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 61 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 018 P age Nu m b e r 2 of 2 Doc u m e n t 1 st C r e at e d F e b 02 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e o n Re vised Doc u m e n t Ma r 31 2016 Othe r w ork e rs must a lso be c onsi de r e d a s inadve r tent c ontac t wit h torc he s or ho t m a ter ial c a n c a us e burns R e membe r tha t t he temp e ra tur e of the e quipm e nt or the mate ria l whi c h ha s be e n he a ted c a n re main hig h e v e n a fte r the fla m e ha s be e n r e moved or e x t ing uished The use of pr op a ne int ro duc e s man y ha z a rds to th e wor k e nvironm e nt as it is hi g hl y fla mm a ble he a vier than a ir e x pa nds 270 ti mes whe n g oi n g f r om l iqui d to g a s a nd ha s a re lativel y low e x plosi ve li m it P ropa ne c a n a lso di splac e ox y ge n in conf ined sp a c e s c a us e fr ostbi t i f e x pose d to s kin and r e lea s e c a rbon monox ide a nd c a r bon diox ide w he n bur ne d 5 0 Pers o n a l Protect iv e E qu ip me nt Ha rd ha t sa fe t y boots sa fe t y g l a sses a nd le a ther wor k g loves Aside fr om norma l P P E y o u c ould c onsi de r f lam e re sis tant g loves e y e prot e c ti on to help r e duc e e x posure to brig ht l it e fl a me r e sis tant c lot hin g a n d g a s d e tec tors 6 0 E merge nc y Resp o n se Due to t he ha z a rds a sso c iate d with t orc he s e mer g e nc y re sponse pl a ns a s we ll a s saf e t y e quipm e nt shoul d be a va il a ble W orke rs should have kn owle dge of e m e r g e n c y e quipm e nt such a s fire e x t ing uisher s includi n g loca ti on c orr e c t use a nd proc e dur e for turnin g o ff fue l sup pl y 7 0 G ener a l Sa fet y Pr e ca u ti o ns Ne ve r smoke whe n wo rk ing with or a round prop a ne torc he s Alwa y s use pr op a ne torc he s in we ll ve nti late d a r e a s Ne ve r le a ve li t propa n e t orc h una tt e nde d Ne ve r li g ht a pr op a ne tor c h with a ma tch or a c i g a re tt e li g hte r a lwa y s us e a sti c ke r S top wor k im media tel y i f y ou sm e ll rotte n e gg s or me r c a pa n a nd ins pe c t t he e quipm e nt for le a k s