Jun 23, 2013

Mixing of chemicals - chlorine release


Chlorine gas released in to atmosphere affected persons, when staff of a health club accidentally mixed polyaluminium chloride with the swimming pool disinfectant sodium hypochlorite
 
Poor management and control of hazardous substances was found as the cause for the occurrence of the incident during investigation.
        
Proper training, testing of understanding and retraining are most important in handling chemical substances and only those who qualify and are certified for hazardous substance handling should be engaged in such works.      


http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/health-club-fined-over-toxic-gas.21393479