Why You Cannot Transport Bleach Inside Water Tanks

This is an issue that affects almost all pressure washers. If you use sodium hypochlorite (bleach) in your cleaning then you are most likely mixing and storing some amount of bleach wash in some sort of liquid container that you are hauling around on your truck, in a van, or on a trailer. But what…

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Safety Year in Review 2017 and forward into 2018

There were some safety issues of 2017 that you may not have heard about or that you should be aware of moving into 2018. As everyone knows 2017 was a year full of Natural Disasters: Hurricanes; Harvey, Irma, and Maria, wildfires in CA and the West, and man-made ones; mass shootings, vehicles used as weapons…

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How to Use a Spill Kit

This is the last of my series on Spill Kits. I have told you why you need one, and how to put together one yourself and now we get to the part of actually using them. Here are the steps you need to take when you see or are made aware of a chemical spill:…

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What are Spill Kits?

For my next safety blog to start the new year I will talk about needing and then making a spill kit. I have been asked many times by contractors, “Do I really need a spill kit? I one word, Yes. OSHA requries you as a contractor working out in the public to be responsible for…

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How to Keep Your Enclosed Trailers Cool and Safe

In the heat of the summer, it is hard to keep an enclosed work trailer cool. A hot trailer is not only uncomfortable but it can be downright dangerous. A hot trailer can allow your employees to overheat if they have to work in the trailer for even a short amount of time. You can…

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