Warehousing of Dangerous Goods. Case: Explosives
Samarina, Olga (2016)
Samarina, Olga
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016112116720
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016112116720
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Dangerous goods are present everywhere in the modern world. They are obtained, processed, manufactured and finally transformed into everyday household commodities such as detergents, glues, paints and even food flavors and dyes. They are irreplaceable part of modern life, because chemicals production and consumption worldwide is constantly rising. However, not everyone is familiar with hidden hazards they possess.
This thesis aims at suggesting what is required to have a safe warehousing process of dangerous goods especially of explosives considering the nature of the goods. In order to answer to this question, the author describes first how dangerous goods are defined and classified. Research of this thesis is based on secondary data, which includes various European legislations, relevant literature and internet web-sites. All 9 classes of dangerous goods are briefly introduced with the emphasis on class 1 explosives. Handling of dangerous goods is a rather large topic and therefore the scope is limited to packaging and warehousing. In order to understand what is required from a safe warehouse of dangerous goods, the warehouse layout developed by the United Nations is discussed and real life examples are analyzed based on this model. Examples of accidents caused by explosives helped the author to define the main risks associated with explosives and to make suggestions and predictions for improvement and future of dangerous goods handling.
This thesis can be useful for those lacking knowledge about hazardous goods but planning to work in this field and companies considering to start dealing with hazardous goods. Even though the thesis is rather limited and the author was unable to provide primary data, the thesis is valid for those who are interested in dangerous goods in general, but if they require more profound and detailed information, they will need to make further research. The reliability is rather high, because the main sources of information are legislations developed by trustworthy European institutions such as the United Nations and Health and Safety Executive.
This thesis aims at suggesting what is required to have a safe warehousing process of dangerous goods especially of explosives considering the nature of the goods. In order to answer to this question, the author describes first how dangerous goods are defined and classified. Research of this thesis is based on secondary data, which includes various European legislations, relevant literature and internet web-sites. All 9 classes of dangerous goods are briefly introduced with the emphasis on class 1 explosives. Handling of dangerous goods is a rather large topic and therefore the scope is limited to packaging and warehousing. In order to understand what is required from a safe warehouse of dangerous goods, the warehouse layout developed by the United Nations is discussed and real life examples are analyzed based on this model. Examples of accidents caused by explosives helped the author to define the main risks associated with explosives and to make suggestions and predictions for improvement and future of dangerous goods handling.
This thesis can be useful for those lacking knowledge about hazardous goods but planning to work in this field and companies considering to start dealing with hazardous goods. Even though the thesis is rather limited and the author was unable to provide primary data, the thesis is valid for those who are interested in dangerous goods in general, but if they require more profound and detailed information, they will need to make further research. The reliability is rather high, because the main sources of information are legislations developed by trustworthy European institutions such as the United Nations and Health and Safety Executive.