Archive for 2020
Occupational and Environmental Health Experts Urge Business Owners to Implement AIHA COVID-19 Guidelines as New Virus Strain Emerges
AIHA Offers Sector-Specific Guidelines for Business Re-Opening While business owners and consumers closely watch how the new more readily transmittable variant of COVID-19 develops, the occupational environmental health and safety (OEHS) profession is urging business owners, schools and other organizations to continue implementing practical science-based guidelines developed by AIHA. The comprehensive Back to Work Safely…
Read MoreParsable’s connected worker technology: The human-centric manufacturing revolution
Parsable is a connected worker platform that serves a broad spectrum of clients from Suntory to Heineken, from Pirelli to Coca Cola, covering over 400 manufacturing-specific sites in more than 70 countries, according to an article in Forbes magazine. During the pandemic, the amount of digital work execution that customer companies do on the Parsable…
Read MoreOSHA investigating accidental death at Century Aluminum plant
South Carolina officials have confirmed an accidental death at the Century Aluminum Mt. Holly plant, according to WCSC-TV. Naomi Cleaton, 63, of St Stephen, was pronounced dead after being struck by a forklift last week while working at Century Aluminum, Berkeley County Coroner George Oliver said. Century Aluminum says it is with great sadness they…
Read MoreHoneywell acquires Sine Group to create a mobile platform to enhance connected buildings solutions
Honeywell has announced that it has acquired Sine Group, an Adelaide, Australia-based technology and software as a service (SaaS) company that provides visitor management, workplace and supply chain solutions that are readily accessible with mobile devices. Sine’s technologies will support a cloud-based mobile platform for Honeywell Forge, Honeywell’s enterprise performance management offering, and Sine’s software…
Read MoreSouthern California hospital ICUs reach zero percent capacity as COVID-19 rips through state
A nightmare is unfolding in California as hospitals throughout the state report zero percent availability for intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and officials have warned that the situation will only worsen as the coronavirus pandemic spreads in the nation’s most populous state. Just before falling to zero on Dec. 17, ICU beds throughout Southern California—which…
Read MoreEmployers can bar unvaccinated employees from the workplace, EEOC says
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Dec 16th that employers are entitled — and required — to ensure a safe workplace in which “an individual shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of individuals in the workplace.” That can mean a company requiring its workforce to be vaccinated. There are certain restrictions on…
Read MoreMilwaukee® Launches Lightweight, Breathable Face Masks for All-Day Wear
Providing users with lightweight, breathable face coverings, Milwaukee Tool is introducing the first ever face masks built for the jobsite – the 3-Layer Performance Face Mask and 2-Layer Face Mask. The face masks are constructed with soft, breathable layers, designed for all-day wear on the jobsite. To prevent odor causing bacteria, the masks feature an…
Read MoreNew Orthotics with Adjustable Arch Lifting Technology Support Workforce Health
Alliance Design & Development Group (ADDG) introduces SelectFlex®, the only dynamic arch control insole with selectable support levels designed to improve lower extremity health for industrial workers. Culminating several years of research, Alliance Design & Development Group (ADDG) pioneered SelectFlex, the first and only insoles with an adjustable arch. ADDG’s core technology is the Variable…
Read MoreRising workplace fatalities must be met with standards, safety systems
The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), the world’s oldest professional safety organization, is urging employers to be more active in adopting voluntary national consensus standards and implementing safety and health management systems in response to newly released fatality data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS reported that 5,333 fatal work…
Read MoreCompressed Airline Monitors & Air Filtration Systems
ENMET offers a complete line of compressed airline monitoring and filtration systems for supplied breathing air, medical compressed air, manufacturing and industrial process air. Our continuous in-line monitors, breathing air filtration panels and portable breathing air systems are designed to meet OSHA 1910.134 compressed breathing air monitoring requirements and NFPA 99 “Medical Air System Guidelines.”…
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