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Best Practices for Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination

Best Practices for Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination

The use of vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) as a workplace decontaminate has proven effective against health hazards that could compromise medical devices and food processing plants, among many others. The ability of vaporized hydrogen peroxide methods to eradicate bacteria, fungi, and some of the...
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Is Asbestos Abatement Still Needed?

Is Asbestos Abatement Still Needed?

Affordability. Availability. Fire-resistance. Strength. Those four factors are largely the reasons why asbestos became such a popular ingredient in many products throughout the mid-1900s. Widely used in building materials and car parts in a boom from the 1940s through the 1970s, asbestos use...
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VOC Safety for Industrial Workers

VOC Safety for Industrial Workers

Volatile Organic Compounds, also called VOCs, pose a significant health and safety risk to individuals across numerous industries, from agricultural to aeronautical—and that's to say nothing of the hazards posed to the general public via everyday exposure. For this reason, the Occupational Safety...
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Construction Site Safety Plans & PPE Needed After Decade of Unchanged Worker Deaths

Construction Site Safety Plans & PPE Needed After Decade of Unchanged Worker Deaths

Construction site safety continues to be an obstacle, given the number of workplace fatalities remains relatively unchanged. From 2011 to 2020, 10 in 100,000 workers lost their lives due to job site incidents that have grown redundant. And in 2020, family members attended 1,008 funerals while the...
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Downed Powerline Safety and Protective Clothing

Downed Powerline Safety and Protective Clothing

Downed powerlines are extremely dangerous. Physical contact with a downed line from a damaged utility pole can lead to life-threatening injury, disfigurement, and death. As such, any personnel tasked with powerline repair and cleanup must follow specific precautions and always wear appropriate...
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How to Improve Construction Site Safety

How to Improve Construction Site Safety

The construction industry remains one of the more dangerous work environments. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), more than 20 percent of the 5,300 fatalities reported on the job in 2019 occurred on construction sites. That's one-fifth of all fatalities that...
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Waste Management for Manufacturing Facilities

Waste Management for Manufacturing Facilities

It's difficult to come up with a concrete figure. Some estimate that more than 7.5 billion tons of industrial waste are produced each year. Others believe that this number is quite a bit lower. Whichever way you slice it, one thing is true: distributors and manufacturers generate a lot of waste -...
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Monkeypox: Healthcare Safety Measures and PPE

Monkeypox: Healthcare Safety Measures and PPE

Monkey Pox Safety for Healthcare Workers: Protective Clothing, Safety Strategies, and More Recently, several countries throughout the world—including the United States—have reported an outbreak of a rare viral disease not usually reported in those areas. The disease, called monkeypox, is...
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