Personal Storage Policy

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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

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  • 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)