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Version: 2011
2011
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Session 11:
11: Storing
Storing materials
materials
Session

safely
safely
Corresponding principle:

Principle 6.
Occupational health
and safety
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Potentially dangerous materials on the farm
1. Chemicals
2. Fuels
3. Fertilizers
4. Tools
5. Packing materials

Are your chemicals safely stored?

Corresponding
criteria:

Consequence of keeping chemicals in a room6.9, 6.11

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Are your chemicals safely stored?

Corresponding

criteria:

6.9, 6.11

How to store chemicals safely
1. Keep it locked

Corresponding
criterion:

6.7

How to store chemicals safely
2. Put warning
signs

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

How to store chemicals safely
3. Good light and ventilation

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

How to store chemicals safely

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

4. Enough capacity

Storage of
a

smallholde
r

Storage of a
middle-scale
farmer

Storage of a
big plantation

How to store chemicals safely
5. Label the shelves

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

How to store chemicals safely
6. Retention of spillage

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

How to store chemicals safely

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

7. Waterproof floor/ wall/
shelves

Metal
Cement
Wood

Plastic
Wood
cover

Corresponding
criterion:

How to store chemicals safely

8. Space from the wall and the
floor

30cm

Space from the floor

6.9

How to store chemicals safely
9. Mark storage areas

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

Corresponding
criterion:

How to store chemicals safely
10.

Away from houses, roads and water6.11

sources

Toilet
Canteen

Office

Fuel
storage

Chemical
storage

Corresponding
criterion:

How to store chemicals safely
10.

Away from houses, roads and water6.11

sources

House, office, school
etc.

60m

Public
road

Storage
100
m
120
m

Water sources

How to store chemicals safely
11.

Corresponding
criterion:

6.11

Away from fuels

Agrochemical storage

Fuel storage

50m

Fuels

Chemicals

How to store chemicals safely
12.

Keep original labels

Corresponding
criterion:

6.10

How to store chemicals safely
13.

Keep the safety information

Corresponding
criterion:

6.10

How to store chemicals safely
14.

No protective clothing inside the

storage

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

Are your fuels safely stored?

Corresponding
criteria:

6.9

Are your fuels safely stored?
Underground fuel storage

Corresponding
criterion:

6.9

How to store fuels safely

Corresponding
criteria:

6.9

Good light and
ventilation

Waterproo
f floor and
walls

Retention of
spillage
(Capacity: 1.2
times the total
volume of fuel)
System to
remove
spills

How to store fuels safely
Examples of big-scale
storage

Corresponding
criteria:

6.9

Are your fertilizers stored safely?

Foliar
fertilizer

Corresponding
criterion:

6.8

How to store fertilizers safely

Corresponding
criterion:

6.8

Good light and
ventilation

30cm from the
wall

Space from
the floor

Storage areas
marked

Waterproof
floor and walls

Are your tools stored safely?

Corresponding
criterion:

6.8

How
to
store
your
tools safely
Organized
and
kept
Organized
Organized
andand
keptkept
clean
clean
clean

Corresponding
criterion:

6.8

Corresponding
criterion:

Are your packing materials stored safely?

6.8

Corresponding
criterion:

How to store packaging materials safely
Enough space for
workers,
No danger of falling
down

6.8

Waterproof
material

Laws in your country

Corresponding
criterion:

6.8 , 6.9, 6.11

Additional requirements?
Stricter requirements?

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by
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behavior.
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