Safety is paramount when it comes to handling and storing chemicals, flammable liquids, and hazardous materials (hazmat) in industrial settings. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the United States has stringent regulations to ensure the safe storage of chemicals, flammables and hazmat, including those stored outdoors. In this article, we'll delve into OSHA's guidelines for outdoor chemical storage buildings and sheds and explore the measures that industries should take to maintain a secure environment for both employees and the environment...
Compressed gas cylinders may appear safe and benign, but the majority of incidents and injuries occur during handling or transportation. Some simple safety guidelines will keep you and your employees safe...
Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as PPE, is any article of clothing or product designed to create a barrier to keep workers safe from injury or illness when working with or around hazardous materials...
There are various types of equipment that help make sure the high pressure gas found in many types of gas cylinders is held and dispersed at a controlled, safe level. This type of equipment includes regulators, caps and other accessories...
This article gives guidelines to follow if you need to transport gas cylinders yourself when using a professional gas transport company is not an option...
Disposing of a gas cylinder correctly is extremely important, particularly in today’s climate of environmental awareness and advocacy. Correct disposal reduces your company’s environmental footprint which reduces liability, improves public relations, and helps you stay in compliance with any of your customers’ requirements for their suppliers and contractors...
USA Safety online order shipping costs are estimated for shipping to a commercial business location that is easily accessible by the general public. If your company receives regular deliveries by UPS and freight trucks, we are sure we don’t need to say any more in regards to shipping and receiving. But if you never or infrequently get deliveries here are some things to keep in mind...
A question we get frequently from customers is why is it safer to have a welding cart with built-in firewall barrier?
Acetylene gas, the most common gas used for fueling cutting torches burns quickly and is very easy to ignite. Even energy from a static spark can be enough to ignite it...
Flammable Storage Cabinets... have been added to USAsafety.com. Safely store your flammable liquids and protect your workers with these cabinets. Available with manual, sel....
According to Welding & Gases Today Online, welders are in demand and will continue to be in the coming years. The article states that "nearly 100% of wel...
There's a right tool for every job. Onlineprnews.com picked up a story from handtruckreviews.com that goes into detail about the importance of using the proper equipment for the job when moving objects in an industrial environment. The...
You may have noticed a change to our homepage! We've updated the layout to give you a better user-experience by offering an easier path from the homepage to USAsafety.com's main product categories. You can now get to our heavy duty lines o...
The Associated Press reported earlier this month that Praxair will be increasing prices on industrial, medical and specialty gas containers as much as 10% starting Dec 1, 2009. Read the...
USAsafety.com announces the addition of firewall and hoist hook equipped cylinder carts to its product line! Each of these new specialty lines offers important safety capabilities that meet OSHA requirements...
Allheadlinenews.com reports that three workers were killed when a gas cylinder exploded at a Bangladesh factory. Ten other workers were wounded. Make sure to secure your gas...
Why is the safe storage and handling of gas cylinder important? A firm in London became the perfect example of the danger that cylinders can pose when it had to...
Gasworld.com reports that a new publication, CGA G-1.9, Recommended Practices for Maintaining the Proper Solvent Level in Acetylene Cylinders, has recently been r...
WIBW.com has reported that the Kansas Department of Labor has released the second annual Workplace Safety Report. According to their report, the total number of workplace illnes...
Safe trucking of industrial materials is important. Do you run a pretty tight ship at your business? If so, you might want to consider applying for two prestigious 2009 safety awards presented by the American Trucking Associations' Safety Management...
Thanks for checking out the first USAsafety.com blog post! We have added a news blog to the website to help keep you up to date on the latest happenings in industrial safety. Each month we will add a few of the news stories that matter mos...