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// CODE SNIPPET

1910.110(b)(12) Filling Densities

OSHA 1910 General Industry > H Hazardous Materials > 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases > 1910.110(b) Basic Rules > 1910.110(b)(12) Filling Densities
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1910.110(b)(12)(i)

The "filling density" is defined as the percent ratio of the weight of the gas in a container to the weight of water the container will hold at 60 deg. F. All containers shall be filled according to the filling densities shown in Table H-27.

TABLE H-27 - MAXIMUM PERMITTED FILLING DENSITY
Specific Gravity
at 60 deg. F.
(15.6 deg. C.)
Above Ground Containers Under
ground
containers
all
capacities
0 to 1,200
U.S. gals
(1,000 imp.
gal., 4,550
liters) total
water cap.
Over 1,200
U.S. gals
(1,000 imp.
gal., 4,550
liters) total
water cap.
Percent Percent Percent
0.496 - 0 .503 41 44 45
.504 -.510 42 45 46
.511 -.519 43 46 47
.520 -.527 44 47 48
.528 -.536 45 48 49
.537 -.544 46 49 50
.545 -.552 47 50 51
.553 -.560 48 51 52
.561 -.568 49 52 53
.569 -.576 50 53 54
.577 -.584 51 54 55
.585 -.592 52 55 56
.593 -.600 53 56 57

1910.110(b)(12)(iii)

Portable containers not subject to DOT jurisdiction (such as, but not limited to, motor fuel containers on industrial and lift trucks, and farm tractors covered in paragraph (e) of this section, or containers recharged at the installation) may be filled either by weight, or by volume using a fixed length dip tube gaging device.

1910.110(b)(12)(ii)

Except as provided in paragraph (b)(12)(iii) of this section, any container including mobile cargo tanks and portable tank containers regardless of size or construction, shipped under DOT jurisdiction or constructed in accordance with 49 CFR Chapter I Specifications shall be charged according to 49 CFR Chapter I requirements.

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