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Workplace Safety: OSHA’s Top 10 Cited Standards of 2022

The top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites have been compiled by federal OSHA for all industries. Workplace safety is imperative to protect the lives and well-being of all workers. Image Credits: iStock. Safety in the workplace is...

OSHA Workplace Safety

ANSI Standards

The American National Standards Institute, better known as ANSI, was founded in 1918 and is a standards-setting organization in the United States, aimed at helping the U.S. economy remain competitive in the global marketplace and ensuring consumers' health and...

What is IEC Standards Testing?

IEC Standards Testing: Ensuring Quality and Safety in Electrical and Electronic Products International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards testing plays a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, safety, and efficiency of electrical and electronic products...

IEC Standards Testing

What are USP Standards?

The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is a nonprofit organization aimed at helping to improve human health worldwide through the creation of standards that ensure the "quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods." Additionally, the USP publishes drug product and...

Composite Testing: New ASTM Laboratory Standards

Looking for a laboratory to do composite testing? Two new ASTM Standards for the testing of the plastic composites pultruded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials will be released. The new ASTM Standards are ASTM D7792, the Test Method for Measuring the Effect...

Composite Testing: New ASTM Laboratory Standards

What are SAE Standards?

SAE standards were developed for professionals in the engineering fields relating to transport like automotive, aerospace, and commercial vehicles. Established as the Society of Automotive Engineers, it was started as a professional association and organization for...

What is DIN Testing?

A German standardization body, DIN stands for Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. in German.  Translated into English, it means German Institute for Standardization. Founded in Berlin in 1917, DIN has developed about  30,000 standards. Interestingly enough,  it has...

REVISED ISO Cleanroom Standards for Contamination Control

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards. Founded in 1947, ISO has published more than 20,500 International Standards covering almost all aspects of technology and business. ISO has a...

Cleanroom Environmental Monitoring Testing

Soap Testing to AOCS Standards

 The American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS ) is an international professional scientific society for individuals and corporations interested in fats, oils, surfactants, detergents, and related materials. Soap is made by combining fats or oils and an alkali, such as...

AOCS Soap Testing

REACH Registration of Consumer Products

What is REACH registration, and what type of testing must be done for REACH registration? REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) is a regulation set forth by the European Union, that began in 2007. It was started as a way to...

LM-79 and LM-80: LED Testing Standards

Need LM-79 and LM-80 certification testing? Contract Laboratory has received many recent test requests looking for electrical certification testing, including LM-79 and LM-80. LM-79 and LM-80 are testing standards for the performance of LEDs. LM-79 is...

LM-79 and LM-80 certification testing

ASME Standards Testing

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a nonprofit organization developing voluntary standards intended to facilitate collaboration, enrich careers, allow knowledge sharing, and develop skills throughout the engineering community and all engineering...

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