If you work in an industrial baking facility that produces thousands of baked goods each day, there are some obvious fruits of your labor. Whether you manufacture cookies, crackers, breads, buns, or even pizza dough, you likely enjoy great smells, pride in your work, and delicious products that you get to try before they ever …
Wastewater Treatment Plant Hazards
Billions of people around the world will flush a toilet today or run water in their sink without thinking twice about the privilege. However, if you work in the sewage treatment industry, you understand the complex process that must occur in wastewater treatment plants to keep our water clean. Unfortunately, that process can have a negative …
Hazards in Waste Management and Recycling
The waste management and recycling industry keeps our cities, streams, and air clean. However, if you work in this field, you know it’s not a clean job. Just like most modern-day businesses, waste management and recycling companies rely on electronics for efficiency. Keeping label printers, barcoding and scanning systems, personal computers, and monitors up and …
Environmental Hazards in Concrete Manufacturing
Where would we be as a society without concrete? In 3000 B.C. Egyptians were hard at work making their own cement using mud mixed with straw to bind dried bricks. Around the same time, people in China were building the Great Wall using cementitious materials (source). While the concrete industry has certainly come a long …
