It's a gas!

[captpackrat]

There are several large tanks of compressed gas in the storage room here at work. Argon, carbon dioxide, Freon, acetylene, and oxygen.

If you ask me, storing oxygen and acetylene together is just asking for trouble.

Aren't there some kind of regulations on how this stuff is supposed to be stored? The tanks are just stacked in a corner; they're not tied down or anything.

Comments

[bluedeer.livejournal.com]

Oxygen and Acetylene are often stored together, in the combination of an Acetylene torch. As long as the valves are secured and don't leak and the tanks are properly secured against falling over, they're generally very safely contained that way. Argon and Carbon Dioxide, it's the same. You may wish to mention to someone that the tanks should be secured more safely, but other than that, they should be fine.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

They are supposed to be on the opposite side of the building (or at least in seperate rooms), not together. Also supposed to be caged or strapped standing upright.

Dan says call OSHA. (He welds.)

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

Yikes! You are not even supposed to store EMPTY gas cylinders combustible & non-combustible together, let alone the full ones.

http://www.bocgases.ca/newsite_eng/aboutboc/safety/special/cylinderstorage.html