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When handling spills in the workplace, it’s important to use the correct type of product for clean-up. To prepare for an emergency — and to mitigate the potential hazards posed by any type of spill — personnel should understand the key differences between spill clean-up products.

For unloading bins in warehouses and other operations, forklift bin dumper attachments provide extraordinary value. Products like the Forward Bin Dumper (FBT1000-760) attach to lift truck forks, allowing the operator to quickly empty cubic bins, pallet bins, or megabins without affecting the truck’s capacity to handle stacked bins and pallets.

From a distance, a material recovery facility looks like a simple system. We dump in raw recyclables. The MRF technology inside sorts, cleans, breaks down, and compacts those recyclables. On the other end, the MRF spits out neat bales of materials, ready for the market.

Forklift violations regularly appear on OSHA’s annual list of most frequently cited standards, and for good reason: Lift trucks are serious equipment, and misuse can easily lead to an onsite injury. For the 2019 fiscal year, “powered industrial trucks, general industry" was the 7th most cited set of standards, right below “ladders, construction" and ahead of “fall protection - training requirements.”

Wire management isn’t always straightforward, particularly when working with bulk supplies. To keep installations running smoothly — and to reduce loss of inventory — installers need wire pull equipment that feeds out quickly while protecting reels from physical damage.

When working with potentially hazardous liquids, proper spill prevention practices are essential — but even with precautions, the occasional spill is inevitable. Sorbents allow for quick containment by adsorbing liquids, often neutralizing hazardous materials in the process. Whether you’re working with lift truck batteries, cleaning organic spills in a processing plant, or adsorbing petroleum from contaminated water, sorbents play a crucial role in spill response.

The international standard ISO 14001 describes an ideal environmental management system, including a sustainable approach to waste handling. The standard is designed to help “organizations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste,” according to the International Organization for Standardization’s introductory guide — and waste management is key to reducing waste and using resources efficiently.

Industrial ethernet installation isn’t a simple process; proper cabling requires plenty of planning, careful purchasing, and superior material handling. Simply designing the system can be challenging, particularly if the cable needs to run outdoors or near heavy equipment.

Drum dumpers have quickly become essential equipment for operations that work with large containers. Regardless of the exact nature of the application, a dumper can prevent musculoskeletal disorders and ensure efficiency, and the wide variety of drum dumpers on the market gives employers plenty of options for taking advantage of the latest material handling technology.

It goes without saying, but cable and wire wholesalers pull a lot of cable. Every day, the electrical wire pulling racks that line these facilities’ wire walls — bulk storage systems for all the varieties of cable and wire that customers may need — take a beating. And when it comes to high-rise wire racking, failure is not an option.