Table of Contents

  1. Purpose
  2. General
  3. Responsibilities
  4. Procedure
  5. References
  6. Attachments

1. Purpose

A hazardous materials properties list is produced at the earliest time in a project because of the effect that such properties have on plant layout and design philosophy.

2. General

Feedstock, intermediates or product material exhibiting hazardous properties should be considered in all aspects of the development of the plant process design. For instance, a highly toxic intermediate product would require more safety features than normally used, such as eliminating pipe flanges, use of closed draining, venting, flushing facilities, provision for neutralizations facilities, etc.

3. Responsibilities

The Lead Process Engineer, in conjunction with Client and Licensor(s) where applicable, will be responsible for the production of the hazardous materials properties list in the conceptual phase of a project.

During succeeding phases, he is responsible for updating the existing list when additional information becomes available and for adding supplementary materials to the list if any are identified.

The Project Manager will be responsible for distribution as required.

4. Procedure

The Lead Process Engineer will produce a hazardous properties list for all materials handled in the plant and will up-date this during the life of the project when further data is required (see Attachment 1).

The source, date and reliability of all data shall be identified, verified from other independent sources where possible and shall be augmented by laboratory test data if no other information is available or where otherwise deemed necessary.

5. References

  Document Number Title Level
5.1 BN-G-U002 Engineering Safety, Health, Welfare and Environmental (SHWE) Program 5
5.2 BN-S-UK011 Project Home Office Safety, Health, Welfare and Environmental Plan 5
5.3 CM-PE-317 Project Hazard Reviews (later) 2

5.4 General References

a. Safety in Process Plant Design by G.L. Wells.
b. Plant Layout by J.C. Mecklenburgh.
c. Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (Vol.I and II) by F.P. Lees.
d. Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries by C.L. Buschmann.
e. Fire and Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide by the Dow Chemical Company.
f. Company, Corporate Standard CS-0307:

  • This standard is limited applicable outside the USA, however it is useful to be used as a general guide in addition to this BN-EG-UE106.

5.5 Specific References
N.B. Use "Loss Prevention in the Process Industries", Volume II, by F.P. Lees for detailed source of the references (see Attachment 2).

6. Attachments

1. Hazardous Materials Properties List

2. Selected References on Particular Chemicals and their Hazards

Hazardous Materials Properties List
At an early stage in the project, all materials involved in the process shall be identified including feedstocks, intermediate products, final products, solvents, refrigerants, heat transfer liquids, chemicals, catalysts, effluents and emissions. Of these, the materials which are flammable, toxic, potentially reactive or explosive, corrosive or radioactive shall be considered of a hazardous nature. For each of these materials a comprehensive list of such hazardous properties shall be produced which may include, but not necessarily be limited to:

Flammability Properties

 

Including:

  • flashpoint
  • autoignition temperature
  • flammability limits
  • spontaneous reactions
  • pyrophoricity

2. Toxic Properties

 

Including:

  • toxic hazard rating
  • threshold limit value
  • maximum allowable concentration
  • lethal concentration
  • lethal dose

and identified exposure effects caused by:

  • inhalation
  • ingestion
  • direct skin/eye contact

3. Reactive/Explosive Properties

 

Including:

  • thermal reactivity
  • thermal stability
  • explosive limits
  • explosion propagation with detonation
  • explosion propagation with impact
  • dust explosivity

4. Corrosive Properties

 

Including:

  • effect on commonplace materials of construction at various concentrations and temperatures
  • effect on suitable materials of construction at various concentrations and temperatures
  • available passivators/inhibitors

5. Radiation Properties

 

Including:

  • type of radiation produced (alpha, beta, gamma, neutron)
  • quantity
  • identifiable biological effects of exposure

Selected References on Particular Chemicals and their Hazards

General Information

Cloyd and Murphy (1965); DOT (1974a.b)

Air sensitive compounds

Shriver (1969)

Acetaldehyde

MCA (1952 SD-43); Gemmill (1961a); Jira. Blau and Grimm (1976)

Acetic acid

Claydon (1967); Ellwood (1969a); Schwerdtel (1970); MCA (1973 SD-41); Lowrey and Aguilo (1974)

Acetylene

CGA (G-1.3 1972 G-1; FPA (H6); Reppe (1952); Penny (1956); Watts (1956); MCA (1957 SD-7); Sargent (1957); Chem Engng Staff (1960); Miller and Penny (1960); Miller (1964); Hardie (1965); Mayes and Yallop (1965); Kamptner, Krause and Schilken (1966a); Stobaugh (1966a); Zieger (1969); Schmidt (1971); Carver, Smith and Webster (1972); Sutherland and Wegert (1973); Stork, Hanisian and Bac (1976).

Acetylenic alcohol

Lorentz (1967)

Acrylonitrile

DoEm (Det. Bklt 16); Guccione (1965a); Clark and Camirand (1971); Caporali (1972); MCA (1974 SD-31); Pujado, Vora and Krueding (1977).

Aluminium alkyls

Heck and Johnson (1962); Governale, Ruhlin and Silvus (1965); Albright (1967).

Ammonia

Am. Oil Co. (Item 9); FPA (h43); NIOSH (Items 9, 50); MCA (1960 SD-8); CGA (1962 G-2, 1972 G-2.1); CIA (1975 Items 8, 10, 11); HSE (1978a).

Ammonium nitrate

Am. Oil. Co. (Item 9); FPA (h43); Sykes et al. (1963); van Dolah et al. (BM 1966 RI 6773); Watchorn (1966); NFPA (1975 NFC 490); HSE (1978a).

Aniline

HSE (TDN 10, EH 4); MCA (1963 SE-17); DoEm (1968 Det. Bklt 11); Gans (1976b).

Arsine

DoEm (Det. Bklt 9); HSE (1975 TDN 6, EH 11).

Benzene

FPA (h48); MCA (1960 SD-2); Stobaugh (1965a); Remirez (1968b); DoEm (1972 Det. Bklt 4); Ockerbloom (1972); Hancock (1975).

Butadiene

Scott (1940); Stobaugh (1967a).

Calcium hypochlorite

Clancey (1975b,c).

Caprolactam

Steward (1974).

Carbon disulphide

DoEm (Det. Bklt 6); FPA (h44); MCA (1967 SD-12); Thacker (1970).

Carbon monoxide

DoEm (Det. Bklt 7); NIOSH (Item 54); HSE (HSW Bklt 29); Ribovitch, Murphy and Watson (1977).

Chlorine

Chlorine Inst. (see Appendix 5, 1969 Pub. 1); DoEm (Det. Bklt 10); HSE (HSW Bklt 37, 1978a); NIOSH (Item 8); Johnson and Yahnke (1962, 1973); Payne (1964); MCA (1970 SD-80); Statesir (1973); BCISC (1975 Item 1); H.E. Schwarz (1976).

Cyclohexane

FPA (h45); MCA (1957 SD-68); Haines (1962); Dufau et al. (1964); Stobaugh (1965b); Berezin, Denisov and Emmanuel (1966); Alagy et al. (1968); Craig (1970); Taverna and Chiti (1970); Dragoset (1976).

Diethyl ether

MCA (1965 SD-29); Redeker and Schebsdat (1977).

Ethylene

Lawrence and Cook (1967); Miller (1969); Strelzoff (1970); MITI (1976); Fiumara (1976); Ribovitch, Murphy and Watson (1977).

Ethylene dichloride

NIOSH (Item 63); MCA (1971 SD-18); CISHC (1975 Item 1).

Ethylene oxide

FPA (h42); Burgoyne and Burden (1948, 1949); Burden and Burgoyne (1949); Burgoyne, Bett and Muir (1960); Burgoyne, Bett and Lee (1967); Troyan and Levine (1968); Ray, Spinek and Stobaugh (1970); MCA (1971 SD-38); CISHC (1975 Item 2); de Maglie (1976); Gans and Ozero (1976); Johnson (1976); Kiguchi, Kumazawa and Nakai (1976).

Fluorine

McGuffy, Paluzelle and Muldrew (1962)

Formaldehyde

MCA (1960 SD-1); NIOSH (Item 7).

Hydrocarbons

Wade (1963); A. Brown (1964); Burgoyne (1965b); ICI/RoSPA (1970 IS/74); Binns (1978).

Hydrogen

Am. Oil Co. (Item 9); FPA (h40); Cronan (1960a); James (1960); Labine (1960); Vander Arend (1961); Zabetakis and Burgess (BM 1961 RI 5707); Zabetakis, Furno and Perlee (BM 1963 RI 6309); Scott, Denton and Nicholls (1964); Reiff (1965); Scharle (1965); Stoll (1965); Voogd and Tielrooy (1967); Chopey (1972); NFPA (1973 NFC 50A, 50B); CGA (1974 G-5).

Hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid

MCA (1970 SD-39); BCISC (1975 Item 2).

Hydrogen cyanide

DoEm (Det. Bklt 2); MCA (1961 SD-67).

Hydrogen fluoride

DoEm (Det. Bklt 19); Hill and Knott (1960); MCA (1970 SD-25); HSE (1978a).

Hydrogen peroxide

FPA (h4); Schumb, Satterfield and Wentworth (1955); MCA (1969 SD-53); Campbell and Rutledge (1972).

Hydrogen sulphide

MCA (1968 SD-36); DoEm (1970 Det. Bklt 1).

Isocyanates

DoEm (Det. Bklt 20); FPA (H5); NIOSH (Item 80); Corbett (1963); MCA (1971 SD-73); HSE (1975 TDN 41, EH 16); Br. Rubber Manuf. Ass. (1977).

Lead

DoEm (Det. Bklt 14); HSE (TDN 16); NIOSH (Item 5, 69); MCA (1956 SD-64).

Lead additives

Assoc. Octel Co. (Item 1); HSE (1978a).

LPG

IGasE (Item 5); LPGITA (see Appendix 4; n.d. 1974 LPG Code 1); FPA (1964 Item 1); van Fossan (1965); IP (1967 Model Code Pt 9); Home Office (1971 Item 2, 1973 Item 4); HSE (1973 HSW Bklt 30); NFPA (1974 NFC 58, 59); Williams and Lom (1974); Skillern (1976); Jensen (1978).

Mercury

DoEm (Det. Bklt 13); NIOSH (Item 13, 70); HSE (1975 TDN 21, 1977 ED 17); McAuliffe (1977).

Methanol

MCA (1970 SD-22); Ferris (1974)

Naphthalene

Stobaugh (1966d)

Nitric acid

FPA (h43); NIOSH (Item 73); MCA (1961 SD-5); Bingham (1966); van Dolah (1969a); Mandelik and Turner (1977).

Nitrogen oxides

Ribovitch, Murphy and Watson (1977).

Organic peroxides

ASTM (STP 394); Scott (1940); Nat. Board of Fire Underwriters (1956); MCA (1960 SD-81); Davies (1961); Castantras, Banerjee and Noller (1965); Hupkens van der Elst (1969); Swern (1970-); Donaldson (1973); Home Office (1974 Item 5); Interox Chemicals Ltd (1975).

Organic phosphorus compounds

MacDonald (1960)

Oxygen

FPA (h42); CGA (1972 G-4); NASA (1972-); HSE (1977a).

Perchlorates

Schumacher (1960).

Perchloric acid

MCA (1965 SD-11); Graf (1966)

Phenol

Richman (1964); Stobaugh (1966e); Fleming, Lambrix and Nixon (1976).

Phosgene

DoEm (Det. Bklt 8); NIOSH (Item 75); MCA (1967 SD-95); CISHC (1975 Item 3).

Phosphorus

FPA (h49); Lemay and Metcalfe (1964); MCA (1976 SD-16).

Phthalic anhydride

MCA (1956 SD-61); Ellwood (1969b); Graham (1970); Schwab and Doyle (1970).

Propargyl bromide

Coffee and Wheeler (1967).

Propylene

Haines (1963); Stobaugh (1967b); Strelzoff (1970); Hancock (1973).

Propylene oxide

Stobaugh et al. (1973).

Sodium

FPA (H4); Bulmer (1972); Zinsstag (1973); MCA (1974 SD-47).

Sodium hydroxide

NIOSH (Item 76); MCA (1974 SD-9).

Styrene

Stobaugh (1965c); DoEm (1972 Det. Bklt 4).

Sulphur

FPA (h44); MCA (1959 SD-74); Donovan (1962); Palm (1972).

Sulphur dioxide

DoEm (Det. Bklt 3); NIOSH (Item 77); MCA (1953 SD-52); CGA (1964 G-3).

Sulphuric acid

FPA (h41); NIOSH (Item 78); MCA (1963 SD-20).

Terephthalic acid

Derbyshire (1960)

Toluene

Stobaugh (1966f); DoEm (1972 Det. Bklt 4).

Trichlorethylene

DoEm (Det. Bklt 15); NIOSH (Item 81); MCA (1956 SD-14); Institut National de Sécurité (1967); Tsuda (1970); HSE (1973 TDN 17, EH 5).

Vinyl acetate

Reis (1966); Remirez (1968a); Stobaugh, Allen and van Sternbergh (1972).

Vinyl chloride

Gomi (1964); Buckley (1966); Albright (1967d,g); Arne (1967); Keane, Stobaugh and Townsend (1973); Reich (1976); Terwiesch (1976); Vervalin (1976a); Wimer (1976).

Xylene

Stobaugh (1966g); Atkins (1970); DoEm (1972 Det. Bklt 4).