site safety News
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Interim Site Safety Professionals
Hygieneering, Inc. has been chosen to provide interim site safety assistance to a major US chemical manufacturer. Services include daily facility safety walk downs, industrial hygiene exposure assessments, Lockout/Tagout & Confined Space permit reviews and safety meeting facilitator. Hygieneering provides safety consulting, environmental consulting, testing and training, asbestos project ...
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New local control solution available from Rotork
The Local Hand Station is suitable for applications such as large penstocks, where it is difficult to access the actuator due to height, in chamber applications where the actuator is located below the ground and space is limited or for control when the actuator/device may be in a hazardous location.Reliable local control is essential in many applications and the Local Hand Station provides a ...
By Rotork plc
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1 in 4 construction sites fail safety inspections
Nearly one in four of the construction sites visited by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) during March failed safety checks. Inspectors from HSE carried out checks at 2014 construction sites across Great Britain as part of an intensive inspection campaign aimed at reducing death and injury in one of Britain's most dangerous industries. During unannounced visits, inspectors focused on ...
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A quarter of Greater Manchester construction sites fail safety inspections
More than a quarter of the construction sites visited in Greater Manchester last week failed safety inspections. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors carried out checks at 163 construction sites in Manchester, Salford and Trafford during two days of intensive inspections. They issued a total of 56 enforcement notices at 42 sites, either stopping work immediately or requiring ...
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Tongyu has successfully passed the site reviewe to the Safety Registration Certificate for steel forged products
On 1st of Aug.,2017, our company was reviewed at site by the experts from China Standardization Committee on Boilers and Pressure Vessels, they confirmed and agreed that our rescource condition, quality assurance system, product quality are all conforming to the requirements to the Certificate of Safety Registration for steel forged products used in Bolier and Pressure Vessel according to ...
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Protect yourself at work
Ludwigshafen production site provided a safety wall to inform the production workers about personal protective equipment (PPE) needed and how to wear them correctly. After staff get changed in the wardrobe, they can check with this information provided whether they are dressed correctly. PPE is incredibly important because it provides the last line of defence against injury, and it can save ...
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Wickham safety improved through teamwork
Roy Fullard, Project Manager for Aurecon said: “The mining sector demands uncompromisingly high levels of safety on site. The safety performance on this project is a direct reflection of the commitment of Rio Tinto and Aurecon to the goal of zero harm and Aurecon’s focus on safe, certain delivery. A key component to this achievement was the promotion of co-operation between ...
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R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services Listed as 2008 Top Specialty Contractor
R. Baker and Son All Industrial Services, an expert rigging, demolition, machinery moving and equipment relocation contractor, was recently listed as a top specialty contractor by New York Construction magazine. New York Construction’s Top Specialty Contractor rankings aim to identify the specialty contractors and subcontractors that are most active in the New York, New Jersey, and ...
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Hygieneering, Inc. Provides Site Safety for Large Chemical Manufacturing Plant Demolition Project
Hygieneering, Inc. is providing site safety for a large chemical manufacturing plant demolition project in the Midwest. Hygieneering, Inc. is an ISNetworld approved consultant that is assisting in site safety over sight of this project. Hygieneering provides safety consulting, environmental consulting, testing and training, asbestos project management, emergency response services and more. ...
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Hygieneering, Inc. Provides Site Safety for Large Chemical Plant Shutdown
Hygieneering, Inc. provides site safety services during large chemical plant shutdown. Services included outside contractor safety inspections, industrial hygiene monitoring and daily site safety activity documentation. Hygieneering provides safety consulting, environmental consulting, testing and training, asbestos project management, emergency response services and more. Hygieneering’s ...
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Fatal crane collapse continues happening
Followed by the fatal crane collapsing in Seattle in April and Dallas in June this year, last Sunday evening, another construction crane fell and sliced through residential buildings in New Jersey during storms. Luckily, no one was injured this time. Since the construction industry has grown, catastrophes like these have happened across the country in recent years. The extensive damages not ...
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IN-PIPE Technology Recognized with National Safety Award
SPRINGFIELD --The Illinois Department of Labor has announced that IN-PIPE Technology of Wood Dale has received the national Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) designation. The firm, which provides green engineered wastewater treatment technology and services, joined an elite group of businesses that have earned SHARP status after completing a thorough health and safety ...
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Great performance comes from articulated concrete blocks
Whenever you are planning out a construction project, you need to take into account the potential for erosion to occur. Without doing this, not only could you risk sacrificing the quality of the soil on the construction site, but you also risk damaging properties around the site and causing irreparable damage to the local environment. All of this could result in your being slapped with some ...
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HazTek, Inc. highlights the benefits of contractor safety management
Bruce Henderson, Principal and COO of HazTek, Inc., discussed the “Benefits of Contractor Safety Management” with the Northern New Jersey Federal Safety & Health Council at their quarterly meeting held on December 3rd, 2008 in Lyndhurst, NJ. Citing the risks associated with multiple contractors on construction sites, Bruce outlined how to reduce accidents and illnesses by identifying ...
By HazTek, Inc
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Covanta Wallingford receives OSHA VPP star award for workplace safety and health excellence
Covanta Energy, a world leader in the development and operation of large scale Energy-from-Waste and other renewable energy projects, has announced its Wallingford, CT facility was awarded the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs “VPP STAR” designation for workplace safety and health excellence. The “VPP STAR” recognition is the highest ...
By Covanta
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HSE announces planned inspections of waste management vehicles
A wave of inspections of transport risks in waste management operations will take place in 2010-11, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced. The inspections will focus on skip-hire operations and waste management companies where waste is hand sorted, two areas that represent a disproportionately high level of accidents. A HSE spokesperson said: “The waste and recycling industry ...
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NOAA Releases New "Active" Hurricane Forecast
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting another active hurricane season in its just-released annual forecast. NOAA anticipates the 2011 hurricane season for the Atlantic basin will have 12 to 18 named storms, six to eight hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes. NOAA considers June 1 to Nov. 30 as hurricane season. It categorizes storms as winds of 39 mph or ...
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Standalone lightning warning system will minimise downtime at petrochemical facilities
Lightning strikes the ground in the UK around 300,000 times a year and for many petrochemical manufacturing facilities they can play a significant role in disrupting operations. This could be anything from an increased risk of ignition due to static electricity to lightning strikes directly to the plant and process equipment. When a thunderstorm is in the vicinity, many manufacturing and storage ...
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Dounreay workers achieve a year without `lost time accident`
Dounreay’s workforce has notched up a staggering 3.76 million man hours without an industrial work-related personal injury that results in more than three days off work. This equates to one calendar year without such an injury. Although separate areas of the site have achieved excellent safety records, this is the first time that the site as a whole has reached a year without lost time ...
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EPA, Spectra Energy to conduct oil spill drill in Casper, Wyoming on May 14
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Spectra Energy, and more than two dozen federal, state, county, city and private organizations will participate in an emergency response exercise at locations along Casper Creek and the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming, on Wednesday, May 14. The full-scale exercise is being conducted by EPA’s National Preparedness for Response Exercise ...
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