"The Easier a task is to do phisically, the less likely it is that it will be skipped or done incorrectly" - The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety "Inherently safer chemical processes: a life cycle approach", p 195.
Does your organisation have a holistic approach to making the development, manufacture, and use of chemicals safer?
"Inherent Safety is a modern term for an age-old concept: to eliminate hazards rather than accept and manage them. This concept goes back to prehistoric times. For example, building villages near a river on high ground, rather than managing flood risk with dikes and walls, is an inherently safer design concept."1
Similarly, using equipment that entirely eliminates exposure to toxic and hazardous chemicals, rather than having complex processes involving predetermined step-by-step procedures, the use of heavy gear and decontamination, is moving towards an inherently safer design concept.
Since the early 1980's, engineers at BIAR have been developping solutions to improve security at sampling stations. Reducing complexity has proven to increase efficiency and what used to be a daunting burden without our sample valve is now a safer and more enjoyable task to perform.
Furthermore, using safe and simple equipment, such as BIAR Sample Valves, for your manual sampling requirement, not only provide a secure and enjoyable environment for the operator, but it will also help comply with regulations as "inherent safety has been proposed as a leading requirement for the chemical security regulations in the U.S. Congress".2
Applying inherent safety principles can reduce risks associated with sampling and this is why BIAR recomments the following publication by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety:
Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: A Life Cycle Approach, 2nd Edition
1 The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety "Inherently safer chemical processes: a life cycle approach", p 5.
2 The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety "Inherently safer chemical processes: a life cycle approach", p 8.
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