Hazardous chemicals inspection and safe storage management

摘要

It has long been established that chemicals inspection and hazardous materials handling requires strict guidelines and procedures. However, often these are out of date, and the procedures are left inefficient. With the advancement of mobile technology, there is now a safe way to inspect chemicals, and manage them throughout their lifetime using paperless inspection methods. Hazardous chemicals are substances, mixtures and articles that can pose a significant risk to health and safety if not managed correctly. For many organizations that operate with hazardous chemicals such as those in the oil and gas, agriculture and manufacturing industries, inspection has not only been a paramount safety feature but also a question of how you can improve your processes. With the introduction of Intrinsically Safe (IS) mobile devices, employees were safe to carry mobile devices in Zones or Areas ranked by their hazard level (e.g. Zone 1 and Zone 2). This was usually for methods of communication or to make recordings via integration with other devices and machinery. Now such organizations are using their mobile devices to run safety inspections, regular site audits, safety walks or asset management. With the invention of paperless inspection applications running on the same Intrinsically Safe mobile devices, employees can now also make recordings and follow checklists to perform checks that are needed across an organisation in such industries. Allowing all the safety inspection of the non-hazardous location to be the same as that of the hazardous location means the cross-examination of data becomes much easier and more efficient.