Spills cleaning

A sub-group of Environmental Industiy Associations that represents for-profit companies in North America providing solid, hazardous and medical waste collection, recycling and disposal sendees, remedial and oil spill clean-ups, and companies providing professional and consulting sendees to the industiy. 

Hat ing spill clean-up equipment available in a prominent and unobstructed location in the shop... 

CONCAWE Secretariat, 1974, Inland Oil Spill Clean-up Manual. Report No. 4/74, The Hague, the Netherlands. 

Any spills of epoxy resin or epoxy components should be cleaned up immediately. The immediate concern is to protect personnel, prevent a possible fire hazard, and contain the spill until it is cleaned up. Persons engaged in spill clean-up should be protected from vapors and from skin contact by wearing appropriate protective clothing and equipment. Persons engaged in spill clean-up should also be aware of proper disposal techniques for the materials used in the process. 

If container is broken or contents have spilled, clean it up immediately. Before cleaning up, put on full-length trousers, long-sleeved shirt, protective gloves, and goggles or face shield. Soak up spill with absorbent media such as clay, sawdust, com cods, or other suitable material and dispose of waste at an approved waste disposal facility. 

Keep a spill clean up kit immediately available whenever you handle pesticides or their containers. If a spill occurs, you will not have the time or the opportunity to find all of the items. 

Refinery or tank farm spills Cleaning reactors and storage tanks Carrier solvent in paints, stains and anti-corrosion coverings... 

A. B. Nordvik, J. L. Simmons, K. R. Bitting, A. Lewis, and T. Storm-Kristiansen, Oil and water separation in marine oil spill clean-up operations. Spill Sci. Technol. Bull. 3,107-122 (1996). 

Shredded foam may be used as void liII material or thermal insulation or construchon products. Ground PS foam is used in floral vase stuffing, lawn furniture fill, and in plant nurseries as soil lightener to improve aeration. PS foam beads can also be used with concrete to make lightweight insulating material for use in highway road beds, railroad beds, and airport runways. PS foam can also be an oil spill clean-up material. 

In many spills, cleaning stations are set up to rehabilitate birds. Although techniques have improved gready in the past few years, success rates are still poor as it is very stressful for a wild bird to be captured and handled. Less than half of the oiled birds that are cleaned and released actually survive. Only very sick birds can... 

As in warehouses which store non-chemical commodities, chemical warehouse workers should wear safety shoes and/or boots which provide impact and compression protection. For spill clean up, various rubber and plastic materials are appropriate for the construction of boots to be used in chemical environments. Additional information can be found in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z41 1991, Personal Protection—Protective Footwear. ... 

Appropriate spill control supplies should be assembled on a cart or pallet which can be quickly delivered to the site of a spill. Typical spill clean up supplies are listed in Table 9-1. 

Mercury is a very useful chemical, and if handled properly, can be used routinely without fear. There is no need to shut down a laboratory because of a mercury spill. Clean it up immediately and continue. However, if spillage is not cleaned up, the vapors can cause chronic metal poisoning after prolonged exposure (Table 6-2). An extreme example is the old-time Hatter s disease. This occurred when hat makers treated beaver fur with HgfNOj), to permit the fiir to kink into felt. After continued exposure, the hatters often got the shakes. Anyone who shook was mad as a hatter. Mereurous compounds are much less soluble than mercuric compounds. In fact, a spoonful of calomel (Hg2Cl2) often was given... 

The 1977 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban on PCB manufacture greatly curtailed occupational PCB exposure. Potentially hazardous exposures continue, however, for workers in spill clean up, servicing and dismantling of transformers and capacitors, electrical utility work, and firefighting. A tremendous volume of PCB is still in use and numerous sites in this country and abroad remain contaminated with PCB oil. 

SPILL CLEAN UP use water spray to cool and disperse vapors dilute spills to form nonflammable mixtures control runoff and isolate discharged material for proper disposal eliminate all ignition sources. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP Ventilate area of leak or spill clean up spills in a manner that does not dispose dust into air moisten with water in order to reduce airborne dust and prevent scattering pick up spill for recovery or disposal and place in a closed container remove all sources of ignition. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP Absorb liquids in dry earth, sand or vermiculite, and deposit in sealed containers activated carbon or peat may also be used to absorb spills ventilate area of spill after clean-up is complete remove all ignition sources. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP for small quantities, absorb on paper towels for large quantities, may be absorbed on dry earth cover with lime or soda ash remove all ignition sources. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP absorb small quantities on paper towels and evaporate in fume hood burn the paper for large quantities, cover with sodium bisulfite and flush with large amounts of water but not into spaces such as sewers because of danger of explosion remove all ignition sources. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP for small quantity, sweep onto paper, or other suitable material, place in appropriate container, and bum in safe place (such as fume hood) ventilate area reclaim large quantities. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP evacuate danger area ventilate area of leak or spill collect spilled liquid in sealable labelled containers or absorb in sand or inert absorbent flush remaining spill with large amounts of water, but not into confined spaces such as sewers due to possibility of explosion. 

SPILL CLEAN UP remove all ignition sources evacuate and cover area with activated carbon to absorb as much as possible empty and deposit in sealed containers. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP Sweep spilled substance into sealable containers use wet vacuuming or moisten first to prevent dusting cover liquid spill with dry lime or soda ash ventilate area and wash spill site after complete material pickup. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP absorb or eover with dry earth, sand or other non-combustible material prevent entry into waterways, sewers, basements or confined areas remove all ignition sources (no smoking, flares, sparks or flames in immediate area). 

SPILL CLEAN-UP absorb as much as possible with materials such as fly ash or cement powder do not use water on material itself and keep out of water sources and sewers. 

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