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Hydrogen Safety Ecosystem

With many new organisations are getting involved in hydrogen, we decided to support a safer rollout by sharing our safety knowledge captured in dozens of hydrogen safety publications. These are publications that have helped keep our industry safe for decades. Check out the “ecosystem” portal for free, and discover the easy access to the relevant publications.

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Hydrogen is central to Europe’s ambitious climate goals, as laid out in the EU Green Deal

The Industrial Gases sector has more experience in the production, transportation, storage, and application of hydrogen than any other industry in the world, having been active in the field for over 100 years. The Industrial Gases sector is therefore well-placed to be a key partner for a thriving, carbon-neutral Europe that meets its 2050 goals, in part through the successful deployment of hydrogen.

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EIGA e-learning courses

Our eLearning tools are open to all, completely anonymous, and free of any charge.

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Exceptional projects and record safety achievements were reported to EIGA

It is an honour and a pleasure for EIGA to award such brilliant ideas and outstanding safety performance. Have a look at the 2021 virtual Award Ceremony here. Please join me in congratulating the EIGA Award Winners.

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European Industrial Gases Association

The European Industrial Gases Association, EIGA, is a safety and technically oriented organisation representing the vast majority of European and a number of non-European companies producing and distributing industrial, medical and food gases.

The Antwerp Declaration outlines 10 concrete actions, from integrating the EU Industrial Deal into the broader European Strategic Agenda 2024 – 2029 while complementing the EU Green Deal to fosterin...
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EIGA Winter Summit 2024 in Antwerp – A recap
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EIGA Winter Summit 2024 in Antwerp – A recap

"Enabling H2 together!" is our theme throughout 2024. We kicked off the topic with our Winter Summit, which took place in January in Antwerp. Over 180 people, expert and/or passionate about hydr...
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Let’s enable H2 together
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Let’s enable H2 together

We hope you enjoyed the EIGA Winter Summit 2024! The EIGA Team certainly did. We are taking this opportunity to warmly thank you for attending what we believe has been an outstanding event. Actuall...
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PFAS
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PFAS

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a proposal to ban PFAS from the environment. PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a large class of thousands of synthetic chemicals that have b...
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Latest Publications

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DOC 238 / 22 - Prevention of Plant Instrument and Utility Gas System Cross Contamination

This publication applies to HYCO plants and provides design and safeguards requirements of utility and instrument gas systems. It identifies the potential hazards resulting from the connections between gases, instrument gases, and the process.
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DOC 248 / 24 - Guidance for Manual Handling in Distribution Activities

Manual handling is an important issue for the industrial gases sector (including areas such as medical, food etc.). Many activities of the industrial gases industry involve manual effort which have the potential to cause harm if not properly managed. Manual handling related injuries are a major cause of lost workdays and occupational illness. National or local regulations shall be considered separately. Applicable national and local regulations shall be applied in conjunction with this document. They shall be followed as a minimum.
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DOC 249 / 24 - Lone Working

Whilst at European level there is no specific legislation addressing lone working, the general obligations on employers under the worker safety directive, requiring task risk assessment, should consider the lone working aspects. This publication describes and discusses tasks specific to the industrial and medical gases industry and how they can be performed safely, by a lone worker.
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