AISI Releases Updates to Cold-Formed Steel Design Standards 

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The American Iron and Steel Institute has updated six cold-formed steel design standards. AISI is an accredited consensus organization by the American National Standards Institute for developing American National Standards. The task of creating and updating cold-formed steel design standards is accomplished through two voluntary consensus committees—the AISI Committee on Specifications and the AISI Committee on Framing Standards. The standards are available for free download at https://www.cfsei.org/free-aisi-standards. The updated standards include: AISI S202, Code of Standard Practice for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing AISI S220, North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Nonstructural Framing AISI S240, North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel […]

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Crane Industry Services Offers Virtual Training Courses

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Crane Industry Services, LLC is now offering custom virtual training courses in order to accommodate COVID-19 safety regulations. Converting OSHA- and ANSI-accredited courses from classroom instruction to a virtual environment ensures that training can continue. Virtual training courses include OSHA 10, Leading Safety Works, Site Safety for Construction Supervisors and Utility Supervisors, Use Load Charts Like A Pro and Crane Site Safety. “The impact of COVID-19 on training schedules throughout the heavy construction industry is unlike anything we have ever seen. Naturally, the demand for virtual training has skyrocketed. Offering virtual training classes allows us to do more for our […]

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CIS Sponsors In-House Accredited Training, Assessment

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As an NCCER sponsoring organization, Crane Industry Services, LLC can help companies benefit from accreditation. In addition to sponsoring other crane and rigging training providers, CIS now sponsors Graycor Southern Inc., a heavy industrial contractor based in Atlanta, Georgia. Under CIS’s NCCER sponsorship, companies have access to training and assessments backed by teams of subject matter experts. The NCCER programs are endorsed by the National Craft Professionals Association. NCCER’s crane operator certifications are ANSI accredited and OSHA recognized, which meets compliance regulations. As a sponsoring organization, CIS offers its clients cost savings and a long list of administrative benefits. Companies […]

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The Importance of Proper Fall Protection Training for Workers at Height

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By Baxter Byrd, Pure Safety Group As the march of technology pushes fall protection products into the future, the most useful tool for the worker-at-height remains the one between their ears. Keeping that tool keen and sharp with a properly managed training program is the most effective way to ensure that what goes up, comes down safely. 2017 was an important year regarding worker-at-height training. OSHA released its long-awaited update to the 1910 Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment (Fall Protection Systems), which became effective on Jan. 17, 2017. If there was any doubt before this release as to the […]

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Honeywell’s New SRL System Protects Workers At Height

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Honeywell’s new Miller Falcon Edge self-retracting lifelines are designed to protect workers against serious injury or death if their lifeline becomes severed by a sharp edge during a fall from height. Available in 20-, 30- and 50-foot cable lengths, the new SRL series provides versatility, reliability and maximum safety, with the capacity to support user weights up to 420 pounds in all connections at foot level and above, including horizontal, vertical and overhead mounting. The new SRLs are equipped with an RFID tag, which enables safety managers and workers to efficiently track important product information, inspection and employee training in […]

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