by Iheama Ikwuagwu | Apr 21, 2025 | Blog, Chemicals, Uncategorized
Workplace chemical fires pose serious risks, from severe burns, toxic exposures, and even fatalities. Preventing chemical fires (and all fires) should remain one of your top priorities, in order to save lives, reduce injuries, avoid costly damages, ensure regulatory...
by Iheama Ikwuagwu | Mar 24, 2025 | Blog, Chemicals, Hearing Protection, Respiratory Protection
In today’s fast-paced industrial environment, ensuring workplace safety is a top priority for employers and employees alike. That’s why hazard communication in the workplace remains so crucial. It enhances safety by ensuring your employees are informed about...
by Chris Walter | Nov 29, 2024 | Asbestos, Blog, Chemicals, COVID-19, Hearing Protection, Respiratory Protection, Silica, Vision Protection, Wellness
If you’re still sending your employees off-site for medical testing, it might be time to take another look at the different options available. Namely, opting for onsite testing. In addition to causing a loss of productivity, off-site testing can leave you open to...
by Iheama Ikwuagwu | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Chemicals, Respiratory Protection, Uncategorized
The Risks of Creosote Exposure Unseen and often underestimated, the dangers of handling toxic substances at work can turn a routine task into a life-changing, health risk. One of these substances, creosote, not only poses a major fire hazard, but also...
by Iheama Ikwuagwu | Jan 8, 2024 | Blog, Chemicals, Uncategorized
In a tragic incident in June 2023, a 52-year-old leach tank operator at a chemical manufacturing facility lost his life due to fatal chemical and thermal burns, a safety oversight which never should have happened. Sadly, the subsequent federal investigation by...
by Iheama Ikwuagwu | Jan 1, 2024 | Blog, Chemicals, Respiratory Protection, Uncategorized
Diborane is a chemical compound made up of boron and hydrogen atoms, commonly used in industrial gas manufacturing. Highly unstable at room temperature, with a sweet odor, this toxic and flammable gas is commonly used in rocket propellants, as a reducing agent,...
