Tornado Shelter Report: Emergency Storm Updates for Businesses and Communities Published by US Hazmat Rentals | Updated Weekly Latest Tornado Outbreaks and Commercial Impact Over the past week, severe weather systems have triggered multiple tornadoes across Texas, Oklahoma, and parts of the Midwest. Businesses, schools, and manufacturing sites have reported widespread property damage, operational shutdowns,…
As spring 2025 continues to unleash one of the most violent tornado seasons in over a decade, companies across the United States face mounting pressure to prioritize the safety of their employees, contractors, and customers. According to AccuWeather, over 900 tornadoes have already been confirmed in the U.S. this season — the worst since the devastating…
Although April is Hazardous Materials Safety Month, manufacturers should always prioritize compliant chemical storage. FEMA is underscoring onsite chemical safety and hazard mitigation with a preemptive public awareness campaign. Noncompliant chemical storage practices cause irreparable harm and employee injuries. While most hazmat incidents are preventable, congruent, and systemically compliant, chemical warehousing engenders staff confidence while…
Scrapping is a lucrative side hustle. Salvaging unwanted or leftover steel takes a sharp eye and resourceful negotiating. With tariff talk driving volatile markets, manufacturers and companies are looking stateside to shore up dwindling stockpiles with reclaimed metal. Copper and brass, which usually fetch up to $4 per pound, could soon surpass most fuel prices…
Farmers feed America, but non-compliant chemical storage could poison our waterways and clean air. Although farming went “green” before carbon-neutral practices were trendy, farming remains dangerous and dirty work. Farms contain as many heavy-grade industrial chemicals as factories. Pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides are rotated in and out of the fields than most crops as…
Chemical warehousing mitigates onsite hazards while enhancing inventory controls and protecting employees. Chemical warehouses commonly house flammable, corrosives, toxic chemicals, oxidizers, and explosive materials. Specialized hazardous materials storage should only contain compatible chemicals in a designated location away from operations and employees. Proper warehousing segregates hazard classifications while ensuring container compatibility and inventory organization. Chemical…
Safe and compliant fertilizer storage protects expensive and volatile chemical stockpiles while safeguarding environmental integrity. Although fertilizers replenish depleted topsoil with fresh nutrients, negligent flammables storage leads to hazmat incidents and employee exposure. Moreover, granular fertilizers can degrade in unsuitable environments, becoming clumpy before separating and degrading. Many popular fertilizers, including ammonium nitrate are also…
Compliant chemical plant storage streamlines operations while protecting workers, surrounding communities, and the environment. Routine product inventorying and segregation prevent incompatible materials from inadvertently interacting, creating toxic, volatile, and easily combustible mixtures that render undue harm and property damage. While storing hazardous materials by hazard class prevents and mitigates outsized storage risks, continuous onsite protection…
Why are industrial manufacturers always portrayed as the bad guys in environmental action movies? Although most factory work is messy by nature, TV producers drudge up all the dirty details in the black-and-white struggle for eco justice and downtrodden townspeople. While wanton pollution was rampant before the EPA’s establishment, the overwhelming majority of industrial factories…
OSHA recently updated its Hazard Communication Standard, reflecting minor additions to the seventh revision of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. Although the agency’s review don’t include significant regulatory overhaul, companies storing dangerous chemicals should read between the lines for nuance. OSHA will likely more stringently regulate chemical labelling and worker…