If you are a fledgling enterprise in any growing industry, you probably operate with paper-thin margins – always aware that the slightest setback can mean financial ruin or even worse: bankruptcy.
As a project manager, you’ve likely experienced countless sleepless nights ruminating about seemingly minute details. As you mentally skim over your list of job-site priorities, you may suddenly realize that you did not properly secure a class of volatile workplace chemicals that can result in hefty fines or disastrous spills that would lead to hazmat responses. Not only are hazmat responses indicative of workplace procedural flaws, but they are also a public relations fiasco. Instead of being known as the company for timely completion of projects, you’re now known as “that company that poisoned the local scenic byway.”
Avoid similar disasters with U.S. Hazmat Storage
Recently, Del Monte produce made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. Fox 26 News reported that one of the world’s largest distributors of fresh food had reached a settlement with the Environmental Protection agency after an errant chemical incident that happened in December 2016. Following the hazmat response that resulted in the release of 24,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, the company was thoroughly vetted and scrutinized for this temporarily lapse in judgment. When the investigation concluded, the company was forced to pay $80,000 in civil penalties and $110,000 to reduce the risk of chemical accidents at its facility.
Imagine how costly these fines would have been had the food distributor been a small mom-and-pop operator. A company as large as Del Monte likely absorbed these fines quite easily, but this civil penalty would surely sink smaller businesses. Don’t become a national headline when affordable and accessible chemical storage needs abound with U.S. Hazmat Storage. Ensure your manufacturing and workflow processes are safe, hazardous materials are secure, and spill containment measures are adequately addressed for your facility and most importantly for your worker’s safety. U.S. Hazmat Storage can allow you to achieve a safe working environment so you can focus on building last business relationships as you complete the tasks at hand in a timely manner.
Non-flammable chemical storage solutions
We carry a full-line of non fire-rated buildings to fulfill your storage and containment needs for those jobs that require industrial strength chemicals. The non-fire rated ChemSAFE storage unit is the industry standard for the storage of hazardous chemical and spill containments. These units can help you avoid incidents similar to the Del Monte fiasco. Our units are also manufactured to accommodate pallet and tote storage capable workforces, which we understand is important whether you are moving chemical loads of various sizes from paint buckets to larger storage drums. Whether it be a bustling downtown job site or a pristine agricultural setting that needs lockers to store fertilizer, our units are durable as they are versatile.
Flammable chemical storage units
Our wide variety of chemical storage solutions are ideal for a host of dangerous chemicals, including non-combustibles, gasses, acids, corrosives, paints and solvents and other flammable material. Understanding the complexities of innumerable codes and regulations can be difficult to navigate. With U.S Hazmat Storage, you can rest assured knowing that our products meet or exceed industry standards and are compliant with OSHA regulations. Handling and procuring such dangerous chemicals also requires the completion of safety data sheets or other tedious paperwork that we can assist with.
Like mixing fire and gasoline, some chemicals and oxidizers don’t even belong on the same job site, which is why an investment in a U.S. Hazmat Storage unit can mean the difference in an injury-free workforce and a lawsuit waiting to happen. If your work-site requires more detailed attention to more volatile substances that are susceptible to rapid uncontrolled reactions, you will need to consider our two-hour and four-hour fire rated storage lockers. Regardless of the level of timed protection, all of our units comes in the form of steel welded construction. Contact U.S Hazmat Storage today for a quote or call an expert at (855) 352-8617.
