What safety practices and considerations are there for remote workers and those working around combustible materials?
GC. When you consider working with flammable or combustible materials, you evaluate the hazards according to the fuel sources and ignition sources. This applies whether remote or not. Again, NFPA 30 addresses the fuel source if it is flammable or combustible liquids, oils, gasoline, paints, coatings, and solvents for example. First, you must recognise or identify the hazards – NFPA 30 provides specific requirements for classifying the materials according to their properties and then implements safeguards for storage, handling and use according to the degree of hazard. The basic approach is to store less quantities of the most hazardous class of material unless additional fire protection measures are implemented. The other aspect of fire prevention is the recognition and control of ignition sources – the sources can be electrical, open flames related to hot work, or static electricity any time flowing materials are present (a source that generates the static electricity). In addition to
