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,...
by Iheama Ikwuagwu | Dec 26, 2023 | Blog, Chemicals, Respiratory Protection, Uncategorized
Without a doubt, combustible dust hazards pose a deadly serious danger on the worksite. As evidence, a catastrophic explosion at a Newburyport pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing facility on May 4, 2023, resulted in a tragic loss of life. Prompting a...
