Risk Assessment on Asphyxiation Hazard for Pharmaceutical Industry

In pharmaceutical industry there are huge amount of usage of inert gases. There are many areas from technical area to clean area where inert gas is used to improve quality product as well safety point of view. But there is a chance of asphyxiation hazard in case of leakage. After evaluating the type of inert Substances and area of application it is further need to have proper estimation of release. Quantum of release needs to be evaluated mathematically. How much pressure of inert gas is being used, Up to what extent it can lead to spread into the atmosphere, calculate the amount of release whether it can easily deplete the oxygen level from safest level to dangerous level. All these aspects need to be evaluated carefully while assessing asphyxiation hazard risk assessment. The basic scope of this study is to provide adequate information about asphyxiation hazard for supervisors, line managers, direct workers and users wherever inert gases are produced, stored, used, or where oxygen depletion could otherwise occur.