Independent service providers, those companies that maintain wind turbines at wind plants around the country, generally work under OSHA and ANSI safety standards. But what of the technicians who travel the world maintaining turbines in a different country every week? They would have to work under dozens of different standards. Expecting a person to meet such…
Mallory adds a world-class training division
Mallory Safety and Supply, a safety distributor that helps companies create safer, healthier, and more productive workplaces, and Airstreams Renewables Inc, a leader in career safety and technical training, recently announced that Mallory has acquired the ENSA North America training division from Airstreams. ENSA is a leader in task training for the wind industry at…
2014 Innovator: Rob Siegel, ENSA
Watching two men fall to their death from a suspended platform can leave an indelible impression. So it was with Rob Siegel after witnessing such an accident. Siegel, executive director at ENSA, an organization striving to improve safety at height, has since demonstrated an unstoppable curiosity and a commitment to innovate work-at-height safety in an…
Photoblog: AWEA Windpower 2014, Day One
Windpower 2014 attendees: Read the most recent windpower news on the Windpower Engineering and Development homepage, check our Twitter (@windpower_eng) for updates from the show floor, and each day watch out for a new photoblog!
Webinar: Compliance and safety in confined spaces for the windpower industry
Windpower technicians encounter confined spaces every day. At work, technicians are sometimes required to use chemicals or special equipment in small areas that could prove hazardous. How do you ensure safety when air or space is limited? In this webinar, Rob Siegel of ENSA North America and Scott Bramlett of EDF Renewable Services discuss ways…