Grounding Flamable liquids

[Davebones]

We used to have a room dedicated for bubble point testing to contain flamable liquids in one area. Well management decided we needed to put out in the different areas Heptane and Alcohol in 5 gallon cans . They use this for transfering liquids into small containers so they can use it to work in their "GEMBA" area. We are needing to ground these and notice the 5 gallon containers don't have a area that's designed to be the grounding point . We clean off the paint where we can and use alligator clips to ground the cans the best we can . Just wondered what other places do when dealing with this . Also why these cans aren't required to have a spefic spot for grounding them ....

 

[WorkSafe]

It's common to sand the paint on those smaller containers. Some manufacturers have lugs for grounding purposes, some don't. You guys are also bonding the receiving container to the dispensing can?

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[Davebones]

Yes , we do bond both cans during the transfer .