Health and Safety Executive

Warehouse storage

The failure modes associated with Warehouse Storage are:

The technical measures that may be appropriate for each of these failure modes are identified in each of the above links.

Corrosion measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving corrosion effects of Warehouse storage are:

Prevention   Control Mitigation  

Coatings

Inspection  

Emergency Response  

Selection of Materials  

 

PPE  

   

Segregation  

   

Secondary Containment  

   

Spill Treatment

Design fault measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving design fault effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Design Codes - Buildings  

Inspection  

Secondary Containment  

   

Emergency Response  

   

PPE  

   

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

External event measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving external event effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Design Codes - Buildings  

Flood Protection  

Emergency Response

 

Lightning Protection  

PPE  

 

Wind Loading Protection  

Secondary Containment  

   

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

Fire/explosion measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving fire/explosion effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Hazardous Area Classification  

Active Fire Protection  

Emergency Response  

 

Design Codes - Buildings  

PPE  

 

Passive Fire Protection  

Secondary Containment  

   

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

Human error measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving human error effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Maintenance Procedures  

Alarms  

Emergency Response  

Operating Procedures  

Permit to Work  

PPE  

 

Training  

Secondary Containment  

 

Warning Signs  

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

Impact measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving impact effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Lifting Procedures  

Crash Barriers  

Emergency Response  

Maintenance Procedures  

Traffic Control  

PPE  

Operating Procedures  

Training  

Secondary Containment  

Permit to Work  

 

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

Loss of utilities measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving loss of utilities effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Design Codes - Buildings  

Back-Up Supplies  

Emergency Response  

Maintenance Procedures  

Training  

PPE  

Operating Procedures  

 

Secondary Containment  

   

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

Maintenance fault measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving maintenance fault effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Maintenance Procedures  

Inspection  

Emergency Response  

 

Permit to Work  

PPE  

 

Training  

Secondary Containment  

   

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

Overheating measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving overheating effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Maintenance Procedures  

Alarms  

Emergency Response  

Operating Procedures  

Training  

PPE  

   

Secondary Containment  

   

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment

Structural failure measures

measures to prevent, control or mitigate major accidents involving structural failure effects of Warehouse Storage are:

Prevention   Control   Mitigation  

Design Codes - Buildings  

Inspection  

Emergency Response  

   

PPE  

   

Secondary Containment  

   

Segregation  

   

Spill Treatment  


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