Health and Safety and Transport Regulations
Health and Safety
From a global perspective, batteries are safe products during their use phase, either by consumer or in industrial applications. Based on year-long experience, the manufacturers took care of any safety issues during manufacture and the use phase.
When does some Health and safety issue arise?
When using the battery for an unintended purpose
When over -using the batteries (even for an intended purpose)
When trying to recharge primary batteries
When dismantling a battery by an unauthorised (or untrained) person
When opening the battery cells
When disregarding batteries in fires, landfilled (authorized or not) or in any other process where the integrity of the battery (cells) is no longer guarantee.
When a battery is damaged or defective
During transport if some care is not taken (see ADR and UN transport regulations).
Etc.
Transport regulations
EBRA supports an initiative together with several other industry associations in which transport regulations are revised and through which help can be provided to the members of those associations. There is a dedicated website for disclosing information on transport, as the matter is of utmost importance, and at the same time hard to understand and put into practice.