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Know your hazardous locations

Installing equipment in these atmospheres can be dangerous, even deadly

July 1, 2015

Sometimes electrical equipment must be installed in areas where combustible vapors and gases are used or may be present.

Invisible dangers: Meat and poultry: a legacy of risks

Bob Ladzinski

July 1, 2015

In 2013, Tyson Foods was ordered to pay a civil penalty of $3.95 million, create a new risk-management program and provide $300,000 for emergency response equipment in communities where it operates.

Ongoing combustible & toxic gas exposures require high-performance gas detection

Dan Munson

July 1, 2015

For companies in which the presence of combustible and toxic gases are a way of life, protecting your people and your physical plant while ensuring business continuity is the most important function of a fixed gas detection solution.

OSHA raises awareness to reduce fatal falls

Maureen Brady

July 1, 2015

Falls are the leading cause of fatalities in construction, accounting for about one-third of all fatalities in the industry.

Hazards, requirements & advancements: PPE in the oil and gas industry

Katherine McCarthy

July 1, 2015

Potentially hazardous work conditions, job duties and health risk… it’s no secret that the oil and gas industry can be a dangerous place to work.

Raising the risk: driving exemptions put oil and gas truckers at risk

Dave Johnson

July 1, 2015

Hundreds of oil and gas workers have been killed on the job in the past decade in highway crashes.

The 2015 ASSE Safety Innovation Award goes to creator of Machine Safety Software

June 19, 2015

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today named Jack Reiter, president and CEO of Machine Safety Management, the winner of the 2015 Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management for creating software that reduces machine guard accidents.

NTSB reveals cause of New York gas leak that killed eight

June 17, 2015

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that a natural gas explosion that destroyed two five-story buildings in the East Harlem section of New York City was caused both by a defective pipe joint that allowed gas to leak from a gas main into the building, and an earlier breach in a sewer line that caused the gas main to sag and overstress the defective joint.

Managing fatigue in oil industry FIFO operations

June 17, 2015

In the oil and gas industry, employees are often transported to geographically remote areas for temporary work instead relocate there permanently with their families.