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Foundation 2 days

Chemical Handling, Storage and Compatibility

Segregation that reflects chemistry rather than warehouse convenience

Incompatible storage causes incidents that are entirely foreseeable from a compatibility chart. This course covers hazard classification, segregation distances, bunding and drainage, and the compatibility assessment that should govern where material is placed.

This course sits alongside our Hazardous Chemical Storage consulting work, so what is taught is what we do.

Who should attend

Warehouse and stores supervisors and managers
Plant engineers and HSE staff responsible for chemical storage
Logistics and supply chain staff handling hazardous materials
Emergency planners assessing site inventories

Course content

Every module is taught with worked examples and exercises drawn from real plant, and adapted to your own process where the course runs in house.

1

Classification

  • GHS hazard classes and what each implies for storage
  • Transport classification and how it differs from workplace classification
  • Reading a safety data sheet for the storage relevant sections
2

Compatibility

  • Using a compatibility chart and understanding what a conflict means
  • Oxidisers, acids, bases, water reactives and pyrophorics
  • Reaction products that are worse than either reactant
  • Assessing a mixed store honestly
3

Storage design

  • Segregation distance and physical separation options
  • Bunding capacity, drainage and firewater retention
  • Ventilation, temperature control and ignition source exclusion
  • Stacking, racking and container integrity
4

Operations

  • Receipt, inspection and rejection criteria
  • Decanting and transfer operations
  • Spill response and the material specific considerations
  • Inventory control and the regulatory thresholds it feeds

What you receive

  • A compatibility assessment matrix for your inventory
  • A storage layout and segregation checklist
  • A bund capacity and firewater retention worked example
  • Assessment result and attendance record

What changes afterwards

  • Storage layout reflects chemistry rather than available space
  • Bund and drainage capacity accounts for firewater as well as spill
  • Warehouse staff recognise a conflict before material is placed
  • Inventory data supports regulatory threshold reporting

Standards and references

We teach Chemical Handling, Storage and Compatibility against GHS classification and labelling of chemicals and the codes listed with it, at the edition current when you run it.

GHS classification and labelling of chemicalsNFPA 30 flammable and combustible liquids codeUK HSE HSG 71 storage of packaged dangerous substancesMSIHC Rules 1989 for Indian sites and Seveso III where applicable

Run Chemical Handling, Storage and Compatibility for your team

We will come back with dates, the pre-reading it needs and a cost per head. Tell us who is attending, what they already do day to day and whether you want it at your site or delivered online.

Ask about dates and cost