Safety & Quality
Total Lubricant's 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 lubricants, 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).
Quality
Total lubricants obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification (the automobile constructors' quality reference) in December 2003. During this same December audit Total lubricants also renewed its ISO 9001 certificate (version 2000).
Supplying original equipment lubricants to PSA (Peugeot & Citroën), Renault, Opel, Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Nissan has also imposed this certification on most of our blending plants worldwide.
This desire for continuous improvement by striving to satisfy all our customers is accompanied by "Management by Continuous Progress" approach (MCP).
Safety
Total lubricants 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 and call 0800 POISON (0800 764 766) or emergency 111.