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Casella remote monitoring

Trade in, trade up — Casella supports socially distanced hazard monitoring with equipment upgrade

October 5, 2020

As employees begin returning to work, maintaining a safe and socially distanced workplace is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. US Government and CDC guidelines advise employers to ensure workers maintain a 6-foot social distance at all times, and encourage changing workflows and shift patterns to ensure employees are able to remain as socially distanced as possible


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Acoustic panels quiet harsh noise in wastewater treatment plant

Vince Cavaseno
September 30, 2020

The Orange County Sanitation District in Huntington Beach, California provides wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services for approximately 2.6 million people. They had a combination of loud industrial equipment, cavernous space, and highly reflective surfaces creating an acoustic nightmare.


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How to best protect your workforce against noise-induced hearing loss

Steve Ochs
June 7, 2020
An estimated twenty-two million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year. For employers, worker exposure to damaging noise could result in catastrophic penalties and compensation for hearing loss disability.
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Arc blasts can ruin hearing

Arc blasts can ruin hearing

Sonic blasts can result in immediate & permanent damage
Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
June 3, 2019

Hearing loss isn’t the first injury that comes to mind when an arc fault occurs. The light and heat emitted by the massive electrical explosion – the arc flash – can cause life-threatening and life-altering burns to the skin, compression injuries and loss of limbs if workers are left unprotected.


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Nontraditional work environments can harm hearing & incur costs

Non-traditional work environments can harm hearing & incur costs

What do you know about “acoustic shock?”
Justin Stewart
February 25, 2019

If you hear someone say “noise monitoring,” what do you picture? If you are like most people, your mind probably goes first to settings with heavy equipment in use versus a more recreational environment, given the historical regulations necessitating hearing protection in those settings.


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Ohio wastewater treatment plants reduced unhealthy noise levels

Noise Control

How managers at Ohio wastewater treatment plants reduced unhealthy noise levels
Vince Cavaseno
February 20, 2019

Industrial plants are known for being loud, acoustically-harsh environments. The combination of high ceilings, reflective surfaces and heavy machinery din creates an environment for reverberation and noise. Such conditions can decrease productivity and increase health and safety hazards. 


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Curtain walls trap noise in sonic attacks

Curtain walls trap noise in pockets of protection

A solution for sonic attacks
Chuck Ashelin
February 7, 2019

Loud noises such as a backing semi-trailer or a fire alarm alert workers of impending danger. However, loud noises themselves can be dangerous, causing a host of immediate and long-term problems for employees and operations.


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hearing protection noise control

Hearing protection purchasing & usage

Exclusive study by Clear Seas Research
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Benita Mehta
October 8, 2018
The study, by Clear Seas Research, was conducted to understand the PPE hearing market by identifying brand usage, exploring important attributes of brand selection for PPE and identifying purchase process trends.
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noise curtains

Turn the sound down: Bring the curtain down on noise challenges

Chuck Ashelin
December 5, 2017

In addition to long-term damage, OSHA warns that excessive noise can cause physical and psychological stress, reduce productivity, interfere with communication and concentration, and contribute to workplace accidents and injuries.


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Solving a noisy, painful problem

Replace dated equipment to protect your workers
Troy Bergum
June 20, 2017

Unfortunately, while the new building allowed Citrus Systems to increase production of its fruit and vegetable blends, concentrated juices, teas and other custom products, it carried over the same antiquated dock equipment used in the old one. And that caused a noisy, painful problem.


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