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Chemical Storage Guidance Note

A Important notice
In accordance with HSE guidelines and regulations, before this cabinet is placed into operational use,
it is the responsibility of the user to ensure that : the signage to be displayed on this cabinet is appropriate
to the hazards associated with those chemicals or products to be stored within.

In addition, where more than one chemical group is to be stored, it is the user responsibility to ensure
that : chemical segregation requirements are in accordance with HSE or European guidelines and
recommendations. To achieve segregation or volume controls additional cabinets may be required.

It is recommended that prior to operational use a full and detailed study of all Chemical MSDS is conducted
to determine those hazards - with particular attention to section 10 - incompatible substances.

A reference chemical segregation chart is detailed overleaf and whilst applicable to chemical warehousing,
the segregation levels detailed within the chart are also recommended for day to day operation and storage
of smaller quantities.

GHS - Hazard Pictograms and Related Hazard Classes

Dangerous Substance
Cabinets - Yellow

Additional labels included

Exploding Bomb Corrosion Flame Over Circle for your consideration
Explosives Skin corrosion/burns Oxidizing gases
Self-reactives Eye damage Oxidizing liquids
Organic Peroxides Corrosive to metals Oxidizing solids
Where the cabinets will be used for the storage of ammable
liquids then the client must ensure that :
No more than 50 litres for extremely, highly ammable and those
ammable liquids with a ashpoint below the maximum ambient
temperature of the workroom/working area.
Gas Cylinder Environment Skull & Crossbones No more than 250 litres for other ammable liquids with a higher
Gases under pressure Aquatic toxicity Acute toxicity (fatal or toxic) ashpoint of up to 60C.

A Note
Whilst these three chemical symbols represent ammable,
oxidizing and explosive materials, each of which are commonly
stored in these types of cabinets, they should never be stored
together in any combination in the same cabinet. To achieve
Exclamation Mark Health Hazard Flame
segregation or volume controls additional cabinets may be
Irritant (eye & skin) Carcinogen Flammables
required, in accordance with HSE guidelines.
Skin sensitizer Mutagenicity Pyrophorics
Acute toxicity Reprodcutive toxicity Self-heating Additional regulations may also be applicable, it is the user of this
Narcotic effects Respiratory sensitizer Emits ammable gas cabinet responsibility to ensure they are fully compliant with the
Respiratory tract irritant Target organ toxicity Self-reactives law in respect to chemical, hazardous and dangerous substance
Hazardous to ozone Aspiration toxicity Organic peroxides storage i.e. the storage of explosive materials will also be subject
layer (non-mandatory) to the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulation 2005.

Hazardous Substance
Acid Cabinets - White
Coshh Cabinets - Grey

Additional labels
Additional labels included
included for your
for your consideration
consideration

To achieve segregation or volume controls additional cabinets may be required, in accordance with HSE guidelines.
Note : It is recommended good practice to store acids and alkalis separately and NOT in the same cabinet.

Always remember : It is the user responsibility to ensure that the correct signage appropriate to the hazard is displayed on the storage cabinet. in addition,
chemical segregation must always be in accordance with the HSE and / or European guidelines - see chart overleaf.

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Chemical
Segregation by
Chemical Group

1.0 Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate
Explosive Explosive Segregate From
From From From From From From From From From From
Segregate
2.1 Segregate Keep Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Keep
Flammable From or ISOLATE Keep Apart
From Apart From From From From From Apart
Keep Apart
2.2 Segregation Segregation Segregation
Compressed Segregate Keep Keep Keep Segregate Segregate Segregation Keep
Non Toxic may not be may not be may not be
gases Non ammable From Apart Apart Apart From From may not be necessary Apart
necessary necessary necessary
Segregate Segregation
2.3 Segregate Keep Segregate Keep Segregate Keep Segregate Segregation Keep
Toxic From or may not be
From Apart From Apart From Apart From may not be necessary Apart
Keep Apart necessary
Flammable Segregate Segregate Keep Segregate Keep Segregate Segregate Segregate Keep
ISOLATE Keep Apart
liquids From From Apart From Apart From From From Apart
4.1 Segregation Segregation
Segregate Segregate Keep Keep Keep Segregate Segregate Segregate
Readily may not be Keep Apart may not be
combustible From From Apart Apart Apart From From From
necessary necessary
Flammable 4.2 Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Keep Keep Segregate Keep
Spontaneously ISOLATE Keep Apart
solids combustible From From From From From Apart Apart From Apart
4.3 Segregation Segregation
Segregate Segregate Keep Segregate Segregate Keep Keep Segregate Segregation
Dangerous may not be may not be
whan wet From From Apart From From Apart Apart From may not be necessary
necessary necessary
5.1 Segregation Segregation
Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Keep Segregate Keep
Oxidising may not be may not be Keep Apart
substance From From From From From Apart From Apart
Oxidising necessary necessary
substances 5.2 Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Segregate Keep
Organic ISOLATE ISOLATE ISOLATE Keep Apart
peroxide From From From From From From Apart

Segregation Segregation Segregation Segregation

Segregate Keep Keep Keep Keep Keep Keep
Toxic may not be may not be may not be may not be
From Apart Apart Apart Apart Apart Apart
necessary necessary necessary necessary

Segregation Segregation
Segregate Keep Keep Keep Keep Keep Keep Keep Segregation
Corrosive may not be may not be
From Apart Apart Apart Apart Apart Apart Apart may not be necessary
necessary necessary

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