June 2009 Blog Posts (27)
Dust Collection for Hazardous Rubber Grinding
Common rubber grinding dust generating processes include tire manufacturing, retreading and recycling as well as the production and recycling of appliance moldings, rubber gloves and various automotive parts. Rubber dusts in these types of applications pose challenges for industrial dust collection systems as well as potential health hazards for workers.Oils in rubber are the biggest problem for dust collectors. In… Continue
Added by Sal Campos on June 30, 2009 at 6:53pm — No Comments
Case Study: Nuisance Limestone Dust Cleaned Up for Employees
Added by Sal Campos on June 29, 2009 at 4:08pm — 2 Comments
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Added by John Astad on June 29, 2009 at 2:59pm — 1 Comment
2009 Flu Are you ready?
On April 24, 2009, the CDC stated that until further notice, Healthcare facilities should use the CDC’s October 2006 “Interim Guidance on Planning for the Use of Surgical Masks and Respirators in Healthcare Settings during an Influenza Pandemic”. This guidance insists that all personnel providing direct patient care should wear a fit-tested disposable N95 respirator and this respirator must be used… Continue
Added by Arlene Jones on June 29, 2009 at 1:17pm — No Comments
NSA Introduces Arc & Flame Resistant Rainwear!
Click here to see available styles, materials, colors and levels of protection.
Added by National Safety Apparel on June 29, 2009 at 12:53pm — No Comments
Explosion Protection and Dust Collectors for the Paper Scrap Industry
Companies that handle paper and scrap are among the businesses heavily impacted by the explosion venting requirements outlined in NFPA 68 Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting. In the process of making paper or paper products, dusts are generated during cutting, slitting, scoring, shredding and other processes - and these dusts are potentially combustible.The PDF article,… Continue
Added by Sal Campos on June 25, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment
Construction Electrician Relies on HyFlex® Gloves for Dexterity, Cut Protection
As part of her job, Monk strips insulation from electrical wires and cables to make electrical connections and uses a hack saw to cut cable and conduit. She… Continue
Added by Safety Community on June 25, 2009 at 1:58pm — No Comments
Fireworks Safety
As July 4th approaches, you're probably thinking about sitting out on the lawn with your family and neighbors, having a BBQ, eating snacks, making smores and watching beautiful fireworks bursting in the… Continue
Added by Ken Oswald on June 25, 2009 at 12:15pm — No Comments
This Is NOT Your Safety Manager
The challenge is that when you hire people who are willing to express their opinions, and who have worked in many other businesses and industries, they all bring their biases to the job, and reaching a common culture is hard stuff.
To help assure we had… Continue
Added by Tim Gardner on June 25, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
NFPA 70
Remember the big to do years back about kids living under power lines and so fourth? Well; there was just a tranformer installed in front of our offices and some employees have ideas about it being harmful. I assured them that the tranformer is insulated and not the same thing at all as the uninsulated high voltage lines. Can anyone offer up some fact and lniks?
Added by James Alexander on June 23, 2009 at 10:28am — 2 Comments
More Companies Should Be Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic
From: http://online.wsj.com
ContinueFew companies have made preparing for a potential influenza pandemic a top priority. Perhaps more of them should. The World Economic Forum earlier this year put the…
Added by Pam Wilkinson on June 23, 2009 at 6:08am — 1 Comment
Manufacturing – Environmental/Safety - VA Position
Weekends you can appreciate the beautiful rolling hills of the Roanoke, VA area. Tremendous area to raise a family and enjoy the outdoors…….hiking stick may be… Continue
Added by Maryleigh Preston-McClure on June 18, 2009 at 9:31pm — No Comments
Choices to make, paths to take
And so it continues through the day. Every action is decisionable. We may not always feel that way, but it's true. Many choices are automatic, we don't even think about them. Unless I win the lottery this weekend, I'm pretty likely to go to… Continue
Added by Tim Gardner on June 18, 2009 at 12:10am — 1 Comment
Elevator Accident
I just read an article where a young boy was killed by an elevator. This lad was 8 years old when this accident happened. It happened in a town named Sturgis, Kentucky. His body was found in the doorway and in the shaft his head between the elevator and the walls of the shaft.
People need to understand, that in some states residential… Continue
Added by David Smith on June 16, 2009 at 9:33am — 5 Comments
Electrical dust explosion protection
Dust explosions have been known in Europe since the first cereal mills were built. There is a risk of
fires and explosions in all industrial plants which have to deal with combustible dusts, whether this be
as production material or as residual waste.
In order to avoid danger to people, plant and the environment, electrical equipment operated in potentially
explosive dust atmospheres may not be a source of ignition.
The… Continue
Added by Brent Armstrong on June 16, 2009 at 3:53am — 1 Comment
Stage Safety
1. Ensure that all electrical wires are taped to the floor and near the edge of the stage.
2. Avoid wobbly podiums
3. Glow-in-the-dark tape areound the edge of the stage
4. Dry floors are a must
5. Eleminate all litter on the… Continue
Added by Carolyn Hammack on June 13, 2009 at 2:35pm — 3 Comments
Overly Clean
Added by Carolyn Hammack on June 13, 2009 at 12:04am — 3 Comments
It's your skin, protect it.
Why should you be concerned? Many chemicals are easily absorbed through the skin. In most cases the resulting skin disease, such as contact dermatitis, is caused by direct contact with the… Continue
Added by Dan Hanscom on June 12, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments
World Health Organization Calls Swine Flu Outbreak a Pandemic
From: http://www.washingtonpost.com
ContinueThe World Health Organization yesterday declared the seven-week-old outbreak of the novel H1N1 influenza virus a pandemic, marking it as a historic global health event, one whose…
Added by Pam Wilkinson on June 12, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments
Protect yourself from the hazards of industrial ultraviolet (UV) light exposure.
Protect yourself from the hazards of industrial ultraviolet (UV) light exposure.Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic energy invisible to humans. UV light falls below visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum. Because of this, it does not trigger the natural defenses… Continue
Added by Dan Hanscom on June 11, 2009 at 2:43pm — No Comments
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