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91-191 - General

Section 78
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Portable compressed gas containers
78(1)An employer and an employee shall each ensure that regulators, automatic reducing valves, gauges, hoses and other appliances provided for use with a particular gas or group of gases are not used on a portable compressed gas container containing a gas having different chemical properties unless information obtained from the supplier of the portable compressed gas container states that this can be safely done.
78(2)An employer shall ensure that
(a) connections on a portable compressed gas container to piping, regulators and other appliances are kept tight to prevent leakage,
(b) connections to a portable compressed gas container that do not fit are not forced,
(c) the valves on a portable compressed gas container are kept closed at all times whether the container is charged or empty, except when
(i) gas is flowing from the container,
(ii) the gas in the container is maintaining pressure in a supply line, or
(iii) the container is on stand-by during and between operations using the gas, and
(d) check valves for a portable compressed gas container are installed as close as possible to fuel gas and oxygen regulators.