This month, Susan L. Koen from DEKRA Insight discusses how “recent neuroscience research is revealing some significant new insights about the human brain, offering new ways to approach the reduction of human errors in our workplaces.”
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Most food industry employees work when ill, survey finds
Austin, TX – A majority of food industry employees go to work when sick, according to a new survey commissioned by training and consulting company Alchemy Systems.
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Perimeter safety cell
The Guarding Defender Cell restricts access and provides point-of-operation guarding around potentially dangerous automated and automatic processes, including stretch-wrap machine operations.
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Source: Facility safety
Lockout application
Manufacturing facilities have potentially dangerous sources of energy, such as electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic power for equipment that must be locked out when being serviced or when guarding is removed.
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Source: Lockout/tagout
Safety Leadership: Technology is changing safety: 4 areas to watch
This month, Colin Duncan from DEKRA Insight, discusses how “personal wearable devices and mobile phones to equipment sensors and ‘smart’ machines – is rapidly changing the nature of our organizations and how we run them.”
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Self-regulating electric heat trace cables
EasyHeat, a business unit of Emerson Industrial Automation, has announced that its SR and TSR Self-Regulating Electric Heat Trace Cables are now CSA- and CSA-UL-approved and comply with recent requirements in NFPA 13 for freeze protection from main water lines to fire sprinkler heads.
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Source: Facility safety
Safety gate
The RollBack Bay Gate protects without hindering productivity on standard racking systems.
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Source: Facility safety
Explosion-proof transformer
The EPL-TX-6.3A-24V Explosion-Proof 120-Watt Power Converter provides a safe and effective way for operators to utilize common 100- to 277-volt AC power to operate equipment that requires 24-volt electrical power.
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Source: Facility safety
Safety Leadership: Seizing moments of transformation in safety: Changing the culture by changing the experience
This month, Donald Groover from DEKRA Insight explains that employee experiences must first change before safety culture can change.
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Safety Leadership: The data gap: What your employees may not be telling you
This month, Rebecca Timmins from DEKRA Insight discusses how employers can “set the stage” for accurate – and honest – information sharing.
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Source: Safety Leadership