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Paul Neal "Red" Adair (June 18, 1915 – August 7, 2004) [3] [4] was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping oil well blowouts , both land-based and offshore .
Dow's Fire & Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, 7th Edition (1994) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) ISBN 0-8169-0623-8; Center for Chemical Process Safety (2009) Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: A Life Cycle Approach 2nd edn Wiley ISBN 978-0471-77892-9
The pictogram for harmful substances of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.. The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally agreed-upon standard managed by the United Nations that was set up to replace the assortment of hazardous material classification and labelling schemes previously used around ...
A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure that helps integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task or job operation.The goal of a JSA is to identify potential hazards of a specific role and recommend procedures to control or prevent these hazards.
The Emergency Response Guidebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident (ERG) is used by emergency response personnel (such as firefighters, paramedics and police officers) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States when responding to a transportation emergency involving hazardous materials.
Division 1.1: Substances and articles which have a mass explosion hazard Division 1.2: Substances and articles which have a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard Division 1.3: Substances and articles which have a fire hazard and either a minor blast hazard or a minor projection hazard or both, but not a mass explosion hazard
Elimination is the most effective of the five members of the hierarchy of hazard controls in protecting workers, and where possible should be implemented before all other control methods. [1] [2] [3] Many jurisdictions require that an employer eliminate hazards if it is possible, before considering other types of hazard control. [4] [5]
Hellfighters is a 1968 American adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, and Vera Miles.The movie depicts a group of oil well firefighters, and is based loosely on the life of Red Adair.