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When you hear of workplace injuries, what industries and occupations come to mind? Most would assume anything construction related, as well as public service (i.e. police and firefighters). However, a new report from Paychex is offering some startling revelations into workplace injuries.
As offices seek to go green, it pays to start with the very first activity of the day—the morning commute. American workers spend an average of 47 hours per year commuting through traffic. This adds up to 3.7 billion hours and 23 billion gallons of fuel each year. Why not “green up” your employees’ commute?
In April 2010, a 40-year-old heat exchanger at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, Washington, failed catastrophically. The incident resulted in an explosion and fire that killed seven workers. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s (CSB) investigation of the incident, completed in 2014, found that the failure was caused by damage to the heat exchanger, a mechanism […]
Smartphones and tablets are everywhere these days, and they have many uses. In a doctor’s office, your medical information is probably on a tablet. In a school, you can find lesson plans and textbooks in tablet formats. But you still may not be getting everything out of these expensive, multifunctional devices that you could be.
In an order, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied EPA’s request for an additional 6 months to take final action on its proposal to ban application of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops. The court did grant the Agency an additional 3 months—to March 31, 2017—to finalize the […]
Q. Would the interior of a building count as a secondary containment area if you can assure the nothing can leak out?
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued a final rule amending its hazardous materials regulations (HMRs) for rail tank cars carrying flammable liquids. Mainly, the rule modifies PHMSA’s May 2015 final rule intended to enhance operational controls for high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs).
The attorneys general (AGs) of states that successfully petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to stay EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) while litigation on the CPP proceeds in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit are now asking the Agency to extend by at least 60 days the current August 29, 2016, deadline for […]
Remember not so long ago when you used to carry a phone, a camera, a GPS unit (and backup paper maps), a calculator, and a notepad and pen? Now, you probably have a smartphone or tablet that is your phone, camera, calculator, maps and GPS unit, and notepad all in one voice-activated, touchpad-enabled device—with bonus […]
In today’s world, underground storage tanks (USTs) contain an assortment of products ranging from gasoline to diesel to biofuels to hazardous chemical substances. Because of the wide swath of fuels and chemical substances available, it is imperative for tank owners to ensure that the tank itself is compatible with the substance stored. Storing certain fuels […]