Chemical manufacturing combines the three highest-risk slip-test factors in industry — process water, hydrocarbon and solvent contamination, and ATEX-zoned hazardous areas. Pendulum testing in chemical plants requires intrinsically-safe instruments where ATEX zones apply, plus ca…
Tier 1 · Process Industries
Every chemical plants site has a distinct surface vocabulary that drives the testing protocol. We test the actual surfaces present, not a generic baseline.
Chemical-resistant resin coatings (vinyl ester, novolac epoxy)the dominant production-floor specification
Cementitious polyurethane heavy-duty in bunded areasspillage-retention zones
Steel chequer-plate at vessel platforms and pipe-bridge accesstested independently
Bunded-area concrete with chemical-resistant sealertested under representative residue
Anti-static flooring in solvent-handling zonesATEX-classified zones
Loading-bay concrete with chemical drip-tray surroundsweather-and-residue exposure
Generic slip testing misses the zones that actually generate incidents. Chemical Plants sites have distinct high-risk zones that warrant independent testing.
Bunds are designed to retain spillage but also make slip exposure cumulative — accumulated process residue is a defined slip zone that requires testing both wet and dry.
Hose connections at tanker loading bays create routine drip exposure; the floor surrounding the loading point is the highest-incident zone in most chemical plants.
Steel platform surfaces around reactors, distillation columns, and vessels see condensate, washdown water and process drips.
Solvent storage and transfer zones require ATEX-classified instruments; we attend with intrinsically-safe pendulum equipment for Zone 1 and Zone 2 areas.
Chemical plant slip testing operates under HSE INDG225, Workplace Regulations 1992 Reg 12, COSHH Regulations 2002, DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres) Regulations 2002, and where applicable COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) Regulations 2015. ATEX classification of test instruments is required for Zone 1 and Zone 2 areas. UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 PTV reports support HSE compliance documentation and Major Accident Hazard policy management.
A COMAH lower-tier specialty chemical manufacturer commissioned annual UKAS pendulum testing across the production hall, three bunded storage areas, the tanker loading bay, the warehouse, and the effluent plant pedestrian route. ATEX-classified equipment was used for the solvent transfer zone. The report integrates with the site's COMAH safety case as supporting evidence for the slip-incident control measures.
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23:00–05:00 attendance for production-floor sites by arrangement.