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Workers operating in high-risk industries, such as oil and natural gas and chemical, encounter environments rich with hazardous gases that may be unseen or unfamiliar, such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S).

We may be cutting back, but we are not cutting back on safety.

It’s impossible to know exactly how many chemicals exist in the world, but more than 60 million are registered with Chemical Abstracts Service system.

The issue of combustible dust and its associated hazards (fire, deflagration, explosion) has always existed in several industries in one form or another.

Whether dust collectors are used in your plant to ensure good indoor air quality (IAQ) for workers, keep equipment clean and/or recover high-value process dusts, you might want to consider recirculating the air back into the plant downstream of the collector(s).

Industrial facilities are inherently dangerous places. In fact, according to the National Safety Council, workplace injuries account for nearly $190 billion in losses annually.

OSHA-mandated lockout-tagout (LOTO) practices began in 1989 with the introduction of regulation CFR1910.147.

When new construction begins on a structure, tunnel, roadway or any other large project, safe and dependable lighting is always a challenge.

There are more than 50 confined spaces on Western Illinois University's Macomb campus. On any given work day at Western, technicians in WIU Facilities Management may find themselves working in one of these potentially dangerous work sites.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has launched a free trivia-based app called Sparky’s® Brain Busters, a revamped Sparky Schoolhouse website, and a video that looks at the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.