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Scheduled Spill Kit Refill & Maintenance

A spill kit is the best defence against hazardous spills that can threaten the safety and productivity in your workplace. This can be everything from oil leaks or chemical spills, and your spill kit is what provides a fast and compliant response for you and your team. This means that spill kit maintenance is vital, to keep you ready for any accidents that may occur. 

Create A Good Workplace Procedure 

In order to remain on top of spill kit maintenance, you need to ensure the workplace is kept ready with a plan in place, and this can include the following. 

Train Your Team

When spills occur, your team must be able to respond quickly. There’s no time for last minute fumbling, as what begins as a small spill can become a hazard quickly.  So if you want less panic when the time comes, train your staff in using and maintaining the spill kit properly. 

Create Systems & Response Plans

If you have a system in place when a spill occurs, you can make sure that the staff is not just trained in managing the spill, but also marking or keeping a note of which kit was used, so you know which ones must be replaced or refilled. 

Conduct Routine Checks

As part of your overall workplace maintenance, you should have rostered spill kit checks done routinely. This will help make sure nothing has expired or degraded in the kit, and that it’s always placed in the correct place and ready to be used as required.  This will also be checking if the kit is properly signed also. 

How Do You Maintain A Spill Kit?

In the simplest terms, here’s what you can do to keep an eye on your spill kit compliance. 

  1. Check the content of the kit. 

This is when you open each spill kit and check the content. Does each kit have the right materials? Is anything missing or low? Make a list as you go through each spill kit and immediately place an order with Spill Station afterwards. 

This can be done with a checklist to make sure you don’t miss anything. 

  1. Ensure all the parts are working

Look into the spill kit and look for any wear, tear or breakage in the equipment. Make sure you replace any items that are broken, not just what’s missing. This includes looking at if seals are broken, and if the spill kit exterior itself is broken or cracked. This can be the wheelie bin, or carry bag.   

  1. Make sure you have records

The last thing you need to do is to check that there are accurate records being kept of which spill kits have been refilled and maintained and why. If you find things are constantly in need of being refilled, you can make a bulk order with Spill Station. 

Overall, if you need any help with learning how to maintain and refill your spill kit, we offer a spill kit refilling service to help take the effort out of the whole process.

FAQs

Why do spill kit refills matter?

A spill kit is by far one of the best defences against hazardous spills that can then threaten worker safety and productivity in your workplace. This can be everything from drum containers cracking, chemicals spilling or even blood spilling. When you consider how vital spill kits are to keeping everyone and the environment safe, making sure they’re ready to go is vital.

What if I need to replace the whole spill kit?

People often wonder if its more cost-effective to reorder an entire kit rather than to replace the contents one by one. The benefit of replacing a whole kit is that you can minimise inventory processes, and this sometimes can save you money. But the reason many people try to refill their spill kits instead of replacing them is to reduce waste. If you realise your workers are never really needing the goggles in the kit, for example, you may end up with a surplus and this can be a waste of money in the long run. 

We’ve had a spill and some things are missing, so what do I need to order in?

Spill kit bins themselves are made to last, so you only need to think about the contents. The easiest way to refill a kit is to look at the contents card or instructions card, or your inventory list and fill in the gaps. This should be done in a periodic manner so no spill kits are ever missing bits or pieces. 

I have different spill kits in different areas, do they all need different things?

Yes, your spill kit contents always correspond to the type of spill kit, so you need to make sure the right things are in the right kit. This can get confusing, especially if you aren’t used to safety measures, so call us at Spill Station and we can help you organise the refill process. 

How often do I need to refill my spill kit?

Each spill kit should be refilled right after it’s used. This often means ordering excess of what you need and refilling immediately. On top of this, you should conduct spill kit audits, as they will tell you if there’s any defective parts of your spill kit, and if it’s safe to use. 

Can Spill Station help?

Of course we can, we offer spill kit refill services here. 

What does a spill kit maintenance from you include?

When you choose to work with Spill Station, these are some of the things we will do on your behalf: 

  • We complete an initial audit of your capacity to respond to hazards.
  • We provide help numbering and marking spill kits on a site map for your chemical manifest. 
  • We document an 18-point inspection on each spill kit done quarterly.
  • Training tools are supplied to make sure your staff are always ready. 
  • Emergency re-stocks can be dispatched in 24 hours. 
  • All used components can be restocked at bulk rates during the inspection. 
  • Written reports can be provided after each inspection for your own records.