Published August 13, 2024
The equipment installation is where most problems arise. Metal raceways, cable trays, cable armor, cable sheath, enclosures, frames, fittings, and other metal noncurrent-carrying parts that are to serve as grounding conductors are a few of the areas covered in this standard.
Released April 5, 2021. Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the existing RoHS Annex III exceptions for steel and copper based alloys, when it expires, the decision process and what all this means for your shop.
An image of a molecule taken by IBM researchers in Zurich confirms our chemical theories. Our work as machinists is based on this kind of science.
Savvy employers will revisit their shops’ approach to slips falls and lifting ahead of OSHA’s new efforts to enforce MSD’s in our shops.
Here’s an Electric Vehicle to make you say- “Why didn’t I do that?” Here’s some specs: 60″ tall 39″ wide 0-60 in 3.8 seconds Nascar Roll Cage FIA certifed to 200 mph 56 degree rollover threshold- same as a Porsche 911 3150 pounds curb weight Range- 100 miles using lead acid batteries. 87 mpg equivalent….
EPA is currently proposing to:
Extend the date by which the owners or operators of certain facilities must prepare or amend and implement an SPCC plan by one year to November 10, 2011;
The proposed amendments do not remove the regulatory requirement for owners or operators of facilities in operation before August 16, 2002 (other than facilities with milk containers described above), to maintain and continue implementing an SPCC plan in accordance with the SPCC regulations then in effect.
EPA is seeking comment on whether a shorter extension period (6 to 9 months) is warranted for facilities rather than the proposed one year extension.