Tuesday, 11 May 2010 08:19
Incident
On the night of March 23rd 2010, a double axel truck’s brakes caught on fire whilst travelling on the M7 east bound to Durban. When the driver was decreased his speed, the load shifted causing a large amount to spill onto the road. The truck was carrying a load of glass bottles.
Response
On receipt of the emergency response call, Spill Tech immediately dispatched a response team to attend to the clean up.
The Clean UP
Our managers met on site with the insurance brokers to ensure all the correct procedures were being followed. On completion of the site assessment, it was established that approximately 16 pallets of glass bottles were burned.
Once a work plan was put into place, our Hazmat Operations Manager took over on the management the site. Under his leadership, a quick and efficient clean up was executed.
The Spill Tech response team worked right through the night into the following day.
All the waste gathered from the roadside was loaded into the Spill Tech skips and taken off site for disposal at an authorized landfill.
