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Meet Steven Hrubecky: Senior SE Project Consultant
Steven Hrubecky serves as Pearl Engineering’s Senior Structural Engineering Project Consultant, a role which requires him to wear many hats. “Every day is a little bit different,” Steve said. “That’s the really great thing about Pearl Engineering. The team is small...
What Needs to be in Your Hazardous Communication Plan?
Of all of OSHA’s many standards (and trust us, there are more than a few) one of the most frequently violated standards is Standard 1910.1200, the Hazardous Communication Standard, and not having a sufficient Hazardous Communication Plan. In fact, from October 2017 to...
Suspension Trauma: The Race to Rescue
In 2016, it is estimated that 991 construction-related deaths occurred. Deaths as a result of fall topped the list, accounting for 39% of deaths. While one may think that this number applies exclusively to deaths as a result of impact with the ground, former...
Meet Gabriela Carrazzoni: Intermediate Mechanical Engineer
Originally from Venezuela, Gabriela Carrazzoni moved to the United States several years ago, holding several different engineering positions in Orlando. But it wasn’t until she found her way up north to Wisconsin that she says she found her new home at Pearl...
Case Study Walk-Through: On-Site Safety
During a shut down of a factory or manufacturing site for repairs or maintenance, safety should be considered a top priority. Any slip up in judgment or protocol can end in not just injury, but very likely long-term injury or death. That was exactly, thankfully...
Meet Joe Erdmann: Mechanical Engineering Lead
What’s typical life like at Pearl Engineering? Mechanical Engineering Team Lead Joe Erdmann summed it up with one word – crazy! “It’s a good crazy though,” Joe said. “Leading the mechanical engineering department and delegating tasks on a variety of departments is an...
Confined Space Training: What You Need to Know
Every company that has confined spaces on site needs to have a written plan: period. Whether it is a food production plant, manufacturing facility, construction site or just a simple warehouse, roles and responsibilities need to be established, a list of every...
Why Third-Party Safety Shutdown Officers are Important
Production and manufacturing site for industries such as food service, automotive, apparel or anything else that requires the space, for obvious reasons, must occasionally undergo maintenance, repairs and sometimes even additions. When this occurs, production needs to...
Meet Zach Phillips: Design Intern
Some things just run in the family. When he was at home Zach Phillips’ father, an electrical engineering associate, spent a lot of time in his workshop. And, Zach was always in there with him watching him work. It is in that workshop that Zach found his passion for...
Confined Space Rescue Services
As potentially dangerous as confined spaces are to the workers in them, in the case of a threatening situation, confined spaces are just as dangerous to rescue teams. Since 1993, two out of every three deaths in a confined space were by people who only entered the...