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 60 of 53 8 US E OF T IGE R TO RCH E S Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 018 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 2 Doc u m e n t 1 st C r e at e d F e b 02 2011 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e On Re vised Doc u m e n t Ma r 31 2016 1 0 GU I D ELI N ES P ropa ne Tor c he s a lso r e f e rr e d to a s Tiger Tor c he s a re c omm onl y use d fo r t he pre a nd post he a ti n g of pipe or meta l bef o re w e ldi ng L ike a n y tool the re a re ha z a rds a ssocia ted w it h the use of pr opa ne fir e d torc he s t he re for e c ontro ls m ust be in pl a c e to ensur e that the w ork e rs c a n sa fe l y use the tool The spe c ific torc h m a nufa c tur e s ope r a ti on g uide o r instruc ti ons shoul d be re vie we d be fo re ope ra ti on of t he torc h 2 0 E QU IPM E N T INSTR UCTION S I nstru c ti on shoul d be g iv e n to all wor ke rs on ho w to use pr opa ne tor c he s W orke rs should be instruc ted b y a c omp e tent wor ke r Tr a ini ng on th e torc h use shoul d c ove r pr e use in spe c ti on of the e quipm e n t haz a rds a ssocia ted with t he torc h re quir e d P P E pr oc e dure s on ho w to ope ra te ma int a in a nd s tore the e quipm e nt W orke rs ma y be r e quire d to have W HM I S tr a ini ng a s we ll a s tr a nspo rta ti on of da n g e rous g oods 3 0 TOR CH INSPE CTIO N All t ools s hould be g iven a quick inspe c ti on be fo r e use C he c k to ensur e the to rc h c omponents a re in g ood c ondit ion fr e e of a n y da mage or de fe c ts and that a ll fitt ing s a nd c ontr ol valve s a re func ti ona l a nd se c ure l y ti g ht C he c k pro pa n e li ne to en sure that ther e a r e no c r a c ks a bra sions kinks or o ther de f e c ts whi c h would c ompromi se the h ose int e grit y Hose s a r e ofte n dr a gg e d on ro ug h a nd a br a sive su rf a c e s a nd use d in e x tre mel y c old t e mper a tu re s whic h c a n a ff e c t t he hose C he c k the pr opa n e tank t o e nsure the y a re in g ood c ondit ion and store d c or re c tl y De fe c ti ve e quipm e nt m u st be ta gge d out and r e moved f rom se rvi c e 4 0 To r ch H a za rds Hig h tempe ra tur e s c omb usti on a nd the pr e se nc e o f pr opa ne a re a ll ha z a rds w hich ne e d to be c onsi de re d wh e n int rodu c ing a torc h int o a wo rk a re a Hig h tempe ra tur e s c a n re sult in uncontr oll e d fir e s t he re for e fla mm a bles c ombus ti bles must be re moved a nd o r isolate d f rom the sour c e o f he a t