Flammable liquids such as various fuels or solvents will be transported in appropriately marked safety cans with their contents identified. No glass container use will be allowed.
- The use of gasoline as a cleaning agent on CorSafety. property is strictly forbidden. Only low flash point liquids are permissible for use in cleaning parts and machinery. Also no employee shall use gasoline to start a fire or use gasoline or replenish a tank on a heating device with a flammable or combustible liquid while the device is in operation or is hot enough to ignite the liquid.
- All materials combustible and flammable liquids contaminated by flammable liquids are placed in receptacles that meet the requirements of the National Fire Code of Canada 1990, including any Revisions and Errata published from time to time, respecting the storage of flammable and combustible liquids that. All shall be non-combustible and have close-fitting metal covers, are labelled “flammable” and are located at least one meter away from other flammable liquids.
- No tar pot, while in use, will be placed within three meters of an entrance to or exit from a building.
- When a flammable gas or a flammable liquid is handled, used or stored, all sources of ignition must be eliminated or adequately controlled including open flame, spark-producing mechanical equipment, welding and cutting processes, smoking, static discharge and any electrical equipment or installation that is not approved for hazardous locations, as specified by local regulatory requirements and national codes
- Metallic or conductive containers used to transfer flammable liquids must be electrically bonded to each other or electrically grounded while their contents are being transferred from one container to the other.
- Only containers approved to CSA Standard B376-M1980 (R1998), NFPA Standard 30 or ULC Standard C30-1995 shall be used to store flammable substances.
- Containers of flammable substances will be stored in fire-proof cabinets and no appreciable combustible materials will be stored within 12 meters of any spark producing operation.
