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Arc Flash Assessments to Comply with Arc Flash Safety Regulations

2015-06-16 00:21:00| Transmission & Distribution World

EN Engineerings team of professional electric engineering consultants now offers arc flash assessment and related services to help utilities comply with new OSHA regulations. read more

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Faulty impact assessments plague Indonesian mines: Komnas HAM

2015-04-10 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: A member of Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) held up the Rembang cement factory case as an example of how environmental impact assessments are frequently manipulated by the companies required to undertake them. "Every mining operation needs an impact assessment, and there's supposed to be a scientific process," Komnas HAM commissioner Nur Khoiron said at a recent discussion hosted by the Indoneisa Institute of Sciences (LIPI). "Unfortunately, it only serves as a tool for...

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ASTM Standard covers incidental asbestos exposure assessments.

2014-12-11 14:30:52| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

ASTM D7886, Practice for Asbestos Exposure Assessments for Repetitive Maintenance and Installation Tasks, is intended to aid those testing asbestos exposures by quantifying levels of such exposure. According to ASTM member Andrew Oberta, ASTM D7886 overcomes limitations of personal air sampling by describing method for conducting exposure assessment tests under controlled conditions. Standard focuses on maintenance and installation tasks requiring incidental disturbance of materials.

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Conducting Industrial Electrical Safety Compliance Assessments

2014-11-17 19:06:47| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Based on the ongoing evaluation of work sites in its Enforcement Programs, State-Operated Consultation Programs, and Voluntary Protection Programs (VPPs), OSHA has established a direct correlation between effective management of worker safety and health protection and the incidence and severity of employee injuries. read more

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