Emergency response crews must be prepared to deal with incidents involving hazardous materials. This five-part series on HazMat Operations explores the steps emergency responders must...

Understanding the risks of working around hydrogen sulfide gas is critical. Exposure to this extremely poisonous and flammable gas may kill you, and quickly if...

Working in a laboratory you probably come into contact with countless different materials in a given day. While common work practices and personal protective equipment...

HAZWOPER refers to Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency Response. OSHA’s HAZWOPER standard provides safety requirements for the 5 different classes of Hazardous Waste Operations in the...

While walking through your workplace you come across a spill of a hazardous material. From the smallest of spills to those on a large-scale, there...

Of the different classifications of hazardous waster generators Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) represent the operations which create over 1,000 kilograms or more per month of...

A material that is lightweight, heat-resistant and sound absorbing is invaluable to the construction industry. What if that same useful material  has the potential to...

When is the last time you changed a set of batteries or light bulb? Now think about what you did with the used batteries or...

You may think you know what dangerous chemicals you use at work or at home, but do you? Sure everyone knows not to drink bleach...