Top 10 tips for safely storing your dangerous goods

Every business that handles uses or stores dangerous goods by government and local body regulations must provide and use adequate dangerous goods storage cabinets or areas. Any of the dangerous goods that could react with other substances if they come into contact, need to be stored separately.

Dangerous goods must be stored safely and properly to deduce any risk to property, people and the environment. They must be stored in containers that contain spill sumps large enough to hold their contents inside properly designed safety storage cabinets.

These top tips for safely storing dangerous goods:

Dangerous goods must be stored so they do not pose a danger to people, property or the environment. The common work place habit of storing small amounts of dangerous goods on or under workbenches or on top of cabinets should be discouraged or disallowed as it potentially poses a danger in the event of a dangerous goods spillage or natural disaster where other dangerous goods could react with wrongly or inappropriately stored dangerous goods

By following these basic top tips for storing your dangerous goods you can ensure your work place is less likely to experience an accident, disaster or personal injury due to any dangerous goods kept there. Fires in industrial, manufacturing businesses and even homes are often caused or amplified because of inappropriately stored dangerous goods.

Taking the time to check your work place or home to identify and store any dangerous goods may save you, your family or your work mates from serious physical injury or property loss such as fire or chemical damage.