Information needs chemical reactivity hazard management

Contractors, contract manufacturers, transporters, warehouses, and end users of reactive chemicals should be informed not only of chemical reactivity hazards, but provided information or training on how to control them. This should be done as part of product life-cycle management and Responsible Care/Product Stewardship. Specific issues needing to be addressed may include but probably are not limited to those that are highlighted during the hazard/risk analyses (Section 4.5), including ... 

Approximately 36 percent of incidents in the CSB data are related to chemical incompatibility. CCPS provides information on managing chemical incompatibility hazards in guidelines for chemical reactivity. It emphasizes the need to systematically examine possible chemical incompatibilities and describes the use of interaction matrices (CCPS, 1995a, p. 7 1995b, p. 108).52>,53 This guidance applies to chemical manufacturers as well as to other industries. 

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