by SpillResponse | Sep 5, 2024 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, First Call Training, Safety Corner
Limiting Heat Burden While Wearing PPE. Wearing PPE, fire retardant clothing, etc. can often increase your risk for heat-related illnesses. PPE reduces the body’s normal way of getting rid of heat by sweating and increases the physical effort to perform duties while...
by SpillResponse | Jul 31, 2024 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Remediation, Spill Cleanup
Our Chattanooga, TN office recently took on a tricky situation involving a 50-gallon diesel fuel release from a tractor trailer. Usually, our team can dig up impacted soil no problem but the location of this spill involved a culvert that would make it near impossible...
by SpillResponse | Jun 13, 2024 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
Our June Project Spotlight shines bright on our Atlanta, GA office’s 100th Spill Cleanup! While the spill itself was smaller in scale it did deal with a hefty chemical known as Methyl Ethyl Ketone (aka MEK). MEK can easily evaporate into the air and contribute to the...
by SpillResponse | Jun 13, 2024 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, First Call Training, Safety Corner
In May OSHA pushed out a new initiative called the “safety shuffle”. This is a unique shift where employers challenge higher level managers to ‘swap’ jobs with those boots on the ground folks. This will hopefully provide a better understanding of hazards in the...
by SpillResponse | May 3, 2024 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup
This month’s project spotlight is brought to you by our Chattanooga office. The job was run by Regional Manager, Marcus Conchran, and his team made up of Assistant Area Manager, Autumn Taylor, and technicians, James Howlett and Yorrick Johnson. This job involved a...
by SpillResponse | Apr 3, 2024 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Remediation, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
This Month’s Project Spotlight is being awarded to our Asheville, NC office! The Asheville, North Carolina crew was quick to a response where an 18-wheeler had crashed and leaked about 30-40 gallons of diesel along the side of the road. Our crew, made up of Area...
