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Crews clean up hazmat spill at Petaluma milk processing plant – CBS News

Crews clean up hazmat spill at Petaluma milk processing plant  CBS News

Fire Breaks Out at Sodium Chlorite Plant – Powder Bulk Solids

Fire Breaks Out at Sodium Chlorite Plant  Powder Bulk Solids

EPA's Unified Agenda Addresses Rulemaking Under TSCA And TRI – The National Law Review

EPA’s Unified Agenda Addresses Rulemaking Under TSCA And TRI  The National Law Review

What Measures Can Companies Use to Evaluate Safety Management Practices and Identify Opportunities for Improvement?

  What measures can companies use to evaluate safety efforts and identify opportunities for improvement?  The most commonly used measures of safety performance are lagging indicators such as injury counts and costs.1,2 While lagging indicators can be beneficial, using them as the only measure of safety can be a barrier to safety improvement. For example, companies with few injuries may not have enough information to identify trends3, as is often the case for smaller companies.  In Read more [...]

Update: All lanes of Interstate 790 reopened after cleanup of diesel spill in Utica – syracuse.com

Update: All lanes of Interstate 790 reopened after cleanup of diesel spill in Utica  syracuse.com

Major slow down on 35E northbound on Woodall Rodgers due to major accident causing fuel spill – KRLD

Major slow down on 35E northbound on Woodall Rodgers due to major accident causing fuel spill  KRLD

35E northbound on Woodall Rodgers closed due major accident causing fuel spill – KRLD

35E northbound on Woodall Rodgers closed due major accident causing fuel spill  KRLD

Two hospitalized after chemical spill on Navy ship – FOX 5 San Diego

Two hospitalized after chemical spill on Navy ship  FOX 5 San Diego

Hazardous materials disposal now offered twice weekly – PotomacLocal.com

Hazardous materials disposal now offered twice weekly  PotomacLocal.com

Northern Tier recovers 10+ tons of hazardous materials | Community | tiogapublishing.com – The Wellsboro Gazette

Northern Tier recovers 10+ tons of hazardous materials | Community | tiogapublishing.com  The Wellsboro Gazette

Hazardous materials spill, driver injured in Houston County rollover crash – WKRN News 2

Hazardous materials spill, driver injured in Houston County rollover crash  WKRN News 2

Crews cleaning up after drilling fluid spilled in Caddo County – KFOR Oklahoma City

Crews cleaning up after drilling fluid spilled in Caddo County  KFOR Oklahoma City

Large Fire Reported at OxyChem Manufacturing Site – Powder Bulk Solids

Large Fire Reported at OxyChem Manufacturing Site  Powder Bulk Solids

Voluntary evacuations lifted after fire at chemical facility in the Katy area, fire marshal says – KPRC Click2Houston

Voluntary evacuations lifted after fire at chemical facility in the Katy area, fire marshal says  KPRC Click2Houston

Chemical leak: Voluntary evacuation lifted in Waller County after bleach leak and fire – KTRK-TV

Chemical leak: Voluntary evacuation lifted in Waller County after bleach leak and fire  KTRK-TV

Officials urge evacuation in half-mile radius of Goynes Road in Katy due to chemical leak, fire – KHOU.com

Officials urge evacuation in half-mile radius of Goynes Road in Katy due to chemical leak, fire  KHOU.com

HAZMAT ALERT: Fire marshals call for voluntary evacuation of some Katy residents after chemical leak – KPRC Click2Houston

HAZMAT ALERT: Fire marshals call for voluntary evacuation of some Katy residents after chemical leak  KPRC Click2Houston

Fireworks

The blog content comes from the NIOSH Manufacturing Mondays series. The Fourth of July is the quintessential American holiday. Not only are we celebrating the birth of our nation, but we take a break in the heat of summer to participate in parades, cookouts, swimming, and FIREWORKS!    While many of us enjoy the exhilaration of a professional fireworks display: the flashes of light, bright colors, and explosive noises, most of us have probably never thought much about what goes into Read more [...]

Teesport: Suspected chemical leak prompts emergency response – BBC

Teesport: Suspected chemical leak prompts emergency response  BBC

What a Whopper – Court Finds An “Uncontrolled” HAZWOPER Release Doesn’t Mean “Any Release, No Matter How Small” – JD Supra

What a Whopper – Court Finds An “Uncontrolled” HAZWOPER Release Doesn’t Mean “Any Release, No Matter How Small”  JD Supra

How Dangerous Goods automation helps deliver record revenue and profits

No matter what business you’re in, there are two basic ways to grow profits—reducing costs and increasing revenues. In Dangerous Goods transport, a lot of the focus tends to be on reducing costs. And that’s a good place to focus, since there are often inefficiencies and hidden costs which can be identified and smoothed over.... The post How Dangerous Goods automation helps deliver record revenue and profits appeared first on Labelmaster Blog. Read more [...]

Highway 29 in Napa County Reopens Following Hazardous Materials Incident – NBC Bay Area

Highway 29 in Napa County Reopens Following Hazardous Materials Incident  NBC Bay AreaHazardous Materials Incident Shuts Down Highway 29 Near St. Helena  PatchCrews at scene of hazardous material spill in St. Helena, Highway 29 closed in both directions, CAL FIRE says  KGO-TVHighway 29 shut down near St. Helena due to hazmat spill  CBS NewsPetroleum Incident in Eureka | HAZMAT  Lost Coast Outpost Read more [...]

Hazardous Materials Incident Shuts Down Highway 29 Near St. Helena – Patch

Hazardous Materials Incident Shuts Down Highway 29 Near St. Helena  Patch

Shrewsbury property owner to pay state following 2016 fire – Community Advocate

Shrewsbury property owner to pay state following 2016 fire  Community Advocate

18-wheeler carrying hazardous materials crashes on I-49; hazmat crews inspecting truck – KSLA

18-wheeler carrying hazardous materials crashes on I-49; hazmat crews inspecting truck  KSLA

I-49N reopened after crash, hazmat cleanup – KTALnews.com

I-49N reopened after crash, hazmat cleanup  KTALnews.com

Teens forced to clean up hazardous, ‘nasty’ areas of detention center: Complaints – WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland

Teens forced to clean up hazardous, ‘nasty’ areas of detention center: Complaints  WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland

Property Owner to Pay for Cleanup Costs Following Hazardous Chemical Explosion in Shrewsbury Backyard – Mass.gov

Property Owner to Pay for Cleanup Costs Following Hazardous Chemical Explosion in Shrewsbury Backyard  Mass.gov

Head-on collision injures motorists, closes Lewisburg Pike throughout afternoon – Williamson Home Page

Head-on collision injures motorists, closes Lewisburg Pike throughout afternoon  Williamson Home Page

Firefighters respond to hazardous materials call at warehouse on Siegen Lane – WAFB

Firefighters respond to hazardous materials call at warehouse on Siegen Lane  WAFB

Update: North Logan hazmat situation resolved – The Herald Journal

Update: North Logan hazmat situation resolved  The Herald Journal

*** WATCH *** TANKER ROLLOVER… LARGE OIL SPILL… DRIVER EXTRICATED, TRANSPORTED… – Cape Cod Daily News

*** WATCH *** TANKER ROLLOVER… LARGE OIL SPILL… DRIVER EXTRICATED, TRANSPORTED…  Cape Cod Daily News

Plane Runs Off Runway, Tips Over, But Pilot, Passenger Emerge Unscathed – Times of San Diego

Plane Runs Off Runway, Tips Over, But Pilot, Passenger Emerge Unscathed  Times of San Diego

Workplace Medical Mystery Solved: What Is Making This Roofer Sick?

Ray worked as a roofer and started feeling sick during work. His symptoms started halfway through the first day and, by the end of the second day, he felt even worse with a headache, cough, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. At the doctor’s office, his tests came back normal. Read more about his case  here. When Ray and his coworkers got sick, the roofing company ordered an investigation. On the days crew members got sick, they were placing a rubber membrane on the roof using a Read more [...]

9 improvements you can expect from smarter online hazmat training

Ever ask a sulky teenager to execute a household chore? They’ll do the bare minimum, but it’s easy to see that it could have been done better. There’s a similar dynamic with Dangerous Goods training. The law says employees have to be trained if an organization ships or handles hazardous materials, and many companies do... The post 9 improvements you can expect from smarter online hazmat training appeared first on Labelmaster Blog. Read more [...]

La Porte chemical fire: All-clear issued after large fire erupts at Oxy Vinyls facility at 2400 Miller Cut-off Road – KTRK-TV

La Porte chemical fire: All-clear issued after large fire erupts at Oxy Vinyls facility at 2400 Miller Cut-off Road  KTRK-TV

Chemical leak leads to major hazmat response in Doral – CBS Miami

Chemical leak leads to major hazmat response in Doral  CBS Miami

Small chemical leak at Digital Realty site in Connecticut – DatacenterDynamics

Small chemical leak at Digital Realty site in Connecticut  DatacenterDynamics

Evening Hazardous Materials Incident – City of Spokane

Evening Hazardous Materials Incident  City of Spokane

North Georgia business owner pleads guilty to dumping hazardous waste – Department of Justice

North Georgia business owner pleads guilty to dumping hazardous waste  Department of Justice