Workers must be visible in all lighting conditions and environmental backgrounds. G&K Services’ new enhanced-visibility garments offer increased visibility for worker
The Safetyflex® Jacket with Detachable Hood and Inner Cuffs, style J41248, is available in sizes S – 5XL. Made to resist industrial-strength acids, caustics and other chemicals
Casella CEL introduces the CEL-712 Microdust Pro monitor, a small, rugged, hand-held instrument that measures concentrations of inhalable powders in real-time for display on its high-contrast color LCD.
DCM among three final chemical risk assessments issued by EPA
August 29, 2014
More than 230,000 workers in the U.S. are directly exposed to Dichloromethane (DCM), which is widely used in paint stripping products and poses health risks to those who use the products and even bystanders in workplaces and residences where DCM is used.
“Telltale signs” of microbial activity were found by investigators in a storage tank that exploded earlier this year, killing a contract worker and severely injuring another. The July 28 incident at the the Omega Protein facility in Moss Point, Mississippi involved hot work being done on or near a tank containing eight inches of a slurry of water and fish matter known as “stickwater,” which was thought to be nonhazardous.
Manufacturers must prove compliance throughout supply chain or risk losing market access
August 27, 2014
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is expanding its REACH regulatory-compliance training program to help members and the industry comply with the complex Conflict Minerals and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) rules.
Retiring equipment in the chemical processing industry may pose more danger than meets the eye as residual hazardous chemicals, live electrical connections or connections to in-service process machinery complicates how to safely remove these items from a plant, according to the July issue of the American Society of Safety Engineer’s monthly journal, Professional Safety.