Enhancing safety, a continuous process

Total lubrifiants products (TOTAL, ELF and FINA brands), production facilities and marketing operations have ISO 9001:2000 quality assurance approval, thereby enabling us to meet the latest ACEA and API specifications. Users should satisfy themselves that engines to be subjected to extended drain intervals have been designed for such, and the manufacturer of the vehicle issues an oil specification for ultra-extended drain intervals.

Safety is a number one priority for Total Lubrifiants, which has made a voluntary commitment to the safety of its Blending Plants by implementing the International Safety Evaluation System (SIES) or its North American equivalent (OSHA).

Safety

Total Lubrifiants has made a voluntary commitment to the safety of its Blending Plants by implementing the International Safety Evaluation System (SIES) or its North American equivalent (OSHA).

 

Hygiene, safety, handling of lubricants

Under normal conditions of utilisation, lubricants do not present any particular risks. However, in the case of an incorrect handling or accidents, hazards for the health may occur.

Toxicity
Most lubricants have a low toxicity level, but the exposures to which users can be submitted are multiple.

Precautions for use
In order to reduce and to prevent accidents, the following precautions should be taken :

Contact with the skin
Respect strict personal and industrial hygiene rules. To avoid contact with the body :

  • use oil proof gloves,
  • wear clothes with an efficient protection,
  • do not wear oil contaminated clothes,
  • solvents, such as petroleum, petrol must not be used to remove oil from the skin,
  • use a protecting cream.

Inhalation
Avoid inhaling oil mists and fumes. An efficient ventilation of premises must be installed. The acceptable limit for an oil mist is 5 mg/cm3, or even 1 mg/cm3 as it is recommended by the I.N.R.S. (Institut National de Recherche pour la Sécurité, National Safety Research Institute).

Contact with the eyes
Wearing goggles is recommended when oil spatterings in the eyes are likely to occur. In case of accidental contact, flush eyes with water for at least 15 minutes and contact physician if irritation persists.

Ingestion
Lubricants have a low oral toxicity level. In case of ingestion, do not cause vomiting but see a physician immediately.

 

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Norms of a lubricant

API, ACEA, SAE...Norms are performance standards issued by international organizations to certify the quality and the performance level of a lubricant.

Hygiene, Safety, Handling

Under normal conditions of utilisation, lubricants do not present any particular risks. However, in the case of an incorrect handling or accidents, hazards for the health may occur.

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification in Brief

The ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families are among ISO's most widely known standards ever. ISO 9000 has become an international reference for quality management requirements in business-to-business dealings, and ISO 14000 is well on the way to achieving as much, if not more, in enabling organizations to meet their environmental challenges.