Breakage, Spills & Dropped Jars: Safety and Compliance

Educational overview from my experience, not legal or operating instructions. Example numbers are marked as examples. No solvent procedures, temperatures or pressures are given. Always follow your state cannabis regulations, local fire code, equipment manufacturer guidance and your own approved SOPs.

Accidents happen in every lab. What matters is that people stay safe and the records stay accurate.

Safety first

Stop work and keep people clear; follow your emergency procedures.
Wear the PPE your SOP requires (cut-resistant gloves for glass, eye protection).
If a spill involves flammable material or solvent, follow your facility's emergency and ventilation procedures and never improvise.

Contain and clean

Use your spill kit and approved cleaning materials. Collect broken glass in a puncture-resistant container.

Log the waste

Weigh and record the lost product as waste in your seed-to-sale system with the reason, date and staff involved. Store and destroy it exactly as your state requires (often rendering unusable and witnessing or recording destruction).

Reconcile inventory

Adjust inventory the same day so physical stock and system records match. Unexplained discrepancies are a common inspection finding.

Learn from it

Ask why it happened: shelving, trays, carrying method, workspace layout. Update the SOP and retrain if needed.

Questions

How do I record a dropped jar of concentrate?

Weigh what was lost, log it as waste with a reason in your seed-to-sale system, store and destroy it per state rules, and reconcile inventory the same day.

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