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Safety - Page 24
- From The Fabricator
SkillsUSA, Channellock collaborate to offer training videos to tradespeople
- By Josh Welton
- May 30, 2020
- Blog Post
SkillsUSA and Channellock join a growing number of manufacturers in a collaborative effort to help train tradespeople with a "Trading Knowledge" video series. Detroit-based metal fabricator Josh Welton is among those tradespeople offering tips and tricks.
How U.S. Congress is helping manufacturers survive the pandemic
- By Dean Zerbe and Tracy Lustyan
- May 29, 2020
- Article
The CARES Act is just one piece of legislation that helps businesses get some relief from the economic disaster of the COVID-19 epidemic. Other grants, loans, and tax relief programs exist and are available to businesses willing to do some investigation and, in some cases, innovation.
- From The Fabricator
Supplier financial health check, Part I: Manufacturers must be careful during COVID-19 crisis
Being confident in a suppliers’ stability during the COVID-19 pandemic needs to be more than a gut-check for product manufacturers. Companies will need to dig in and conduct their due diligence to understand a suppliers’ financial health and ensure it will be there when needed.
- From The Fabricator
StaCool Vest keeps workers cool in summer heat
- May 28, 2020
- Product Release
StaCool Industries offers the StaCool Vest core body cooling system to keep users cool and comfortable while working in the summer heat, without compromising mobility. Each vest is made from Airprene material for comfort and flexibility and includes ThermoPak inserts to cool the body core. The...
- From The Fabricator
OSHA has no more expanded coronavirus direction for manufacturers
If manufacturers want to ensure they are doing what’s best to protect employees during this coronavirus crisis, they need to rely on OSHA guidance from March.
- From The Fabricator
Madisan 75 sanitizer from Madison Chemical kills viruses in manufacturing facilities
- May 27, 2020
- Product Release
Madison Chemical has introduced Madisan 75, a four-chain quaternary surface sanitizer, disinfectant, mildewstat, and virucide for hard, nonporous, and inanimate surfaces. It kills the human coronavirus, HIV-1, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and a variety of animal viruses. It appears on the...
- From The Welder
In the COVID-19 era, flexibility is key for welders and other metal fabricators
- By Amanda Carlson
- May 27, 2020
- Blog Post
Over the last couple of months, COVID-19 has forced welders and other metal fabricators to become even more flexible.
- From The Fabricator
Aluminum Shapes donates second drive-through COVID-19 testing shelter
- May 26, 2020
- News Release
Aluminum Shapes LLC, Pennsauken, N.J., has donated its second COVID-19 drive-through testing shelter in Camden County, N.J. The new drive-through testing location is provided through a partnership with the Camden County Freeholders and Connor Strong & Buckelew. The aluminum shelters are completely...
- From The Fabricator
Hyster-Yale Group releases free lift truck operator training videos to help supply chains during pandemic
- May 26, 2020
- News Release
As businesses reopen and face an influx of new labor, Hyster-Yale Group, Greenville, N.C., has announced the availability of free lift truck operator training video content for supply chains adapting to the effects of COVID-19. The videos are designed to help businesses adhere to current health and...
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: Keep your cool—in any manufacturing environment
- By Sue Roberts
- May 22, 2020
- Article
Summer is coming, and many fabricators and other manufacturing workers know staying cool on a shop floor during a heatwave isn't easy. That's why engineers at the University of Missouri are working to provide personal wearable air conditioning.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing Leadership Council releases COVID-19 operating practices from manufacturers
- May 20, 2020
- News Release
The Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C., has released a new collection of emerging strategies and operational practices that manufacturers of all sizes are implementing to keep their employees safe and facilities operating. The...
- From The Fabricator
OSHA adopts revised enforcement policies for coronavirus
- May 20, 2020
- News Release
OSHA has adopted revised policies for enforcing its requirements with respect to the coronavirus as economies reopen across the country. Throughout the course of the pandemic, understanding about the transmission and prevention of infection has improved. The government and the private sector have...
- From The Fabricator
COVID-19 crisis provides lessons for good decision-making for business leaders
- By Bill Frahm
- May 20, 2020
- Article
Watching the response to the current coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity for manufacturers and others to see what not to do during a crisis, writes Bill Frahm.
- From The Fabricator
Kenzen’s body heat sensor system helps ensure worker safety
- May 18, 2020
- Product Release
Kenzen has launched a real-time worker heat monitoring system. The cloud-based software as a service system includes a wearable device worn by workers on their arm which alerts both the workers and their supervisor when core body temperature is too high. Real-time alerts allow for immediate...
- From The Additive Report
Remembering manufacturers’ response to the coronavirus
- By Don Nelson
- May 18, 2020
- Blog Post
Members of the additive manufacturing community, from hobbyists to the some of the largest 3D printer manufacturers, continue to work to alleviate the suffering caused by the coronavirus.
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