Using A Set Of Spill Containment Pallets Is Safe For Everyone

By Paula Barron


Of all of the chemicals you use, in your plant, some of them are going to be dangerous to health. Some of them may only represent a slip hazard if they get on the floor. The safety of your personnel should be the first job you have and, because of that, special safety measures are instituted for that reason. Spill containment pallets will assist in making sure these substances do not get a chance to endanger anyone regardless of what those barrels, tanks or drums contain.

Thinking about all of the procedures, based on the regulations from OSHA or the EPA, it is clear hat the best thing to have happen is not to have a spill. The busy plant has to implement these procedures to ensure a rapid recovery and the reporting of this event will have to be filed as well. Ensuring this spill does not happen is the better course of action than anything done after the fact.

These pallets, manufactured by several companies, are designed to hold all of the compounds contained in the drums, barrels or tanks that are stored on them.. The construction of heavy duty polyethylene will not react to the vast majority of chemicals it will be asked to hold. The forklift pockets will be handy for moving it from place to place.

The removable grates, inserted into the top of these pallets will allow the chemicals to flow into the reservoir. The many sizes will ensure there is one large enough for all of the chemicals you have. From one to as many as eight drums can be placed on the appropriate sized pallet. This can be that secondary containment that is talked so much about.

Without the pallets, that spill will cause the hazardous material personnel to come in. They will have the special gear on to prevent them being impacted in any way. The non contaminated material will be removed and barriers erected to keep people out of the area. It goes without saying that the production or process line will be shut down for the duration of this cleanup and re certification.

Neutralizing material will have to be broadcast to make the spilled material as inert as possible. This can also require air cleaning equipment and a partial shutdown of other, non contaminated, areas. All material cleaned up will be placed in drums that are specially marked, sealed and delivered to companies licensed for recycling or disposal.

By using spill containment pallets, the whole experience is a lot different. The leaking that is happening goes into the reservoir. When the leak is noticed and the whole pallet is removed to a cleaning area, the production line can stay in operation. The drums can be taken off and drained into a pre marked container and the grates taken off. Cleaning can be done quite easily and the pallet can be put back into service.

The job of making every effort to prevent danger to your employees is yours. These spill containment pallets will help in this matter as they can prevent dangerous elements from getting in contact with them. Depending on the jurisdiction, this leakage may need to be reported, but the costs and time involved are not as significant.




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