Safe Pool Chemical Handling (Toolbox Talk)

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Mixing chlorine products with acid, even by accident, produces toxic chlorine gas. Swimming pools are the single most common UK setting for acute chlorine incidents, and a release can evacuate an entire pool hall and put bathers, staff, and the public in hospital. Operators who do not have a proper system of work face HSE prosecution under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, as happened when a child suffered third-degree chemical burns at a leisure centre and the operator was fined over £65,000. Show more