Government Requirements for Safety Tool Use
Rules
In the U.S.A., there are many organizations such as the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and MSHA (Mine Safety & Health Administration) that require or recommend the use of non-sparking hand tools in many industrial applications. For example, petroleum & chemical manufacturing, explosive and blasting agents, the marine industry, the mining industry, the paper industries, and spray booth operations, just to name a few, all require the use of non-sparking hand tools to eliminate fire and explosion hazards.
OSHA guidelines specifically cite the use of safety tools for handling of the following chemicals:
- Acrylonitrile
- Aluminum
- Benzene
- Chlorine dioxide
- Chloroacetaldehyde
- Chlorodiphenyl
- Chloro-nitropropane
- Coal dust
- Crotonaldehyde
- Cyanamide
- Diborane
- Dibutyl phthalate
- Dichloroethylene
- 2-Dichloroethylene
- Dichloroethyl ether
- Dichlorvos
- Diethylamine
- Diisopropylamine
- Dimethylaniline
- Dimethylamine
- Dimethylphthalate
- Dinitrobenzene
- Dinitrotoluene
- Dioxane
- Dipropylene glycol methyl ether
- Ethyl acetate
- Ethyl acrylate
- Ethylamine
- Ethyl amyl ketone
- Ethyl benzene
- Ethyl bromide
- Ethyl butyl ketone
- Ethyl chloride
- Ethyl ether
- Ethyl silicate
- Ethylenediamine
- Ethylene oxide
- n-Ethylmorpholine
- Flourottrichloromethane
- Furfural
- Glycidol
- Haptachlor
- Heptane
- n-Hexane
- Hydrogen cyanide
- Isobutyl alcohol
- Isopropyl acetate
- Isopropylamine
- 4-Methoxyphenol
- Nonane
- Phenol
- Trimethylamine
- VM and naphtha
- Zinc stearate