June 19, 2013 –DuPont Sustainable Solutions has developed PPE: Inspect and Respect, a new workplace safety training program that discusses standard protocols on the handling, inspection and maintenance of various personal protective equipment (PPE). The program explains how each piece of equipment works and how it can protect employees from specific safety risks. PPE: Inspect and Respect helps train employees to spot the signs of physical damage to their equipment. 

This 17-minute safety program is available on DVD or in a streaming format and coming soon in an e-learning format.

May 31, 2013 - Snake Tray claims its new high volume airflow manager enhances the performance of door-mounted chiller systems in data centres to keep critical equipment from overheating. Snake Tray can also custom design an airflow solution to fit a customer’s needs.

May 29, 2013 - Brady is striving to streamline lockout/tagout and reliability procedures across entire organizations with its new Link360 2.1 software update. The new cloud-based software platform features a checklist feature for a step-by-step guide to lockout procedures, where users can also access a printed list of lockout devices to be used when performing the lockout procedure. Users can also save a scanned copy of a completed checklist, search for previous checklists and delete old checklists. The new update also offers the capabilities to add company logos to lockout procedure templates, change the password from the home page and transfer file ownership.

May 25, 2013 - Peakworks says the T-Line Safety System facilitates both horizontal and vertical freedom for the user. The self-retracting and self-tensioning comes in two models: one that will span up to 40 ft and the XL version that will span up to 80. T-Line can be installed at a fraction of the cost of an engineered horizontal lifeline, boasts Peakworks, with shorter fall arrest distances while preventing the pendulum effect. It features an integrated rescue winch and lets you work around overhead obstructions. After a fall, the system can be serviced and reused. It is certified to EN 360 and ANSI Z359.1, and meets or exceeds CSA Z259.2.2.

May 8, 2013 - Hydro Ottawa reports that today, May 8, an electrical incident occurred before noon at 265 Poulin Avenue in the western portion of its service territory. Two Hydro Ottawa employees were re-energizing an electrical vault after maintenance work had been completed when an electrical flash occurred.

May 8, 2013 - “Look up, look out and locate!” Ontario’s Electrical Safety Authority urges all Ontario residents to remember this phrase as it kicks off the province’s first-ever Powerline Safety Week (May 13 to 19) in partnership with local electrical distribution companies.

April 30, 2013 - UL is warning consumers, electrical installers and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) that the duplex receptacle identified below may pose a fire or shock hazard. It does not comply with UL’s safety requirements and is not authorized to bear the UL Mark.

April 25, 2013 - In 2012, more than 60 industry and electrical safety stakeholders participated in ESFi-Canada’s inaugural Safety Summit to identify concerns presenting the greatest risk to public electrical safety.

April 17, 2013 - Acklands-Grainger—a distributor of industrial, safety and fastener products—announced its largest-ever product expansion, adding 200,000 new products to its online offering over the next several months.

April 16, 2013 - Ontario’s Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) today published a new video, “Electrical Safety Hazards at Home”, in which Steve Smith, Central Region GM, walks homeowners through a typical house and identifies common electrical safety issues, and how to avoid them (WATCH the video below).