Hubbell Safety Evaluation for Identifying and Correcting Safety Hazards

Shelton, Conn. – Hubbell Wiring Systems announces a new Safety Evaluation, a step-by-step checklist designed to help customers enhance safety in the workplace. Part of Hubbell’s comprehensive HubbellSafe safety initiative, the new Safety Evaluation is aimed at reviewing the condition of existing wiring devices to identify potential safety hazards and comply with the latest safety codes.

From wet areas, personal protection, and tripping hazards, to temporary power, motor disconnects, and safe repair and maintenance, the Safety Evaluation covers a wide variety of safety issues found in both industrial and commercial working environments. For each potential safety hazard, the Safety Evaluation poses key inspection questions and details related National Electric Code (NEC), NEMA or OSHA requirement. To help correct identified problems, the Safety Evaluation offers possible solutions based on Hubbell’s wide range of products designed to provide electrical safety and code compliance.

“Workplace safety has a significant impact on our customers’ businesses, including employee safety and productivity, machine downtime and production throughput,” says Bob Simon, Director of Industrial Marketing for Hubbell. “Having always put safety first, Hubbell understands the importance of making safety a core value by conducting periodic inspections and maintaining awareness of related codes and regulations. While not all-inclusive, Hubbell’s new Safety Evaluation is designed to help our customers avoid safety problems in the workplace and ultimately reduce risk.”

The new Safety Evaluation is part of Hubbell’s broader safety initiative that includes several resources, including a safety product guide, new landing page on the www.hubbell-wiring.com website and an interactive e-learning course. The new Safety Evaluation is available from the Hubbell Wiring Systems website safety landing page. It can be viewed online, downloaded in a PDF format, or ordered as print copy. To access the Safety Evaluation and learn more about Hubbell Wiring System’s safety initiative, visit the landing page at www.hubbell-wiring.com/safety.aspx

Hubbell Ultra High-Density FCR Series Fiber Enclosures

Hubbell Premise Wiring is pleased to introduce a new optical fiber enclosure that offers a 144-port configuration in a 1U space for ultra high-density data center applications.

Part of Hubbell’s FCR Series enclosures, the new 1U high-density fiber enclosure features a three-drawer ultra compact design that provides a flexible, scalable and reconfigurable interconnect apparatus for a wide range of fiber distribution applications. Each drawer accepts four ultra compact 12-port LC to MPO cassette modules that enable channeling of network traffic into small diameter (3.0 mm) 12-fiber cables to minimize congestion, while providing scalability to 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet applications through standard MPO backplane connections.

“Today’s storage area networks, advanced fiber interconnections and high-density fiber switches in the data center require space-saving solutions to accommodate maximum fiber ports in a 1U space without compromising accessibility,” according to Jon Lutzen, Senior Product Manager of Optical Fiber Systems. “Hubbell’s new high-density 1U fiber enclosure is the perfect solution to provide density and consolidation, with a simple plug-and-play design for rapid deployment and timely network start-up.”

Available in gray or black, Hubbell’s new high-density 1U fiber enclosure fits easily into 19-inch or 23-inch racks and cabinets. Typical applications require only one enclosure per rack, allowing maximum space for active equipment. The compact LC to MPO cassettes and 12-fiber MPO cords are available in OM3 and OM4 grade multimode, and singlemode optical fibers to support the full range of current and future optical network applications.

See more from Hubbell Premise Wiring products at www.hubbell.com/Electrical/HubbellPremiseWiring