Hazmat Storage Cabinets for Garage

[Beshemaster]

Hi,

I've been looking for a flammable storage cabinet for a few pressurized fuel containers along with compressed air and various solvents.

I found two Eagle 2610 flammable storage cabinets for a low price. Going to add some more shelves to take the place of the 55 gallon drum.

Does anybody else use hazmat storage cases in their garage? Didn't find a ton of info about them or see them in many people's garages.

Am I missing something here?


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[Hornman]

I bought a small yellow cabinet about a year ago to get the flammable liquids out of my shop. I found it on Craig's list for 25% of new. I have a open lean to outside my shop so I set it up there. I did this primarily because I have a house style HVAC in my shop.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I'm not sure what you're planning on storing with what and I mean no disrespect, but pressurized fuel vessels have no business being stored inside. Get a proper cage outside. Please don't store compressed air with flammables, either...

Tommy

 

[cvairwerks]

Here is a head scratcher...we have to store D.I. water in the fire cabinets at work.

 

[Beshemaster]

I'm not sure what you're planning on storing with what and I mean no disrespect, but pressurized fuel vessels have no business being stored inside. Get a proper cage outside. Please don't store compressed air with flammables, either...

Tommy

Thanks Tommy! Read into that a little bit and I'm glad you said something. I'm required to take about 20+ safety classes each year on all sorts of hazardous materials and the safety/health/response aspects and I'm sad to say that what you said never really came across. Maybe it's just the prevalence of working with items in an industrial vs home environment.

I'll have to think about how to better separate that storage. In terms of compressed fuels, I have a small bottle of MAPP gas and butane fuels. The containers I ordered aren't really outdoor friendly and I'm not sure where in my backyard I'd strap a cage (definitely not against the house going forward). I'd have to find a spot free from the sprinklers or properly dispose of the gas. Don't use it much at home these days anyway.

Thanks again, I really appreciate you taking the time to type that.


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[Beshemaster]

Here is a head scratcher...we have to store D.I. water in the fire cabinets at work.

We have boxes of a canned compressed water-based testing solution. Per our regulations, if the can is the cardboard box it came in... it shall not go in the flammable cabinet. If it comes out of the cardboard box... must be stored in the flammable cabinet.

Maybe the cardboard is a hazard in the cabinet?

Maybe your DI H2O is hazard if it interacts with other types of chemicals (or chemicals at other places).

Wouldn't DI H2O be more of a reactive type chemical? I thought you were supposed to store different risk levels of NFPA categories separately. Not even close to an expert but I'd like to ask some questions of the committees that write these things. At least get a list of the clarifications from OSHA without calling too much attention to my workplace.


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[Beshemaster]

I bought a small yellow cabinet about a year ago to get the flammable liquids out of my shop. I found it on Craig's list for 25% of new. I have a open lean to outside my shop so I set it up there. I did this primarily because I have a house style HVAC in my shop.

Is the yellow cabinet you purchased safe for outdoors? Was thinking about that myself but I thought for some reason that it had to be rated for that type of environment.


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[bob15]

I have 2 Justrite safety cabinets in my basement (bought extra shelves from Zoro).

One has ammo and my gun cleaning supplies in it. The second cabinet stores all my aerosol paints cans in the winter, all fruit and veggie chemicals, and most any other chemical/paint/liquid that must be brought in in the winter to prevent freezing.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I'll have to think about how to better separate that storage. In terms of compressed fuels, I have a small bottle of MAPP gas and butane fuels. The containers I ordered aren't really outdoor friendly and I'm not sure where in my backyard I'd strap a cage (definitely not against the house going forward). I'd have to find a spot free from the sprinklers or properly dispose of the gas. Don't use it much at home these days anyway.

Thanks again, I really appreciate you taking the time to type that.


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If it's just MAPP or butane cylinders for torches, I wouldn't worry much. I thought you had more of a commercial shop and were talking about things like forklift LPG cylinders.

Tommy

 

[Chief919]

Watch unction listings near you. I have scored several for under $50 at auctions where a contractor or business was being liquidated.

 

[kmoon]

I have two 60 gallon eagle fire cabinets I get from work for free. The cost is 600 each. I keep my spray cans in one a fuel cans in the other. Very nice cabinets.


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[csp]

If it's just MAPP or butane cylinders for torches, I wouldn't worry much. I thought you had more of a commercial shop and were talking about things like forklift LPG cylinders.

I had the same picture in my mind. There's no need for hardened storage for propane/MAPP/butane cylinders. That's why you haven't seen it mentioned/discussed anywhere, OP.

 

[stingry]

In 2010, my barn/shop burned to the ground, losing approx. $100,000 in tools plus a 1968 SS396 Chevelle. The cause was spontaneous combustion in a wood storage cabinet that I kept paint, reducers, etc. Not oily rags or anything like that, just stored in a WOOD cabinet. The fire marshal said it was not common but does happen.

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Cheers
Steve

 

[1redTA]

Flam lockers are to be grounded

 

[zebrabeefj40]

Flam lockers are to be grounded

We also had to vent the flammable cabinets at work outside in addition to grounding them.

Nick

 

[southalabama]

We don't have fire lockers. Wish we did. We use a big metal Lyons cabinet that was formerly used by the phone company in it's former life.