Undermining Your Expertise
March 28, 2012
“Seek First to Understand – Are you Really Listening?” is Habit #5 from Stephen Covey’s classic self-help book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. At Harrington Group, we try to manage our interactions with our employees and…
Are You Really Listening?
March 21, 2012
Sometimes, experience and expertise are a double-edged sword. Through years of working and building up knowledge, people develop skills that help them identify and solve problems that would have gone undetected or unsolved.…
What Happens When Industrial Ovens & Dryers are not Inspected, Tested, and Maintained Properly?
News,Newsroom,Industrial Oven Fire
March 14, 2012
Severe accidents may occur if gas-fired ovens are not inspected, tested, and maintained properly. In a recent article in Process Safety Progress, authors Quentin A. Baker, Daniel J. Benac, and Douglas B. Olson, discuss an…
Combustible Dust Regulations Still Not on the Horizon for OSHA
News,Newsroom,Combustible Dust
March 2, 2012
February 20th marked the ninth anniversary of a devastating combustible dust explosion at a CTA Acoustics facility in Corbin, Kentucky, a fiberglass insulation manufacturer for the automotive industry. The explosion killed…
Think Win/Win
News,Blog,HGI Development & Strategies,7 Habits
March 1, 2012
In recent events, we’ve seen an emergence of winner-takes-all strategies come into fashion. A winner-takes-all approach to business turns relationships into a competition. Dog-eat-dog business strategies are unsustainable, and…
The 7 Habits Of Harrington Group
News,Blog,HGI Development & Strategies,7 Habits
February 22, 2012
The economic recession in the early 1990s hit the real estate markets hard between 1990 and 1992. Architects suffered because new commercial and industrial construction dried up during this period. As a small fire protection…
Combustible Dust Caused Two Explosions at Apple Suppliers
News,Newsroom,Combustible Dust
February 22, 2012
In an effort to improve worker safety, labor rights, and environmental impact, Apple recently released its annual Supplier Responsibility Report. The report confirms that two explosions that occurred last year at separate…
The Little General Tragic Propane Explosion Hits its Fifth Anniversary
News,Newsroom,Propane Explosion
February 16, 2012
This year marks the fifth anniversary of a tragic propane explosion that occurred at Little General convenience store in Ghent, West Virginia. The explosion killed a total of four people, including two emergency responders and…
What To Do In The Case Of A Fire Sprinkler Discharge
News,Blog,Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures,Subrogation
February 8, 2012
According to the NFSA: Automatic fire sprinkler systems are widely considered the single most effective tool for protecting life and property from unfriendly fire. There has never been a multiple loss of life from fire among…
How to Keep Your Family Safe from the Leading Cause of Home Fires
February 7, 2012
Home cooking related fires continue to be a leading cause of fire loss within the United States. In the November 2011 NFPA report, Home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment, Marty Ahrens found that between the years of 2005…
How To Prevent Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
News,Blog,Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
February 1, 2012
Ideally, all sprinkler systems would be properly designed and installed for their environment. Dry sprinkler systems would properly slope in order to drain and wet systems would be properly insulated in areas that drop below…
Fire Erupts Inside Construction Contractor’s Storage Trailer
News,Newsroom,Construction Storage Fires
January 31, 2012
Firefighters in Spokane, WA recently responded to a fire in a construction contractor’s storage trailer at the Avista Corporation’s main corporate campus property. The first-arriving firefighters reported finding the…
Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
News,Blog,Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
January 25, 2012
The fire sprinkler industry takes many precautions to ensure that accidental leakage does not occur. However, if an automatic sprinkler has discharged water in the clear absence of a fire, an investigation should be undertaken…
Code Consulting Services Save Client $1.8 Million in Unnecessary Fire Safety Modifications
News,Blog,Hazard & Risk Assessment,Success Stories,Code Analysis
January 17, 2012
A tire manufacturing company with a distribution facility located in the State of Texas recently contacted Harrington Group for code consulting assistance to address concerns raised by the city’s fire department. The fire…
CSB Releases New Combustible Dust Safety Video
News,Newsroom,Combustible Dust
January 12, 2012
In 2011, three incidents involving combustible iron dust occurred at the Hoeganaes Corporation in Gallatin, Tennessee. Flash fires and an explosion resulted in the death of five workers and injured three others. The US Chemical…