occupational safety

Safety Doesn’t Stop – How Tool4pro and Other Digital Solutions Enhance Maintenance Shutdown Safety Management

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In our previous article, we discussed five key factors for implementing a safe industrial maintenance shutdown. In this follow-up, we will look at how these practices can be further developed by utilizing modern digital tools – especially Tool4pro. 1. Digital training and onboarding tools Modern digital twins of the factory environment and remote support tools take onboarding and training to a new level. With the help of digital twins, employees can get to know the sites and their environments just as […]

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Stop the machines, but not the safety – 5 factors for a safe industrial maintenance shutdown

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1. Training and orientation All employees – both internal and third-party – must be trained and introduced to the company’s safe working principles. During major annual maintenance outages, special maintenance outage occupational safety orientations are also organized for everyone. The orientations cover, among other things, specific requirements for the area, work permit practices, emergency exit routes, actions in emergency situations, and the process for reporting deviations and hazardous situations. Employees must also be provided with sufficient training to perform their work tasks safely. The safety culture […]

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Nordkalk Lappeenranta digitalizes maintenance shutdowns – from manual lists to mobile control

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The client company Nordkalk is Northern Europe’s leading limestone supplier, founded in 1898. The head office is located in Pargas and there are operations in 14 locations in Finland. Nordkalk’s lime nourishes the soil where our food grows, it purifies the water we drink and the air we breathe. It is also essential for several industrial processes, such as steel and paper production. Nordkalk is constantly developing its operations to be more responsible, more efficient […]

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The importance and challenges of traceability in manufacturing

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During my career, traceability has always played a significant role in solving problems. Usually, traceability has helped us to find the root causes of production problems and quality deviations. An engineer’s job is often quite a detective job. Often the roots of problems led to maintenance downtime. In the process industry, there is a lot of online data, maintenance system device data and production diary entries. Even these were not always enough to find the root causes of problems, because a lot of things are done […]

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Did you know that poor communication often increases the risk of accidents? Read how the situation is corrected.

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Zero accidents is everyone's goal in working life, and achieving it requires the commitment of all personnel to the goal, as well as processes and methods that support safety. In industrial maintenance downtimes and troubleshooting, the flow of information is one of the most significant factors in ensuring work safety - and it can be improved with modern methods. Repairs and maintenance work involve ensuring the safety of the site. Work may not be started under any circumstances, if safety

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No more accidents!

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No more damage! The recent sad news in the media regarding work accidents made me think again about what we in Finnish industry and workplaces in general could do differently and better. In my own industrial career, which has already lasted more than thirty years, I myself have been a person in charge in organizations where serious work accidents have occurred. The worst and saddest accident in my working career happened in 1998, when I concretely got […]

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Is the digitalization of industry fast enough?

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I stopped for a moment to think about communication technology, mobile technology and how significantly they have changed my everyday life at home, but especially in my work in the process industry. I start this story from the beginning of my studies in 1994. At that time, the use of e-mail on Unix machines was quite new. In 1996, at my summer job at a paper factory, foremen primarily used pagers and landlines to communicate information. E-mail already existed, but it was still not used much for information

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