Over 3 billion tons of hazardous materials are transported every year. These materials are inherently dangerous and need to be properly handled at all times, especially during transport. Unfortunately, accidents do happen and roadway incidents involving hazardous materials can have very real and very dangerous consequences. According to Wyoming Public Media, a crash involving hazardous…

When it comes to buying a home, there are a lot of tools you can use to help make the searching and buying process easier. Whether you’re looking for your first home or if you were one of the 9.26 million people in the U.S. who owned a second home in 2017, it’s important to…

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) categorizes carcinogens — i.e. cancer-causing substances — in four groups. Group 1 is defined as “carcinogenic to humans” meaning sufficient evidence exists to link the substance to cancer in human tissue, while the opposite is true in Group 4, “probably not carcinogenic to humans.” As of January…

Global car sales reached a record 88 million vehicles in 2016, up 4.8% from a year earlier and setting a 10-year high. That being said, millions of cars continue to be sold around the globe each year, and with auto technology on the rise, manufacturers are rolling out some truly innovative features. Here are just…

Natural gas is the second most heavily consumed energy source in the United States. According to 247 Wall St, after a few small inventory draws, prices for natural gas dipped at the final week of 2018. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) stated that U.S. natural gas stockpiles decreased by 20 billion cubic feet as…

For both commercial and residential structures, construction workers spend hours building, remodeling, and securing structures all over the world. It’s truly an essential part of everyday life and business. With a market share of around 10%, the U.S. is the second largest construction market across the globe and it’s only expected to grow. In fact,…

There are approximately 17 million shipping containers in the world, though only 6 million are actually being utilized. That means roughly 11 million perfectly good containers are currently just sitting there, unused. These containers are great for all kinds of reasons. Obviously, shipping containers are essential for the cargo industry — an average container ship…

Occupational lung diseases are the umber one cause of work-related illnesses in the United States. As of 2016, there were approximately 426,000 workers in the construction equipment operation industry. Each one of these individuals need to beware of all kinds of dangers, especially respirable crystalline silica. Respirable crystalline silica are 100 times smaller than sand…

In this digital age, more and more companies are becoming reliant on data centers. The huge facilities contain hardware that acts as a storage space for massive amounts of — you guessed it — data. The use of these digital warehouses is multitudinous, but hard to imagine in any concrete form; you can put them…