The SoterTask vision processing software proactively assesses ergonomic risk in the workplace. SoterTask records a video of a work task and then provides a visual overlay highlighting high-risk angles and movements of a worker’s body including legs, arms, neck and back on a second-by-second chart.

Forward-thinking industrial equipment manufacturers have been developing ways to make their products smart and inter-connected in recent years.

This year’s National Safety Congress & Expo in San Diego featured a tech hub of approximately 25 vendors that seemed a world away from the usual exhibits of PPE, training services and facility equipment.

As regulatory complexities and sustainability goals continue to evolve, it’s becoming more critical for EHS teams in manufacturing settings to embrace digital transformation to make manufacturing processes more efficient and sustainable.

While on the job, field service workers must spend a lot of time on the road and interact with electrical equipment, heavy machinery, and power tools that could post dangerous risks if not properly approached. 

An industrial business needs industrial solutions. This is a logical statement that is often not applied in practice. Many companies engaged in heavy industrial and other demanding, dangerous work opt for off-the-shelf consumer-grade technology for their workers, potentially slowing them down and even putting them at risk.

Aeroqual has announced the launch of Aeroqual Ranger™, a connected handheld air quality monitoring solution. A leader in air quality monitoring, Aeroqual has been developing innovative monitoring solutions for over twenty years.

Over the last two years, interest in Permit to Work (PTW) software has skyrocketed. Clearly, having the means to request, approve and issue a permit digitally makes processes more efficient and transparent to better communicate safety protocols.