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Neutralizing the pain points in natural gas meter installations

Integrating natural gas safety breakaways in the system can eliminate catastrophic meter damage that can result in lost service and fires or explosions

David Morrow

March 16, 2021

The natural gas meter may be the textbook example of something that is said to be “hidden in plain sight.” Every structure – from house to hospital and grocery store to commercial warehouse – that uses natural gas as the feedstock for its furnaces, stoves or water heaters has at least one of the (usually) gray boxes bolted to its exterior.

OSHA reveals Top 10 Violations for Fiscal Year 2020

March 8, 2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced its preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2020.

4 ways to protect your industrial dust collector from explosions

Under pressure

Brian Richardson

February 9, 2021

An explosion in an unprotected dust collector produces a high-pressure wave that can fragment the housing and send heat, flames and dangerous projectiles into the workplace. Obviously, this is extremely dangerous for workers, equipment and structures.

If left unmaintained, combustion systems can be catastrophic

Avoidable hazards in industrial boiler and combustion systems

Frank Lacny

February 8, 2021

Industrial ovens, furnaces, and other combustion systems are dangerous unless the correct safety policies are put into place to mitigate the damage done in different instances of combustion related incidents.

Remote project sites require comprehensive emergency response plan

Chris Enright

February 8, 2021

How well an organization plans for emergencies that may occur at remote locations can be the dividing line between tragedy and success story, whether an employee’s life is saved or lost, or if an operation and capital infrastructure is lost due to an incident.

Examinetics announces strategic investment in Kenzen

January 22, 2021

Examinetics, the nation’s leading provider of workplace safety compliance services, announced a strategic investment in Kenzen, innovator of a wearable device to reduce workplace injuries by providing continuous temperature monitoring of workers. Examinetics is a portfolio company of Freedom 3 Capital.

GasLab™ to distribute NevadaNano’s groundbreaking Molecular Property Spectrometer™ gas sensors

January 19, 2021

GasLab will expand NevadaNano’s reach to customers in the industrial, chemical, Oil & Gas, and HVAC&R markets in the United States.

Working alone, together: How to solve problems your lone workers may encounter

Ryan Cantwell

January 17, 2021

In 2020, safety responsibilities ballooned to include precautions for a global pandemic — and this trend doesn’t show any signs of stopping. When responsibilities grow but your time and resources don’t, it can be hard to keep up with all the problems you need to solve.

Prepare facilities and frontline employees to respond to oil sheens and spills

Karen Hamel

January 17, 2021

Frontline workers are usually the first to discover oil leaks, drips and spills — whether it's discovered upon arrival, found during a routine inspection or is the result of an operational error.

Rockford Systems and ISS Safety announce strategic partnership to serve machine safeguarding customers globally

January 15, 2021

Rockford Systems LLC and ISS Safety, LTD. have entered into a strategic partnership that provides machine safeguarding customers in North America, Europe and Asia with uniform, single-source solutions to reduce risk of accidents and improve employee safety.