Mirror, mirror on the wall
November 1, 2006 By Jay Johnston
While first intentions should always be to get the customer to comply with safety standards, real world situations can call for tough decisions.
Read More Rally ’round the bobtails
October 1, 2006 By Patrick Hyland
They are at it again. The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has published yet another proposed increase for the infamous bobtail tax.
Read More Getting technical in the Windy City
September 1, 2006 By LP Gas
The World LP Gas Forum, along with the first-ever Global Technology Conference, will educate and inform from Chicago.
Read More Requiem for Pinnacle Conference
September 1, 2006 By LP Gas
LP Gas Magazine Editor Pat Hyland’s Viewpoint column (Pinnacle No More) in the July issue rang quite a few bells with this veteran of 25 years of propane industry trade shows and annual meetings. All the more so as I was one of the principals involved in the decision to transition from the old annual meeting with trade show to Pinnacle.
Read More In memory of the Safety Committee
August 1, 2006 By Jay Johnston
I am sad to report the death of the National Propane Gas Association’s Safety Committee.
Read More Safety in numbers
August 1, 2006 By LP Gas
For the first time ever, the propane industry has a comprehensive compilation and statistical analysis of data on safety incidents involving the nationwide distribution, transportation and use of odorized propane.
Read More A woman’s touch
May 1, 2006 By LP Gas
When Monica McCarthy Clark took over at Glades Gas of Okeechobee,Fla., in 1987, she knew she faced an uphill battle as a woman inthe propane industry.
Read More Let’s Talk
March 1, 2006 By LP Gas
Companies and employees too often fall victim to unfortunate events that are of their own creation. A long-standing accident theory (Heinrich’s Domino Theory) states that accidents and injuries are a result of unsafe acts or conditions that are caused in part by personal fault due to a person’s environment or ancestry.
Read More A fond farewell
March 1, 2006 By LP Gas
Among the many mementos that Chuck Brandon soon will be packing up is a plaque that hangs on the wall of his Kennesaw, Ga., office just outside Atlanta. Those who know him best agree that it pretty much says it all.
Read More Investing in image
October 1, 2005 By Patrick Hyland
We all know what most people in the propane industry think of the good folks in Washington, D.C. But what do decision makers in the nation’s capital think about our industry?
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