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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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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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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

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. What environment will you deploy the equipment in? Reach out to us.

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The Complexity Of OSHA’s PSM Standard

FDR Safety

Using accepted ANSI standards, we are able to make use risk assessment, feasible risk reduction using the hazard control hierarchy and acceptable risk to solve real-world problems. US industry is undergoing a massive loss of experienced workers as “Baby Boomers” leave the workforce.

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3 sustainable design decisions to make early

BD+C

In my experience as an architect, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP and sustainability focused practitioner, there are three early design decisions that are key to helping us build more sustainably: site selection, massing and orientation, and proper window-to-wall ratios. Hanover 8th Street, Washington, D.C. This community in Washington, D.C.