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FILE NAME DuPont DUP DATE 1966 Sept 1 DOC DUP108 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes - Standards Section - Safety and Fire Protection Subcommittee - from Aug 30 Meeting i 1029 > QU POND am" sUsGnes Ont E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CompaNY . WILMINGTON DELAWARE 19898 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CC Ferguson Items D. W. HUID19 HUID19 . 12 - 23 C. E. Marsh Item 16 W. D. Webb ~ tem16 J. J. W. M. Farrell Jr. Item 1 Item 22 16 ) H. A. Heidelberger Design - Item 22 A. C. Elsasser Item 23 R. 32 September 1 1966 00449 PRESENT ABSENT C. HOLDER JR - CHAIRMAN - EMP REL F. T. BODURTHA JR - ESD W. A. BOWER - PLASTICS - WILM WILM . G. W. CAWMAN - ORCHEM - CHAMBERS WORKS C. R. GROVES FMP REL - WILM K. E. KEUPER - CONSTRUCTION H. LEWIS > EXPLO - CARNEY'S POINT - DEV LAB . D. M. HALL ALT FOR W. G. RIDLEY - TEX FIB - WAYNESBORO E. A. ROBE - F & F - PHILADELPHIA E. A. TSCHOPP - DESIGN R. SECTION W. STANDARDS S. KISER - PIGMENTS - NEWPORT~ E. J. WILFERT - GSD - WILM STANDARDS SECTION - SAPETY AND FIRE PROTECTION SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES THE MEETING HELD TUESDAY AUGUST 30 1966 AT 9:00 A.M. IN ROOM 13418 NEMOURS BUILDING APPROVAL OF MINUTES : The minutes of the last meeting were approved NOTE Followin arge the dates agreed to for the next 3 meetings September 27 Novemberl Novemberl November 29 No change Was October 25 Was November 22 1 1967 WORK FORECAST The following item was added to the list prepared last month Trailers used as temporary offices new This may be developed in conjunction with appropriate & subcommittees 2 ELECTRIC FORK TRUCKS The Chairman reported that he had received a reply from Under- writers Laboratories stating in effect that since our comments applied to trucks which were several years old Underwriters' Laboratories felt they could take no action ~ Holder agreed to locate through Purchasing a recently purchased Type EE truck fer and have it checked against Underwriters Laboratories specification BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Safety and Fire Protection Subcommittee Minutes -2- . 004500450 0 C. Holder also will reply to the letter from D. G. MacLean Chambers Works pointing out that this subcommittee agrees with the use of the Type EE truck as permitted in Specification SV2A S12G - LABORATORY DESIGN CRITERIA It was reported that J. D. Wilson has promised a revised draft by October 30 F20E - DEPTH OF COVER FOR OUTSIDE UNDERGROUND FIRE MAINS This revised standard was approved for issue Floc - FIRE HOSE COUPLING SPECIFICATION It was agreed to omit Bellewood Cooper and Wyandotte Tulsa will be added River F & F Warehouses This standard was approved for issue F9G - SOLVENT DISPENSING ROOM Recommendations to change Par 6.1 and add a new Par 6.2 by submitted W. G. Ridley June 27 1966 were discussed at length The subcommittee disagreed with these recommendations and concluded that no change should be made in the standard S2H - RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT F. T. Bodurtha is scheduled to report in September S10P - METAL SCAFFOLDS S7F - SCAFFOLD PLANK K. E. Keuper is scheduled to report in September PROTECTION OF OPENINGS IN FIRE WALLS Due from & in October 10 25B - BARRICADES FOR PROCESS EQUIPMENT It was suggested that some information be included on the use of blasting mats such as were used at Louisville H. Lewis will contact F. A. Loving and F. M. Willis for their comments and will reply to the comments received from R. P. Delano Discussion will be continued 11 12 F6J - FLAMMABLE VAPOR AND GAS DETECTORS Deferred due to the absence of W. S. Kiser S1H - AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR AIR MASKS W. A. Bower reported that he will have a revised draft before the next meeting He plans to include information regarding use of portable compressor filters etc. This should satisfy the request made by the Protective Coatings Subcommittee for information on air supplied to sand blasting hoods 13 14 S1E - SAPETY SHOWERS C. R. Groves asked that this be deferred until next month F7H a EMERGENCY SHUTOFF FOR GAS SUPPLY LINES E. A. Tschopp asked that this be deferred until next month . arenes am " Safety and Fire Protection . Subcommittee Minutes -3- 15 REAFFIRMATION 00451 16. S1B S17B S8G S9R S4G F11G Reaffirmed Reaffirmed " Keuper will report next month Cawman will report next month Robb will report next month S2P - PRESSURE TESTING | The subcommittee reviewed recommendations in a July 15 1966 from J. W. Farrell Jr. to K. E. letter dated Keuper a Lubricating oils - the subcommittee objected to including this service due to the potential fire hazard should a leak occur b Brine - Approved 17 18. c Air increased limits of 150 220 - Approved a Inert gas increased limits 150 150 - Approved HEAT VENTS FOR FIRE C. Holder had no report F18B - FIRE DAMPERS FOR DUCTS E. A. Tschopp had no report 19. 20 F1D - FIRE PUMPS E. A. Tschopp had no report S2T - THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES . F. T. Bodurtha reviewed with subcommittee members the importance of reporting TLV data which can be used by ACGIH as a basis for establishing threshold limit values This is particularly important in those cases where Du Pont feels that the TLV presently is too low 21 F4H - FLAMMABLE LIQUID STORAGE TANKS the C. R. Groves submitted a revision clarifying the definition of gravity flow This was approved for issue 22 B2W >> PIXED LADDERS . A. J. Schwertfeger Explosives Department brought to the sub- committee's attention the fact that the standard B2W does not limit the straight unbroken length of fixed ladders while ASA standard A14.3 - 1956 - requires in Par 6.2 When ladders are used to ascend to heights exceeding 20 feet except on chimneys landing platforms should be provided for each 30 feet of height or fraction thereof Each ladder section should be offset from adjacent sections Although the subcommittee members do not believe that present practices constitute any particular hazard they question the legal implications particularly since many or state codes could probably incorporate ASA A14.3 a our did local copy of