Emergency Response to Chemical Spills
What should a facility manager do in the first 15 minutes of a chemical spill?
In the first 15 minutes, the priority is protecting people, not stopping the chemical. Evacuate everyone from the immediate area and sound the facility alarm. If the source can be shut off without entering the hazard zone, do so; otherwise, leave containment to trained responders. Identify the substance using its Safety Data Sheet (SDS) and check for vapor, fire, or reactivity risks before anyone re-enters. Establish a perimeter to keep untrained personnel out, and account for everyone who works in the affected area. Call your facility's hazmat response contractor immediately, and notify local fire/HAZMAT and any required regulatory agencies if the spill meets reportable quantity thresholds. Document the spill size, chemical name, and time of discovery.
Enviro Care provides chemical spill emergency-response services to the operators of large, fixed-facilities; to include, mines, refineries, manufacturing sites, processing plants, and power plants.
Enviro Care takes responding to hazardous chemical spills and releases seriously, and we do so promptly and professionally. We understand the need for our customers has to get back to work as soon as possible. Our goal on any spill is to contain the release, clean up the hazardous residues, package them properly, and transport them for proper disposal.
Safety is the first priority with Enviro Care. Site safety and health plan is developed and implemented prior to beginning response activities. Upon initial notification and throughout the project, Enviro Care provides written, photographic, and direct reading monitor documentation, and implements an incident management plan.
Team members and response personnel are current in all required safety training and certifications. All response and remediation operations are accomplished following OSHA, DOT, EPA and RCRA, federal, state, local, and other applicable regulations.
Key Hazmat Emergency Response Spill Services Includes
- Large, Water-Involved Petroleum Spills
- Highway Spill Response
- Large, Fixed Facility Spills
- Shock Sensitive and Explosive Chemical Response
- Level A Spills

Mishko Cvetovic
Business Development (Emergency Response)
o: 801-299-1900 ext. 1405
m: 385-370-0046
505 North Main: North Salt Lake, UT 84054
