Hazardous Area Cleaning
High hazard areas or compounds on-site still require the same housekeeping and cleaning as non-hazardous areas. These areas pose a much higher risk for personnel working inside them and a greater liability to the PCBU to provide a safe work environment.
If you have hazardous areas on your site, cleaning can be a challenge. High hazard areas include:
- high pathogen risk areas, such as spaces with dead carcasses, faeces or mould
- confined spaces, such as vessels, tanks, ducting, basements and ceilings
- explosive atmospheres, such as milk powder stores and factories
- toxic atmospheres from gas, fumes or chemicals, such as stormwater sumps
- high voltage areas, such as 1100KVA yards or salt-coated insulators
- chemical storage areas, for example – where the liquid is a burn hazard for eyes, skin and clothes, or the fumes are a respiratory hazard
Because these areas are hazardous, it is easy to just avoid cleaning them. This is never a good idea – it always becomes a bigger problem somewhere along the way. Weather-borne debris and pathogens have to be removed from these areas for safety and efficiency. We can provide you with trained and competent technicians with the necessary qualifications to clean in the above hazardous areas.
