by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | May 9, 2026 | Electrical Safety, Facility Compliance, Infrared, Thermal Imaging
Infrared thermography is one of those tools that gets more powerful the smarter you are about when you use it. The technology itself, a thermal camera that reads heat signatures through surfaces without contact, is well understood. The part that most facilities get...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Apr 6, 2026 | Power Systems
Ask most facility managers what power system studies cost, and they can give you a number. Ask them what an unplanned outage costs, and the conversation gets uncomfortable fast. For a mid-size manufacturing facility, an hour of unplanned downtime can cost tens to...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Apr 6, 2026 | NFPA 70E
You scheduled the training. Your team sat through the session. Everyone signed the attendance sheet. Done, right? Not quite. When an OSHA inspector shows up, or worse, after an electrical incident, what they ask for is not a sign-in sheet. They want a complete,...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Mar 5, 2026 | Blog, Facility Compliance, Infrared, Risk Management, Thermal Imaging
Thermographic Scanning vs Visual Inspections: Which One Prevents Failures Better? When it comes to keeping your facility’s electrical systems safe and operational, you’ve probably heard that regular inspections are essential. But here’s where things...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Feb 26, 2026 | Blog, Electrical Safety, Facility Compliance
Lockout/Tagout isn’t just another safety checkbox on your compliance list; it’s the critical procedure that stands between your workers and potentially fatal energy releases during maintenance operations. Yet despite being one of OSHA’s most...
