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Storage of Chemicals

Guidelines for good practice

How are chemicals safely stored? This question is relevant not only in chemical plants; the products in the following examples are also chemicals: Paint and varnishes of a painter workshop; oils, solvents and thinners in a repair shop; Building foams, cement residue remover of a construction company; gas bottles with acetylene, oxygen, liquefied gases of a locksmith.

The brochure "Storage of Chemicals" gives a practical guide to where and how chemicals should be kept, in particular for small and mediumsized enterprises. The target group are all people who are involved in the storage of chemicals. You can get the brochure in English or German language for 8 Euro each at ISSA Chemistry Section, c/o BG RCI (Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie), Kurfürsten-Anlage 62, D-69115 Heidelberg/Germany (Phone: +49 6221 5108 0, Mail: issa.chemistry@bgrci.de)

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English [ 2-storage-of-chemicals.pdf 2.84 MB ]

German [ 4-storage-of-chemicals.pdf 2.49 MB ]

Author: ISSA International Section on Prevention in the Chemical Industry
ISSA, 2012
Topics: Occupational risks
Regions: International
Language: English, German

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