In spite of significant progress made with respect to understanding ignition processes and the course of explosions as well as improved legislation, accidental explosions still occur in the process industries resulting in huge losses, including unfortunately the loss of lives. An important cause of accidental explosions is violation against existing procedures by personnel and lack of knowledge among personnel and management. Employers who run processes where there is the potential of an accidental explosion have the overall responsibility for preventing explosions from occurring and limiting their consequences to an acceptable level, first of all to protect employees, but also to protect the business. 

It is therefore of paramount importance to understand the ongoing processes in detail as well as possible consequences. On the basis of this knowledge the potential hazards need to be assessed allowing for preventive, and if necessary, adequate consequence reducing measures to be implemented. Personnel shall be educated on a regular basis assuring avoidance of violation against procedures resulting from the assessment.  New employees shall be educated before they begin operating hazardous processes. This also accounts for sub-contractors.

GexCon can contribute to assessing the hazards prevailing in your company, assess equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, determine explosion properties of hazardous materials such as flammable dust, provide expertise in accident investigations and even perform research etc. A total of 400 man-years of experience, development of the world-leading gas and dust explosion simulation tools FLACS and DESC, a large-scale explosion test site and process engineers working closely together with researchers and scientists, results in an exceptional bank of knowledge to help make GexCon your preferred explosion safety partner.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with your explosion safety questions.