Learn about the hazards associated with storing liquids that burn in Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) and strategies to help safeguard against this hazard in your facility.
Thank you for stating that these should be stored outside and away from the building. This video was very informative. We are seeing more and more of these plastic and single wall metal transportation IBC's at fixed facilities for use and storage of flammable and combustible liquids without a UL listing. The concern is the storage of flammable liquids with low flash points. In transportation, the metal IBC's are inspected every 5 years. Once they get to a fixed facility, they are no longer inspected. Then there is the question about bonding and grounding of the plastic IBC's for transfer of flammable liquids. I have not seen the last IBC you show with the double wall containment and top filling and dispensing.
Before I retired the company would have what they called a Worldwide Conference at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, (a Waldorf Astoria Resort). I'm not sure of the business purpose, but there was a lot of good food and drink for several days, and some activities. I went on the group bicycle tour. There were speakers, the best of which I recall the astronaut/air force officer/M.D. who related a precarious situation on a space station and some lady who climbed Mt. Everest on her second attempt. There was also a street artist and a pair of jugglers/comedians. These were insteresting people interspersed with boring FM managers who sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher to my mind. These "conferences" were pre-pandemic and attended by employees from all over the world. I'm sure it cost the company an astronomical fortune. There wasn't any work or real training to do, so it was almost fun within the tightly circumscribed world of work.
Thank you for stating that these should be stored outside and away from the building. This video was very informative. We are seeing more and more of these plastic and single wall metal transportation IBC's at fixed facilities for use and storage of flammable and combustible liquids without a UL listing. The concern is the storage of flammable liquids with low flash points. In transportation, the metal IBC's are inspected every 5 years. Once they get to a fixed facility, they are no longer inspected. Then there is the question about bonding and grounding of the plastic IBC's for transfer of flammable liquids. I have not seen the last IBC you show with the double wall containment and top filling and dispensing.
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Before I retired the company would have what they called a Worldwide Conference at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, (a Waldorf Astoria Resort). I'm not sure of the business purpose, but there was a lot of good food and drink for several days, and some activities. I went on the group bicycle tour. There were speakers, the best of which I recall the astronaut/air force officer/M.D. who related a precarious situation on a space station and some lady who climbed Mt. Everest on her second attempt. There was also a street artist and a pair of jugglers/comedians. These were insteresting people interspersed with boring FM managers who sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher to my mind. These "conferences" were pre-pandemic and attended by employees from all over the world. I'm sure it cost the company an astronomical fortune. There wasn't any work or real training to do, so it was almost fun within the tightly circumscribed world of work.