BS 5502-81:1989

Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. General
4. Siting of chemical stores
4.1 Location
4.2 Access routes
4.3 Watercourses and boreholes
5. Design and construction
5.1 General
5.2 Materials
5.3 Floor
5.4 Walls
5.5 Roofs
5.6 Doors
6. Washrooms
7. Environment
7.1 Ventilation
7.2 Insulation and heating
7.3 Lighting
8. Services
8.1 General
8.2 Electricity
8.3 Water supply
8.4 Drainage
9. Fire precautions
10. Security
11. Shelving and handling
12. Small stores
13. Warning signs and safety signs
Appendices
A. Bibliography
B. Guidance for users of chemical stores
Index

Recommendations on siting, construction, environmental and safety aspects. Does not cover stores used for commercial quantities of chemical nor the storage of veterinary medicines, fertilizers and fuels etc.

This Part of BS 5502 gives recommendations on the siting, construction, environmental and safety aspects concerned with the design of chemical stores on agricultural and horticultural premises.

This Part of BS 5502 is not applicable to those buildings which are intended for the storage of chemicals in commercial quantities (in excess of 1000 L or the equivalent in kilograms) or for the storage of veterinary medicines, fertilizers, fuels or other flammable materials and explosives.

NOTE. The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover. References in the text to other publications are identified in the text by numbers in square brackets, and are listed, along with sources of further information, in the bibliography in appendix A.