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Nilfisk Morgantown celebrates Team Week with some holiday cheer!

December 22, 2011   10:09 am
Time flies! We can’t believe it has been a year since we said goodbye to our Malvern office and said HELLO to Morgantown! To celebrate this joyous occasion, we kicked off our annual team week for the first time at the Morgantown location. For this year’s festivities, we decided to bring back some employee favorites from Team Week’s ... Read More   >

Dust produced by polishing linked to (another) blast

  8:07 am
In Shanghai, 61 workers were injured after aluminum dust produced by polishing cases for iPads ignited. According to a statement by the China Labor Watch, this blast at the Ri Teng Computer Accessory Company owned by Pegatron Corp. was similar to the Foxconn explosion earlier this year. In May, Foxconn (a major parts supplier for Apple products) was ... Read More   >

Beware of Combustible Dust Levels in the Winter

December 13, 2011   8:58 am
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board continues to urge OSHA for a new combustible dust standard. As the winter months approach, manufacturers must continue to take proper measures to decrease combustible dust accumulations as weather conditions during this season can increase chances of dust igniting. Taken from Safety Messages – Take More Action to Prevent Dust ... Read More   >