When a lithium battery leaks, floods, vents, or explodes, JET helps you make the site safe, recover the batteries, and get the waste out properly. We’ve supervised lithium battery emergency response at rig sites, field bases, test facilities, and warehouses around the world for more than 25 years.
Active fire or injury? Call local emergency services first. JET supports your team after the immediate danger is under control.
What We Respond To
| Incident | Examples |
|---|---|
| Water-impacted batteries | Batteries flooded at a rig site, recovered from water, or stored in a flooded building |
| Leaking or venting batteries | Electrolyte leaks, gas release, swollen or hot cells |
| Fire and explosion aftermath | Debris fields, ash, ruptured cells, and scorched batteries after a storage fire |
| Damaged and defective batteries | Crushed, dropped, or shorted batteries, and failed cells in tools or systems |
| Recovered and abandoned batteries | Lost tool batteries found in the field, and unidentified batteries at a site |
We handle lithium metal batteries, such as thionyl chloride and sulfuryl chloride, and lithium-ion batteries, including UPS and BESS modules.
How We Respond
- Call us. Tell us what happened, what batteries are involved, and what the site looks like now.
- Remote assessment. We guide your team through safe first steps and review photos and infrared images before anyone handles the batteries.
- Response plan. We prepare a work plan, health and safety plan, and hazard analysis (HARC or JSA). We can write these in your company’s format for internal approval.
- Onsite supervision. A JET project manager and health and safety manager lead the work. We can supervise your trained technicians or bring JET field staff.
- Cleanup and packaging. We sort, package, and label batteries, debris, and contaminated materials for safe storage and transport.
- Disposal and recycling. We arrange transport, permits, and recycling, including cross-border shipments.
- Close-out. You get a report covering what happened, what we did, and where the waste went.
How We Keep Your People Safe
Every response follows a written plan. Typical controls include:
- Exclusion zones (hot, warm, and cold) with access limited to trained personnel in full PPE
- Continuous gas monitoring for sulfur dioxide and other toxic gases
- Infrared cameras and thermometers to find hot batteries and hidden water
- Chemical-resistant suits, respirators, and face protection
- Daily safety briefings and PPE checks
- Stop-work authority for every participant
Where We Work
We respond in more than 70 countries, including remote bases and rig sites with no local battery specialists. We can mobilize JET staff or in-country partners on short notice.
Prepare Before an Incident
The best response starts before anything goes wrong. We can help you:
- Write emergency response plans for lithium battery storage areas
- Train your team on spill and leak response (see Training)
- Stock the right spill kits, PPE, and packaging (shop JET products)
- Run drills based on real incident scenarios
Contact Us
Phone: +1.866.784.3017
Fax: +1.909.347.6222
Email: [info@jetenv.com or info@jetenv.net]
