Izinto zikagesi ezingaqhumi umqondo ovame ukungaziwa kubantu abaningi. Kubhekiselwa ku izinto zikagesi eziklanywe futhi zenzelwe ukuthi zingashisi iziqhumane ezindaweni eziyingozi, ngokwemibandela ebekiwe.
Izakhi eziyisisekelo ezidingekayo ekushiseni zihlanganisa izinto ezivuthayo, ama-oxidizing agents afana ne-oxygen, kanye nemithombo yokuthungela. Izingxenye zikagesi ngaphakathi kwamakhabethe okusabalalisa, njengamaswishi, ama-circuit breakers, kanye nama-inverters, beka engcupheni enkulu yokuba izindawo zokuthungela ezindaweni ezigcwele ezivuthayo amagesi noma uthuli.
Ngakho, ukufeza inhloso yokungaqhumi, kusetshenziswa izinyathelo ezithile zobuchwepheshe kanye nezigaba ezihlukahlukene ezivikela ukuqhuma. Lezi zihlanganisa i-flameproof, ukwanda kokuphepha, ukuphepha kwangaphakathi, ecindezelwe, ukucwiliswa ngamafutha, zimboziwe, i-hermetic, egcwele isihlabathi, okungeyona inhlansi, kanye nezinhlobo ezikhethekile, phakathi kwabanye.