Personal Storage Policy

What can and can't we store in our storage boxes?

• No smouldering materials

• No hazardous materials (COSHH) - every material has a MSDS sheet saying whether it needs marking, can be put in cupboard, etc. if obviously hazardous, need to get sheet and read it and follow any storage procedure

• Things should be labelled and appropriately packaged

• no food not securely packed

• no explosives

• no radioactive, chemicals, bio hazards, fuming or odorous, illegal

• what about paint stripper? you buy consumer grade thing, but now it’s in a workplace, print the data sheet and store on file. If there’s a symbol on the

back or you don’t want to drink it … orange symbol - means worry about it.

• if you make a new chemical - you don’t know if it has an orange sq - so don’t store it without checking

• note that donations might be hazardous :) stuff at home is ok but it’s not ok at works premises

• Random inspections!

• if it looks hazardous, a metal flammable liz cupboard

Detailed regulations from commercial storage company at http://www.safestore.co.uk/terms_and_conditions/default.aspx.

• if you printed the MSDS sheet, the sheet goes in a folder.

• no noise emitting things (no beeps every hour)

• “no active things” but ok for silent digital watch

• nothing that affects people working around it or things in adjacent

• no hot / light / emissions

• lids secured or marked or packed, (e.g. knives) , marked if super heavy

• LI ion batteries - commercial off the shelf batteries in own covering OK, your own project, not.

• fire proof areas for battery charging

• no unattended charging of non-off-the-shelf Li Ions or using non-off-shelf chargers

• Nothing obviously dangerous or illegal :)

Visible summary rules - detailed page linked off (broad rules with lots of examples)