Beware of Getting HOSED
By Jamie Vokes, CFPCC Various kinds of mobile and industrial equipment use hydraulics in one form or another. While hydraulics is a very efficient use of …
Plan, Train, and Maintain for Safety Success
by Carl Potter, CSP and Deb Potter, PhD Safety discussions often lead to conversations about which rules and regulations will drive us to a zero-injury …
Are You Competent When it Comes to Safety?
“Imagine a worksite where everyone takes responsibility for hazard recognition and control.” Competency – it’s a word we hear bantered about …
Workplace Complacency
Are We Looking at Safety From the Wrong Angle? Having worked with many industry groups over the past 25 years as an association chief executive and more …
Technology Overview: Blue Light Inspection Kit
Helps Reduce the Hazards of High-Pressure Fluid Injection Injuries Maintenance personnel who work on heavy equipment are outfitted with hardhats, steel-toed …
Fluid Injection Injury
When I was working for a mining company, I realized an area that everyone could learn and/or refresh their knowledge in was safety, and with this in mind, I …
An Employer’s Guide to Hydraulic Safety Awareness Training
Many occupational standards and regulations explicitly require employers to train employees in the health and safety aspects of their workplace. Occupational …
Key to Surviving Hydraulic Failure
Seal failure is inevitable, and seals are 99% less likely to be on the inspection list. If seals are in an inspection program, then it has been determined that …
Hydraulics and the Environment
Component failure is often the root cause of hydraulic spills to the environment. In this article, we won’t discuss environmentally friendly fluids, but …
Determining Root Causes
We have read hundreds of incident reports in which some of the injuries were minor to several incidents that resulted in multiple fatalities. There are some …
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