Case Study: Cleaning Chemical Manufacturer SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR CHEMICAL HANDLING AND WORKER SAFETY Ridgway Industries of Pennsylvania is a manufacturer of industrial and household cleaners. Their product line consists of household and industrial cleaning products, from dishwashing detergents to floor strippers and power- washing solutions. All of them are chemical based. Ridgway’s manufacturing process involved workers tipping and taping heavy 55-gallon drums of chemicals and dispensing from leaky spigots into open transfer containers with additional handling required to transfer the fluids to point of use. The gravity fed process involved threading the brass fixture into the small bung in the top of the drum, threading a vent into the large bung, placing the drum on a

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