Safety Precautions:

Prevent accidental mixture of combustible and flammable liquids.  A little amount of a highly volatile substance might lower the flash point of a less volatile substance and form a more flammable mixture. Further, the lower flash point liquid could act as a fuse to ignite the higher flash point material within the similar manner as if it were a flammable combination.

Fill and discharge lines and openings, as well as control valves related along with combustible and flammable systems, shall be identified through labels, color coding, or both, to avoid mixing variant substances. Whole storage tanks shall be clearly labeled along with the name of its contents, or products stored inside shall not be intermixed.  Transfer lines from different categories and classes of flammable products should be kept preferably and separate, variant pumps should be given for individual products.

To handling quantities of flammable liquids up to five gallons, the portable FM (Factory Mutual Engineering Corp.) or UL (Underwriters Laboratory) approved container should be used.  A container should be clearly identified through lettering or color code.

The Smoking, carrying of strike-anywhere matches, lighters, and other spark-generating devices should not be allowed within a building or area whereas flammable liquids are handled, stored, or used. The extent of the restricted area will depend on the category of products handled, a design of the building, local conditions, and local codes.

Appropriate NO SMOKING signs should be posted conspicuously within those buildings and areas whereas smoking is prohibited.

Static electricity is produced through the separation and contact of different material.  For instance, static electricity is produced while a fluid flows by a pipe or from an orifice within a tank. Instances of various methods of producing static electricity are display in below figure.  The principal hazards created through static electricity are fire and explosion that are caused through spark discharges.