Posts Tagged Rathi Niyogi
Maintaining Adequate Spill Containment Systems In The Workplace
A work area spill of toxic or hazardous agents can be a scary state for all concerned. The natural impulse for nearly all people when they recognize a discharge happening is to do their best to intervene and try to rectify the problem themselves. Unfortunately, this is nearly always the incorrect course of action – [...]
Read moreTypes of Spill Containment Equipment
When evaluating your spill containment equipment needs, you will find there are a wide variety of spill containment tools that are available for various applications. Let’s start by looking at some typical spill containment applications. Leaking Vehicles Drum Storage Tap Drips Leaking Tanks Overflow Tanks Battery Storage While there are probably many more specific spill [...]
Read moreDeveloping A Facility Response Plan To Comply With the EPA
The EPA has been very proactive in requiring businesses, both large and small, to adhere to standards that prevent pollution activities through oil and chemical spills. Since August 1990, in response to public outrage over the Exxon Valdez incident, the Oil Pollution Act has been a law that puts the responsibility of prevention on industry. [...]
Read moreCreate A Chemical Spill Response Plan
While following all appropriate precautions significantly reduces the chance of a chemical spill, it is mandatory that any facility that uses chemicals or chemical agents in the course of production has a Chemical Spill Response Plan in place. This plan enables all employees to be properly trained in the ability to respond to a chemical [...]
Read moreDeveloping A Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan
If you operate a facility with above-ground oil storage capacity greater than 1,320 gallons using storage tanks, drums, containers, or utilize equipment that contains oil in excess of this amount, the EPA requires your facility to maintain a Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC). The facility should also be non-transportation-related, such as oil drilling [...]
Read moreBloodborne Pathogens For Nonhealthcare Settings
Hospitals and health care facilities have a great deal of practice at handling incidents where employees may be exposed to bloodborne pathogens. However, if you’re not working in a health care setting, chances are your employees aren’t as experienced in bloodborne pathogen incidents. Here are some tips to help prevent exposure incidents at your facility: [...]
Read moreChoosing Rainwear
Rainwear does more than simply keep out rain or snow, it protects from wind, cold, and chemical splashes. Your choice of rainwear depends on the expected weather, the expected temperatures, your planned activities, and your budget. Rainwear materials and designs greatly affect the performance you can expect. There are three major types of rainwear: Water-Resistant [...]
Read moreChemical Protective Garments – Tyvek
Over time, you’ll see a number of blogs here on chemical protective garments – mostly because there’s a lot to say about them. This particular article is about Tyvek garments. Tyvek is a synthetic material made by DuPont from flash-spun, high-density polyethylene fiber. It is used in a number of applications (including envelopes), but the [...]
Read moreConfined Space Rescue Teams – In-House or Outside?
When you have permit-required confined spaces at your facility, you are required to establish procedures for how a worker is rescued from the space in the event of an injury or accident. Basically, there are two options for rescue: use in-house personnel to rescue the worker by entering the confined space and use outside emergency [...]
Read moreThe ANSI Standard – Operation and Maintenance
OSHA regulations set out where eyewash stations should be and when they are required; they do not provide operating requirements. However, some state-level health and safety regulations specifically incorporate the ANSI standard and so make the provisions of the standard a regulatory requirement. Operation The ANSI standard for emergency eyewash stations include: The eyewash equipment [...]
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