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Hazard Analysis: Working In A Perfect World
Hazard analysis is key to appropriately protecting workers from dangers in the workplace, but too often we do a mediocre job by pretending that the workplace is perfect and all workers will never make mistakes, take risks or behave badly. Instead, we should use the “What Would Doris Do?” approach to portray real world risks. Here’s how it works.
McElroy Metal to Install 500 kW Solar Array on Their Facility with Inovateus Solar LLC
Through its partnership with Inovateus Solar, McElroy now manufactures ready to install solar panels fully integrated into steel panel systems and offers solar kits with their metal roofs.
An Application Guide for Scissor Lifts
To select an appropriate scissor lift for a specific application, here is the basic information that must be considered, including capacity, the nature of the load, the means of loading and unloading, the travel and lowered height, the platform size, speed requirements, power and duty cycle requirements, and more.
Omron Among Best Places to Work in Illinois
The “Best Places to Work in Illinois” is an annual workplace analysis and competition involving in-depth surveys of each company’s employee base and human resource practices and extension programs.
Water Filter Dust Collection Systems Remove Contaminated Air
The Hydrotron from Filter-1 Clean Air Consultants is specifically designed for safe collection of potentially explosive and volatile materials and is effective in the capture of fine metal particles to meet OSHA and the National Fire Protection Association guidelines for processing and finishing aluminum.
Omron Automation and Safety Named to Chicago’s 101 Best Companies
This third year win for Omron was extraordinary because the company was also the winner of one of twelve coveted Elite Awards.
Working in the Line of Fire
Line of fire injuries remain an enigma. here are some reasons why – regardless of engineering controls, guarding or bypass interlocks – workers that continue to put themselves into the line of fire will eventually die on the job.
Camfil Names Magnus Yngen President and CEO
Yngen has been a member of the Camfil board for the last year and brings to his new position a solid international business background from several industries.
LOSMA USA Announces Carl Folz as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Prior to his appointment, Folz served as the strategic business manager – air filtration at Losma USA for over two years.
David Butler joins Nickel Institute as Executive Director and General Counsel
David joins the Nickel Institute from Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP where he was a Partner advising Fortune 500 clients, private companies and trade associations.
THE ANSI / AWS WAY TO A SAFE WELDING WORKPLACE
U.S. welding engineers that use industrial arc welding robots can choose from a number of available voluntary industry standards to provide guidance on the subject of robot system safeguard selection. However, differences exist between a highly subjective matrix style of risk assessment and a more focused and structured risk assessment such as the AWS Protocol Method. Here are some reasons why the selection of proper safeguards should be a straightforward process that provides consistent results.
