first responder Articles
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A Cost-Effective Approach to Explosion Consequence Modeling
Failure to identify and mitigate explosion hazards is a persistent cause of industrial accidents, impacting sites ranging from fertilizer storage facilities to refineries. While some explosion consequence assessments are performed to comply with regulatory requirements or industry-specific process safety standards, in many cases the potential for loss of life and property damage is overlooked ...
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Safety Smart Workplaces Stand Ready to Respond
Every year in June we observe National Safety Month. It’s an opportunity for the National Safety Council (NSC) and thousands of other organizations to raise awareness about the importance of reducing injury and death at work, on the roads and in our homes and communities. Each week has a theme, and this week’s was “Stand Ready to Respond,” highlighting the importance of ...
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Responding to Terrorist Events: How Hazmat Workers Make a Difference
In recent years, the world has witnessed an unprecedented uptick in terrorist attacks, many of which are conducted on a small scale or a medium scale at the local level, and involve insidious biological and/or chemical agents of one kind or another. When terrorist events involve these destructive substances, hazmat workers play a significant role in responding to the events by performing the ...
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EHSQ Lessons from Springfield
In 27 seasons and one movie, The Simpsons have taught us a lot about the importance of safety. Jebediah Springfield showed us the importance of data collection; Leonard Nimoy and a monorail showed us the importance of Swiss cheese risk assessments; and Mr. Burns, the autocratic owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, showed us exactly how not to create a thriving safety culture. “A ...
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Why OSHA Fall Protection Regulations are Just the Beginnning
There’s no denying it; abiding by the OSHA regulations and keeping your company compliant is the first step towards upholding your employees’ safety. But that’s just the beginning. When dealing with fall protection, the most dangerous workplace-related risk, there’s a need to provide more solidified safety measures for various hazardous areas. This guide digs deeper into ...
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Suitability of Photoionisation Detectors (PIDs) for HAZMAT response
The ability of a photoionisation detector (PID) to measure low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) makes them a vital tool in the decision making process following a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incident. In the immediate aftermath of an accident, chemical spill or other incident involving hazardous materials there are many unknown factors. The speed at which these can be identified is ...
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The high level of training for Lamor personnel benefits our customers
I often receive questions from clients about training-related topics, like how often does Lamor provide technical training for our personnel, what kind of training is it, or how does it influence the quality of our services. My name is Diego Fernando Echeverri García, I'm General Manager in Lamor Peru and have worked in the oil spill response industry for almost twenty years. In this ...
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Tailored Emergency Safety Showers for Remote ‘Super Giant’ Oilfield - Case Study
Background The Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan is one of the deepest developed super giant oil fields in the world, with further expansion projects in the pipeline. The aim of the Future Growth Project is to increase the daily production of crude oil to 850,000 barrels per day, a planned growth of 240%. Running simultaneously, the objective of the Well Head Pressure Management Project is to ...
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ASTM Standards Help Meet Need for Clean Water
The new ASTM Water Portal provides a single access point to standards and related information about ASTM International’s diverse committees working to protect and monitor this vital global resource. Clean and safe water is the underpinning of the quality of life for people around the world. Global economies depend on water, whether it’s to support the manufacturing of goods across ...
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Organization and Management of Workplace’s Chemical Inventory List
Some of the biggest challenges for any industrial or laboratory operations manager are connected to the environmental regulations and the management of chemicals. The second is the prevalent one. When it comes to the management of chemicals, one task, in particular, maybe the hardest. And that is the compilation and management of the workplace’s chemical inventory list. Tracking all of the ...
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