Companies in the Oil and Gas industry continue to seek ways to reduce the amount of airborne silica dust at their job sites and the communities they operate in. We’ve seen this first-hand as our turnkey oilfield services division has installed more of our patented VSoxz Silica Dust Filters than ever before. We’ve experienced growth in our direct sales of VSoxz to companies throughout North America and even worldwide. The VSoxz Video VZ Environmental worked with Westsider Media and Rocket Canary to develop a short video to show how VSoxz Dust Filters work. Interested In Silica Dust Containment? If you […]
Category: Silica Dust Filter
Patent Awarded for VSoxz Silica Dust Filter
Exposure to high levels of crystalline silica dust poses serious health risk to hydraulic fracturing workers, and was the focus of U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed rule hearings in the spring. However, there is a solution to abate this safety hazard. VZ Environmental’s VSoxz Silica Dust Filter minimizes and contains airborne dust particles released from open hatches on sand proppant storage equipment such as Sand King, Sandflyers, Mountain Movers and Frac Sanders. These custom-designed filters allow high-positive pressure air to escape while trapping tiny dust particles that typically produce unhealthy silica dust clouds. […]
Frac Silica Sand Dust Control Infographic
You might be surprised to find out that silica sand is used in a variety of products and industries. For example, in the building of solar panels. The use of silica sand in a production environment brings with it some hazards that can be safeguarded against. […]
VZ Receives Award for Excellence in Health and Safety – Products
On March 13, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt in Denver, Colorado the 2013 Rocky Mountain Awards Gala Dinner was hosted by the Oil & Gas Awards. The annual conference is a platform for the oil and gas industry to demonstrate and celebrate the advances made in the key areas of environmental stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility, health and safety. VZ Environmental’s silica dust filtering product VSoxz was a finalist for the Award for Excellence in Health and Safety – Products Category. […]