Publications

Manual handling is an important issue for the industrial gases sector (including all 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. This publication covers the ergonomics and occupational health of manual handling activities in the industrial and medical gas sector. Included specifically are ergonomic principles that can be adopted to reduce likelihood of musculoskeletal issues.

Guide on preparing protocols for performing validation of systems for filling medicinal gas cylinders, in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices It provides an overall risk assessment to identify and evaluate potential critical steps in the manufacturing processes for filling medicinal gas cylinders

Applies to the medical devices put on the market by the gas manufacturers according to the new medical device regulation EU 2017/745 and concerns the implementation of the requirements related to the UDI system

This publication provides guidance to EIGA members, specifically to site managers, technical managers, and company environmental specialists on some best available techniques for Acetylene production in the industrial gases industry. It gives guidance on compliance with EC Directive 2008/1/EC Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control, which has been recast into EC Directive 2010/75/EU Industrial Emissions and associated BREFs.

This publication explains the safe use of solvents with acetylene. It describes the properties of the two solvents used for acetylene filling, acetone and dimethylformamide (DMF). It highlights the properties and the precautions to be taken when working with them.

This publication is intended to be used as guidance for persons involved in the operation, maintenance and inspections of cryogenic liquid storage installations. This publication describes the operation and required inspections of static vacuum insulated cryogenic vessels at user premises, designed for a maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) of more than 0.5 bar.

This publication is intended to assist EIGA members to identify issues in process safety and support them in improving their performance and assuring the integrity of their operations. It can also provide guidance for EIGA members in case of requests from authorities. Process and plant safety performance can be evaluated through the use of key performance indicators that enable companies to identify trends and to take rapid corrective action if needed. Whilst the use of key performance indicators is common at individual company level, their application across industry is restricted because they are not harmonised in a universally shared management model for process safety. This publication covers the selection, collection and validation of data. Multiple indicators are needed to monitor the different dimensions of process safety. The guidance in this publication is intended to contribute to developing process safety metrics, such that the number and the severity of process safety incidents can be reduced.

Guide on the removal of external contamination from medical gas containers so that the process does not damage the container or its accessories and protects personnel handling medical gas containers

This publication gives a method to establish the acceptance criteria for impact damage on Type 3 and Type 4 cylinders and tubes and specifies the tests to be performed for producing pictures of acceptable and non-acceptable defects. The publication is intended to supplement EN ISO 11623, Gas cylinders – Composite construction – Periodic inspection and testing.

Small hydrogen plants used in, for example, fuelling applications have a low environmental impact due to size and technology employed. Over regulation of these plants is a barrier to the development of hydrogen as an energy carrier. On-site hydrogen production is also expected to be required in relation to road vehicle refuelling. This publication is on the environmental impacts and operational controls for these packaged hydrogen plants and is intended to be used as guidance for permitting these plants so that simpler permitting can be applied.