The Eighth Coast Guard District External Affairs Office video highlights the operations and personnel of Marine Safety Unit Houma, La. MSU Houma conducts vessel inspections at more than 25 shipyards every week. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets.
This video explains how arc flashes happen, how they are measured and how wearing the right FR clothing can keep workers safe and in compliance with industry standards. Filmed in slow motion and in high definition.
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Video of flash fire testing at the University of Alberta – one of the best testing facilities in the world. Side by side comparisons of different FR fabrics exposed to flash fires, illustrating the extent, severity and location of burns.
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This U.S. Department of Labor video posted in June 2012 shows art restoration experts cleaning on large murals that have decorated the lobby of the DOL headquarters building in Washington, D.C., since the late 1970s. They depict the history of work in America up until that time.
A look at our Little Long Project in Ontario, Canada. Take a look at why our team has a great track record and an enjoyable workplace.
This June 2012 video showcases the work done at the Transportation Technology Center Inc. in Pueblo, Colo., a facility owned by the Association of American Railroads. Crash testing of rail equipment and emergency response training for rail personnel in simulated hazmat spills and derailments are conducted there.
To compare the impact strength and post-break performance of glass railing systems, DuPont conducted comprehensive "swing bag" testing of tempered glass and commonly specified laminated glass in varying thicknesses and structural systems.
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The GateKeeper Mezzanine Safety Gate from Rite Hite Barrier Systems is a reciprocating barrier design that creates a controlled access area in which workers can safely load and unload from the edge of a mezzanine, pick module, or other elevated work platform. Learn more at www.ritehitedg.com.
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There's a most unusual gym in ecologist Sonia Altizer's lab at the University of Georgia in Athens. The athletes are monarch butterflies, and their workouts are carefully monitored to determine how parasites impact their flight performance. With support from the National Science Foundation, Altizer and her team study how animal behavior, including long-distance migration, affects the spread and evolution of infectious disease. In monarchs, the researchers study a protozoan parasite called Ophryocystis elektroscirrha ("OE"). Up to 2 billion monarchs migrate every year to central Mexico, where Altizer and her colleagues capture, sample, and release hundreds of butterflies each day during their field study. Their work is providing some details on the differences in how diseases spread in human and animal populations. Vampire bats may not have the beauty factor that monarch butterflies do, but the bats are important in Altizer's study of how the spread of infectious diseases by animals is affected by human activities. In Peru, University of Georgia postdoctoral researcher Daniel Streicker focuses on these bats, whose populations have exploded in recent years. Ranchers have introduced livestock into the Andes and the Amazon. More bloodthirsty bats might mean more rabies. Streicker and Altizer say that the results of this study will improve rabies control efforts in Latin America, where vampire bats cause most human and livestock cases.
Wind turbines today are truly revolutionizing energy generation across the globe. Learn how Dow is helping create lighter, stronger, and longer turbine blades that are helping to harness more energy than ever.