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Winner of the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Apex Awards of Excellence for Best Podcast. Join Executive Editor Theresa Houck for Automation Chat, where she talks with industrial automation leaders, executives, and practitioners for their insights about technologies and trends affecting manufacturing and industrial automation professionals. Published by The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine (http://rok.auto/thejournal). We chat about digital transformation, analytics and information management, networks & security, motion control, motor, drivess & electrical systems, workforce challenges, business challenges, robotics, CPG and food & beverage, and more. And get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day.
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Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
** 2022 & 2023 Award of Excellence Winner for "Best Podcast," APEX Awards of Publication Excellence.
While we take a brief summer break, we're happy to bring you an encore presentation of one of our fan favorites. Enjoy!
Did you know in the U.S., shock is associated with all electrical-related fatalities? In this powerful episode, host Theresa Houck, Executive Editor of The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine, chats about electrical safety and the misconceptions about shock safety.
She's joined by Mark Pollock, Global Product Manager with Rockwell Automation Technology Partner Littelfuse Inc., and Terry Becker, Electrical Safety Specialist and Management Consultant of TW Becker Electrical Safety Consulting.
Learn about what contributes to severity of a shock; how NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 updates have affected trends in safety incidents: the long-term effects of get shocked; gaps in electrical safety training that need addressed; how industrial GFCIs work; why risk assessments are important; why UL 943C is important; and more.
And as always, get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day.
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