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Handle chemicals safely

Take a moment to think about where you store chemicals at your home. Do you have a special area set aside for them? Are there certain principles that you follow or safety precautions you take when you use chemicals around your home? This may not be very different to how they are stored and handled in the workplace.

Activity

Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of safe cleaning and chemical handling.

Describe what ‘caustic’ and ‘corrosive’ cleaning agents.
State the safety measures that should be taken when using these cleaning agents.
List five recommendations for the storage and security of chemicals and cleaning agents.
You are cleaning a kitchen at the end of the day with another member of staff. She opens a tin of caustic oven cleaner and accidentally inhales some vapour from the tin. She says she feels sick and dizzy. What should you do?
A colleague accidentally splashes liquid detergent in his eye. What should you do?