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Chemical Safety Alert: Lightning Hazard to Facilities Handling Flammable Substances

This alert is designed to raise awareness about lightning strikes so industry can take proper precautions to protect equipment and storage or process vessels containing flammable materials.

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Lightning Hazard to Facilities Handling Flammable Substances (May 1997) (PDF)(5 pp, 302 K)