Archive for August 2020
Perspectives: Gas Detection
Jeremy DaValle, Training Manager, Industrial Scientific Industrial Hygiene in the Workplace sat down with Jeremy DaValle, Training Manager, Industrial Scientific, to talk about the company’s “Gas Detection Made Easy” training program and much more. Industrial Scientific has “Gas Detection Made Easy” training courses. How do you make gas detection easy? We make it easy…
Read MoreRisk & Rewards of Lone Worker Safety Devices
Lariza Hebert, Contributor It can be challenging to employers to provide safe work environments for lone workers. Some innovative employers are outfitting lone workers with technological devices, such as smart watches and apps. While this might be a good idea in theory, employers should be mindful of the legal challenges involved in providing such a…
Read MoreIndustrial Hygiene, Heat Safety, and Intrinsically Safe PPE
Heidi E. Lehmann and Skip Orvis, Contributors What is Industrial Hygiene? According to OSHA, industrial hygiene is “the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling workplace conditions that may cause workers’ injury or illness. Industrial hygienists use environmental monitoring and analytical methods to detect the extent of worker exposure and employ engineering, work practice controls,…
Read MoreLiving & Thriving in a Pandemic: How to Manage a Safe Return to Work
Danny Shields, Contributor Most would agree we’re living in a new world during a global pandemic, which means things we’ve never worried about are now front and center in our minds. Maintaining workers’ health and safety has never been more critical if we want to survive and thrive going forward. New requirements with a short-…
Read MoreUnderstanding, Preventing & Responding to COVID-19 with Signage
By Brian McFadden, Contributor Many workplaces are struggling with the dynamic circumstances of COVID-19 in their area. This can involve confusion about the illness itself, as well as the changing requirements for preventing or responding to an infection. UNDERSTANDING THE SPREAD The SARS-CoV-2 virus is mostly transmitted from person to person through respiratory droplets, which…
Read MoreSharing Our Knowledge of Protective Clothing with Other Manufacturers
Over the past few months, demand for personal protective equipment from healthcare workers and the general public has soared as a result of COVID-19, creating a global supply shortage. Manufacturers across a wide variety of industries stepped in to help by dedicating resources to produce the protective solutions that frontline workers need most. General Motors…
Read MoreMallory Safety Continues Growth: Acquires Wise SafetyNow Delivers Safety Equipment, Services Coast-to-Coast
Safety customers across the USA can now benefit from Mallory’s national footprint with 24-hour delivery, MRO and industrial services including vending, training and supply-chain management. Mallory Safety and Supply announced today that it has acquired Wise Safety & Environmental, a distributor of safety supplies and abatement products and services. As a result of the acquisition,…
Read MoreReturning to campus: keeping your workspace clean
For several months the Georgia Tech campus has been sparsely populated, with most of the Tech community learning and working remotely. Now, as the prospect of returning students, faculty, and staff draws closer, it is important to remember that a new set of health and safety guidelines will be in place across campus. Some of…
Read MoreIll-fitting respirators may cause health worker skin irritation
Health-care workers with skin irritations from wearing N95 respirators for long hours during the pandemic should consider getting a new fit test and using moisturizers and washings to prevent the problems, according to NIOSH recommendations. “Proper size and fit will ensure that users have the needed respiratory protection and that the respirator is not causing…
Read MoreVirginia passes first-in-nation OSHA standard for COVID-19
In the absence of federal guidelines, this week Virginia has become the first state to adopt mandatory workplace safety rules to prevent spreading the novel coronavirus, according to the Insurance Coverage Law Center. The state’s Safety and Health Codes Board voted nine-to-two to adopt “emergency temporary standards,” after labor groups pushed for stronger policies, according…
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