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PalletCentral • March-April 2021
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PALLETCENTRAL
March-April 2021 Volume 22 No. 2
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COLUMNS
6 From the Chairman
DEPARTMENTS
8 Inside NWPCA
10 Policy at Play
12 Wood at Work
44 NWPCA Advertisers
IN THIS ISSUE
On the Cover: iStockphoto.com/Lurii Konoval/
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EDUCATION
30 | NWPCA Partnership Propels
PDS Training into the Future
SAFETY MEASURES
20 | Essential Fire
Protection
When creating a
corporate safety plan, utilizing
best practices for the remote
possibility of an unthinkable
fire scenario can save your
business. By Maura Keller
SAFETY MEMBER COMMENTARY
28 | Operational Insights:
Education & Safety
What is top of mind in
safety for these members?
CASE STUDY
32 | Leveraging Industry 4.0
To Improve Safety
A Look at Neocortex Robotic
Pallet Sorting. By David Peters, CEO
Universal Logic
OSHA
36 | Elections Have
Consequences for OSHA Issues
Here is our update on what could
change under the Biden Administration.
By Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
BLOG FROM NATURE'S PACKAGING
40 | Reforestation is a
Success Story
BUSINESS BESTS
42 | Employees Not
Measuring Up?
Do's and Don'ts of Improving
Performance. By Liz Uram