ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY INDUSTRY NEWS

The Rigid Lifelines website is one of the best resources for anyone who needs to learn about fall protection in industrial and construction settings.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

Rigid Lifelines Launches New Website

This new website is one of the best resources on OSHA and ANSI Regulations and Standards in fall protection, with a glossary of commonly used terms, FAQs, and industry specific fall protection solutions that meets the needs of any worksite.

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APC manufacturers dust and fume collectors that clean up metal fabrication and other industrial processes in job shops and contract manufacturing plants.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

Dust Collection Manufacturer Changes Name to Camfil Air Pollution Control

Celebrating 50 years in the clean air solutions business, the parent company changes its official name back to Camfil, while the global dust collection business now becomes Camfil APC.

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Fortress employees (l-r) Mark Gilvin, Josie Dewald and Mike Martin celebrate the opening of the new facility in Erlanger.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

Fortress Interlocks Unveils New U.S. Facility

Ribbon cutting ceremony and tours celebrate new office for on-site training, demonstrations of safety access and control systems, some light manufacturing and assembly.

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Noel Neris is the new Lean Leader of the North American operations at Wildeck.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

Wildeck Appoints Lean Leader for Rapid North American Growth

This key management position will support an expanding steel work platform portfolio and lean manufacturing initiatives for mezzanines, vertical lifts, and safety guarding products.

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Kurt Wozniak is a member of the CMCO Executive Committee and has served Columbus McKinnon as Managing Director of Latin America since July 2010 and has been a significant contributor to both the strategic direction and operational results during this time.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

Columbus McKinnon Appoints Vice President

In his new role, Kurt Wozniak will continue to provide his expertise to the critical region of Latin America, as well as to global company matters.

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Camfil Farr APC president Lee Morgan (third from right) and European sales director Rick Kreczmer (second from right) gather outside the planned UK manufacturing facility with other company representatives and local officials. Left to right: Councillor Peter Williams, Rochdale Council’s Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration; Ulf Perrson, Technical Manager, Camfil Farr APC; Jeremy Miller, Assistant Project Manager for UK plant, Camfil Farr APC; Tony Supine, U.S. Plant Manager, Camfil Farr APC; Dewayne House, Project Manager for UK plant, Camfil Farr APC; Lee Morgan, President, Camfil Farr APC; Rick Kreczmer, European Sales Director, Camfil Farr APC; Julie Evans, Business Development Manager, Rochdale Development Agency.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

Camfil Farr APC to Build New UK Manufacturing Facility

This new plant will fabricate dust collection equipment starting in January 2013, using 100 employees in engineering, metal fabrication, welding and assembly operations.

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Art Goforth is the new Northeast Ohio regional sales manager for G.W. Becker.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

G.W. Becker Hires Regional Sales Manager

The crane and hoist manufacturer aims to maintain and develop its Northeast Ohio territory.

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Before coming to Mayfran, Halford was general manager of Alcoa's Large Aluminum Structural Castings Division, where he had responsibility for operations in the U.S., France and Canada.(Click on photo to enlarge it)

Mayfran Appoints Halford as President

Jeremy Halford will be located at the company headquarters in Cleveland and will be responsible for operations in North and South America involving engineered solutions for scrap and coolant management and material handling in metalworking, recycling, solid waste processing, and other applications.

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John KempRigid Lifelines “Too many companies try to address fall hazards by investing their capital in equipment that only addresses a small part of their hazard. We want to educate employers about custom solutions that address 100 percent of a workers exposure while providing them with mobility to complete the job task. We want our brand to be about what is ‘best practice’.”

Rigid Lifelines™ Announces New National Product and Sales Manager

John Kemp will help direct the next phase of growth in marketing fall protection and safety solutions to both government and private industry.

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X-Ar attaches to a person’s arm and provides dynamic support throughout the user’s range of motion, significantly reducing fatigue and discomfort. It is designed for activities where people work with their arms outstretched for long periods, ranging from light assembly to welding to laboratory activities like pipetting. The company is also testing X-Ar for use in medical procedures such as sonography and as an assistive device for patients coping with injury or disability.

Exoskeletal Arm Support Wins Top Ergonomics Award

X-Ar exoskeletal arm from Equipois support wins top ergonomics award at 2011 National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition for best potential to increase productivity and profitability while improving workplace health and safety.

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Workers Uniting is challenging the legality of behavioral safety programs, which they say violates British laws that UK law decrees that hazards must be identified via “a risk assessment and removed or reduced ‘as far as is reasonably practicable.

Unions Go to War with Behavior-Based Safety

Bad news for all those companies cashing in on Behavior Based Safety; it looks like international Unions have formalized their opposition to it.

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Phil La Duke is an internationally recognized writer, blogger, and speaker whose work is seen across the globe by over 200,000 readers each month. He is also a highly sought and often controversial speaker on culture change, training, and performance improvement topics, particularly worker health and safety and lean manufacturing.

Safety Expert Takes Center Stage

A strong voice in the safety industry, Fabricating & Metalworking columnist Phil La Duke speaks at the National Safety Congress and is selected as the featured blogger for EHSQ Elite.

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A specialized test chamber similar to this is equipped with simulated sunlight and challenges the architectural panels with an atmosphere containing gaseous nitrogen oxides. The reduction or neutralization of nitrogen oxides was measured with sensitive analytical methodologies, which verified and proved the product’s performance.

AQS Partners With Alcoa to Reduce Air Pollution

Engineering lab offers verification services and technical expertise in evaluating the aluminum manufacturer’s “smog eating” architectural panel technology that is aimed at reducing air pollution.

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The company designs and manufactures standard and custom industrial steel work platforms (mezzanines), material lifts (VRCs), and performance-proven safety guarding products that are sold through a dedicated and experienced network of customer-service-oriented dealers and systems integrators nationwide.

Wildeck Celebrates 35 Years

The largest manufacturer of industrial steel work platforms/mezzanines, vertical lifts, and safety guarding products in North America celebrates with an open house gala at its U.S. headquarters.

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Hearing Protection Innovator Supports OSHA Goals On Hearing Loss Reduction

Sensear supports the significant reduction of workplace-related noise-induced hearing loss, and explains how new technology is now changing the effectiveness of hearing protection.

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