This presentation looks at why including standardised PPE in a spill kit could be a costly mistake. It highlights the importance of spill kits and provides advice on how to select the right one, but more importantly it the highlights the dangers of choosing a spill kit that includes standardised PPE.

1. Dangers of choosing a spill kit that
includes PPE
Using a spill kit the includes standard Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) could be putting your employees at risk.
At New Pig UK we understand the importance of having the
correct PPE for your responders and application.
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2. The importance of spill kits
When a spill happens it’s important to respond quickly to prevent slip and fall accidents
or environmental damage. Spill kits help to ensure fast, effective spill response.
It’s important that the spill kits you select for your facility are:
• Compatible with your liquids
• Able to absorb the volume of liquid that could spill
• Packed in a suitable container for your location
• Not packed with standardised PPE
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3. The proper PPE in a spill kit
To ensure responders are properly protected , PPE should be appropriate for the
individual responder and their specific application.
Select the correct PPE for your spill kit by:
1. Determining who your responders are to ensure
the correct sizes are chosen
2. Identifying your liquids to ensure compatibility
3. Considering the level of exposure and working
environment to ensure the right level of resistance
and protection
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4. Dangers of including PPE in a spill kit
Choosing a spill kit that includes standardised PPE presents many dangers to employees.
1. PPE won’t be the right size
• Suits that are too big can create a slip or trip hazard.
• Gloves that are too big could allow liquid splashes to
come into contact with hands and dexterity could be lost
when handling spill equipment.
• Suits & gloves that are too small will stretch during
movement and could burst or tear leaving skin exposed
to the spilled liquid
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5. Dangers of including PPE in a spill kit
2. PPE won’t be compatible
• A spill kit that includes PPE gives the impression that it will
work with any liquid
• No single fabric will resist every chemical
• PPE that isn’t compatible will degrade upon contact and
expose skin to the spilled liquid
• Responders are likely to think they are protected by
wearing PPE that’s been chosen by a spill kit
supplier, subjecting them to more risks during spill clean up
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6. Dangers of including PPE in a spill kit
3. PPE won’t offer the right level of resistance or
protection
• Responders come up against different volumes and depths of
spill, that require different types of PPE
• Employees won’t be properly protected as suppliers haven’t
considered the level of exposure and working environment
when including PPE in their spill kits.
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7. Watch our video on the dangers of choosing a
spill kit that includes PPE.
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