Setting Higher Standards in Protection and Wearability

In 2001, with the merger of Commonwealth Edison (ComED) and PECO Energy in progress, Exelon Energy's Director of Supply Management, Dave Frank, put together a cross-functional flame-retardant (FR) clothing committee to evaluate the extensive research that currently involved both companies. Both...

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Published in:Transmission & Distribution World 2004-03, Vol.56 (3), p.48C-48E
Main Author: Wade, Randy Sr
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquisitions & mergers
Burns
Committees
Corporate image
Cotton
Employees
Energy
Eye protection
Industrial safety
Injuries
Labeling
Occupational safety
Personal protective equipment
Protective clothing
Public utilities
Suppliers
Testing laboratories
Workers
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Summary:In 2001, with the merger of Commonwealth Edison (ComED) and PECO Energy in progress, Exelon Energy's Director of Supply Management, Dave Frank, put together a cross-functional flame-retardant (FR) clothing committee to evaluate the extensive research that currently involved both companies. Both PECO and ComEd were already in FR clothing programs that were having a significant impact on reducing the number and severity of burn injuries. With their current clothing contracts expiring, the new committee was charged with securing a supplier that could provide the industry's best products without compromising safety performance, while gaining improved worker acceptance, and achieving supply and cost improvements.
ISSN:1087-0849