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Top products of the week

July 28, 2019

Innovations in head and respiratory protection, fall prevention and first aid were among this week’s top products of the week.

Ga. workers potentially exposed to corrosive employees

July 26, 2019

OSHA has cited Transdev Services Inc. for exposing employees at a Norcross, Georgia, worksite to safety and health hazards. The company faces $188,714 in penalties. OSHA cited Transdev Services for obstructing access to emergency eyewash and shower stations designed to minimize the effects of employee exposure to corrosive chemicals. OSHA also cited the company for failing to ensure to label hazardous chemicals; provide training on hazardous chemicals and incipient stage firefighting and fire extinguisher use; and train and evaluate forklift operators properly.

Grainger adds HealthCare Facility Compliance Solution to Grainger Online SafetyManager

CRx software to help health care customers comply with The Joint Commission Life Safety, Environment of Care and Emergency Management standards

July 22, 2019

Grainger (NYSE: GWW), the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, today announced an agreement with HealthCare Facility Compliance Corp. (HCFC) to offer Grainger health care customers a comprehensive Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solution.

Learning to SEE

July 19, 2019

The Center of Visual Expertise presents a one-hour free webinar on Wednesday July 24: “Learning to SEE: A New Perspective on Risk Utilizing Visual Literacy. In this webinar, COVE Chairman and Managing Director Doug Pontsler introduces concepts that help enable workers to process visual information more clearly.

Bacharach introduces MVR-SC controller for networking VRF leak detectors

Enables scalable, remote monitoring solution to improve occupant safety

July 18, 2019

Bacharach, a leading provider of HVAC-R gas instrumentation and monitoring solutions, today introduced the new MVR-SC controller designed to seamlessly pair with MVR-300 refrigerant monitors to provide real-time status of refrigerant leaks throughout a facility. The key functions of the MVR-SC include:

UL acquires Healthy Buildings, an indoor environmental quality and sustainability services company

July 16, 2019

UL, a global safety science leader, announced the acquisition of Healthy Buildings International, Inc., a U.S.-based indoor environmental testing and sustainability services company with expertise in indoor environmental quality, sustainability services for green building certifications, energy audits and water audits.The acquisition enables UL to extend its sustainability and air quality expertise across the built environment value chain to building owners and expand in global markets.

Stonehouse Process Safety relocates to expanded corporate headquarters

State of the art laboratories allow future expansion to meet increased demand for combustible dust testing and other process safety testing services

July 16, 2019

Vahid Ebadat, CEO, Stonehouse Process Safety (Stonehouse) today announced that Stonehouse has moved into expanded corporate headquarters located in Lawrenceville, NJ. The new expanded testing laboratories will allow Stonehouse to meet increased demand for combustible dust testing and other process safety testing services. Stonehouse provides expert process safety consulting, testing, training and litigation support services in the specialist areas of dust flash fires & explosions, NFPA 652 dust hazard analysis (DHA), gas & vapor flammability, electrostatic hazards and self-heating/thermal decomposition.

Prime Day = overworked Amazon employees

July 16, 2019

While consumers participate enthusiastically in Prime Day, a sales bonanza staged each year by Amazon, the company’s workers regard it with something less than enthusiasm. The $5 billion in sales the world’s biggest online retailer is predicted to generate over the 2-day event is expected to exacerbate what are alleged to be already stressful conditions for the company’s employees.

A-Safe launches TrailerKerb for loading flatbeds at the dock

July 15, 2019

Baltimore, Maryland-based A-Safe Inc. has unveiled TrailerKerb, a temporary barrier (or kerb) that provides resistance when forklift trucks get close to the edge of flatbed trailers during loading and unloading operations at the dock.

Using safety painting for OSHA visual organization recommendations

Kayla Matthews

July 12, 2019

Regardless of where you work and how many employees the company has, the environment almost certainly has visual cues that help people spot and avoid dangerous things. That's because OSHA provides approved colors to use around workplaces to designate hazards. Learning about them could help you bring more visual organization to an area and keep workers safer.