The first port of call for any organisation looking to manage chemicals in a warehouse is to consult the COSHH regulations from the Health and Safety executive’s website. This will enable the company to see if they fully comply with the required safety measures. One of the essential features that a company will need is to have a set of Chemical Spill Kits, like those from hydepark-environmental.com/spill-response/spill-kits/chemical. With these in place, any issue can be dealt with quickly. Chemicals cannot be left for any length of time. To avoid this from happening, the HSE has laid down specific requirements for the storage of chemicals in a warehouse.
Firstly, only trained and qualified staff should have access to chemical storage. The least amount of contact with the chemicals is preferred. This space has to be well-lit and ventilated. Also, the storage room floor needs to be cleanable and made of a material resistant to the chemicals in the barrels. All of the contents need to be clearly labelled and placed in areas of defined storage.
One of the most exciting elements is that you must provide explosion relief where necessary. This means that the companies should look to ensure explosions do not occur in the first place. As the HSE states, explosion prevention is greatly preferred over explosion protection. There also needs to be a robust provision for the removal of waste and waste packaging.
