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Fire Extinguishers  – It’s Fight or Flight!
By Matt Stinchfield
In Behavioral Hazards, Emergency Planning and Management, Fire Prevention, Flammables, General Safety, Safe Work Practices
Posted April 5, 2022

Fire Extinguishers – It’s Fight or Flight!

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Ethanol Spills – Understanding the Animal
By Matt Stinchfield
In Chemical Hazards, Emergency Planning and Management, Loss Control, Physical Hazards, Pressure Hazards
Posted January 7, 2021

Ethanol Spills – Understanding the Animal

Over my twenty years in the hazardous materials cleanup industry, I have learned to think about every chemical as having a personality. You can even make the analogy that every chemical is a [...]

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Housekeeping – Time Well Spent
By Matt Stinchfield
In General Safety, Human Hazards, Loss Control, Physical Hazards
Posted November 29, 2018

Housekeeping – Time Well Spent

It’s been a long shift. I’ll get to it first thing tomorrow. I have to pick up my kid from school. At the end of a tiring day it can be too tempting to rush out the door. What you probably [...]

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Nothing Feels Better than Pressure Relief
By Matt Stinchfield
In Confined Spaces, Emergency Planning and Management, Engineering Controls, Pressure Hazards, Property Loss
Posted November 2, 2018

Nothing Feels Better than Pressure Relief

Another bad gas joke. The latest blockbuster film? Sorry, I’m talking about the mundane, but much more important, topic of tank pressure relief in breweries. Beer vessels usually operate at a [...]

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