What's New > ESTA Standards Watch - May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
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The latest issue of ESTA Standards Watch is now available here.
News items in this issue include:
- Six ESTA standards in public review.
- Available now: Safe In Sound, a reopening checklist for the live entertainment industry.
- COVID Compliance Officer training available.
- Behind the Scenes offers mental health first aid training.
- NIST offers inclusive language guidance.
- WTO Technical Barrier to Trade notifications: “electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof” in Brazil; OSHA walking-working surfaces standards; and Swiss telecommunications equipment.
- ANSI public reviews: safe use of lasers; professional AV equipment safety; addendum to ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1; and Green Globes Assessment.
- New ANS projects: anchors in concrete; comprehensive fall protection program; lanyard safety; resistance welding and technicians; Object Transform Protocol; cloud computing data fundamentals; 0 – 10 V analog control; portable toilets for workers and the public; drones for public safety; and a standard for active shooter/hostile event response.
- Final actions on American National Standards (all done for now!): LED specification sheet for general illumination; fluorescent lamp chromaticity; robust LED drivers; E1.2 trusses and towers; E1.4-2 static rigging systems; E1.28 followspot positions; E1.39 fall protection; E1.57 don't fall off the float; E1.67 hand-operated hoists; Addendum c to ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/IES/USGBC Standard 189.1; and the NFPA building energy code.
- Draft IEC & ISO documents: x- and gamma-ray weld testing; amusement ride safety; risk management vocabulary; employee engagement guidelines; IoT resembling human social interaction; safety of machinery; space debris mitigation; engineered bamboo products; single-drop digital communication; and personal e-transporters.
- Recently published IEC & ISO documents: fieldbuses; human resource management diversity and inclusion; software life cycle management; and artificial intelligence use cases.
- TSP meeting schedule for July 2021.
- TSP donors who have made long-term, multi-year pledges.
- Investors in Innovation, supporters of ESTA's Technical Standards Program
The archive of all the Standards News and Standards Watch issues back to the beginning of 2011 is available here.