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Safe Handling of Solvents by SIA and ESIG.

The Solvents Industry Association, SIA, has joined forces with the European Solvents Industry Group, ESIG, to produce a DVD to provide users of solvents with a simple guide on handling solvents safely in the workplace. This DVD is very much aimed at persons working on the shop floor, particularly those end-users operating in small and medium sized enterprises.

The DVD contains 5 versions - one version for each of the following languages : English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each of the videos is about 10 minutes long, and can be viewed by clicking here.

Guidance for the storage of liquids in intermediate bulk containers.

The sia in cooperation with the cba (Chemical Businesses Association) and the hse (Health and Safety Executive are pleased to announce the publication of the Guidance Note - 'Guidance for the storage of liquids in intermediate bulk containers'. See the attached news item and you can download the document via the link above.

In addition the SIA and CBA are putting on a Joint Seminar/Workshop on Thursday 19th March at the Techno Centre, Coventry, to allow delegates to consider the practical applications of the Guidance Note and to consider current and future operational and health and safety issues associated with the ever growing use of IBCs. Further details can be found from the following link:IBC Conference.

 

REACH

The "Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals" legislation is now in place. From December 2008 the registration process for existing phase-in substances will begin. Optional pre-registration is well underway.

The SIA fully support the ESIG (European Solvents Industry Group) initiatives covering the pre-registration and registration phases of REACH. For some substances consortia have already been formed. Detailed guidance on how to pre-register, adopting the Hydrocarbon Naming Convention and the development of Generic Exposure Scenarios (GES) is available by clicking on the links.

Within this site, there is an area devoted specifically to REACH.  For information, and detailed advice, on what it is that your company may need to do to comply, click here.

GUIDANCE NOTES

To access the Solvents Industry Association Guidance notes please click here: Guidance Notes.

A new Guidance Note, "A brief overview of the Classification, Labelling and Packaging System (CLP) with respect to the Globally Harmonised System (GHS)" is now available on the Guidance Notes page.

SIA has a new Chairman.

At the SIA AGM on Thursday 9th October 2008, Mottie Kessler was elected Chairman of the SIA and will hold this post for 2 years. Mottie is the Chairman and CEO of the Banner Chemicals Group. Thanks were expressed to the outgoing Chairman Keith Mead, of Petrochem Carless Ltd, for his leadership and hard work in supporting the Association over the previous 2 years.
 

Safe Handling of Solvents DVD
Buncefield Investigation
Launch of Joint CBA SIA Guidance Note - 'Guidance for the storage of liquids in intermediate bulk containers'.

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