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Items Tagged with 'hazardous materials'

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disaster preparedness

How can we protect disaster cleanup teams from safety risks?

Evelyn Long
August 26, 2022

Natural and artificial disasters aren’t always preventable. In fact, they’re likely to become even more frequent in years to come. And, once the wildfire is extinguished or the storm has passed, that doesn’t mean the danger is over. How can we protect disaster cleanup teams from these safety risks?


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HEMCO acid storage cabinet

April 19, 2022

Acid Storage Cabinet is specifically designed for the storage of corrosive chemicals.


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The link between safety and sustainability

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Dan Matthews
February 3, 2022

In many ways, sustainability is a safety professional's best friend. Sustainable practices are almost always inherently safer than unsustainable ones, and approaching your day-to-day operations from the perspective of sustainability will likely help you create a safer workplace. 


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Railroad safety

3 potential risks when transporting hazardous materials by rail

Tony Scarrow
May 20, 2021

Whether accidental or non-accidental, hazmat leaks and spills can be catastrophic, but emergency response kits provide a needed safety net for first responders


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pesticide

Another country bans glyphosate use

January 21, 2020
Luxembourg has become the first European Union (EU) country to completely ban products containing glyphosate, the controversial herbicide at the center of high-profile lawsuits, and conflicting scientific studies and health claims. Glyphosate has already been banned in Vietnam and Thailand. Mexico has announced plans to do the same.
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European Union

Two reprotoxic substances banned in the EU

January 14, 2020
The European Commission, on advice from the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), has banned two pesticides: chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl and two organophosphates used as ingredients in a number of insecticides. Chlorpyrifos has been on the market since 1966 and is currently in use in some 80 countries.
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OSHA enforcement

Workers at Indiana manufacturing co. exposed to amputation, other hazards

January 2, 2020
OSHA has cited Wright Metal Products Crates LLC – based in South Bend, Indiana, and operating as WMP Crates – for exposing employees to amputation, chemical and other safety hazards at a worksite in Lavonia, Georgia. The company faces $195,034 in penalties.
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European Union

Many European companies not complying with hazmat regulations

December 17, 2019
A pilot project by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) intended to gather information on chemical substances “of very high concern” found in consumer articles has yielded some alarming results, according to the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). The inspectorates of 15 EU Member States checked 682 articles supplied by 405 companies.
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government rulemaking

CSB proposes rule on accidental release reporting

December 12, 2019
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board's (CSB) is inviting comment on its just-issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding accidental release reporting. The proposed rule describes when an owner or operator is required to file a report of an accidental release and the required content of such a report and is intended to ensure that the CSB receives rapid, accurate reports of any accidental release that meets established statutory criteria.
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justice

Court rules Exxon must turn over refinery blast info to CSB

Investigation stalled due to litigation
December 11, 2019
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Exxon Mobil Oil Corp. must produce information to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) related to a tank filled with hydrofluoric acid at the site of a 2015 oil refinery explosion in Torrance, California. The decision reverses a lower Court ruling that the information was not sufficiently relevant to the CSB’s investigation.
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