Posts Tagged ‘ Chemical Spills ’

Most Noticeable Lab Safety Equipment

Lab safety equipment is an integrated part of the whole safety system equipments in every chemical plant. Lab safety equipment is provided in order to avoid lab accidents, reduce hazard (chemical, physical and biological) exposure and etc.

Various analytical works are carried out in laboratory everyday, which involve the use many hazardous chemicals or hazmat. As the consequences, many potential hazards are possible to happen in the laboratory, such as chemical spills, worker exposure to toxic gases, explosion, fire and electric shock.

So that’s why lab safety equipment plays an important role in accident prevention inside the laboratory. It can save workers from death and injuries, and keep your accident statistic remain zero.

Then, what types of lab safety equipment do you have to provide? Here is the list. (more…)

Tags: Chemical warfare, safety cabinets, protective equipment, chemical spill

An Introduction to Spill Containment Pallets

by Lukman Nulhakiem

Dike is designed to contain chemical spills or leaks from tanks. Dike capacity is usually design for holding 110% of the largest tank. Then, how do we contain chemical leaks or spills from drums?

Drums are not designed as leak-proof and that’s why chemical inside the drums can leak or spill. Leaks and spills problem are potentially occur during chemical filling, storing, shipping and unloading.

Spill Containment Pallet

Because drums are put on pallets, the best way to contain chemical leaks or spills is by designing the pallets to be able to contain the leaks or spills. That special pallet is commonly called by spill containment pallets. (more…)

Tags: chemical hazard, basic models, main factor, spill containment pallet, certain load

Truck Driver Safety Meeting Topics

Truck Driver Safety Meeting Topics – 13 Ideas

by Lukman Nulhakiem

Truck drivers who deliver hazardous chemicals require deeper safety knowledge than truck drivers in general. To enhance their knowledge about safety on hazardous chemical transport, truck driver safety meeting is usually conducted. At least it is conducted once a year.

You may have scheduled your own truck driver safety meeting for several years with same topics. You do not have any idea about truck driver safety meeting topics so that you decide to use the same topics.

Ideally, truck driver safety meeting topics should cover all aspects associated with hazardous chemical transport. It is because you have to ensure not only truck driver safety and the goods, but you have to ensure people’s safety during hazardous chemical transport that may take thousands miles away from the plant site to your customer’s site. (more…)

Tags: bulk container, thousands miles, Hazardous chemical transport, Road traffic safety, truck drivers, driver safety, transport truck

Potential Hazards in Chemical Industries

The Most Common Potential Hazards in Chemical Industries

By Lukman Nulhakiem

If we talk about potential hazards in chemical industries, there will be long discussion about that matter. Although one chemical plant has similar nature with one another, but each plant comes with its unique hazards.

In this article, I will write about potential hazards in chemical industries in general which is in turn it can be used as inputs for preparing hazard identification work for your own plant site. This is very important mainly for companies which have not determined hazards list within their plant sites yet.

As a reminder, I recommend you to read my previous article about hazard identification study as well as hazard control methods if you have never experienced in making hazard list for your plant. (more…)

Tags: flammable solid hazard, gas leak, important thing, high temperature radiation, Electrical hazard

Chemical Spill Kits

Chemical spill kits are a collection of tools and materials that are required for taking countermeasures on chemical spills. They should be readily available whenever chemical spills happen, in order to eliminate and or reduce hazards associated with the spills.

Selection of chemical spill kits should be made based on nature of spilled chemicals (hazardous level), spill volume and location of the spills. Nature of the chemicals should always be referred to their MSDS.

The spill kits must be compatible with the spilled chemicals. For example, absorbent material used for absorbing acid must not react with the acid. Use only acid spill kit, otherwise it could generate additional hazard that increases the danger level of the spills. (more…)

Tags: kits location, kit contents, danger level, chemical coat

What Are The Dangers of Chemical Spills?

“What are the dangers of chemical spills?” You may ask that question whenever you are trying to identify hazards associated with hazardous chemical spills.

With many hazardous chemicals presence in plant site, chemical spill hazards are much more likely to happen. Spills of acids, bases, highly flammable liquids, toxic chemicals, reactive substances, oxidizing agents and other hazardous chemicals can present real hazards to workers and environment.

Chemical spills can occur at production site, from a storage tank, warehouse area where chemicals are stored, during transportation, at the laboratory or during transferring operation. It means that chemical spills hazards have to be identified at these workplaces and activities. (more…)

Tags: Man-Made Disaster, reactive substances, main factors, articles on chemical spills, production site

Chemical Plant Accident Record in June 2009

chemical-plant-accident-statistic Since June 2009, I have collected news about accident (incident) related to chemical plant operation and chemical manufacturing. My intention to post about this chemical plant accident statistic is to remind all of us that accident could happen anywhere in plant site due to variety of reasons. So don’t underestimate any unsafe conditions and safety findings that you may find in your workplaces.

Surely, I cannot bring all the accidents news in front of you. And the accidents are written only in the form of title, but of course it still contains the main accident information as well as links to the complete news sources. Thus, you can read more about the accident news.

Here are some accidents that happened in last June 2009.

Fire Destroys a Fertilizer Plant in North Carolina

Chemical Spills at a Detergent Plant in south Wales

Methyl Acetate Leaked at Evergreen Packaging (Iowa)

Toxic Fumes (Hydrogen Sulfide) Caused 3 Workers Died at Waste Plant

An employee Suffered Severe Chemical Burn at Invista Polymer Plant

Chemical Plant Blaze in Herefordshire

Formaldehyde Odor Forced Evacuation

Chemical Plant Blast at Waste Water Treatment Tank in Evonik Lynchem Co China

Tags: Evonik Industries, complete news, North Carolina, Chemical burn