Safety Engineer Ian Davis, recent guest-lecturer at Virginia Tech, talks about his passion for safety engineering Safety Engineer Ian Davis recently guest lectured at his alma mater Virginia Tech Department of Chemical Engineering. Ian lectured a three-hour class on process safety for his former Chemical Engineering Senior Design Professor Dr. Y.A. Liu, whom he credits […]
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The Guarded Truth: Answers to Machine Guarding Compliance FAQS
The list of possible machinery-related injuries is as long as it is horrifying, from crushed hands and severed fingers to blindness. There seem to be as many hazards created by moving machine parts as there are types of machines. Safeguards are essential for protecting workers from needless and preventable injuries. Here’s our answers to some […]
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Is Your UST Still Out of Compliance with the 2015 EPA Regulations?
There are over half a million active underground storage tanks (USTs) currently regulated by the EPA’s UST program (as of March 2021), with a technical compliance rate (TCR) of 59.3% between April 2020 and March 2021. That means just over 40% of UST systems were out of compliance in one or more of the four […]
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