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NAHAD's 28th Annual Meeting & Convention will meet at the fabulous Venetian/Palazzo Hotel Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 18 - 22, 2012. Featuring a powerful mix of top-level business presentations, supplier product showcase exhibits, principal-to-principal networking and all the fun and glitz of Vegas, this Convention is one you won't want to miss!

Members may register online HERE. 

Visit the NAHAD Convention pages on this site for full details.

Hotel reservations at the Venetian/Palazzo are available online HERE.

View the lineup of powerful business presentations and UID workshops here.

Check out the 2012 Showcase of Hose Solutions exhibits program and tour the 2011 event here.

NAM: President’s Budget Inconsistent with Calls to Strengthen Manufacturing

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Senior Vice President for Policy and Government Relations Aric Newhouse recently issued the following statement in response to the release of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2013:

Making difficult budget decisions in a time of slow growth, high unemployment and serious fiscal challenges is an opportunity for leadership. Now is the time for a pro-growth, pro-jobs reform of our tax code and entitlement programs to put manufacturers back to work and put the country on a path toward fiscal stability.

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Chlorine Hose Failure Addressed by NAHAD & CSB

Following a catastrophic incident in Festus, MO in 2002 involving a ruptured chlorine transfer hose, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) approached NAHAD to craft appropriate warning language within the NAHAD Hose Assembly Guidelines to address continuous positive hose identification.

Over the past several years, NAHAD’s Hose Safety Institute has worked with the CSB and the Chlorine Institute regarding this matter. The NAHAD Standards Committee  recently completed this task by including additional language into the Guidelines, as posted on the Hose Safety Institute web site.

Recently, Rafael Moure-Eraso, PhD, CIH, CSB Chairperson, sent the following letter to NAHAD, commending its efforts:

I am writing with regard to (a) CSB Recommendation issued to NAHAD following our investigation of a chlorine release incident at DPC Enterprises' facility in Festus, Missouri in August 2002, resulting from a catastrophic rupture of a chlorine transfer hose whose structural reinforcement braid layer was made of 316L stainless steel, rather than Hastelloy C-276.

Because such errors can result in catastrophic releases of highly toxic chlorine gas, the CSB recommended that NAHAD "Work with The Chlorine Institute and chlorine hose manufacturers …… to develop and   implement a recommended practice requiring continuous positive identification (e .g, coding,  stenciling, stamping) throughout the supply chain, from manufacturing to the end user of the product.

I am writing to inform you that the Board voted on January 4, 2012 to designate this recommendation with the status "Closed- Acceptable Action." This status reflects the Board's determination that NAHAD has met the intent of the CSB's recommendation. We were pleased to learn that NAHAD has incorporated language into its hose assembly guidelines to stress the importance of continuous positive identification and to reference the Chlorine Institute Pamphlet #6, Appendix A, as a resource for permanent markings for chlorine transfer hose. Thank you for your efforts to safeguard the health and safety of workers and the public at large

For more information on NAHAD’s Hose Safety Institute, visit www.nahad.org or www.hosesafetyinstitute.org.

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