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,
- Cleaning and disinfecting agents of a cleaning company,
- 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.

This brochure shall give a practical guide to where and how chemicals should be kept, in particular for small and mediumsized enterprises.

ISSA Chemistry Section
c/o BG RCI (Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie)
Kurfürsten-Anlage 62
D-69115 Heidelberg Germany