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Worker Safety Depends on the Right Training and Equipment
Workplace safety depends on the proper training and equipment as well as regular safety checks. Workers in industries like longshoring, construction, maritime and material handling often operate at dangerous heights above floor level. They operate or work in close proximity with heavy machinery and moving loads. Safety regulations concerning fall protection and rigging hardware standards…
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Safe Handling Practices for Pharmaceuticals
Over the last few months, we have heard more and more media coverage on the abuse of pharmaceuticals. Although pharmaceuticals are necessary for many medical conditions and a large number of patients rely on them, there are also a large number of people who abuse them. When you have a supply of pharmaceuticals in your…
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Plastic is Essential for Many Manufacturing Industries
Plastic is one of the most widely used materials in today’s world. For industries like manufacturing, janitorial, chemical, automotive, food and medicine, plastic is a basic material. Life without the many plastic jar uses that we take for granted – for basics like ketchup, face cream and vitamins – would be very different. There are…
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5 Things that are Avoided Because of Street Sweepers
How many people actually get annoyed when they get stuck behind a street sweeper? They drive slowly and they’re big and block traffic and get in the way. Plus, parking lot sweeping prices are probably outrageous and street sweeper trucks are sure to be old and unsafe, aren’t they? It’s easy to be negative about…
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Are You in Need of an Aerial Image of a Piece of Property?
We all know that it is important to get the big picture before jumping to any conclusions. And while this advice applies to many areas of life, it is also an essential part of many careers as well. In the case of civil engineering, for instance, no individual or company would pretend to understand or…
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More About the Connection Between Water Quality and Conductivity
Despite the fact that the planet is covered mostly with water, drinking water is not available to all people. It is estimated that 85% of the world’s population lives in the driest areas. More than 780 million people around the world lack access to clean water and 2.5 billion cannot access adequate sanitation. Somewhere between…
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Pharmaceutical Product Packaging and Safety Protocols
Approximately 75.1% of all medical visits result in the administration of some type of drug therapy. Within the past 30 days, a survey showed that 48.5% of people in the United States have taken a minimum of one prescription drug. In 2010 alone, doctors either ordered or provided 285.1 million prescription drugs while seeing patients…
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Tips and Tricks to Run a Business How to Handle the Over-Night Success of Crowdfunding
The modern internet allows savvy business leaders to virtually construct a business over night. Crowdfunding websites such as GoFundMe and Kickstarter have given those with ideas a platform to gather funds and make their business dreams a reality, yet this alone cannot guarantee success as building a business that lasts is a challenge in its…
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The Money Making Benefits of Working With Professional Exhibit Design Firms
You’ve probably heard the saying that if you want something done right, it’s best to do it yourself. Well, that’s not necessarily the case. There are somethings that are best left in the hands of a professional, which means not you. While expanding your skill set and rising to the occasion in the face of…
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Steel Shipping Container Reuse
We?ve all seen a steel cargo container on the back of a huge truck, maybe barreling past us on the highway. Currently, around 17 million shipping containers exist worldwide, but only 6 million are in use. That leaves 11 million shipping containers unused, and they take up a lot of space! But the world is…