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Safety - Page 57
- From The Fabricator
Safety signs come in variety of styles, materials
- Oct 13, 2015
- Product Release
Visual Workplace Inc. offers premade and custom high-impact safety signs to help communicate standards and process changes, standardize workflow, reduce injury/danger, correct abnormal situations, and sustain lean operations. Signs are available in a variety of materials depending on the...
- From The Fabricator
Software system simplifies PPE management
- Oct 6, 2015
- Product Release
3M has developed Active Safety, a PPE management software system. The software is designed to help environmental, health, and safety (EHS) professionals reduce the time they spend on paperwork, access data when and where they need it, and identify trends. The system uses RFID tags and...
- From The Fabricator
Pepperl+Fuchs launches online ordering of more than 2,000 items
- Sep 28, 2015
- News Release
Pepperl+Fuchs has announced that online ordering is available for more than 2,000 commonly stocked items, including sensors, intrinsic safety barriers, and select accessories for purge and pressurization systems. Orders can be placed 24/7 at...
- From The Welder
Creating a safe welding environment
- By Stephanie Lowney
- Sep 28, 2015
- Article
Implementing safety measures in the welding environment doesn’t need to be a top-down activity. Involving employees and encouraging them to provide insight can go far in establishing a safe welding operation and maintaining it. Choosing dependable safety equipment is also important. More durable products last longer, which reduces costs. Safety products that fit well and are easy to use also reduce downtime and increase worker acceptance.
- From The Fabricator
Fatal occupational injuries rate remains unchanged from 2013 to 2014
- Sep 21, 2015
- News Release
Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries show the rate of fatal work injuries in 2014 was 3.3 per 100,000 full-time workers, the same as the final rate for 2013. While the preliminary total of 4,679 fatal work injuries was an increase of 2...
- From The Fabricator
Annual machine safety checkup protects employees, equipment investment
- Sep 21, 2015
- Product Release
Omron Safety Services offers manufacturers in the metal fabrication and forming industries an inspection service to help ensure that machines such as press brakes, presses, shears, and cutting machines are safeguarded to applicable regulations. With this service, an Omron safety system field...
- From The Fabricator
Magid opens location in Houston
- Sep 17, 2015
- News Release
Magid, a Romeoville, Ill.-based manufacturer and supplier of safety products and personal protective equipment (PPE) has opened a store in Houston. The new location offers more than 700 brands of safety products, including work gloves, respiratory protection, fall protection, safety glasses,...
- From The Fabricator
Omron to acquire Adept Technology
- Sep 16, 2015
- News Release
Omron Corp., based in Kyoto, Japan, a provider of core sensing and control technology, has announced plans to acquire Adept Technology Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., a provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile robot systems. Omron plans to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares of...
- From The Fabricator
OSHA awards $10.5 million in workplace safety and health training grants
- Sep 3, 2015
- News Release
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations across the nation for education and training programs to help high-risk workers and their employers...
- From The Fabricator
Optrel welding helmet named to list of Contractors’ Top 50 New Products
- Sep 2, 2015
- News Release
Optrel Inc., East Greenwich, R.I., has announced that its optrel e684 autodarkening welding helmet has been included in Equipment Today’s 2015 Contractors’ Top 50 New Products listing. The editorial teams from the magazine and ForConstructionPros.com compiled product inquiries and web page...
- From The Fabricator
Automated barrier door, steel fencing form safety cell around robots
- Aug 31, 2015
- Product Release
The Rite-Hite Machine Guarding Defender Cell restricts access and provides guarding around potentially dangerous automated and automatic processes, including stretch-wrap machine operations. The four-sided safety cell incorporates RoboGuard steel wire fencing; point-of-operation guarding; and a...
- From The Fabricator
Bunzl Distribution acquires Steiner Industries
- Aug 31, 2015
- News Release
Bunzl Distribution, a St. Louis-based nonperishable goods supplier, has acquired Steiner Industries Inc., a Chicago-based manufacturer and wholesaler of personal protection equipment (PPE) for U.S. industrial distributors supplying the welding and industrial sectors. This is Bunzl’s third...
- From The Welder
PWTV: Handling Gas Cylinders Safely
- Aug 26, 2015
- Video
Gas cylinders can pose a huge safety risk if they are cared for and/or handled improperly. Samantha Noland of nexAir outlines a few best practices to make sure you are handling your cylinders safely.
- From The Fabricator
A welding ventilation overview
- By Benjamin Howell
- Aug 25, 2015
- Article
Incredibly high temperatures and a bright arc flash aren’t the only two dangerous elements of welding. Harmful ultrafine particulate matter generated during welding operations can pose major health risks to welders. Modern extraction and filtration systems are designed to provide effective industrial safety. In many cases, fabricators find that the added filtration equipment contributes to increased productivity as well.
- From The Fabricator
Aug. 20 webinar to focus on robot safety
- Aug 11, 2015
- News Release
Robotic Industries Association will host a webinar on Aug. 20 that will describe advanced concepts in robotic safety. Presented by Pat Davison, director of standards development for RIA, the webinar will review the latest RIA 15.06 standard and describe its enhancements. The flexibility and...
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