements, and they are classified by the various
hazards presented by different conditions.
Examples of hazardous work areas that require intrinsic safe lighting lighting are fuel storage
tanks undergoing repairs or servicing, automotive paint booths, power plants, oil tanks, storage
areas for flammable chemicals and more. If a work area is going to be enclosed with little
ventilation and chemical or fuel vapors present, or the work itself will produce fumes or gases,
it’s a good bet a fire or explosion hazard will be present and intrinsic safe lights is required. The
National Electrical Code defining hazardous areas is carried by OSHA and can be found under
“HAZLOC” or Hazardous Classified Locations for a full description of what constitutes
hazardous areas and the precautions necessary when working with them.
6. Why
NightStick
Lighting
Range?
Intrinsically safe lights which are defined by
Underwriter Laboratories as basically any
electronic circuit that is “incapable” of causing
ignition, which puts them in an ultra-high
classification outside that of explosion proof
lights. When working in confined spaces such as
but not limited to boilers, pressure vessels, cargo
holds, cargo tanks, ballast tanks, double
bottoms, double hull spaces, fuel oil, lube oil,
sewage-tanks, pump-rooms, compressor rooms,
cofferdams, void spaces, duct keels, inter-barrier
spaces and engine crankcases, etc. rely on the
Intrinsic safety lighting range from Nightstick.