Skilled Oil Spill Cleaning Services

Domestic oil tanks

• Get your tank inspected and evaluated annually by a licenced oil professional.
• Watch out for any potential leaks, such as a sudden dip in your oil level.
• Don't overfill the tank.
• A British Standard valve with an automatic shutdown should be installed, or you must ensure site gauge valves are closed.
• Monitor all oil deliveries carefully, and make sure your tank complies with all health and safety requirements.
• Access to an oil spill kit, absorbent materials, drain blocks, and leak-sealing putty should be available on-site.
• Avoid placing the tank near your home's water lines, drains, wells, streams, and neighbourhood ponds.
• Increase the tank's bunding or containment.
• Change your tank's model to one that satisfies British Specifications.
• Ensure that your tank is correctly marked with "Oil Care" labels that provide details about its capacity and manufacturer.
• At least once a week, inspect your tank for leaks, damage, rust, and corrosion.

Workplace oil storage

• Check to see if any oil-transporting vehicles have oil tanks that aren't sealed properly.
• Assess the probability of an oil leak annually.
• To identify the areas posing the greatest risk, review the spill history at your place of employment.
• Ask your staff for ideas on how you might improve things for everyone on a regular basis.
• Ensure your staff is familiar with the most recent health and safety laws, as well as guidelines for handling, storing, transporting, and responding to emergencies.
• Check your machinery and equipment often.
• PPE and spill kits should be accessible.
• To protect the oil tanks and other equipment, provide staff with filter bags, mesh baskets, and sheets.

What to do if oil spills

Your council could provide you with recommendations on who to hire to fix the leak, but ultimately you are financially responsible. You must next carry out these steps to inform you of how to deal with an oil spill:

• Determine the leak's cause.
• Stop the flow of the oil.
• If you can, place a metal container underneath the oil leak.
• If it is safe and you have the qualifications, use absorbent materials to halt the oil leak.
• Never use water or chemicals to clean up the spill on your own.
• Refrain from contacting your skin or clothes with the oil.
• Make sure your hands are clean before you smoke, eat, or drink anything if you handled the oil.
• Ventilate the oil tank room if it is an enclosed space.
• To determine how much oil may have been lost, check the levels.
• Place any contaminated objects or textiles in quarantine.
• Keep track of the damage and any potential insurance payments you may need to make.

We cover all areas in the Dover District in Kent, including:

• Barfrestone
• Barnsole
• Betteshanger
• Buckland
• Capel-le-Ferne
• Chillenden
• Deal
• Dover
• Drellingore
• Farthingloe
• Hacklinge
• Kearsney
• Kingsdown
• Martin Mill
• Waldershare
• Walmer

How does oil exposure make you sick?

After an oil spill, it is hazardous to breathe in, consume, or touch exposed oil. Oil spills may have a detrimental effect on the environment immediately and the health of local people over time.  Call 111 for medical advice if you think you may be having symptoms brought on by oil pollution, or call 999 if you begin to show severe effects.

Short-term symptoms

• Headache
• Inflammation of the skin and eyes
• Rashes and blisters
• Dizziness
• Loss of memory
• Chest discomfort
• Coughing
• Confusion

Long-term consequences

• Organ problems
• Increased chance of cancer
• Weak immunity
• Reproductive complications
• Breathing difficulties

Find out more about our cleaning services

Get in touch today at either 0208 066 0360 or enquiries@icecleaning.co.uk to discover the full range of cleaning services available for customers in Sandwich.