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<li> <h4><strong>Trouble-shooting an operational issue?</strong></h4> </li> <li> <h4><strong>Preparing for an “in the field” maintenance project?</strong></h4> </li> <li> <h4><strong>Developing corrective actions to ensure worker safety?</strong></h4> </li> <li> <h4><strong>Seeking environmental-related lessons learned?</strong></h4> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="spb_content_element spb_image noframe col-md-4 col-sm-6 thumbnail-default"> <div class="spb-asset-content"><figure class="clearfix" > <img decoding="async" width="300" height="119" src="https://www.hydro.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/OpEx-Logo-300x119.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" srcset="https://www.hydro.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/OpEx-Logo-300x119.jpg 300w, https://www.hydro.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/OpEx-Logo.jpg 708w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><div class="figcaption-wrap"></div></figure> </div> </div> </div></section> <section class="container"><div class="row"> <div 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employees of member organizations achieve excellence in operational-related tasks and activities, NHA provides an online mobile-friendly tool that houses hundreds of short, easy-to-read reports about real-life incidents and near misses related to:</p> <ul> <li>Maintenance</li> <li>Operations</li> <li>Safety (Dam Safety, Employee Safety, and Public Safety)</li> <li>Environment</li> </ul> <p>These reports can be easily referenced, searched, and shared by any employee of any NHA member organization.</p> <p>OpEx is a proven trusted, and reliable tool that is invaluable for employee education, training, human performance, and safety.</p> <table style="width: 100%; border: 5px double; padding: 4px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <h5 style="text-align: center;"><strong>“I received a BIG thank you from my fellow industry colleague who told me my OPEX submittal had saved them from a potential $1 million equipment failure. Making a difference feels pretty good!” — Scott Klabunde, Owner, HydroPartners</strong></h5> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h4></h4> <p> </p> <h4><strong>Lessons Learned and Recommended Best Practices</strong></h4> <p>The OpEx Online Resource Tool is a treasure trove of lessons and recommended best practices!</p> <p>Most Event Reports have at least one lesson learned or corrective action, providing valuable takeaways for the users.</p> <p>Very useful for <strong>Engineers, Technicians, Plant Managers, Plant Operations Staff, Environmental Consultants, and <span class="ui-provider gs b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">Occupational Health and Safety Leaders</span></strong> to review Event Reports to learn, gain insight, and, ultimately, avoid costly and unsafe incidents and practices.</p> <p>Users of the OpEx tool routinely find new ideas and approaches they can implement to augment maintenance work practices and checklists, drive down costs, and increase reliability.</p> </div> </div> </div></section> <section class="container"><div class="row"><div class="blank_spacer hidden-md hidden-sm hidden-xs col-sm-12 " style="height:70px;"></div><div class="blank_spacer hidden-lg hidden-sm hidden-xs col-sm-12 " style="height:50px;"></div><div class="blank_spacer hidden-lg hidden-md hidden-xs col-sm-12 " style="height:30px;"></div><div class="blank_spacer hidden-lg hidden-md hidden-sm col-sm-12 " style="height:30px;"></div> </div></section> </div> </div> </div></section> <section id="EventReport" data-rowname="" data-header-style="" class="row fw-row"> <div class="spb-row-container spb-row-standard-width col-sm-12 text-standard" data-v-center="false" data-top-style="none" data-bottom-style="none" style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class="spb_content_element clearfix" style=""> <section class="container"><div class="row"> <div class="spb-column-container bg-type-cover col-md-9 col-sm-8 text-standard " style=""> <div class="spb-asset-content spb-column-inner row clearfix" style="padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px;"> <section class="container"><div class="row"> <div class="spb_content_element col-sm-12 spb_text_column"> <div class="spb-asset-content" style="padding-top:0%;padding-bottom:0%;padding-left:0%;padding-right:0%;"> <h4>Submitting an Event Report</h4> <p>Anyone can share details about an event that has occurred at a hydro project, manufacturing facility, or in the field. Sharing information and lessons learned is crucial to help raise the industry’s standard of performance, especially in a time of aging assets and workforce transition.</p> <p>Submitting an Event Report is straightforward.</p> </div> </div> </div></section> <section class="container"><div class="row"> <div class="spb_content_element col-sm-12 spb_text_column"> <div class="spb-asset-content" style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;"> <p>Click on the button on the right to download the form, and simply follow the instructions.</p> <p>Or, if you prefer, NHA staff will do the work of filling out the form for you using information about the event you have already compiled. To get started, send your existing information to <a href="mailto:chris@hydro.org">chris@hydro.org</a></p> <p>Once an Event Report is submitted, NHA staff and contractors will review, categorize, and redact any sensitive information before placing it into the online resource tool.</p> </div> </div> </div></section> </div> </div> <div class="spb-column-container bg-type-cover col-md-3 col-sm-4 text-standard " style=""> <div class="spb-asset-content spb-column-inner row clearfix" style="padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px;"> <section class="container"><div class="row"><div class="blank_spacer hidden-md hidden-sm hidden-xs col-sm-12 " style="height:70px;"></div><div class="blank_spacer hidden-lg hidden-sm hidden-xs col-sm-12 " style="height:50px;"></div><div class="blank_spacer hidden-lg hidden-md hidden-xs col-sm-12 " style="height:30px;"></div><div class="blank_spacer hidden-lg hidden-md hidden-sm col-sm-12 " style="height:30px;"></div> </div></section> <section class="container"><div 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