Sneak peek into Hazmat 2022’s line-up as the early-bird deadline approaches
Hazardous chemicals inspection and safe storage management
Hazardous chemicals inspection seems like a blatantly obvious task that is beyond improvement. Once there is a safe way to inspect hazardous liquids or materials, there is no need to change that, right? The matter remains that hazardous chemicals inspection…
Sizing-up hazmat incidents
Dust explosion mitigation methods
The danger of an explosion is ever-present in industrial processes that handle combustible dust. While not all incidents receive notoriety, most result in economic loss due to downtime, product loss, and process equipment destruction or damage. Some explosions injure or…
Chemical factory fire near Mount Fuji kills one
Central Japan, hazardous materials explosion kills at least one worker and 11 others injured in an explosion and fire that broke out Friday (Dec 1) at a chemical factory just a few kilometres from Mount Fuji. Residents living within 100…
Developments in single use hazmat suits
With improvements in the handling and transport of hazardous chemicals and with risk being designed out of chemical plants wherever possible, the number of chemical incidents involving the emergency services is decreasing. Traditionally, chemical protective suits for emergency responders have…