How are chemicals stored safely? This question is not only relevant in chemical plants. The products in the following examples are also chemicals:

• Paint and varnishes of a painter workshop
• Cleaning and disinfecting agents of a cleaning company
• Oils, solvents and thinners in a repair shop
• Building foams, cement residue remover of a construction company
• Gas bottles with acetylene, oxygen, liquefied gases of a locksmith

This brochure shall give a practical guide to where and how chemicals should be kept, in particular for small and mediumsized enterprises.