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SweepEx Gets Thumbs-Up from Michigan’s Thumb

As with any county that spreads gravel as part of its winter maintenance, gravel removal becomes a concern after the snow and ice have melted.

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SweepEx Gets Thumbs-Up from Michigan’s Thumb

Breaking The Ice

Maybe it's time to consider adding material spreading services to your snow plowing business.

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Breaking The Ice

Fall Protection for Wood Pole Climbing

Effective fall protection equipment for workers who climb wood poles has been one of the most difficult challenges facing the electrical utility industry.

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Fall Protection for Wood Pole Climbing
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When Is Hot Too Hot?
07.21.11
SupplyLink

Most of the United States is currently dealing with extreme heat conditions that can pose a real threat to worker safety.

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The Vanishing Incandescent Light Bulb
04.04.11
SupplyLink
The incandescent light bulb is slowly being phased out in the U.S. That marvelous invention by Thomas A. Edison has run its course. December 31, 2011 will mark the 132nd anniversary of the day that Edison flipped a switch at his Menlo Park laboratory and turned on the first electric light bulb. The electric light bulb would ultimately replace all gaslight systems. Thus began the age of electric lighting.
 
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OSHA's Top 10 Safety Violations for 2010
12.13.10
SupplyLink

Here's OSHA's list of the top 10 safety violations for 2010.  Once again, scaffolding and fall protection are at the top.

1. Scaffolding  - 9,093 violations - Scaffold accidents most often result from the planking or support giving way, or from the employee slipping or being struck by a falling object.

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It’s Time To Think About Your Motor Energy Usage
12.10.10
SupplyLink
On December 19, 2010, new energy legislation will take effect which impacts the manufacturing of certain industrial motors. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) legislation sets stringent new efficiency standards for a broad range of General Purpose and some Definite Purpose 3-phase motors. Motor designs which do not meet the mandated legislation requirements can no longer be manufactured after December 19, 2010.
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Making The Case For LED Lighting
12.10.10
SupplyLink
Let’s face it. The century old Edison bulb is a bad deal. The bulb is cheap to buy but expensive to operate. The bulb wastes 95% of its energy. Over its lifetime, a 60-watt incandescent bulb will cost you roughly $20 more in electricity than a comparable LED bulb that uses 7-10 times less electricity.
 
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OSHA's Top 10 Safety Violations for 2011
12.09.11
SupplyLink

Every year at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo, NSC and OSHA partner to reveal OSHA's Top 10 most commonly cited violations. This year's list, very similar to 2010's, listed hazard communication violations at No. 3, unchanged from last year.

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Welcome to the Safety Forum
12.08.11
SupplyLink

Welcome to the SupplyLink Safety Forum. Here's a good place to get the conversation going with your colleagues about some of their biggest safety challenges, whether it's personal safety, job site or facility safety. Sign up and give us your thoughts.

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food processing machinery
11.23.10
coca0901

Food safety has become a global major issue in the 21st century. Food safety is defined as food that is non-toxic and no harm, with proper nutritive requirements, not causing any acute, sub acute or chronic hazards to people’s health. To ensure food hygiene and safety, reducing disease risks, the food safety in processing plays a very important role. Then choosing the right food processing machinery, which is the issues we are faced with. There is some very useful food processing machinery in our daily life, [which in certain circumstances] make our life more convenient and time-saving.

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Critical Food Plant Design Concepts
10.06.10
mredmond9

What is most important in your food plant? When you consider constructing, renovating, or updating your food plant, you have to start somewhere. It is best to consult a firm with extensive food plant design experience. They can help you make the process go much easier, because, honestly, the task can be daunting. There is so much to do and so much to think about.

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Food plant flooring options
09.14.10
mredmond9

Flooring options can be confusing because the industry has many manufacturers of floor systems. Furthermore, each manufacturer has different names for their product offerings. In order to simplify selection, we can break down the options into two categories: seamless and non-seamless. Here we are going to focus on the overwhelmingly popular choice: seamless floors.

Seamless floors are categorized by the polymers resin in the floor topping material. Polymer resins typically used in the food industry include:

Epoxy, Vinyl ester, Urethane, and Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)

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