Chemical Handling and Storage
Storing, transferring and segregating chemicals safely: why storage incidents happen, WHMIS, provincial fire codes based on the National Fire Code & environmental rules, SDS-based storage groups, compatibility tables and segregation plans, shelving, containment, cabinets & storage rooms, flammable liquid classes and quantity limits, corrosives, oxidizers, reactives and peroxide formers, compressed gases and cryogens, bonding and grounding, eyewashes and showers (ANSI/ISEA Z358.1), laboratories, and waste and inventory management, with a capstone chemical storage plan.
HSE-312 12 lessons · 5 h 21 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why chemical storage incidents happen and describe the life cycle of a chemical from purchase to disposal.
- Identify the hazard communication, occupational health and safety, fire code and environmental rules that apply to chemical storage in Canada, including WHMIS and the National Fire Code.
- Use hazard classes and safety data sheet information to assign chemicals to storage groups.
- Apply a compatibility table to separate or isolate incompatible chemicals and build a segregation plan.
- Specify shelving, secondary containment, cabinets, storage rooms and outdoor storage suited to the chemicals held.
- Classify flammable and combustible liquids under both GHS categories and fire code classes and check quantities against code limits.
- Store corrosives, oxidizers, reactive chemicals and peroxide formers safely, controlling quantity, time and temperature.
- Secure, segregate and monitor compressed gas cylinders and cryogenic liquids, and estimate oxygen deficiency risk.
- Plan safe chemical transfers using enclosed methods, bonding and grounding, ventilation and labelled secondary containers.
- Specify, locate and maintain emergency eyewash and shower equipment, select chemical-protective gloves and direct first response to exposures.
- Apply storage principles in laboratories and small-quantity settings, including chemical hygiene plans, fume hoods and lab refrigerators.
- Manage waste chemicals and chemical inventories and prepare a chemical storage plan for a workplace.
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 21 min total · final exam
- 1 Why chemical storage incidents happen 29 min · quiz
- 2 The legal and fire-code framework 27 min · quiz
- 3 Hazard classes and the SDS for storage decisions 27 min · quiz
- 4 Chemical compatibility and segregation 26 min · quiz
- 5 Storage areas, rooms and cabinets 26 min · quiz
- 6 Flammable and combustible liquids 25 min · quiz
- 7 Corrosives, oxidizers, reactives and peroxide formers 27 min · quiz
- 8 Compressed gases and cryogenic liquids 28 min · quiz
- 9 Transferring and dispensing safely 25 min · quiz
- 10 Eyewashes, showers and first response 27 min · quiz
- 11 Laboratories and small-quantity users 27 min · quiz
- 12 Waste chemicals, inventory management and capstone: a chemical storage plan 27 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Storing, transferring and segregating chemicals safely: why storage incidents happen, WHMIS, provincial fire codes based on the National Fire Code & environmental rules, SDS-based storage groups, compatibility tables and segregation plans, shelving, containment, cabinets & storage rooms, flammable liquid classes and quantity limits, corrosives, oxidizers, reactives and peroxide formers, compressed gases and cryogens, bonding and grounding, eyewashes and showers (ANSI/ISEA Z358.1), laboratories, and waste and inventory management, with a capstone chemical storage plan.