Monday, 14 June 2010 16:24
The Call
During the first week of June 2010, Spill Tech’s Specialised Hazmat Team was called upon to repack highly hazard product due to a leak in a container.
Due to the extreme corrosive nature of the product – Class 8, extreme caution was imperative to the successful and safe execution of the task at hand. Any contact with skin would result in severe burns and inhalation would have adverse respiratory effects.
Fully Kitted
The specialized Hazmat team was therefore dressed in full level B chemical splash suitsaccompanied with self contained breathing apparatus.
Precautions
First chemical absorbent booms and melt blown polypropylene chemical absorbent scatter were placed around the container as containment border before the container was opened. This would act as precaution in preventing any leakage from spreading.
Safe Execution
Once satisfied that the area was secured, the container was opened and the product repacked with extreme caution and the spilled product cleaned up.
Decontamination
On completion of the job, the Hazmat team followed decontamination procedures before leaving the site. With the intent to prevent contamination outside the controlled environment of the supervised site.
