Peeking Around the Corner at NSC

Here’s a round of the latest and greatest, debuted at NSC 2019.

NSC Moves to Indianapolis for 2020 Congress & Expo

For the next Congress & Expo in 2020, the Council is eyeing Indianapolis for the second time in two years.

Minimizing Motor Vehicle Crashes: How Telematics is the New Driver Safety Measure

With operator error contributing to nearly all motor vehicle crashes, employers are looking for new ways to incentivize good driving and track dangerous driving. With telematics, this is becoming much easier.

Identifying Cultural Hazards at Safety+

Safety isn't necessarily a common core value within companies, but with a little expectation management and communication, it could be.

The Divergence of Mechanical and Electrical Lockout—A Best Practice Approach

There is an important relationship that exists between lockout and electrical safety.

Three Benefits of Using AR/FR Base Layers for Arc Flash Protection

Appropriate base layers for electrical workers are a useful element in an AR/FR garment system.

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Using Safety Metrics to Improve Safety

In today's information world, health safety and environmental professional are continually confronted with the challenge to gather, review, and act wisely based on various types of data. By using simple, easy to use, software to generate safety metrics safety professions can spend less time on collecting, gathering and performing data calculations and more time on using that data to improve safety performance.

Are Injuries Your Money Pit?

In this presentation we will explore the challenges present when these three departments do not work in concert with one another. It is not unusual for "turf issues" to emerge over time, which ultimately erodes the effectiveness and success of each department and the expedient recovery of the injured employee.

Building a Business Continuity Plan for Your Workplace

An essential part of your overall workplace emergency plan, business continuity planning is a process that supports managing the response to impacts on your business from potential risks.

Still trying to... Get The Lead Out

The most critical steps toward lead hazard abatement are contaminant identification and removal. Researchers from CDC/NIOSH have developed two simple and reliable technologies to achieve these steps easily and without the need for extensive training.

The Future Is What We Make It: Honeywell

At #Honeywell, we're transforming the way the world works through technology and software. Learn about our legacy of firsts spanning 130 years, from our #futureshaper team of inventors. Honeywell is inventing technologies that address some of the world's toughest challenges in energy efficiency, clean energy generation, safety and security, globalization, and customer productivity. With approximately 110,000 employees worldwide, including more than 18,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on performance, quality, delivery, value and technology in everything we make and do. We are building a world that's safer and more secure, more comfortable and energy efficient, more innovative and productive. We are Honeywell.

Liebherr Mining Excavator R 9400 Tier 4f

A Liebherr Mining Excavator R 9400 with a backhoe attachment operates at the Trapper Coal Mine in Colorado as shown in this January 2019 video from the manufacturer. The R 9400 commissioned at the mine is powered by a diesel engine that complies with the EPA Tier 4 final exhaust gas regulation. The 380-ton excavator has a rated output of 1,675 HP.

NATE 'Be Your Brother's Keeper' Tower Rescue Video

NATE's "Be Your Brother's Keeper" video focuses on the importance of the planning, procedures, equipment, and training necessary to perform a successful tower rescue. The video was unveiled as part of Volume 3 of the association's popular Climber Connection series, made its debut during the AGL Local Summit in Kansas City, Mo. The video includes an interview with an experienced industry safety instructor walking through a rescue scenario and discussing the measures that must be planned for and implemented in order to successfully perform a rescue of a technician working on a communications tower. The video also includes live mock demonstrations highlighting different rescue options and techniques available to utilize by trained personnel working at a tower site. "It is paramount that all tower crews working in the industry receive consistent rescue training and refresher training in accordance with the NATE Tower Climber Training Standard guidelines," said Denise Frey from D&A Construction Management, Inc. in Branford, Conn. "Today's tower technicians are the first responders when it comes to performing a potential rescue of their fellow co-workers on a tower. This NATE video does a great job of providing an overview of the important elements that lead to a safe and successful rescue."