Flammable Material Storage Policy

Flammable Material Storage

This page outlines the material storage guidelines for the Yellow Fire Safety Cabinet which you can find on the shop floor across from the 3D printers.

Hazardous Materials Storage Cabinet - 4th Floor Shop Studio

All materials that are stored in the Yellow Fire Safety Cabinet are required to have a label that is completely filled out with legible information.

You can store your material for a period of one month with the option to extend the storage for additional months as needed. 

Example of ownership label applied to hazardous material
Example of ownership label applied to hazardous material

Storing your Materials

Material labels can be found on the door of the cabinet. The labels are color coded and will be either RED, BLUE, GREEN, or PURPLE depending on the week.

Red, blue, green and purple weekly labels
Red, blue, green and purple weekly labels
Example: Label sheet for purple week labels
Example: Label sheet for purple week labels

Shop staff will clear out/ throw away materials at the end of each week according to the color coded system of labels.

Each week a sign will be posted on the door of the cabinet indicating which color label is going to be thrown out. 

Example: Weekly Cleaning Notice
Example: Weekly Cleaning Notice

Extending your material storage

If you would like to extend the storage of your material for an additional month,  put a new label with the color for the current week over the top of your original label. A reminder will be posted on the bottom half of the cleaning notice which will be visible for the entire week before cleanout occurs.

*** If materials have multiple visible labels they will be thrown out!

Example: Extension label for the following week
Example: Extension label for the following week
Example: Extension label for the following week
Example: Extension label for the following week
Example: Posted labeling signage and available labels for the current week on the yellow flame cabinet in the Shop
Example: Posted labeling signage and available labels for the current week on the yellow flame cabinet in the Shop

TL;DR – Put a label with your information on your material before you put it in the Yellow fire safety cabinet. If you don’t relabel it within a month, kiss your material goodbye!