There are countless industries which use compressed gas and compressed gas cylinders for business. If yours is one of them, then you undoubtedly have come across OSHA standard 1910.101. This standard regulates compressed gases and the handling of compressed gas cylinders. It regulates how to inspect cylinders, how to fill cylinders, how to dispense of compressed gases, what signage is required, and how to store and catalog compressed gas cylinders. It is an extremely important standard, but also an extremely easy standard to have an issue with on an audit.

Employees are expected to regularly review gas cylinders under their control to ensure they are being stored in a safe place. This is a quite subjective and vague explanation, but to get a better explanation, OSHA refers you to the Department of Transportation to review their regulations on hazardous materials. If you need further clarification, you are directed to the Compressed Gas Association Pamphlets C-6-1968 and C-8-1982.

For the handling, storage, and utilization of compressed gases in portable tanks, rail tankcars, cylinders, or motor vehicle cargo tanks, you are referred to the Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965. If you need information about safety relief devices, such as pressure relief devices, you are further referred to Compressed Gas Association Pamphlets S-1.1-1963 and 1965.

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