By: Mark Yukich & Ashok Ghose Dastidar, Contributors As a professional, the importance of identifying respirable industrial hygiene hazards and taking the steps necessary in reducing the amount of exposure to encourage a safe atmosphere for workers is vitally important. However, when tasked with reducing respirable dust hazards within a facility’s process, it is recommended…
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By: Dante Moore, Contributor Confined spaces present unique dangers that workers must be prepared to handle. Despite tight regulations and technological advancements, permit-required confined space entry accidents and fatalities remain a problem. According to OSHA, confined spaces are responsible for around 200 deaths every year, and 60% of those deaths are workers who were attempting…
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By: Kevin Chase, Contributor Monitoring workers for exposure to respirable particulates, including dust, metals, crystalline silica, welding fumes and diesel particulate matter, is being driven by tighter regulations in almost every industry. Employers must be more attentive than ever to the personal exposure of workers. Workers also need to be educated on the potential dangers…
Read More >>[Editor’s Note: This sidebar first appeared as a blog on Camfil APC’s website. For the original article, go to: https://bit.ly/2OYAw9Z .] If your facility’s manufacturing processes generate hazardous dust, one of your priorities is ensuring air quality. Dust, especially airborne dust particles, must be safely collected and contained to protect worker safety and meet regulatory…
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By: Andy Thomason, Contributor Many manufacturing and processing operations generate dust particles that can ignite and cause a fire or explosion. Combustible dusts include food ingredients, seed and grain, metals, paper, pulp, plastics, textiles, biosolids, wood, rubber, dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Because each plant, factory and facility is different, identifying and understanding unique combustible dust…
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By: David Ivey, Contributor These are strange times, with the idea of worker safety now coming to include a whole new dimension of minimizing contact with others and limiting the spread of germs among work crews. This new reality and the many challenges brought on by the current health crisis force us to rethink how…
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