HS(G)140 Safe use and handling of flammable liquids, HSE, 1996.
Appendix 3 describes the requirements for hazardous area classification. The use of BS 5345 and the Institute of Petroleum Code ‘Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations: Model Code of practice in the Petroleum Industry’ Part 15 are recommended. The guidance also recommends that zones are recorded in a plan to prevent sources of ignition being brought in.

HS(G)166 Formula for health and safety : guidance for small and medium sized firms in the chemical industry, HSE, 1997.
The guidance describes the requirements for hazardous area classification. The use of BS 5345, BS 6467 and BS EN 60529 are recommended. The guidance also provides recommendations for flammable dusts but notes that no area classification system is available.
       

HS(G)51 Storage of flammable liquids in containers, HSE, 1998.
Appendix 3 describes the requirements for hazardous area classification. The use of BS EN 60079-10 and the Institute of Petroleum Code ‘Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations: Model Code of practice in the Petroleum Industry’ Part 15 are recommended. The guidance also recommends that zones are recorded in a plan to prevent sources of ignition being brought in.
       

HS(G)103 Safe handling of combustible dusts : precautions against explosions, HSE, 1994.
       

IGE/SR/25 (Hazardous Area Classification ). In preparation. Institution of Gas Engineers.
       

LPGA CoP 1 Bulk LPG storage at fixed installations. Part 1 : Design, installation and operation of vessels located above ground, LP Gas Association, 1998.
Supersedes HS(G)34 Storage of LPG at fixed installations, HSE, 1987.
       

HS(G)176 The storage of flammable liquids in tanks, HSE, 1998.
Supersedes HS(G)50 The storage of flammable liquids in fixed tanks (up to 10000 cu. m in total capacity), 1990 and HS(G)52 The storage of flammable liquids in fixed tanks (exceeding 10000 cu. m in total capacity), 1991;
Paragraphs 35 to 39 describe the requirements for hazardous area classification. The use of BS EN 60079-10 : 1996 and the Institute of Petroleum Code ‘Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations: Model Code of practice in the Petroleum Industry’ Part 15 are recommended. The guidance also recommends that zones are recorded in a plan to prevent sources of ignition being brought in.
       

HS(G)178 The spraying of flammable liquids, HSE, 1998.
Paragraphs 36 to 41 describe the requirements for hazardous area classification. The use of BS EN 60079-10, BS 5345, BS 5501 and the Institute of Petroleum Code ‘Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations: Model Code of practice in the Petroleum Industry’ Part 15 are recommended.
       

HS(G)186 The bulk transfer of dangerous liquids and gases between ship and shore, HSE, 1999.
Appendix 2 describes the requirements for hazardous area classification. The use of BS EN 60079-10 and the Institute of Petroleum Code ‘Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations: Model Code of practice in the Petroleum Industry’ Part 15 are recommended.
       

HS(G)71 Chemical warehousing: the storage of packaged dangerous substances, HSE, 1998.
Paragraph 122 describes the requirements for hazardous area classification. The use of BS EN 60079-10 and the Institute of Petroleum Code ‘Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations: Model Code of practice in the Petroleum Industry’ Part 15 are recommended.
       

HS(G)22 Electrical apparatus for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, HSE, 1984.
Now superseded.
       

BS 4683 : Part 1: 1971 Specification for electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres – Part 1: Classification of maximum surface temperatures, British Standards Institution, 1971.
       

BS 5345 Selection, installation and maintenance of electrical apparatus for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (other than mining applications or explosives processing and manufacture), British Standards Institution.
Has been superseded by BS EN 60079-14 : 1997 and will be withdrawn on 1 December 1999.
Part 1 : 1989 General recommendations;
Part 3 : 1979 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection ‘d’. Flameproof enclosure;
Part 4 : 1977 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection ‘i’. Intrinsically safe electrical apparatus and systems;
Part 5 : 1983 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus protected by pressurization ‘p’ and by continuous dilution, and for pressurized rooms. Intrinsically safe electrical apparatus and systems;
Part 6 : 1978 Recommendations for type of protection ‘e’. Increased safety;
Part 7 : 1979 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection N;
Part 8 : 1980 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection ‘s’. Special protection.
       

BS 5501 Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres, British Standards Institution.
Part 1 : 1977 General requirements;
Part 2 : 1977 Oil immersion ‘o’;
Part 3 : 1977 Pressurisation ‘p’. (Withdrawn. Replaced by BS EN 50016 : 1996);
Part 4 : 1977 Powder filling ‘q’;
Part 5 : 1977 Flameproof ‘d’;
Part 6 : 1977 Increased safety ‘e’;
Part 7 : 1977 Intrinsic Safety ‘ia’;
Part 8 : 1988 Encapsulation ‘m’;
Part 9 : 1982 Intrinsic Safety ‘ib’.
       

BS EN 1127-1 : 1998 Explosive atmospheres – Explosion prevention and protection – Part 1: Basic concepts and methodology, British Standards Institution.
Paragraph 6.4.8. provides guidance on hazards due to lightning.
       

BS EN 60079-14 : 1997 (ºIEC 60079-14 : 1996) Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Part 14: Electrical installations in hazardous areas (other than mines), British Standards Institution, 1997.
       

BS EN 60079-10 : 1996, (ºIEC 60079-14 : 1995) Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Part 10: Classification of hazardous areas, British Standards Institution, 1996.
       

BS EN 60079-17 : 1997 (ºIEC 60079-17 : 1996) Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Part 17: Inspection and maintenance of electrical installations in hazardous areas (other than mines), British Standards Institution.
       

BS 5908 : 1990 Code of practice for fire precautions in the chemical and allied industries, British Standards Institution.
General. Section 10, Paragraph 56.5 provides guidance on grades of release.
       

BS 5958 : 1991 Code of Practice for the control of undesirable static electricity, British Standards Institution.
Part 1 : 1991 General considerations;
Part 2 : 1991 Recommendations for particular industrial situations.
       

BS 6467 Electrical apparatus with protection by enclosure for use in the presence of combustible dusts, British Standards Institution.
Part 1: 1985 Specification for apparatus. (Withdrawn on 1 September 1999. Superseded by BS EN 50281-1-1 : 1999);
Part 2: 1986 Guide to selection, installation and maintenance. (Withdrawn on 1 September 1999. Superseded by BS EN 50281-2-1 : 1999).
       

BS 6651 : 1992 Code of practice for protection of structures against lightning, British Standards Institution.
Section 9 provides guidance on lightning protection of structures with inherent explosive risks.
       

BS 7430 : 1998 Code of practice for earthing, British Standards Institution.
Lightning protection. Section 23 provides guidance on lightning protection.
       

LPGA CoP 7 Storage of full and empty LPG cylinders and cartridges, LP Gas Association, 1998.
       

Model Code of Safe Practice in the Petroleum Industry, Institute of Petroleum.
Part 1 : Electrical Safety Code, 6th Edition 1991 (7th Edition in preparation);
Part 15 : Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations, 1st Edition 1990 (2nd Edition in preparation).
       

Guidance Notes on the Installation of Industrial Gas Turbines, Associated Gas Compressors and Supplementary Firing Burners. IM/24 1st Edition June 1989, British Gas.
       

British Gas Engineering Standard Code of Practice for Hazardous Area Classification for Natural Gas, BGC/PS/SHA1 1986, British Gas.
       

Recommendations for Storage, Use and Filling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in Containers. LPG 6 October 1989. The Loss Prevention Council.
       

PrEN 1831-1 RIC Engines – Safety – Group 2 Engines – Flammable Gas and Vapour.
       

BS EN 50014 to BS EN 50020 Electrical Apparatus for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres. British Standards Institution.
       

Recommendations for the Protection of Diesel Engines for Use in Zone 2 Hazardous Areas, Publication No. 107, The Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association, 1992.
       

PM58, Diesel-engined Lift Trucks in Hazardous Areas, HSE. (Not in current HSE list). Replaced by HS(G)113.
       

ICI Electrical Installations Code (ROSPA 1972).