Chemical Spill Kits are a specific set of well-organised specialist equipment that can be used to clean up hazardous substances, from a small leak at a workplace to what’s classified as a major incident. The main purpose of the Spill Kit is to control, contain, and clean up the potentially dangerous substance that has caused a problem. Supplied by professional companies such as https://hydepark-environmental.com/spill-response/spill-kits/chemical these elite kits have been used to resolve many potentially fatal spills.
There are actually three main different types of Spill Kits, A Hazchem Spill Kit, an Oil Only Spill Kit and the General-Purpose Spill Kit. The Hazchem Spill Kit is specifically designed to deal with spills of acids, caustics and farming chemicals, specifically, fuels and solvents. The desired size of your kit depends on the biggest container your company has on site. The Oil Only Kit is for spills of hydrocarbons, such as petrol, oils and diesel, the contents repel water and absorb fuels and oils in both dry and rainy weather conditions.
The General-Purpose Spill Kit is often found in factories, workshops and on loading docks and is the most common type of Kit. Designed to be used with non-aggressive liquid spills it has ingredients contained inside that absorb coolants, hydraulic fluids, fuels and solvents alongside common workshop liquids. This very useful kit has grey colour-coded absorbents and co-ordinating grey lid for easy recognition.