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Unsafe Acts
by Tiongho Poh Mechanical EngineerHow many unsafe acts and conditions can you find? This is good for those working in the oil and gas industries. This photo may save your life. Those people were working at high level and the noise level was exceptionally high, between 100 and 110 dB, for 24 hours per day.
A sound level of 120 may be fatal for some people. If the white shirt and the blue jeans he was wearing would not produce static electric sparks, they would be acceptable in a zone 1 and zone 2 areas. It takes a specialist to identify clothes which could produce static electricity.
All personnel going on board a rig, workers or visitors, must put on appropriate clothes consisting of materials which will not produce electrostatic discharges that can ignite explosive atmosphere.
Your clothing materials must be in accordance with EN 1127 & EN 13463-1, regarding risk analysis, and EN 1149-1 or EN 1149-3, regarding antistatic properties and also EN 1149-5, concerning antistatic and charge dissipation performance.
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About Tiongho Poh 
Mechanical Engineer
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