Safety Alert
Labeling of Containers – Hazardous Material Incident
Labeling of Containers – Hazardous Material Incident
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-33
- Hazardous Substances
- Hazardous substances
- Fluid transfer
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Summary
An employee decanted methanol into a plastic container labelled for drinking water and kept it in his truck’s side box. Having forgotten its contents, he drank from it the next day and received hospital treatment for methanol poisoning. The alert concerns hazardous material container labelling.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Summary
The alert highlights container labelling requirements for hazardous materials.
IADC Alert 05-33. Themes: hazardous substances.