cal osha, electrical safety, field label, osha| July 26, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Ask Lewis Bass: Another Question About Field Labeling

Welcome to another blog in our ongoing series, Ask Lewis Bass! This series features actual submitted questions from companies in the industries we provide engineering safety consulting services to. Topics covered include those associated with our work in 3rd party field labeling, SEMI S2/S8/EMC/F47 testing and design, CE Marking evaluations, and general engineering safety consulting [...]

field label| July 19, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

What to expect when you are expecting a field label evaluation

You've just setup and installed your new custom machine in your facility... and the custom machine is powered on and ready for production. It's in its final install location. You've securely anchored it with seismic bracing because it is over 400lbs, and well, it's just a good thing to do in general because you value [...]

electrical safety, field label, safety| June 28, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Field Labeling

ahj, authority having jurisdiction, electrical safety, safety| June 21, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

What is an Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and why should you care?

What is an Authority Having Jurisdiction? In North America, an AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) acts as the enforcement arm of the NFPA 79/790/791 codes that govern our industry when it comes to electrical evaluations of equipment. While it was not intended to be confusing, the fact of the matter is that the AHJ isn’t just [...]

electrical safety, safety| May 31, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Three machine safety situations facility managers need to be aware of

Machine safety is nothing to be taken lightly: here are three safety situations you should be aware of. Here at Lewis Bass, we have encountered just about every possible scenario involving machine safety and compliance-blockers in the course of providing our third party electrical evaluations to our clients. In this week's blog post we are [...]

compliance, nameplate, nfpa| May 24, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Ask Lewis Bass: A Question About Machine Nameplate Durability

field label, nrtl inspections| May 17, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

NRTL Inspections are not Field Label Evaluations

The sales team at Lewis Bass often receives calls from interested clients asking about our "NRTL Inspection" services. What they really mean to say (and are actually referring to) is a, "Third Party Electrical Evaluation" also known in our industry as a field label evaluation for unlisted equipment. It is quite easy to see how [...]

duplan construction, field label| March 8, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Lewis Bass Recent Project Interview Series 1: Duplan Construction

Welcome to the first blog in our new continuing series entitled Lewis Bass's Recent Project Interviews. This series will offer an inside look into recently completed projects in which we played a key role. In many of our projects, Lewis Bass is brought on as a sub-contractor to a construction firm or other type of [...]

electrical safety, field evaluation, field evaluation services, field label, video| February 22, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Video Premier: How Lewis Bass Performs Field Labeling

This Video is an Industry First We are pleased to announce that our first video showing one of our core services, 3rd party field labeling, is now live on YouTube this week. In this video, Lewis Bass engineers Doug Snow and Oleg Zholudev walk you through our proprietary 127 line item checklist for evaluating industrial [...]

field label, nfpa 79, nfpa 790. nfpa 791| February 8, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Machine Nameplates: The A-Z of NFPA 79 Requirements

The History and Components of a Nameplate Machine nameplates have a history dating back to their first use by St. Paul's Stamp Works, which issued their first identification nameplate to a local company in the mid 1920s. Much has changed since then. Nameplates are now a requirement for all consumer, industrial, medical, and high tech [...]

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