Oxygen Cylinder Storage
Oxygen Cylinder Storage
(OP)
Hello,
I work maintenance in a nursing home and we are going through about 160 O2 tanks a week. We simply do not have enough indoor storage to have the tanks stored / labeled correctly. We wanted to erect a locked fence outside with a roof, but trying to interpret the code correctly. First of all the back of our new fence will be a vinyl privacy fence. We want to have a chain link fence w/ a double gate and privacy slats on the other 3 sides. I know the O2 has to be stored 20ft away from combustibles, but we are trying to determine what constitutes as combustible. We have 2 standard dumpsters that would be only about 8ft away, and on the backside of the vinyl fence is a parking lot with the closest car being probably 10-15 ft away. I know trash is considered combustible, but if its contained w/in the dumpster is it still considered combustible? Also is a car considered combustible? We do not want to spend $1600 on a fence only have have life safety say we can not put it there. I should note we want to store 48-72 regular size O2 cylinders inside the fence.
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the help





RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
Yes cars are Highly "combustible".
Your proximity to them may come into question.
Dumpsters burn like hell. Most of the time inside themselves..
The phone call/s gets all the correct answers for your situation.
R/
Matt
RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
They are painted, visible and (frequently) approved by local authorities.
http://www.globalindustrial.com/g/storage/flammabl...
As your needs change, you can add or subtract storage cabinets...
What has your oxygen supplier suggested ?
What do his other customers use ??? Can you informally contact them and ask questions ??
Keep us in the loop ...... finish this thread and tell us of your final solution !!!!!
MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
With that much weekly usage, why not a bulk liquid oxygen tank?
Than you have to train people to fill them, and that hazard
RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
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RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
PEDDARIN2 suggestion that way you don't have to worry about handling procedures, securing cylinders and loosing the cylinder caps which would be a safety violation.
RE: Oxygen Cylinder Storage
A nursing home must give all of its patients mobility (and it becomes an advertising point even)! So the little bottles are the 99.9% rule, and big ones are even more inconvenient. Nursing home employees are often SEIU (non-nurse) and are often temporaries or themselves moving from job-to-job more often than a degreed nurse or long-time professional hospital industrial tech.
Still, 160 2 inch dia x 24 inch long small bottles should not take up too much space. Have you though of racks or a different enclosure rather than a chain-link (attractive theft nuisance) fence?