safety hazard News
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Maintenance Staff Injury Prevention Starts with a Waste Caddy
Janitors and maintenance teams have enough physical strain in the course of their job. After making the rounds, lifting and throwing bags into the dumpster and dealing with oversized items, the employee then has to push the waste container to the proper collection site. That last step can be the most difficult – manually pulling or pushing thousands of pounds. Tips to Prevent Injuries to ...
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EnviroGuard Launches Online Training Courses for Mission Critical Sites
EnviroGuard, a leader in environmental, health and safety compliance, is taking safety to the next level with online training courses for all personnel responsible for mission critical data center engineering, commissioning, servicing, and property and facility management. Launching this November at the 7x24 Exchange conference, more than 50 training courses provide installers, contractors, ...
By EnviroGuard
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Self-contained, pre-frabricated, research and test laboratory with explosion relief, safely houses workers, volatile combustible materials and test equipment
SAFETY STORAGE containment units specially designed to house volatile fuel test chambers and equipment are used to isolate the hazardous material testing laboratory from other departments on an industrial campus to underscore a corporate commitment to safety. Executive management and corporate investors minimize risk and gain peace of mind by fully containing gas cylinders and containers of ...
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Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., of Wichita, Kan., to pay $132,500 civil penalty to settle issues involving hazardous waste management (KS)
A Wichita, Kan., aircraft component company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $132,500 to the United States to settle a series of alleged violations of federal hazardous waste management regulations at its manufacturing facility. Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., manufactures fuselages, under-wing components, composites, wings and spare parts for large jet engine aircraft at its facility at 3810 S. ...
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EPA urges caution on tornado renovation activities involving lead paint
As the Joplin, Mo., area continues to recover from the May 22 tornado, EPA Region 7 recommends children and pregnant women keep away from work that could disturb lead-based paint. The Agency also urges persons working on construction surfaces that may contain lead-based paint to take precautions to prevent the spread of lead-contaminated dust, which is the most significant source of lead exposure ...
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Hughes Safety Showers Joins the Justrite Family
Hughes Safety Showers Ltd joins the Justrite Manufacturing Co. family of industrial hazardous safety and environmental spill containment products. Hughes, a leading industrial safety shower and eyewash company, expands the Justrite product range for its customers in workplace safety, which includes laboratory, process or full-scale production environments. “Hughes is a perfect complement ...
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EPA Inspection Reveals Violations of Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule for RDF Inc. in Lincoln, Neb.
EPA Region 7 conducted a random record-keeping inspection at RDF Inc., doing business as Paul Davis Restoration, a Lincoln, Neb., remodeling company, in December 2012, which revealed violations of the Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule. As a part of a settlement, RDF Inc. has agreed to spend $27,304 to replace windows in pre-1978 homes in Lincoln, and pay a $3,033 penalty. According to ...
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Kent hazardous waste company sparks fires, pays EPA penalty
A Kent, Washington, hazardous waste management facility has agreed to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a $275,000 penalty for violating state and federal hazardous waste management laws. According to EPA, workers at Burlington Environmental caused two fires by mishandling hazardous waste and failing to comply with basic facility safety rules. “Improper hazardous waste handling ...
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PET Balers By Harmony
PET is the abbreviation for polyethylene terephthalate, the chemical name for polyester. PET is a clear, strong, and lightweight plastic widely utilized in the food, beverage, and packaging industries. It is most commonly used in single serving beverage containers for water, juices, and soft ...
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Warehouse Trash Compactors
Warehouse Trash Compactors Warehouses and distribution centers regularly generate waste in the form of recyclable operational by-products. We have several posts that feature large recycling balers designed to handle these types stubborn plastics, shrink wrap, non-ferrous metals, foam, and cardboard. But what about waste that can’t be recycled in warehouses? Should they just be thrown into ...
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Municipal recycling unit handles low-volume hazardous waste collected from households, contractors, and small quantity generators
Municipal waste handlers are able to meet safety, economy and security objectives in the collection and storage of small quantity hazardous wastes ranging from paints and pesticides to cleaners and motor oils, with the Municipal Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Unit™ from SAFETY STORAGE. The pre-fabricated Municipal Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Unit features a compact, ...
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New brochure features totally customizable pre-fabricated hazmat storage systems
A new brochure from SAFETY STORAGE provides custom, cost-effective, pre-engineered HazMat building solutions that are designed to meet code requirements and provide extra value efficiencies. SAFETY STORAGE the pioneer in hazardous material containment systems, combines efficiency and flexibility to address cost-effective, code-compliant supply chain solutions for managing flammable, explosive, ...
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Compact, pre-fabricated chemical storage building meets fire safety regulations for storing landscape chemicals
Landscape superintendents and maintenance professionals meet fire safety regulations and avoid liability arising from soil and groundwater contamination by using a Chemical Storage Building from SAFETY STORAGE to contain and store flammables, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other hazardous materials and equipment. The pre-fabricated Chemical Storage Building features a compact, ...
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Military hazardous material storage solutions feature fast set-up and flexibility in relocating as needed
Military hazardous material storage units from SAFETY STORAGE Inc. are designed to meet the fast setup and frequent relocations required by military operations. Compact, easy to ship, easy to set up, pre-fabricated SAFETY STORAGE buildings provide security and protection for storing chemicals, oil, gas, corrosive or flammable liquids, paint storage, battery rooms, hazardous household waste, ...
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Environmentally Sound
On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to the category of “universal wastes” regulated under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations, codified at Title 40 of the C.F.R., Part 273. 83 Fed. Reg. 11654. According to EPA, this action would benefit the many manufacturing facilities and ...
By Acta Group
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