ICE
Oh Well
I was new to the city. An electrical contractor called and asked if a particular factory was a classified hazardous location. The facility is 250,000 sq. ft. where toilet paper is rewound from huge rolls into the rolls by your toilets.
The entire place is new with 4000 amps supplied. The city fire dept. has the responsibility to determine if a product conveying system is required to handle dust and fibers. The FD determined that there was no need for that so the business went full bore making toilet paper rolls for two years. Then I show up.
Every horizontal surface is coated with paper dust and fiber. None of the electrical equipment is listed for a hazardous location and most of the machinery is from Italy and not listed at all.
The entire place is new with 4000 amps supplied. The city fire dept. has the responsibility to determine if a product conveying system is required to handle dust and fibers. The FD determined that there was no need for that so the business went full bore making toilet paper rolls for two years. Then I show up.
Every horizontal surface is coated with paper dust and fiber. None of the electrical equipment is listed for a hazardous location and most of the machinery is from Italy and not listed at all.