I was walking around or facility the other day, and I was amazed by the amount of leaky oil drums. They all had those spill containment pallet
things, but they still leak--I didn't realize how leaky they were, I guess. Because I like to review things, I asked a passing maintenance guy about whether they liked those pallets, or would rather fix the drum. He said, whether they fix the drum or not, they have to have the pallet--because of their plan for emergency spill response.
As I am not actually in a place where I have to know what the heck that is, I asked him what it is. He said it's from OSHA, so I looked it up. Actually, it is within the OSHA 1910 parameters, and it pertains to each industrial facility having some kind of emergency containment contingency plan in case of spills. And, in most cases, the ony way to contain multiple drums of oil is to keep them inside a plastic pallet with some kind of high berm.
things, but they still leak--I didn't realize how leaky they were, I guess. Because I like to review things, I asked a passing maintenance guy about whether they liked those pallets, or would rather fix the drum. He said, whether they fix the drum or not, they have to have the pallet--because of their plan for emergency spill response.As I am not actually in a place where I have to know what the heck that is, I asked him what it is. He said it's from OSHA, so I looked it up. Actually, it is within the OSHA 1910 parameters, and it pertains to each industrial facility having some kind of emergency containment contingency plan in case of spills. And, in most cases, the ony way to contain multiple drums of oil is to keep them inside a plastic pallet with some kind of high berm.
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