There are a lot of free resources online for arc flash safety. e-Hazard.com is a great site to pick up some of those resources and get help if you need consulting, training or arc flash studies. ArcWear.com offers arc flash testing, using ASTM F1959, F1506, F2178, F2676, F2621 and IEC 61482-1-1. Click here for a [...]

“Safety Council awards

The North Dakota Safety Council recognized several North Dakota companies, that displayed exemplary safety performance throughout 2009, during its annual Occupational Safety and Health Awards Banquet on Feb. 3 in Fargo.

Friend of Safety and Health: Given to individuals or organizations making significant contributions that lead to a safer community and environment outside of their usual course of employment.

Recipients: Monsanto/

Interstate Seed and Trihydro Corporation.

Lifesaver Award: Awarded to individuals who have acted above and beyond the call of duty to assist and/or rescue another individual(s).

Recipients: Jeff Hawn; and Gary Sanders, Emmons County Sheriff’s Department.

Occupational Safety Merit Award: This award is given to companies showing an incidence rate which is equal or less than the national average in its North American Industrial Classification System code.

Recipients: Baker Boy Bake Shop, Inc., Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bureau of Reclamation, Cardinal IG, Corval Group, Dan’s Supermarket, Inc.-Corporate Office, Dan’s Supermarket, Inc.-Dan’s No. 1, Dan’s Supermarket, Inc.-Dan’s No. 2, Dan’s Supermarket Inc.-Dan’s No. 4, Grotberg Electric, Inc., Infinity Windows, Integrity Windows-Fargo, Integrity Windows-West Fargo, John Deere Seeding Group-Valley City, Marvin Windows and Doors, Monsanto, Montana Dakota Utilities-Great Plains Natural Gas, Ottertail Power Company, Otter Tail Power-Coyote Station and Trihydro Corporation.

Outstanding Safety Professional of the Year: One award presented annually to an individual who has been instrumental in the development and implementation of safety programs that increase the safety of an organization or the community.

Recipient: Lynn Beiswanger, Basin Electric Power Cooperative.”

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Love the idea behind this device. Shunt arc flash energy from the worker and make the fault quicker. This was introduced a few months back and it has been a real innovation that can be retrofitted for older style equipment. Read the article in the Bangalore Mirror.

“BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bozzuto’s Inc. for 25 alleged violations of safety standards at its Cheshire, Conn., food distribution warehouse. The company faces a total of $58,750 in proposed fines.

“These citations address a cross section of mechanical, electrical and exit access hazards that exposed workers to the dangers of electric shock, lacerations, amputation, and being caught in operating machinery or unable to swiftly exit the workplace in the event of a fire or other emergency,” said Kang Yi, OSHA’s acting area director in Bridgeport. “It is imperative that the company take effective action to ensure that all such conditions are corrected and do not reoccur.”

OSHA’s inspection found workers unable to open emergency exit doors from inside the workplace; a lack of specific procedures to lock out the power sources for compactors and other machines to prevent their unintended startup during service or maintenance; unguarded grinder, table saw, compactor and other machinery; missing guardrails; no workplace hazard assessment to determine what types of personal protective equipment workers would need; a deficient respiratory protection program; unlabeled lifting slings; improperly stored oxygen cylinders; and several electrical hazards.”