Tuesday, 15 December 2009 06:36
On a Saturday night, earlier this year a factory was receiving a load of lime. Something went wrong and left 30 000 tons of lime strewn over the factory floor.
Spilltech was contacted and a response team was dispatched immediately to site. The Spilltech response team began bagging the lime. They worked right through the night. Due to the health hazard that lime presents, all team members in the vicinity donned full face masks.
Blocked Off Drains
As a routine measure, all drains in the vicinity of the spill were blocked off in case the lime entered the storm water or effluent. This would cause the pH to be badly affected.
High Pressure Cleaners
Once the area was swept clean, 750 bar as well 250 bar high pressure cleaners were brought onto site to clean the concrete and tar area that had been affected by the lime.
All run off and waste product was disposed of by Spilltech according to standard environmental safety procedures.
