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Scrap Metal Forum: Scrap Metal Safety and Hazards

Talk about anything related to safety in the scrap metal business. Hazardous materials, rigging, gases, warnings, avoiding self injury... etc

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Items Most Scrap Yards Will NOT Accept Add to the List!

    Started by Scrap-Metal-Forum, 03-21-2025 06:12 PM
    acs, crt, freon, monitors, propane, railroad, refrigerant, refrigerator, rejected scrap, tanks, tvs
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 522
    Patriot76
    04-02-2025, 10:43 AM Go to last post

  2. scrap metal related disease

    Started by MetalPhil, 03-12-2020 05:16 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 30,652
    alloy2
    05-06-2023, 08:51 AM Go to last post

  3. Dirty Tricks of the trade.

    Started by pwajunkie, 09-19-2014 07:53 AM
    • Replies: 59
    • Views: 85,489
    ChildhoodDream
    03-24-2023, 11:20 AM Go to last post

  4. Harsh lesson.

    Started by chrmaka, 06-17-2013 02:46 PM
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 29,934
    ChildhoodDream
    02-27-2023, 05:40 PM Go to last post

  5. X-ray gadgets dangerous?

    Started by MetalPhil, 03-08-2020 07:24 PM
    x-ray testing safety
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 10,523
    CopperMiner
    01-28-2023, 06:48 PM Go to last post

  6. What safety precautions does everyone here use? and why?

    Started by src3collector, 05-01-2014 08:06 AM
    hazardous, precautions, safety, toxic, toxins
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 56,553
    andrewhowards
    04-17-2022, 12:52 PM Go to last post

  7. using a screwdriver as a chisel

    Started by NHscrapman, 11-11-2013 05:38 AM
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 26,665
    hills
    01-16-2021, 01:33 AM Go to last post

  8. Standing in Skips

    Started by Lazen, 05-02-2019 03:37 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 37,930
    madokie
    04-03-2020, 05:02 PM Go to last post

  9. Does anyone know what this box is and if it is hazardous?

    Started by kss, 01-23-2020 04:39 PM
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 12,367
    kss
    01-26-2020, 02:42 PM Go to last post

  10. Respirator/mask?

    Started by Pokemonprime, 08-22-2017 04:58 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 51,744
    miked
    01-15-2020, 02:55 PM Go to last post

  11. This thead is a question - stripped microwave shells - radioactive? Naaaaw... prove it - skeptic here

    Started by SKWrapper, 12-24-2018 05:12 PM
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 15,640
    SKWrapper
    12-28-2018, 09:03 AM Go to last post

  12. Glass shower doors that shatter to smythereens

    Started by Lazen, 09-05-2018 10:43 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 14,409
    eesakiwi
    09-07-2018, 05:46 AM Go to last post

  13. Safety Warning on Items: Risk of Electric Shock

    Started by recyclersteve, 07-09-2018 12:51 AM
    electric shock boombox sony
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 25,772
    hobo finds
    07-09-2018, 05:02 PM Go to last post

  14. Out of work - 6 weeks :(

    Started by pjost, 03-15-2016 10:46 AM
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 43,018
    hobo finds
    10-25-2016, 05:26 PM Go to last post

  15. PEE TEST - Hydration

    Started by pjost, 05-12-2016 02:34 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 19,045
    Sirscrapalot
    05-16-2016, 11:10 AM Go to last post

  16. This thead is a question - R600

    Started by freonjoe, 02-12-2016 08:53 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 10,886
    MattInTheHat
    02-13-2016, 03:56 PM Go to last post

  17. Disc from disc drive shattered in my face

    Started by Mvpvlad, 03-21-2014 07:35 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 11,923
    eesakiwi
    02-03-2016, 02:20 AM Go to last post

  18. Polychlorinated biphenyl

    Started by TheSheenyMan, 07-13-2013 02:13 AM
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 13,945
    FLScrapperGuy1
    08-16-2015, 04:25 AM Go to last post

  19. Hazardous chemicals in microwaves or CRT monitors?

    Started by Scrap man, 04-27-2011 08:04 AM
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 32,290
    FLScrapperGuy1
    08-16-2015, 04:20 AM Go to last post

  20. organic vapor cartridges

    Started by Hurrikane, 07-09-2015 07:48 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 9,802
    bigburtchino
    07-13-2015, 10:05 AM Go to last post

  21. Insulation Paper

    Started by tmdrab, 07-01-2015 01:28 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 9,841
    Hurrikane
    07-09-2015, 07:33 PM Go to last post

  22. This thread is a serious one - Retractable Awnings: Be Wary Of the Spring Mechanism!

    Started by AdmiralAluminum, 06-11-2015 07:09 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 11,018
    AdmiralAluminum
    06-30-2015, 06:32 AM Go to last post

  23. This thread is a serious one - Info about chemical hazards

    Started by BRASSCATCHER, 05-27-2015 11:34 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 9,503
    BRASSCATCHER
    05-27-2015, 11:34 AM Go to last post

  24. This is a how-to thread - Summary of an Environmental, Health & Safety Management System (EHSMS) in the Recycli

    Started by SeedToSequoia, 04-19-2015 06:49 PM
    ehsms, environmental health & safety management system, recycling, rios
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 8,774
    SeedToSequoia
    04-20-2015, 03:29 PM Go to last post

  25. This thread is a serious one - Possible House Fire, It Was Close

    Started by Mechanic688, 03-28-2015 11:44 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 15,557
    Scrappah
    03-29-2015, 04:51 PM Go to last post

  26. This is a how-to thread - Got Questions for the Environmental, Health & Safety Manager?

    Started by SeedToSequoia, 02-13-2015 06:32 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 7,216
    SeedToSequoia
    02-13-2015, 06:32 AM Go to last post
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