Environmental Health & Safety
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AQS Partners With Alcoa to Reduce Air Pollution
Engineering lab offers verification services and technical expertise in evaluating the aluminum manufacturer’s “smog eating” architectural panel technology that is aimed at reducing air pollution.
WHEN ZERO WORKS BETTER THAN NOTHING
The manual grinding operation of this Australian foundry experienced low retention, high absenteeism and serious injuries. Then an ergonomic zero gravity dynamic lift assist from Equipois was installed that eliminated injuries, boosted productivity and let operators maneuver the grinders as if they were weightless, with complete freedom of motion required for the job.
Wildeck Celebrates 35 Years
The largest manufacturer of industrial steel work platforms/mezzanines, vertical lifts, and safety guarding products in North America celebrates with an open house gala at its U.S. headquarters.
Shedding Light on Light Curtains
It is not a difficult engineering challenge to design effective safeguarding for virtually any type of machine. Sergio Aguilar of Omron STI explains how the real challenge is to provide guarding that will deliver high levels of safety while also enabling high productivity and throughput.
JUST CULTURE
Does the overall culture of a company have at least as powerful an influence on worker safety as the actions of the workers themselves? In exploring this controversial safety philosophy, Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene investigates whether an environment where people feel comfortable making and reporting mistakes is better equipped to determine the root cause of a problem and implement counter measures to prevent recurrence.
HANDLE HEAVY LOADS WITH “BIONIC STRENGTH” MANIPULATOR
The fully-counterbalanced Famatec Friendly ergonomic manipulator from Haeco eliminates back strain and repetitive motion injury and is ideal for stress-free maneuvering and orienting of heavy loads up to 880 lb, almost any object or flat material, smooth or rough, from metal plate to drums. Fully counterbalanced load.
THE BASICS OF SAFETY:
PROCESS-BASED SAFETY
Proactive Prevention: In Part Three of his back-to-basics series on worker safety, Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene examines a safety philosophy based upon engineering injuries out of a process during the design stage when it is far less costly.
TEST YOUR GRINDER SAFETY KNOWLEDGE
Will You Survive the ‘Daily Grind’? How familiar are you with abrasive wheel grinders and their safe operation? Take this quiz from MANCOMM and find out.
SELF-RETRACTING LANYARDS FOR DEMANDING ENVIRONMENTS
Cable and web self-retracting lanyards from Rigid Lifelines can be purchased with corrosion-resistant thermoplastic, zinc plated steel, or stainless steel housings depending on the customer application.
Seco Tools Inaugurates Its First Solar PV System in East Tennessee
The new 29.6 kW solar power array will generate 37,067 kWh of clean, emissions-free energy annually, the same amount of power that is equivalent to powering more than three average Tennessee homes annually.
Why We Violate the Rules
Why do people – including safety professionals themselves – repeatedly ignore safety protocols? Let’ think through why less is more in safety, especially if the problem is the rule rather than the person.
Hearing Protection Innovator Supports OSHA Goals On Hearing Loss Reduction
Sensear supports the significant reduction of workplace-related noise-induced hearing loss, and explains how new technology is now changing the effectiveness of hearing protection.
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