Chemically Reacting Tanks FLOW-3D Webinar

Please join Norton Rose Fulbright and the Society of Product Safety Professionals for a webinar on key chemical management product safety areas. This discussion will focus on the significant federal, state and local regulatory overlap, including the interplay between Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) (lead, phthalates and ASTM F963), California's Proposition 65 and the state children's product reporting requirements. It will also offer triage strategies for compliance and assessing risk with the multi-jurisdictional requirements.

Jointly organised by STEM Alliance and Scientix, the webinar was held online on Thursday, 9 May 2019 at 18:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) in English language. The purpose of this webinar was to give teachers, career counsellors, educational authorities and researchers an understanding of careers in the STEM field with the chemical and petrochemical industry. Our two speakers from company members of the European Petrochemical Association (EPCA), Ana Montenegro, Innovation & Improvement Manager at Repsol, and Daniel Zweifel, Technical Service and Development at Dow Europe GmbH, presented their experience related to this career path and talked about the opportunities existing in their sector.

This webinar will cover the important basic aspects of safe handling and use of compressed gas cylinders. The program will focus on key elements regarding cylinder receiving, transport, storage, and safe handling in the facility and/or laboratory. Federal regulations will be covered, including regulations from DOT, OSHA, and others (NFPA). Cylinder ID requirements, determining hydrostatic test dates and proper shipping on public roads will be addressed.

Combustible dust poses a hazard to numerous industries, such as food, wood, chemical, plastics, and metals. Dust fires and explosions are relatively rare, but when they occur, they can be catastrophic. The first step to ensure safe operations involving combustible dust is to conduct a dust hazard analysis. This webinar will provide viewers with a guide to identifying combustible dust hazards in manufacturing facilities. The topics will include developing a dust sampling plan, principles of dust clouds and ignitable atmospheres, and mechanics of dust flash fires and explosions. The webinar will then cover how to analyze processes and buildings to determine where dust fire and explosion hazards exists by evaluating normal and abnormal operating conditions, potential ignition sources, and existing safeguards in place.