|  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a new emergency temporary standard (ETS) today, designed to protect 84 million private sector workers from the spread of the coronavirus on the job. Under this standard, covered employers must develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, unless they adopt a policy requiring employees to choose to either be vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering. |
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|  Anybody who is “owned by a home” probably has a step ladder. Most of us have been using step ladders since we were kids. We are comfortable with using them, and therein lies the greatest danger. There is only so much space in a home or garage, so the 6-ft ladder becomes “the ladder,” and it gets used even where an 8-ft ladder would be the correct choice. This perspective often carries over to the job. |
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|  “Hazard elimination shall be the first priority in the implementation of safety-related work practices.” So begins NFPA 70E, Art.110 in the 2021 revision. This is a very powerful statement that, in only a few words, provides the rationale behind much of what follows. Now, suppose you encounter a hazard you have not seen before. Is your first priority to obtain the correct PPE? No, your first priority is to eliminate that hazard. |
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|  The American Society of Safety Professionals maintains data-driven and solutions-based positions on issues that impact occupational safety and health. ASSP has developed new policy statements on anticipated federal standards related to heat stress and COVID-19 as it aims to inform government officials and key stakeholders in improving the regulatory approach to workplace safety and health. |
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Members Only |  FREE PREMIUM CONTENT: In the inaugural episode of "Code Conversations," Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson speaks with longtime contributor and NEC consultant to EC&M, Russ LeBlanc, about why discrepancies seem to often come up with emergency disconnects and the practical applications of Sec. 230.85. |
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Members Only |  PREMIUM CONTENT: In this episode, Randy Barnett, a journeyman electrician, electrical instructor, inspector, author, trainer, and electrical safety expert, discusses circular raceways as addressed in Chapter 3 of the NEC. This video is sponsored by Champion Fiberglass. |
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|  Most conscientious owners and property managers try to do an exhaustive electrical equipment failure risk-assessment for their facility to make sure they have everything under control. |
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Members Only |  Emergency medical responders in Los Angeles County, Calif., are shepherding deployment of new real-time monitoring and messaging technology that provides early warning of possible failures of backup hospital generators during power grid outages. |
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|  What exactly is an electrical fire? Some countries have such antiquated reporting systems that if a person overheats a pan of cooking oil on an electrical stove (and the burning oil ignites their kitchen), it’s reported as an “electrical fire.” Most readers realize that such a definition is inaccurate. But what is the best definition? |
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Members Only |  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is turning up the heat on employers to better protect their workers from heat-induced illnesses. OSHA announced its new workplace heat agenda in September, laying out a series of actions already begun and in the planning stages to bring more attention to the issue of workplace exposure. |
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