NAHAD’s Hose Safety Institute© provides a powerful forum for Distributors, Manufacturers, suppliers, end-users and industry organizations to support and promote hose assembly safety, quality and reliability.
The Institute’s core deliverables are the HANDBOOK for the Design & Specification of Safe Hose Assemblies (Beta Version available here for your review and comment) and the NAHAD Hose Assembly Guidelines; performance standards for hose assembly design, fabrication, handling and management as provided by qualified NAHAD Hose Safety Institute Members. The Institute is managed by NAHAD’s Standards Committee and supported by the end-users and industry experts serving on the Hose Safety Institute Advisory Council.
INSTITUTE GOALS:
- Promote and maintain the NAHAD Hose Assembly Guidelines;
- Identify emerging issues and critical applications related to hose assemblies;
- Serve as a forum for addressing industry issues, providing appropriate input to the NAHAD Standards Committee and ensure ongoing industry dialogue and communications;
- Provide educational resources and tools to Institute Members and to end-users who support hose assembly quality, safety and reliability; and,
- Identify and engage industry organizations and related agencies involved in, or impacting, hose safety, quality and reliability.
INSTITUTE MEMBERSHIP:
- Hose Safety Institute Members - NAHAD Distributor, Manufacturer, and Associate members who have met a stringent set of requirements demonstrating their support for, and compliance with, NAHAD’s Hose Assembly Guidelines (formerly called ‘NAHAD Listed Members’).
See the NAHAD Hose Safety Institute Membership Application.
- Hose Safety Institute Advisory Council Members- Invited professionals who have particular expertise, experience in, and/or a broad range of perspectives regarding hose safety. The Council serves as a forum for providing evaluation, review and feedback regarding the Hose Assembly Guidelines, as well as addressing key issues, emerging technologies and/or processes related to hose assembly safety, quality and reliability. Council members are drawn from academia, industry, standards/regulatory bodies, related associations and/or industry groups and government agencies. Participation on the Council is by invitation from NAHAD, with individuals selected based on one or more of the following criteria:
- Professional expertise in industrial safety, engineering or industrial technologies
- Commitment to hose assembly safety, quality and reliability
- Technical skills related to industrial hose applications serving various markets
- Key leader of a standards-setting, academic, regulatory or industry organization
- Distributor Institute Members
- Manufacturer & Associate Institute Members
- NAHAD Hose Assembly Guidelines
- Hose Assembly Best Practices
- Guidelines Exams & Certificates
- Glossary
- Become an Institute Member
- Institute Advisory Council
- Marketing & Communication Resources
- Purchase Specification Guides
"Marathon Petroleum Company's Garyville, LA refinery requires that suppliers of utility hoses comply with NAHAD's Assembly Guidelines. NAHAD's commitment to hose assembly safety directly supports Marathon's quality standards."
