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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

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 only practicable and feasible means of addressing this issue is to deal with it as part of your training for the control of hazardous energy. What can we do?

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

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 only practicable and feasible means of addressing this issue is to deal with it as part of your training for the control of hazardous energy. What can we do?

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The Myth Of Zero Energy And Its Adverse Impact On Prevention Through Design

FDR Safety

The term “zero energy” is not the same as the control of hazardous energy, and is not found in any OSHA regulations or materials or in U.S. Examples of such impacts are: •impeding efficient and effective equipment designs when tasks (e.g., national consensus standards (e.g.,

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Electric fleet challenges and considerations

CK Power

Regulations are tightening. 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. Fleet managers everywhere are under pressure to reduce their fleet’s emissions.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

Construction Marketing

The goal of every construction project management is to complete the project, and the balancing of resources, finances, time, and feasibility plays a crucial role in its completion. . This process will repeat until the construction project management team finds the project to be feasible to complete. .

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The Myths Of Lockout/Tagout – Part 1

FDR Safety

We continue to encounter many mistaken beliefs about OSHA’s regulation CFR,1910.147 , The Control of Hazardous Energy. In this blog, we address the “myths” of Lockout/Tagout using verbatim quotes from OSHA’s Preamble to the regulation ( OSHA text in bold italics ). Myth: Lockout must be done, even if it is not feasible.

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Adjusting During A Pandemic: Skepticism Abounds – It Can’t Happen to Me… or Can it? Part 2

FDR Safety

Additionally, achieving acceptable risk shall include, at a minimum, complying with local, regional, and national regulations.

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