Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 10 of 53 8 1 0 IN TRO D UCTION The purp ose of this docu ment is to provide g uidan c e for th e sa f e ha ndli n g stora ge a nd us e of c ompre ssed ga s c y li nde rs C ompre ssed ga s c y li nde r c ontents c a n b e tox ic f lammable ox idi z ing c orr osive a ndo r ine rt C he mi c a ls t ha t ar e ga se ous for m and pr e ssu riz e d c a n quickl y spr e a d throu g h out a spa c e P r e ssuriz e d c y li nde rs c a n b e c ome hi g h s pe e d pro je c ti les if the c y l inder va lve is broke n o ff 2 0 SAF E HA N D L IN G P R ACTICES Ensur e c y li nde rs a re p ro pe rl y l a be led w h e n r e c e i ve d Do not a c c e pt c y li nd e rs tha t ar e not l a be led Do not a dd re move o r a lt e r a n y c y li nde r m a rkin g or la be ls W e a r e y e p rote c ti on sa f e t y boots a nd wor k g lov e s whe n ha ndli n g c y li nde r s W he n a c y li nd e r or v a lve is cor rode d or m a lfunc ti oning re mov e fr om se rvic e Do not modi f y or re pa ir a n y p a rt of the c y li nde r i nc ludi ng the pr e ssure r e li e f de vic e a nd va lv e Use a ha nd tru c k or a ppr ove d li fting de vic e to m ove c y li nde rs N e ve r lift c y l inder s b y the v a lve c a p Va lve c a ps shall be in plac e a nd ha nd ti g htene d w he n c y li nde rs a re in st ora g e o r be in g tra nspo rte d Va lve c a ps a r e not nee d e d whe n c y li nde rs a re in u se C y li nd e rs should not be use d a s roller s supports or f or a n y oth e r pur pose t o c ontain a nd use the c ontents a s re c e ived fr o m t he suppl ier 3 0 STOR AGE P R ACT IC E S Avoid st oring c y li nde rs i n ha ll wa y s ne a r e lev a tor s he a vil y tr a ve led a re a s or ne a r e x it s C y li nde rs must not obs truc t ex i t routes e lec tric a l pane ls or e mer g e n c y e quipm e nt C y li nd e rs must not be store d whe re movi n g objec t s ma y strike o r f a ll on the m All c y li nde rs in se rvic e must be se c ure d to pr e ve nt fa ll ing or r oll in g S tore in an upr ig ht pos it ion and se c ur e with a br a c ke t cha in or low stre t c h stra p a round the upp e r thi rd of the c y li nde r S tore a nd use c y li nde rs i n we ll ve nti late d loca ti on that doe s not e x c e e d 125 F or 52 C S tora g e a r e a s mus t be po sted w it h the ha z a rd c l a ss or the na mes of the ga se s st ore d Empt y c y li nde rs should be se pa r a ted f rom f ull c y li nde rs a nd sha ll be mar k e d e mpt y