Category: Blog

Published: 06 July 2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Personal Protective Equipment Standard (Subpart I) includes all clothing and other workplace accessories designed to be a barrier against the potential hazards that personnel can encounter at the workplace. The standard specifically lists personal protective equipment (PPE) for the eyes, face, head and extremities as well as protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, which include hearing protection.

The employer’s responsibilities for the standard can be broken into three main areas. To read what they are, click here: Help Them Help Themselves? | EC Mag

Category: Blog

Published: 06 July 2020

FMI recently released its Q3-2013 Construction Outlook.The markets continue to shift, reducing annual construction-put-in-place (CPIC) predictions to $909.6 billion, down nearly $4 billion from previous predictions. Early forecasts for 2014 show annual CPIP continues moderate growth of 7%, rising to $977 billion.

Major market predictions include:

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Category: Blog

Published: 05 July 2020

An electrical arc flash can occur when someone is verifying the presence of voltage, checking the balance of current, operating a switch, inspecting an energized cable or bus connections during routine maintenance, or simply standing in the vicinity of energized equipment. This is a reason to perform an arc flash hazard assessment study — to discern the degree of arc flash hazard present and the level of PPE required at a given location on the power distribution system. An article in ECM Magazine addresses this important subject.

To read the article, click here.