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Assessing Feasibility

FDR Safety

The answers can be determined but only after documented due diligence using Task Based Risk Assessment (past blogs) and assessing feasibility of hazard controls. A word of caution… You cannot simply declare that LOTO is infeasible and use control circuitry in lieu of isolating and locking the primary energy source(s).

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3 sustainable design decisions to make early

BD+C

3 sustainable design decisions to make early 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/08/2024 - 09:26 Sustainability In her experience as an architect, Megan Valentine AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, WELL AP, Fitwel, Director of Sustainability, KTGY details three early sustainable design decisions: site selection, massing and orientation, and proper window-to-wall ratios.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. Cases like this leave us asking “what can be done?”. However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The 7500 lb.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. Cases like this leave us asking “what can be done?”. However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The 7500 lb.

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Materials Shortages in Construction: Catapulting a Sustainability Revolution?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

According to the US Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index, construction material prices are increasing significantly causing additional pressures on existing project revenues. Lumber and steel, two primary building materials across the US, have seen prices increase anywhere between 20-25%. .

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PTD Before Risk Assessment: A Historical Perspective

FDR Safety

Many forces and efforts have led those of us who are engaged in the practice of safety to where we are in PTD today, but with this article, the author presents a glimpse of the fundamental occurrences in one industry that have led to the progressive use of PTD in other industries. For a FREE consultation, please contact us.

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Electric fleet challenges and considerations

CK Power

Some end customers are prioritizing environmental sustainability when evaluating contractors or products. Neither is a technology that makes grid power feasible for high-stakes battery charging, on- or off-highway. For now, the only feasible alternatives are hybrid charging systems powered by diesel or gaseous gensets.