It doesn’t matter where you work – whether it’s in a factory, on a construction site, on our roads, or even in an office environment, accidents will happen. It’s how you prepare for them that’s most important. In many workplaces you will find spill kits are readily available to contain, clean up and dispose of emergency spills safely and responsibly. Have a quick look around the next time you are pumping petrol at your local service station, you will likely see oil and fuel spill kits at hand. Service stations have a spills kit at hand ready for any emergency spills Generally, spill kits fall into 3 main categories: 1. General Purpose Spill Kits 2. Oil & Fuel Spill Kits 3. Chemical Spill Kits In this blog we will discuss these 3 main categories of spill kits, and also which spill kit is the best solution for your workplace to protect itself from damage and injuries resulting from liquid spills. General Purpose Spill Kit General purpose spill kits (also known as universal spill kits, all-liquid spill kits or environmental spill kits) are an essential safety tool designed for any workplace or public space which deals with less harmful water-based liquids such as: A general purpose spill kit is the ideal solution for hospitals/medical centres/pathology centres (also called lab, blood and medical spill kit), hotels/motels, commercial kitchens, shopping centres, schools/colleges/universities and aged care facilities. General purpose spill kits can be easily identified with blue bags and bins, and colour coded grey absorbents. READ MORE