IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT WHERE TO START...THAT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.
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Static Electricity can be complex issues that require investigation or study in
order to find a solution. Our advice. Start by gathering the facts and preparing
yourself or your project team.
FIRST QUESTION TO ASK? HAVE YOU CONDUCTED AN ASSESSMENT?
DO YOU HAVE A CONTROL PLAN?
Static Assessments, Static Control Plans, Site Surveys, Site Audits,
Tests and Reports are important for gathering information so as to provide the most
appropriate specification and design for your static related issue or project. It is
critical that the correct information forms the basis of the overall solution or you risk incorrect
specification or design leading to additional costs, non-compliance and potential safety risk.
If you don't have one, engage a specialist such as Static Electricity Control (SEC) to conduct a Static Assessment, Static Control Plan, Site Survey, Site Audit, Tests and or Reports
It is important to understand that static electricity control solutions are usually part of a larger safety, maintenance or control plan.
SECOND QUESTION TO ASK? HAZARDOUS
OR NON-HAZARDOUS CLASSIFIED AREA?
Is your workplace or project/application
situated in a hazardous area classified
zone 0/1/2 or 20/21/22?
Important: IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHETHER
OR NOT YOUR APPLICATION OCCURS IN
OR NEAR A HAZARDOUS AREA ZONE 0/1 or 2
or ZONE 20/21 or 22 then either call us directly
so that we may assist you with an initial assessment
or contact a hazardous area specialist.
Most workplaces like offices, schools, public buildings etc. are within a non hazardous area. Workplaces where flammable or combustible materials are stored are often within a hazardous area. However, just because a workplace exists in a non hazardous area such as a school, it does not mean that a static hazard is not present. For example one of the most reported instances of static shock resulting in injury has been in public spaces such as playgrounds and within office buildings.
Some everyday powders such as grains, flour, milk powders and sugar
in large quantities can be highly explosive.
In a hazardous area it is very seldom that an electrostatic hazard
can be treated by itself. Precautions against electrostatic hazards
should be in addition to other precautions, for example but not
limited to; explosion protection or intrinsically safe electrical equipment.
They should also be consistent with precautions
taken to avoid other hazards that may be present, such as ignitions
due to other causes such as radiation. It is important that all sources of
risk in a system of work are considered and that a balanced approach
to safety that covers all risks is adopted.
We strongly recommend that you do not conduct testing or install static
electricity control, earthing & bonding or lightning protection equipment
in or near a hazardous area zone 0/1 or 2 or zone 20/21 or 22 without first
considering the requirements of the zone and how the equipment applies
to those requirements and or the appropriate Australian/New Zealand
regulations, standards or codes of practice.
THIRD QUESTION TO ASK? HAVE YOU READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE
RELEVANT AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND AND OR INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD SPECIFIC TO STATIC ELECTRICITY CONTROL.
Important: IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHAT STANDARD APPLIES TO YOUR
SPECIFIC PROJECT then either call us directly so that we may assist you
with an initial assessment or contact/visit the SAI GLOBAL/ Standards Australia website.
Complying to an Australian/New Zealand standard is the minimum requirement
for a workplace.
Important: IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN OF HOW TO PROCEED AFTER ESTABLISHING WHETHER YOU
ARE OR ARE NOT WORKING OR PLANNING TO WORK WITHIN IN A HAZARDOUS OR NON HAZARDOUS
CLASSIFIED AREA AND HAVE READ THROUGH AND UNDERSTOOD YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO THE RELEVANT AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND AND OR INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SPECIFIC TO STATIC ELECTRICITY CONTROL THEN CALL US DIRECTLY SO THAT WE MAY ASSIST YOU WITH AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT.