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What You Need To Know About Confined Space

What is the difference between confined space and permit-required confined space? In our industry, there is often confusion between the two, and not knowing, could prove hazardous. The code and regulations referencing confined space can be found in 29 CFR
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The Cost of a HAZMAT Release

A HAZMAT release can be, and often is, costly. However, when I talk about the cost of a HAZMAT release, I am not simply referring to dollars and cents. Much of the cost of having a re-lease cannot be measured
Starting a HAZMAT Team

Starting a HAZMAT Team

HAZMAT teams are crucial when your facility houses and uses hazardous materials. Creating a HAZMAT team on site at your facility is important and involves planning and preparation. There are many items you will need to consider when initially setting
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Incident Commander Training, Essential for Everyone

In the 1970’s, California was suffering from catastrophic wildfires. There were numerous fire battalions fighting multiple fires simultaneously, and virtually no communication between them. This caused teams to be pinned down by consuming fires with no means of escape.
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Planning, Training and Preparation Are The Keys to Success

My wife and I went camping a few nights ago and the low temperature was supposed to be 39 degrees with a forecast of clouds and rain moving in during the morning hours. With that information, we knew a couple
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Industrial Consultants Virtual Connection

Here we are all together, in 2020, facing an unprecedented global situation referred to as the coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19. Most everyone in the world is being affected by this pandemic at very personal levels. It has touched our finances,
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OSHA’s Requirement for HAZMAT Hands-On Training

Recently, I was asked a question in my class concerning HAZMAT computer-based training. Due to our current situation involving Sheltering in Place, the question seems eerily relevant.
Citation Watch: Minnesota Co-op Fined $120,000 for Violation of the Risk Management Program

Citation Watch: Minnesota Co-op Fined $120,000 for Violation of the Risk Management Program

A Minnesota Coop located in Randolph and Montgomery Minnesota. This Minnesota Coop stores anhydrous ammonia in excess of 10,000 lbs.
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Emergency Response Plan

As we all know, it is imperative that we can rely on our Emergency Response Plans. This is no groundbreaking concept. Yet we often find that we have these cumbersome documents but cannot access the information quickly. Time management directly
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To Charge or Not to Charge

Another spring has sprung, and with it the weather is changing very rapidly. One day it is golf weather and the next you are shoveling snow. It seems every year at this time, folks are saying we have lost our