Safety Information
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- October 17, 2024In today's environmentally conscious world, proper waste management is crucial. One area that often causes confusion is the disposal of aerosol cans. Enter aerosol can recycling kits – the solution to safe, compliant, and eco-friendly aerosol waste management.
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- January 18, 2024Safety 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.
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- February 27, 2020Compressed 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.
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- February 20, 2020Personal 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.
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- February 04, 2020The following guide will point out key gas cylinder safety standards and guidelines, as well as illustrate the need for those guidelines.
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- February 04, 2020There 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.
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- October 23, 2019This article gives guidelines to follow if you need to transport gas cylinders yourself when using a professional gas transport company is not an option.
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- August 05, 2019Disposing 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.
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- February 06, 2018USA 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.
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- August 28, 2017Use this gas cylinder size chart to determine size of compressed gas tanks for industrial, welding, medical and other applications.
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- June 01, 2015A 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.