Increase Workplace Safety - Handling Chemicals Safely

Speak­er 1: All right, Budd Group Team, we are here in this J clos­et to talk about some­thing that our folks have to do every day and that’s mix­ing chem­i­cals. We’re here with our account super­vi­sor, Cas­san­dra, to talk about how we can do this safe­ly. Make sure that when we mix the chem­i­cals we are doing it effi­cient­ly, effec­tive­ly and safe­ly so that when we do take that chem­i­cal out, we can get the job done the way that we need to. What are the first things we need to know before we get mix­ing any chemicals?

Speak­er 1: Okay, very good. Always impor­tant to get that water in there first. That’s going to keep the chem­i­cal from hit­ting that hard plas­tic and splash­ing back up into our eyes. Again, very impor­tant to make sure we have the right PPE on. And like as Cas­san­dra said, we want to make sure that we know the ratio before we start pour­ing that in there to make sure we’re mix­ing and dilut­ing that chem­i­cal at the right rate. Very good. These are all great things to know. And the last thing I would say is any­time we’re mix­ing chem­i­cals, we need to be sure that we know where our SDS or our safe­ty data sheets are locat­ed for the account. And the rea­son this is impor­tant is some­times acci­dents hap­pen and if you were to get a chem­i­cal in your eye or some­where where where it’ll start to cause irri­ta­tion, we’d want to make sure that we can go to that SDS sheet and see all the chem­i­cal prop­ers that we need­ed and go ahead and report that in the prop­er ways. Thanks for hav­ing me and I look for­ward to see­ing you soon.