Your chemical storage area in the workplace needs to be cleaned and organized on a regular basis to ensure the area is not a hazard to you or your employees.

First take an inventory of the chemicals you have, write down the names and amounts of each item, and note the location of each item on the shelf. While you are taking inventory be sure to also check the shelf life of each chemical, if you find some that are past the recommended shelf life dispose of it properly (according to manufactures directions). Assess which chemicals are used most and what they are used for, dispose of any unwanted or never used chemicals at this time.

As you are removing and inspecting the items use a wet cloth to wipe the bottles or containers clean of any spilled or leaking chemicals, you will want to also at this time check each of the bottles to make sure you can still read the instructions and contents labels. When you have cleaned each bottle wipe the shelves clean, once that is done you can replace each item in an organized way allowing room to reduce spillage, you will want to place large or heavy containers on the front lower shelves for easy access, place the most used smaller items on the higher shelves and then the less used items behind them.

If you follow these few easy steps your storage area will be clean, organized and hazard free.