Construction companies whose employees are undertaking hot works have been warned about the risk alcohol-based hand sanitisers pose.
Safety consultancy CE Safety issued the warning about the sanitisers, now found on sites throughout the UK to reduce the spread of covid-19, after a worker at an unnamed firm repairing gas pipelines used alcohol gel and later came into contact with a static spark, which ignited the gel and gave them second-degree burns on their hands. The firm is now providing workers with alcohol-free hand sanitiser.
A spokesperson for CE Safety said: “Alcohol is highly effective at killing germs, which is why it is such a prevalent ingredient in hand sanitisers worldwide. Unfortunately, liquids that have high concentrations of alcohol come with a fire risk: ranging from flammable, to highly flammable, to extremely flammable.
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