avoiding recurring hazmat fines

Avoiding Recurring Hazmat Fines

If there’s anything OSHA hates more than negligence, it’s repeat offenders. One-time accidents that kill or maim dozens is a blight on any company record that can’t be wiped clean. When that same company repeats its chemical trespasses, federal safety officials will turn into your worst enemy. Following chemical storage incidents, OSHA outlines the violations…

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Texas Chemical Plant Explosion Ignites Safety Concerns For Adhesive and Solvents Storage

Everything is bigger in Texas, including chemical storage incidents. Last week, folks in Shepherd, Texas found themselves scurrying for the hills after a large explosion at a solvents plant sent massive plumes of black smoke skyward. Initial reports indicate minimal injuries, but the investigation is ongoing. Like with almost every other hazmat incident making headlines…

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Industrial Tornado Shelter

With cooler temperatures setting in and the first frost permeating the soft clay topsoil, most seasonal construction jobs will be wrapping up for the year. As foreman trim back their workforce to skeleton crews, they will turn their attention to the year ahead. While project managers might be eyeing a new excavator or work van…

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flammable material storage

Flammable Chemical Storage Violations: Critical Reminder for Workplace Safety

Custom Container Solutions, a dumpster manufacturer based in Pennsylvania, has been cited by OSHA for multiple safety violations related to the storage of flammable chemicals and other safety issues. The violations were uncovered during an OSHA investigation conducted in March 2023, and they include two willful, three repeat, 23 serious, and two other-than-serious citations. The proposed penalties…

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trimethylamine

Trimethylamine Storage

When it comes to compliant chemical storage, some companies just can’t clean up their act. Whether it’s a small procedural oversight or a glaring mistake potentially jeopardizing the lives of thousands, fines for negligent storage practices continue to dominate the headlines. Recently, a U.S. District Court handed down a hefty $850,000 penalty against an ag-chemical…

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climate change chemical storage

Climate Change Chemical Storage

News of climate change is the dark cloud that we just can’t escape. And that’s for good reason. Erratic changes to the earth’s delicate weather patterns are having an impact humanity can no longer ignore. From the raging Canadian wildfires to the recent discovery of a possibly collapsing Gulf Stream, this harbinger of impending doom…

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