Warehousing and storage: a guide to health and safety (HSG76): HSG76 / HSG 76 (Health and safety guidance, HSG76 / HSG 76)

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You must store aerosol canisters under cover in secure, well-ventilated containers, and within caged storage areas. You must also store them in a well-vented place that is not subject to extreme temperatures or direct sunlight. You must not store canisters in open containers to prevent the risk of them spreading fires by ‘missiling’ or ‘ejection’. Tanks, pipework and fittings must be examined by a competent person, following a written scheme. The scope and frequency of examination must also be determined by a competent person. You must work out how often to carry out these internal examinations using a risk assessment approach. This should be based on:

You must store all waste containers in a way that allows easy inspection. You must maintain safe access, with a gap of at least 0.7m between rows of bulk containers or palletised wastes. HSE guidelines come in the form of HSE guidance documents. These are best practice documents which offer pragmatic — rather than legal — advice on matters of occupational safety. A common misconception is that HSE guidelines and HSE guidance documents are the law. However, they are not, and this short paragraph at the start of every HSE guidance document makes this clear: any special provisions relevant to that batch or load including minimising odour and other fugitive emissions HSG90: The law on VDUs: An easy guide: Making sure your office complies with the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (as amended in 2002) HSG210: Asbestos essentials: A task manual for building, maintenance and allied trades on non-licensed asbestos workWhen loading and offloading odorous, flammable or volatile liquids between bulk storage tanks and tankers, you must use vapour balance lines to transfer the displaced vapours from the receiving vessel to the vessel you are pumping from. You must transfer wastes from containers into other storage vessels using a dip pipe, not by pouring. You must store wastes in sealed metal containers under cover if they have the potential for self-heating or self-reactivity. You must monitor the containers for heat build-up. Such wastes include rags and filter materials contaminated with metal swarf, low boiling point oils or low flash point solvents. Wherever practicable you should store all other wastes under cover. Covered areas must have good ventilation. This applies to any such container:

You must manage waste in a way that prevents pests or vermin. You must have specific measures and procedures in place to deal with wastes that are identified as causing pests or vermin. HSG251: Fumigation: Health and safety guidance for employers and technicians carrying out fumigation operationsIn 2009/10 the storage, warehousing and road haulage industries reported over 8500 work related accidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities. Almost 1600 of these accidents were classified as major injuries such as fractures and amputations. Resources As such, post-Brexit, HSE could completely overhaul HSG76. Yet, this isn’t likely to happen, as there are no calls for HSE to do so. Instead, what is likely to happen is that all existing HSE legislation will remain the same. You should equip storage and treatment tanks with an automatic level monitoring system and an associated alarm or trip system. These systems must be sufficiently robust (for example, be able to work if sludge and foam are present) and regularly maintained. You must fit tanks with suitable overfill protection.