Whilst engineers were there they had to chain up and board up several entry points that had been broken into including re-fixing gate that had been smashed off it’s hinges, and broken panel on front door.  Our engineers reinforced and removed water from tanks using breathing apparatus and protective clothing in a confined space area the damage was assessed as well as quantity of waste that needed to be removed.

The exact cause of vandalism was determined and tanks holding the kerosene were inspected for a further damage report,  approximately 25000 litres of contaminated oil.

Health and safety briefing with all site operatives prior to emergency works commencing

Tankers preparing to remove Kerosene spillage from basement level

Specialist lights EEX for confined space areas

Engineer preparing to go into confined space area after tankers had removed approx 20,000 litres

Engineer taking out the last of kerosene from a sump pump outlet to allow tankers to move waste to a designated waste transfer site for a consignment notice, prior to drain engineers coming in to jet down the floor areas and sanitize throughout the building

Engineers jetting down the floor areas and sanitizing throughout the building

The Kerosene was held in stainless steel tanks and vandels tried to remove the pipe work connected to them due to the high price of scrap metal, thus causing the spillage

Engineers are now attempting to enter the Kerosene tanks in a confined space area to remove the last of the kerosene to prevent any further spillages

Engineer completing our report with CCTV analysis to ensure all drains are free of Kerosene contamination in the building prior to a managed sanitize and clean down

Emergency works were then carried out – this included tankers to remove waste from site, specialist lights EEX for confined space areas, breathing apparatus with safety harness and slides. Jetting team cleaned down all surfaces and sanitized and deodorized the premises. Once all works were carried out,  the area was made safe for others to work in.

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