The importance of explosion safety during the industrial process
The safety of your employees always comes first. This goes without saying. But this is not the only reason why it is of the utmost importance to invest in explosion safety. Oftentimes, that are requirements within the law that state you must pursue the optimal protection of your employees at all times. A good example of this is the Dutch Working Conditions Act, also known as the Arbowet. As an employeer, it is your duty to protect your employees. This is especially essential if they transport, store or in any way make use of flammable substances. Explosion safety protects them against the dangers of explosions.
Optimize the industrial process, including explosion safety
In industries such as the processing industry and the petrochemical industry, one often works with flammable substances. Because of the great risk involved with such substances, it is important that an explosion safety policy is set up. Companies can set up documents in which they record an analysis of the risk involved with the tasks, a complete layout of the danger area and the measures that the company can take to ensure that the explosion safety is up to standards. Companies like, for instance, JOA Air Solutions can help your company achieve this goals. This company is active in the following industries:
- Chemicals
- Plastics
- Materials
- Paints & Coatings
- Food
- Ingredients
- Tobacco
- Pharmaceuticals
JOA Air Solutions helps you with all your dust, vapor and aerosol challenges. Explosion safety is amongst their specialties. They help companies that work with flammable substances and within an explosive atmosphere. This kind of atmosphere can arise in a variety of factories. Dust, vapor and gasses can all be explosive substances. It is therefore important that your company complies with the existing ATEX/Explosion Zoning directives. Good examples of this are the 1999/92/EG and the 2014/34/EU. Companies like JOA Air Solutions make sure that your company lives up to these standards.
What can you do to keep explosion safety up to standards?
It goes without saying that explosion safety is of the utmost importance if your employees work with flammable substances or work within an explosive atmosphere. There are three ways in which companies such as JOA Air Solutions can help your company keep explosion safety up to standards. The first way is via Housekeeping. With this we man all cleaning tasks that are being performed on a regular basis. This kind of housekeeping can be done by making use of a CVC system (Central Vacuum Cleaning).
Another way to keep the safety up to standards is with the help of source extraction. You want to eliminate explosive atmospheres completely, as this greatly minimizes the chances of an explosion occurring. You can do this by extracting or diluting the explosive atmosphere at the source. The third way to keep the odds of an explosion at a minimum is with the help of ventilation. This is another way in which the explosive atmosphere can be diluted. If you are looking for a partner that provides tailor-made solutions in this department, why not that a look at the website of JOA Air Solutions: joaairsolutions.com.
