Engine manufacturer CUMMINS ENGINE CO., INC. and software provider SUN MICROSYSTEMS have formed an

Engine manufacturer CUMMINS ENGINE CO., INC. and software provider SUN MICROSYSTEMS have formed an industry committee to develop an open, nonproprietary specification of the “Machine Information eXchange-MIX” application program interface (API) at the Java Developers Conference, JavaOnesm. The MIX API effort will create an industry standard communication protocol to be used by all software developers in an open architecture environment.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.