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In all honesty, I dislike doing these kinds of prompts. Not because the prompt doesn't create something I am pleased with (being forced to connect lines to words that aren't your own usually creates a different mind space than where your mind would have gone naturally, which is good), but because I feel as if my brain is broken. The end result ends up better than some of the work I free-write without prompt or guidance.
There are other prompts like this: inserting your lines between those of another poet, or using a line as a starting point. But this way there is so little free space in comparison, yet you still have to come back to complete the idea. So, it works the same way.
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Amazon measures their CPU allotment in terms of virtual cores and EC2 Compute Units. EC2 Compute Units are defined as:
The amount of CPU that is allocated to a particular instance is expressed in terms of these EC2 Compute Units. We use several benchmarks and tests to manage the consistency and predictability of the performance from an EC2 Compute Unit. One EC2 Compute Unit provides the equivalent CPU capacity of a 1.0-1.2 GHz 2007 Opteron or 2007 Xeon processor. This is also the equivalent to an early-2006 1.7 GHz Xeon processor referenced in our original documentation.
My question is, say I have a "Large Instance" which comes with "4 EC2 Compute Units (2 virtual cores with 2 EC2 Compute Units each)". Does this mean I essentially have 4 cores in a logical sense? Would I want to spawn 4 CPU-bound threads? Or are the compute units simply a measure of power, and I have 2 cores?
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Nokia has redesigned its Ovi Maps navigation software and has decided to stop making users pay for turn-by-turn guidance. It's hard to conclude that this is not simply a response to Google's creation of Map Navigation, a free route guidance app for Android devices. Ovi Maps Ovi Maps: 3D landmarks help you see where you are …
So when will this Map Navigation be available on the iphone?
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This would be really exciting if their flagship device wasn't unusably buggy and horrid... :(
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An arts festival in Cumbria that celebrated the 2012 Olympics generated £3m for the county's economy.
Lakes Alive, which featured street parades and a show performed entirely on Derwentwater, also attracted 50,000 visitors during its summer run.
The results of a study, for organisers Kendal Arts International, also found 15,000 visitors were from outside the county.
Julie Tait, from Lakes Alive, said the report showed Lakes Alive had made a "significant contribution" to tourism. She said: "It encouraged more overnight stays and boosted cultural and general tourism."
Highlights of the festival included Water Fools, a surreal night show performed on Derwentwater; Masquepony, a small scale, family friendly festival in Cartmel and Mintfest, one of the country's largest street arts festivals.
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Confused by adviser pay? Help is on the way
Today, we have some good news and bad news -- and a call to action -- for both investment advisers and investors.
The news comes from a survey just released by the investment industry magazine Advisers Edge (advisor.ca) on investment adviser compensation. One thousand consumers of investment services were asked a series of questions about their knowledge and satisfaction levels with how their advisers are paid.
The release of these results this week was perfect timing for me, as I was writing about the new client relationship model (CRM) being instituted by the investment industry regulators, and how the CRM could result in advisers knowing more about their clients, consumers knowing more about how they pay for investment services and what those services entail.
Back to the recent survey. The good news for both consumers and service providers is the majority of investors think advisers are worth what they're paid, with 63 per cent rating their advisers' value provided as very good or excellent and another 21 per cent as good.
The bad news is there still is a lot of confusion and lack of knowledge about how advisers are actually paid. As many as 35 per cent of consumers reported they were not sure how they paid their adviser.
The call to action to advisers is to make an extra effort to ensure clients understand their compensation model, how much the adviser is being paid and what it costs the client, and be certain the clients understand which services they pay for and which are free.
At the same time, I appeal to the consumers of investment services and advice to ask their advisers more questions and share the responsibility for being fully informed.
The new CRM model is designed to encourage investment firms to design more transparent -- which means understandable -- disclosure of all means of compensation, all consumer costs and all potential conflicts of interest in the activities of investment advice and sales.
The first of these requirements was implemented in March 2013 and resulted in some clearly written explanations of the different models of compensation and how they work. Of course, the shortcoming of any standardized document is it, alone, does not explain to a client which of the models they are using. That's still up to the adviser, but here's a guide.
In general, you could be on a commission and transaction model, where you pay your adviser for transaction services in the form of commissions on mutual funds or trades of stocks and bonds. Funds and other products also pay an ongoing "trailing commission" to the firm to compensate the adviser for servicing the account.
The other general compensation model is fee-based, where the compensation is based on a percentage of the assets in the account, but no transaction fees are charged. Usually, the trailing commissions are turned off by using "F-class" mutual funds or other products.
Over the next two years, the level of disclosure will become even more explicit, to the point of requiring firms to provide the dollar amount (versus percentage) of compensation on future statements.
This may cause a big adjustment for some advisers and firms, but will be business as usual for others -- those who have always disclosed all amounts of compensation. A few advisers have even invoiced their clients directly for all fees, but this is rare.
Another positive (though expensive) step forward will be the requirement for regular reporting of performance on investment accounts. I say "expensive" because some firms have to pay out millions of dollars to develop the computer software to provide these reports.
For 20 years, my team toiled 80 hours a week for two weeks, four times a year, to assist in providing performance information our clients reviewed through their quarterly reports.
For us, having this process automated will be a huge step forward, as it will be for consumers of investment services.
Our only concern is our competitors are being legislated to catch up to us! Oh, well, it's good for all.
Happy Friday the 13th.
David Christianson, BA, CFP, R.F.P., TEP, is a financial planner and adviser with Christianson Wealth Advisers, a vice-president with National Bank Financial Wealth Management, and author of the book Managing the Bull, A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance.
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Overall I am satisfied.
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Gosh, what am I going to do with all those PCs attached to my 3 TVs? They are no longer needed.
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I can't get my computer to recognize my MK808. I'm trying to flash it with Finless 1.5A Custom ROM. I've read all these instructions and still can't get Drivers installed. Also tried from different PC! Any suggestions? TIA.
This is part of the instructions that come from Finless Rom below.
UNZIP THIS TO A FOLDER YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING IN THE PACKAGE! You will be refering to this folder for drivers!
The hardest part is installing the drivers on your PC!
They are supplied in the ROM flash kit but you MUST follow the instructions to the letter to get them installed.
OK so with that said lets get to it.
To get the drivers installed we must FIRST put the mk808 into ROM flash mode!
So I am going to explain how to get the unit into flash mode.
To put the mk808 into flash mode the easy way:
1) Remove any SDcard you may have installed.
2) Connected the supplied USB cable from the device OTG port to your PC.
It will power up and windows may detect the device. DO not worry about that. We need it powered up.
3) In the ROM kit run the ROM FLash Tool.exe.
4) YOu should see at the bottom it says "Found RKAndroid Mass Storage USB"
If it does not say that go into settings and make sure that
a) USB storage is turned off
b) Under developer options, USB debugging is turned off
5) Once it says "Found RKAndroid Mass Storage Usb" in the flash tool click the "Reboot to Flash Mode" button.
6) Wait up to at least 10 seconds. The unit should reboot and the screen for the mk808 will be black (no ouptut).
7) If the unit does not reboot to a blank screen, repeats steps above
Congrats! You are now in flash mode! To get out of it at any time just unplug the USB power to the mk808.
It will boot back up normally out of flash mode.
If you do not ever see the flash tool say "Found RKAndroid MASS Storage USB"
Or reboot to flash mode does not work, then use this manual proceedure.
1) Have the USB cable unplugged.
2) Near the HDMI port are 2 holes in each corner. One is the blue LED hole.
The other in the corner is a reset button under the hole.
Use a paper clip or something to push the reset button in this hole.
I actually enlarged the hole so a paper clip would fit.
You will feel the button "click" when you are on it.
3) Hold this button down and while holding it, plug the USB cable from the PC to the OTG port on the MK808.
4) YOu should here windows BONG it found a new device. The LED will not light!
5) You are now in ROM flash mode. Read below for installing drivers.
Driver install:
1) Now that we are in ROM flash mode as above, Windows should now have a new device found and it will be unknown.
2) Open the device manager in control panel. You should see a device listed as unknown with a yellow symbol in it.
3) RIGHT click on it and select "Update Driver".
4) You will get a dialog asking to search or browse my computer for the driver. Click Browse
5) On the next screen click the browse button. A file manager will open.
6) Now remember I told you to unzip this package to somewhere you know how to find it like the desktop?
7) Using the file manager point to this package, Click on the driver folder.
8) Then click on the folder for 32bit or 64bit depending on your OS.
9) Now click on your OS version, e.g. Win7, etc.
10) The OK button should now be available to click OK.
11) At this point the drivers should install. If not start over.
12) No matter what, reboot the PC now. Also unplug the mk808 and let it reboot
13) Once the PC is back up plug in the mk808 and repeat the steps for getting into flash mode!
14) Now this is important! If you did everything right when you go into flash mode (blank screen),
the PC FLash tool should now say at the bottom "Found RKAndroid Loader Rock Usb"
If it does not, you did not get the drivers installed! repeat above yet again.
Flashing the ROM:
OK so you know how to get into flash mode AND you got the drivers installed.
The flash tool says at the bottom "Found RKAndroid Loader Rock Usb". We are ready!
NOTE THIS WILL ERASE THE UNIT AND REMOVE ANY APP, MOVIES, WETC you may have put on it!
THis is a full erase! However to get the 1gig of APP space, WE MUST DO THIS.
So make sure anything you had was backed up.
1) DO NOT UNCHECK OR CHECK ANY OF THE BOXES IN THE ROM TOOL WINDOW! I have set this up to work just right!
If you uncheck or check something.... YOUR ON YOUR OWN IF YOU BRICK!!!!!
1) Press the button in the flash tool "Erase NAND (IDB)". Let it finish.
2) Press the "Flash ROM" button. It will take several minutes to do it's thing. Watch for errors!
3) After flash and no errors, the mk808 will reboot.
If you got errors using the PC flash tool, then you have some kind of USB problem.
Some things to check:
1) Make sure you connect to a real USB port from the PC. NOT a USB hub or maybe even front panel USB ports!
2) Some older BIOS have a setting called "high speed USB". You may have to go into the BIOS and turn that off.
That was a crappy implementation of USB 3.0 that is not reliable.
3) Try connecting to USB 2.0 ports instead of 3.0 if you have them.
4) Try unplugging any other USB devices like removable disks, hubs, media readers, etc.
5) All else fails, try another PC.
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I have the same issue, and I gave up. any one?
I have not received the shipment from them after almost 2 months.
Just contacted them and they said they ran out of Black color.
C'mon. You ran out but you did not email your customers anything?
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Well just to report back that my original MK808 is now dead.. Hardly used to be honest - I've emailed their support address to see if there's any warranty or hope of a replacement MK808...
PSU LED lights up (red) but the blue LED on the unit isn't playing...and no display on the TV.
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Arden Hills Rated Among "Best Places To Live"Posted by on August 25, 2011 – 6:27 am
In May of 2011 the Vikings and Ramsey County announced a partnership to build a new multi-purpose stadium on the former Twin Cities Army Ammunitions Plant (TCAAP) property in Arden Hills. The site in Arden Hills is just 10 miles from both downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul and it offers tremendous benefits to the State, the County, the Vikings and the fans.
And, according to CNNMoney, Arden Hills is also among the best places to live in America in 2011. The website compiled a Top 100 places to live in 2011 list and Arden Hills came in ranked at #14, the second-highest ranking among all Minnesota towns (Chanhassen was ranked 10th).
On the page describing Arden Hills, it says families are attracted to Arden Hills by "a top-rated school district and a trail system that connects parks, playgrounds, and lakes." It also says Arden Hills is known for strict tree preservation laws that even the newest developments "seem like long-established neighborhoods."
The only negative CNNMoney listed with Arden Hills was the presence of a "Superfund" site, but the website also cites the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as saying the cleanup process at the site is "almost complete."
Despite the Vikings partnership with Ramsey County and the team's patience over the past several years, legislators chose not to address the stadium situation during the 2011 Legislative Session. The Vikings have done everything State leaders have asked, including finding a strong local partner, identifying the best stadium site and contributing significant private money into the project. The team continues to stand ready to complete the deal for a new stadium.
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Vikings Fans are Weighing in on Stadium EffortsPosted by on June 28, 2011 – 10:36 am
Vikings Stadium Development/Grassroots Coordinator Eric Durkee checks in with this blog entry regarding the Vikings on-going push for a new stadium in Arden Hills:
As the Vikings continue to work with Governor Dayton, legislative leaders, and Ramsey County on developing final legislation to build a new stadium in Arden Hills, the team's biggest supporters continue to weigh in on the public conversation surrounding the issue.
Shortly after a Shoreview city councilman posted an online petition against a new stadium in Arden Hills, Vikings fans countered with their own petition in support of the plan. Despite the councilman's petition receiving media coverage from outlets like the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and ESPN.com, Vikings fans' support of the plan that creates jobs and secures the team in Minnesota has clearly outpaced opponents. In only five days, the fan petition has over 5,400 signatures and continues to climb every hour. You can view and sign the petition here.
Grassroots efforts such as this truly show how passionate Vikings fans are about keeping their team in Minnesota and seeing a new stadium become a reality. And given that the Vikings still believe when the budget issue is resolved, new stadium legislation will also be heard during a Special Session, these efforts could not come at a better time.
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New Stadium UpdatePosted by on February 15, 2011 – 2:04 pm
In my estimation there are 3 significant issues surrounding the Vikings right now that should capture fans' attention. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and upcoming NFL draft are a couple. The other is the status of the new stadium issue, which has been a frequent subject in news headlines recently.
So what is the latest on this front? That's a loaded question and one that requires a complex and difficult answer. So let's keep it simple and focus on recent events.
Earlier this week the Vikings sent a non-exclusive and non-binding letter of intent to Ramsey County expressing interest in a potential partnership in redeveloping the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) property in the City of Arden Hills as a potential stadium site.
More importantly, though, is what happened on Tuesday. The 7-member Ramsey County Board of Commissioners took a necessary and important step in the stadium issue by passing overwhelmingly (by a 6-1 vote) a resolution that allows the Ramsey County manager to move forward and complete the due diligence required to begin negotiations with the Vikings to build a publicly-owned stadium at the TCAAP property.
Basically, both the Vikings and the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners believe that the TCAAP property has great potential for a new stadium site and therefore both parties are willing to explore the viability of this idea.
"The breadth of our responsibilities runs the gamut," said Commissioner Jim McDonough prior to Tuesday's vote. "It's important for us to work on this opportunity to say, 'Yes, it's good for Ramsey County,' or 'No, let's move on.' We need to invest some time and some energy on this."
The decision was a "Yes" and now the process will continue to progress, which is good news for Vikings fans.
"Today's vote was a very positive development on the stadium front," said Vikings VP of Public Affairs and Stadium Development Lester Bagley. "We believe the TCAAP property is a viable site. We greatly value our relationships with the Ramsey County Commissioners and County staff, and we look forward to those continuing."
Bagley went on to say: "This is moving in the right direction. We're going to have a good, hard run at it this year and we're encouraged by the progress and the leadership of the Governor (Mark Dayton), (Chair of the Minneapolis Sports Facilities Commission) Ted Mondale and Republicans in the Legislature, particularly Senator Julie Rosen and Representative Morrie Lanning. It's a bi-partisan effort and we're trying to push the pieces forward and move into a position where we can tie them together in the not-too-distant future."
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April 16, 2008
For most of the campaign, one of the clearest contrasts between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has been stylistic: She was pedestrian, talking in simple terms about people's problems and her plans to help solve them; he was lyrical, speaking in grand themes about changing America. In tonight's opening statements, I thought, both candidates played against their types.
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April 15, 2008
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Over on the main page, I review a new "Frontline" special about health care systems abroad called "Sick Around the World." It's good! And if you don't catch it tonight on PBS, I recently learned, it should be available on the Frontline website. I also learned that National Public Radio is airing a companion series of segments on its shows this week. You can listen to the first one, which explains some of the finer points of the Japanese system, here. As it happens, I was just at a special screening of the film. In attendance were Washington Post correspondent T.R.
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April 14, 2008
It was entirely predictable that John McCain would use Barack Obama's comments about small town America to rebrand Obama as a liberal elitist. But who knew McCain would also use the opportunity to rebrand himself as a modern-day Bobby Kennedy? During some remarks this morning, McCain announced that he will spend next week touring communities coping with job losses and hard economic times. His goal, according to the prepared text sent to media, is "to tell people living there that there must not be any forgotten parts of America; any forgotten Americans.
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April 14, 2008
Forget the the drug companies, the insurers, and the small business lobby. Forget Bill Kristol, Fox News, and the Republican Party, too. The largest obstacle to creating universal health care is you. OK, maybe not you personally. But you collectively--i.e., the American people--are a huge political problem. Yes, polls show people support universal health care in the abstract. They may even say they're willing to pay more taxes for it. But once the debate turns real, they get skittish. Most people, after all, have health insurance already.
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April 03, 2008
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April 01, 2008
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When accidents happen, they harm not only workers, but also sometimes residents living near the work sites. • The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), as well as other state and federal authorities, prescribes rules that are meant to prevent accidents. An employer's failure to follow these safety standards puts you at significant risk. And, depending on where the work site is located, there could be significant risk to residents living nearby if proper safety equipment is not provided and an explosion, fire or gas leak occurs. • While safety standards are meant to keep workers safe, they also help to keep the surrounding community safe. Important safety standards include: • Walking-working surfaces: Clean walkways, free of water and oil or other debris, go a long way in preventing slip-and-falls. And guarding or covering open spaces can prevent dangerous falls from oil rigs. • Personal protective gear: Employers must provide protective gear and training to oil and gas workers. Depending on the job and location, this gear includes everything from eye and respiratory protection to proper footwear. • Machine guarding: Machinery is to be guarded to prevent injury from nip points, sparks and other dangers — and the guards are not to be removed, altered or disabled. • Proper safety training P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada On-Site Safety Programs and Expectations Reporting to the Person "In-Charge" Reviewing the JSA & Emergency Plan Participating in "STOP" Practicing Safety Leadership Understanding General On-Site Rules P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada No Excuse for Improper Maintenance • Improper maintenance is one of the most egregious causes of an accident — simply because good maintenance is a necessary part of keeping equipment and oil rigs in working order. When maintenance is done improperly or not at all, oil and gas workers are put at risk of serious injury or worse. And in the event that a gas leak, explosion or fire does occur, it could harm not only workers, but also unsuspecting residents living nearby the work site. 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Equipment is not shut down for maintenance and worker productivity continues without interruption — until, of course, something goes wrong. In the push to extract oil and gas, energy companies may operate in a reactive manner by fixing things only after someone has been injured — when the time to prevent a serious accident is long gone. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Oil Rig Falls: Heights and Other Common Hazards • Falls from drilling rigs may not make the headlines as often as pipeline explosions or gas leaks, but slip and falls from an oil rig or off a platform can still lead to serious injury or even death. Your injuries may be temporary or permanent. Either way, dangerous falls from oil rigs can often be prevented if employers take proper safety measures. • When it comes to most oil and gas jobs, many accidents involve falls from heights or slip-and-falls on other surfaces. These cases include: • Working on platforms: Equipment and machinery are constantly being moved around overhead. This can lead to getting struck and pushed off a platform. Other hazards include lack of a safety harness and accumulated snow, ice or water. • Working at ground level: You may slip or trip on uncovered cables, because of poor lighting, or on wet and oily surfaces. Lack of proper footwear or improperly placed objects can lead to a slip-and-fall. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Were You Hit by Unsecured Equipment? • Safety harnesses aren't just for oil and gas workers. Harnesses, netting and other barriers should also be used to keep objects and equipment from falling. Equipment and machinery are always being moved overhead on oil rigs. If machinery or equipment is left improperly secured, oil and gas workers are at risk of getting struck and seriously injured by falling objects. No Excuse for Falling Objects/Equipment • Supervisors and managers have a responsibility to ensure that oil and gas workers stay safe on the job. Much of that responsibility comes with very little room for mistakes. A lapse of attention or poor judgment can cause an accident. And then there are those mistakes that happen because of an ongoing safety issue — like lack of harnesses, or because of defective safety equipment or improper maintenance. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Asphyxiation • Employee opened a cover at the top of a oil storage tank in order to gage the amount of water in the tank and was overcome by H2S gas. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada ACCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROGEN SULFIDE CONTINUE TO OCCUR. Accidents associated with H2S continue to occur even though we know about the extremely dangerous properties of the gas. People tend to disregard the danger and therefore disregard the need for specialized training and PPE while dealing with toxic chemicals, and the need to go above and beyond conventional training. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Dangers of distracted driving • OSHA's new distracted driving brochure explains to employers and supervisors the importance of preventing texting by their workers while driving. Texting while driving dramatically increases the risk of motor vehicle crashes, the leading cause of worker fatalities. Distracted driving crashes killed more than 5,400 people and injured nearly 500,000 in 2009. OSHA encourages trade associations to share this brochure with their members. • See OSHA's Distracted Driving Web page for more information on the agency's efforts to protect workers from this growing hazard. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Actions to Take Prior to Arriving at the Site • Ensure you have had the proper training. • Ensure you have with you: – Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). – The right tools for the job. – The right people to do the job safely. • Ensure you have no prohibited items P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada FRC must be worn with the sleeves fully extended to the wrist and with the buttons and zippers closed Shirts are to be completely tucked inside of the pants at the waist FRC shall meet NFPA 2112 requirements P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada PPE – Respiratory Protection If Respiratory Protection is necessary, medical approval and fit testing are also required prior to use Facial hair must not interfere with the face-to- mask seal P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada What Types of Work are Associated with a rig site all this and more Chemical Use Computer Work Construction Ladder Use Cut/Saw/Drill Machining Lifting P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Symptoms of Soft Tissue Injuries – Less strength for gripping – Less range of motion – Loss of muscle function – Inability to do everyday tasks – Sore muscles – Strains/Sprains – Bruises – Pinched nerves P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Primary Causes of Soft Tissue Injuries • Repetitive motions • Awkward postures • Forceful exertion • Contact stress • Prolonged vibration • Excess body weight • Slips/Falls • Struck by Ask participants to name • Caught in tasks that they perform that could result in a soft tissue injury. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Contact Stress • Caused by contact with Examples: hard objects or surfaces • Working on your knees • Hitting something with your hand • Carrying something and supporting it on your shoulder or head • Standing/working off ladders and rubbing soft tissue • Using tools like tin snips that require a lot of pressure P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Moving Body Material Handling All Other Walking Stair Use Wrench Use Welding P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada MATERIAL HANDLING - 11 Accidents - What could be done? Excess manual force- 4? No gloves- 3 Proper cart / hand trucks- 2 Unstable body position- 1 Avoid falling objects- 1 Design/Mitigation Ideas Material Handling Long term plan- decrease manual/increase powered lifting Job Planning- Safety meetings discuss options P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada STAIR USE - 5 Accidents - What could be done? No handrail use No handtruck Splinter from handrail Design/Mitigation Establish culture of using handrails Avoid carrying items that prevent you from using handrail/seeing Design OSHA compliant handrails Stair Use Safety meetings/Job Hazard Analysis P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Slips/Falls • Watch out for trip hazards • Trash and debris, esp. items like conduit or pieces of hanger rod create hazards for everyone in the building • Watch for slick surfaces • Make sure lighting is adequate • Don't jump from equipment • Use three points of contact when climbing • Wear fall protection when required! P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Preventing Some of the Most Serious Accidents - Ladder Safety Pick the right ladder Don't use a ladder that is too short Inspect the ladder Climb with both hands free P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada After reporting to the on-site supervisor, review the task and site-specific JSA so as to be aware of potential hazards and the plans that exist to mitigate hazards Review the on-site Emergency Plan requirements and identify all emergency contacts and resources P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada JSA's – Job Safety Analysis A pre-job safety meeting and JSA will be conducted prior to beginning daily operations and also when the job scope or conditions change Full crew participation is expected JSA's must be revised as work conditions or personnel change during the day P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada THINK WHERE CAN I GET HURT NOW THINK HOW DO I AVOID GETTING HURT P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada • Struck by Wear hard hats and safety glasses and watch out for falling objects. • Ensure mobile equipment has functioning back-up alarms. • Post and barricade areas with overhead hazards. • Install toeboards where needed. • Inspect and follow proper rigging procedures. • Don't walk under scaffolds, suspended loads, lifts, etc. • Follow established traffic control procedures and wear a reflective vest when working around traffic. ALWAYS be observant and cautious when moving around a construction site. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Struck - By • Employee was walking across the site to visually inspect drill pipe when he was struck by a truck. • The crown sheave shaft came out of one of its mounts releasing the sheaves, the drilling line, 165,000 pound drilling string, and the blocks fell to the drilling floor. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Struck – By Incidents • An employee was traversing a steep incline on an ATV when the vehicle turned over, striking the employee. • Employee was struck on the head by a falling A-Frame leg of a drilling derrick. The employee was in the process of guiding the brace of the A-Frame leg into place. • An employee was working on / near the line heater when the end blew off. The employee had been engaged in changing out the o-ring. Shut in the line heater by closing a valve upstream at / near the well head and closing a valve downstream in front of the separator. The valve upstream had been opened but the valve downstream had not been opened. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Struck - By • Employee jumped on to the back end of a traveling bobcat. The auger bit on the bobcat got stuck into the ground. Operator of bobcat stopped, backed up the bobcat, and raised the auger bit up; when doing this the hydraulic arms of the bobcat crushed his face and neck. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Caught - in • While lubricating rotary the employee's raincoat was caught by the near-by rotating kelly. • Employee was examining the hatch of a pressurized vessel for a suspected leak when the hatch exploded, striking the employee. • While performing gas well servicing hydrocarbon vapors escaped from the well and were ignited by the engine on the work-over rig. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Caught in/between • Assure all guards for equipment and machines remain in place. • Lock out machines and equipment when making repairs. • Be aware of the lift mechanism on scissor lifts and other equipment pinch points. • Make sure the swing radius of cranes and other rotating equipment is barricaded. • Ensure that trenches are properly sloped or shored. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Workers were ordered out of the trench (left) just moments before a portion collapsed (right), avoiding possible injury or loss of life. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Confined Space, Excavations, or Hazardous Environments • Where unusually hazardous gases present, advise employees, contractors, and service company supervisors of hazards • Fill the cellar if it is not needed • Definition of confined space • Testing, permit system before entry • Declassification of confined spaces P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Drilling Fluid Tanks • On land: Pits and tanks used to circulate flammables located 100 feet from well, or equivalent • Drilling fluid tanks treated as confined spaces • Ventilation, ventilation alarms, gas detectors • Blowers with appropriate electrical classification P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Pressure Release / Explosion • Employee was attempting to clean out the coils from the hot oiler truck by pushing hot water through with the burners lit on the truck. Without uncoiling the hose, employee began pumping out the crude oil into the wash pit in the yard. The hot water caused a volatile steam cloud to form which was blown into the burners causing a flash fire. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Fall from Elevation • The derrickman fell while holding onto the elevator after attempting to latch a drill pipe from the fingers of the board. He had his harness on but was not tied off. • Fall from derrick board: Employee grabbed the elevator and held on for a few minutes but then let go, grasping a 4.5" vertical pipe. Employee slid partially down the pipe joint until he reached the pipe collar from where he free fell approximately 65 ft. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Electrocution • Repairing cables that had been damaged by a truck, employee was holding cable while another employee energized line (incorrect line). • Pump jack, being moved with a gin pole truck, came into contact with or came near an electrical line. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Emphasis on New Regulations • The regulatory agenda recently outlined is very aggressive. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Rig Electrical Systems Equipment • Designed for use in hazardous locations if used there • Maintain: manufacturer recommendation • Flexible cord, resistant to dampness and petroleum • Protect wiring from damage; replace or properly repair when insulation damaged P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Crane contacts overhead lines; causes fire; tires begin to burn P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Electricity - The Dangers • About 5 workers are electrocuted every week • Causes 12% of young worker workplace deaths • Takes very little electricity to cause harm • Significant risk of causing fires P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Electrical Shock Injury; Note entry and exit point • These accidents can be prevented with improved supervisor and worker safety training and better coordination of work with all utilities involved. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Same injury a few days later P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada At-Risk Workers • Equipment operators for mobile equipment, dump trucks, drill rigs, cranes, etc. and employees who work around this equipment • Emergency service personnel who respond to car crashes involving power poles and overhead lines, downed power lines, respond to fires involving electrical lines near structures • Employees working from ladders P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Worker subjected to arc flash P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Don't Put Your Life on the Line! P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Housekeeping KEEP IT CLEAN • Clean work areas; remove trip hazards • Avoid / clean up wet floors (from leaks, spills, or pulling wet pipe) • Keep cellar clear of fluids or loose equipment/material • Keep egress routes unblocked • Store tools & equipment to avoid falling • Keep fire fighting equipment accessible P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada A good health & safety program provides regulatory compliance Compliance with regulatory standards alone does not qualify as a "good Safety and Health program" Injuries on the job • If you are injured on the job, you must report the injury to your supervisor immediately. • Even if you don't need medical treatment, report all accidents, near misses and injuries to your supervisor when they occur. P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Without a Safety Program You Could Go… P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada Questions? P bar Y Safety Consultants Alberta Canada