The manufacturing industry presents a lot of high-risk scenarios within day-to-day operations, from lone-worker safety concerns to the risks associated with operating heavy equipment. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how nearly every industry operates, there are even more safety concerns to consider.
Manufacturing facilities have always been faced with the challenge of maintaining a safe environment for their workers, but now there is the added layer of properly establishing and adhering to COVID-19 safety protocols, as well as making sure that the plant is adapting to constantly changing regulations. Accomplishing all of this is already a difficult task, not to mention doing it with potentially reduced staff and increased workloads and responsibilities. To reduce that burden, manufacturing facilities should lean on environmental monitoring and other technologies to help keep employees safe.