Water sustainability became a pressing topic in 2020 as a record-breaking drought settled across the United States, almost covering the entirety of the country’s Western half with pockets in the Midwest and East Coast regions. The drought spanned from the same year through 2022 after winter precipitation was believed to have delivered the much-needed moisture. If life-need water supply is …
OSHA to Enhance Enforcement of Pre-COVID Silica Dust Control Regulations
In 2018, OSHA released its latest set of silica dust control regulations geared towards reducing workers’ exposure. OSHA became concerned when they received 116 infractions, 80% of which were deemed severe, within the beginning of the same year. OSHA noted these serious violations were compounded by numerous other infringements. Taking in the reality of industrial yard spaces, the agency decided …
Midwest Surpasses Federal Safety Standards
The development of better safety protocols, including attention to dust control standards, has become a primary concern for many companies in the industrial world. Consideration for industrial dust control has played a crucial role in determining the safety of many industries, particularly mining, and has been a source of concern for federal agencies such as OSHA and MSHA over the …
Guaranteed Results for Facility Dust Control Programs
The Money Question: Cost Per Gallon Versus Cost Per Square Foot Most operators and managers responsible for a dust control program focus on the price per gallon when pricing their facility dust control solutions. But this logic can result in paying more for a dust control program. If a $20/gallon product only needs to be applied once a week to …
Another Competitor Bites the Dust: Penn State Researchers Find Brine for Dust Control is Toxic and Ineffective
Dust control has always been a major issue for industrial sites and in response, myriad techniques have been attempted to eradicate it. For example, one of these old-fashioned approaches, watering, works like a band-aid, potentially lasting for just mere minutes, racking up costs with multiple application sessions to reapply the suppressant. Even chlorides, concocted of sodium, magnesium, and magnesium chlorides, …