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What is it like to be a senior EHS officer at the remote Los Alamos National Laboratory — home of the atomic bomb — in the New Mexico desert? 

With June being National Safety Month, it’s time for businesses in all industries to examine why falls, slips and trips occur and what steps we can take to help minimize, if not eliminate, them.

Manufacturing and maintenance industries have long grappled with the challenge of assuring worker safety amidst the complexities of operating heavy machinery and intricate equipment.

While regulations exist to minimize dangers of toxic substances in industrial plants, there are additional methods that can be incorporated to effectively reduce air pollution in these facilities.

Manufacturers can improve workplace safety and minimize unplanned downtime if they know how sudden equipment failures occur and what to do about them. 

The rule updates the current standard by improving the amount and quality of information on labels and safety data sheets. Updates take effect on July 19, 2024.

While up-to-date gas detection systems can’t eliminate every safety challenge, they can make industrial sites significantly safer for workers.

The link between sanitation and employees’ well-being is more substantial than many industrial sector professionals might assume. 

Nobody in manufacturing deliberately violates regulations or stirs an unplanned shutdown yet machinery-related injuries consistently make the top 10 list of OSHA violations.

Engineered to work with materials that create sticky or agglomerative dust, the evolutionary Dalamatic G2 dust collector includes patented Dura-Life^™ bag filters.