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Hello.
I am looking into the Cabinet requirements for storage of Flammable liquids and combustible liquids.
Our company falls under the CLC & COHS Regs.. We would be considered an industrial facility and do not do any manufacturing. The flammable or combustible liquids we store would be for incidental use such as cleaning/maintaining our equipment.
This is what I have found on this topic:
The Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (COHSR), sections 10.46 to 10.49, addresses the storage of Flammable liquids and combustible liquids (and other similar items). The COHS Regs, refers you to the National Fire Codes of Canada (NFCC) – primarily sections 3 and 4. The NFCC can be downloaded free of charge or viewed online.
From the NFCC – Flammable Liquids and Combustible liquids must be stored an a fire-rated cabinet or room (lots of options / considerations). The definitions are..- Combustible liquid means a liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8°C and below 93.3°C. (See Subsection 4.1.2. of Division B.)
- Flammable liquid means a liquid having a flash point below 37.8C and having a vapour pressure not more than 275.8 kPa (absolute) at 37.8C as determined by ASTM D 323, “Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method).” (See Subsection 4.1.2. of Division B.)
A couple of key findings are:
NFCC 4.2.2.1. Prohibited Locations – 1) Flammable liquids or combustible liquids shall not be stored in or adjacent to exits, elevators or principal routes that provide access to exits.
NFCC 4.2.10.5. Fire Endurance – 1) Storage cabinets required in this Part shall conform to ULC/ORD-C1275, “Storage Cabinets for Flammable Liquid Containers.”
I was able to get a free account to view the ANSI-CAN-UL-ULC-1275-2021 Flammable Liquid Storage Cabinets standard which has a little extra information.
What I could not find out:
– Do storage cabinets for Flammable liquids and combustible liquids need to have vents to outside of the building’
I am assuming that we will need to review the products we are storing and their SDS to see which meet the definitions listed above. We already store fuels (gas, diesel, propane, kerosene, etc) outside of our building so we don’t have a great deal left.
I have also not gone into the provincial regulations yet, as we have offices in ON, QC, NS, and NL.
Anyone have any additional information they can share, that would be great.
DarinYou are on top of things. Here’s where to go for the provincial requirements
Ontario: OHS Indust Establishments, Sec. 22 (assuming you’re an industrial establishment and not construction site)
QC: OHS Reg, Secs. 81-91
NL: OHS Regs, Secs. 60, 69, 444-450
NS: Occ Safety Gen Regs, Sec. 46–re compressed gas cylinders.
Hope that helps. If not, get back to me at glennd@bongarde.com -
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