Best Safety Apps

Giving frontline workers a voice: Q&A with Robin Fleming, CEO of ANVL

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Why is ANVL’s product called an analysis and communications platform? Because it is a software solutions product with mobile apps in the hands of front line users, an app web-based for managers, and the back-end part is a platform to analyze data from workers. It’s a logic engine.

How to monitor workers in a confined space

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500

With technology incorporated in nearly every aspect of our lives, you’ve probably wondered more than once whether someone was watching your every move.

You need to know your gas monitor testing instruments are reliable

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Modern day portable gas detectors are quite reliable and accurate. For enhanced worker safety and to be fully compliant there is a little known concept called bump testing. Bump tests are crucial when it comes to protecting your workers from hazardous gases and other air-borne toxins.

Workers play a greater role in managing risks

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Mobile EHS software is improving workplace health and safety programs by disseminating critical tasks – like incident reporting – and making EHS a part of everyone’s job. Now every employee has the ability to feed real-time information on workplace risks directly into a centralized location.

Area Monitoring in a Nutshell: Everything You Need to Know

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Area monitoring is frequently used as a temporary solution to help keep workers safe in industrial facilities where mid-term deployment occurs as well as for confined space entry and far-working locations such as oil and gas platforms.

KPA announces Vera Suite™ for all-in-one EHS and workforce compliance management

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

KPA, a leading software, consulting services, and training provider for Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and Workforce Compliance solutions, announced today the upcoming release of the Vera SuiteTM software platform for managing EHS, workforce compliance, online training, and regulatory management in a single integrated cloud system.

Six Must-Have Features in a Lone Worker Device

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Many devices, including gas detectors, have connectivity features designed to transfer information from a lone worker back to safety personnel on site. Although connectivity features are a tremendous step forward, not all lone worker solutions deliver the protection they need.

Hand protection “preventative tech“

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

We have gradually come to depend on cell phones and their apps for more and more information about our daily lives. The latest trend seems to be health monitoring that allows the average person to keep an eye on their vital stats. The future of hand protection is moving in much the same direction.

Immediate worker distress detection & notification is critical

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Working alone and working at heights for me began years ago as an instrument technician in a large steel mill in western Pennsylvania. We always tried to work in pairs but there were occasions when I had to work alone or apart from my buddy.

NIOSH tool can help enhance aerial lift safety

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Whether they’re scissor lifts, boom lifts or some other kind of powered, mobile platform used to elevate workers to various heights, aerial lifts are very useful – and potentially dangerous. Aerial lifts can be found at construction and telecommunications job sites and in warehouses. They’re used for everything from painting, drywall installation, maintenance, moving materials – even changing lightbulbs.

Six must-have features to protect lone workers

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

On a Tuesday afternoon, you send a maintenance contractor out to a remote station to perform a routine check on some of your equipment. Your contractor drives out to the nearest access road, parks his truck, and walks over to the site. When he gets there, his personal gas monitor alerts him to high levels of dangerous gases...

Making sense of NFPA 70E

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

January of 2018 saw the most recent update to 70E- the workplace electrical safety standard developed by NFPA. While the standard itself is not a law, it was developed at the request of OSHA, which uses much of its language when assessing organizations for compliance. Many organizations also follow 70E to comply with specific OSHA regulations.

Technology best practices: EHS technology innovators recognized

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Independent research firm Verdantix announced the 11 winners of the annual EHS Innovation Awards at the Verdantix Summit in Atlanta. The international awards recognize organizations which have implemented innovative EHS technologies.

Your Thanksgiving travel may be dicey

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Depending on where you live, you may encounter severe weather if you must be on U.S. roadways this week, whether you're driving for work or traveling to and from the homes of loved ones. Forecasters are predicting multiple storms from coast to coast, with conditions worsening as we get closer to Thanksgiving. Some 55 million travelers are expected to travel 50 miles or more from their homes for the holiday, according to AAA. That’ll make it the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume since AAA began tracking in 2000.

Wearable health monitoring

dan.markiewicz@gmail.com (Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP) — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Back in 2015 I had a widow-maker heart attack. That near-death event focused attention on my heart health, particularly when I push to physical extremes during mountain backpacking.

Connected technology is a game-changer

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Traditionally, safety departments get opinions and guesses thrown at them, says Stinson. There may be a hazard. Equipment doesn’t seem to be working. “Now you have objective data all mapped out. It’s very important that this is objective data, so you know for a fact that a part of plant is leaking. It’s a fact, not a suspicion,” he says.

Embattled Johnson & Johnson recalls some of its baby powder after the FDA finds asbestos

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:00:00 -0400

Tainted love: Johnson & Johnson recalled 33,000 bottles of baby powder after the Food and Drug Administration found asbestos in one container, The New York Times reports. The company, which once marketed its baby, body, and wellness products as being “for all you love,” has long denied that its talc-based products ever contained cancer-causing asbestos, but it faces more than 15,000 lawsuits from customers who say their products caused them to develop ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, a rare cancer linked to asbestos.

eCompliance unveils concept app: eC Edge

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

eCompliance unveils its newest advancement in their product line-up at NXT 2019: The Future of EHS, their annual conference. The concept version of the eC Edge App was announced to attendees today to give customers and prospects a first-hand look at the advanced functionality the product will begin to offer in 2020.

Hearing Protection Fit Testing: How NIOSH revolutionized practices

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

When loud noises cannot be reduced or eliminated through engineering controls, workers who are exposed to them must use hearing protection devices (HPDs) to conserve their hearing. This notion is not new, nor is the concept that HPDs require fit-testing to be effective.

Globe and Mail highlights Blackline Safety’s G7 wearable as a winning product, propelling Canada’s top growing companies

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

The G7 connected wearable from Blackline Safety (TSX.V: BLN) was one of five products highlighted by the Globe and Mail in their new Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing companies. Having earned position No. 231 on the ranking, Blackline achieved a three-year revenue growth of 145%.

Delegating safety to employees

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

We sat down with Matthew Elson, CEO of SHE Softwares to discuss implementing safety programs, and a positive safety culture for workers. Below are excerpts from that conversation.

Top products of the week

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Technology to enhance machine guarding safety and enhance field operations and new forms of foot protection are the top occupational safety and health products of the week.

Mobile app identifies safety, work at height, weather exposure risks

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Responses provided by Carol Hanover, Field Director, Risk Control, Travelers

Getting there first: Location tags enable fast, urgent response

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

ISHN recently exchanged an email Q&A with Amanda Alexander, global product manager for Emerson’s Location Awareness System.

Big Pharma company takes on the “new view”

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Allergan plc, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a global pharmaceutical company. ISHN asked David Eherts, PhD, CIH, Vice President Global EHS, based in Madison, NJ, to explain how the company is implementing the “New View” of safety.

In-ear exposure monitoring gives real-time hearing protection data

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:45:12 -0400

Excessive noise is prevalent across industries. From manufacturing to construction, agriculture to oil and gas, more than 22 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise each year.1 Wherever unsafe levels of noise exist, employers are responsible for providing hearing protection devices (HPDs).

First responders get life-saving sensor readings, video surveillance

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… no, it’s a Squishy Robot, dropped from a helicopter or a drone to transmit crucial environmental data to emergency responders at disaster scenes.

VelocityEHS strengthens industrial hygiene product suite with Spiramid acquisition

Tue, 21 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400

VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud-based environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability solutions, announced today it has acquired Spiramid, developer of the most advanced and easy-to-use system for managing industrial hygiene (IH). The acquisition adds Spiramid’s occupational safety & health software and unparalleled IH expertise to the most trusted EHS platform in the industry.

A developing story: wearable technology for heat stress monitoring & illness prevention

Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Workers in many fields – construction, landscaping, oil and gas extraction, emergency response, firefighters among others – toil in high heat stress conditions. These tasks can lead to rapid increases in body temperature that raise the risk of heat-related illnesses.

Best Safety Apps

Giving frontline workers a voice: Q&A with Robin Fleming, CEO of ANVL

How to monitor workers in a confined space

You need to know your gas monitor testing instruments are reliable

Workers play a greater role in managing risks

Area Monitoring in a Nutshell: Everything You Need to Know

KPA announces Vera Suite™ for all-in-one EHS and workforce compliance management

Six Must-Have Features in a Lone Worker Device

Hand protection “preventative tech“

Immediate worker distress detection & notification is critical

NIOSH tool can help enhance aerial lift safety

Six must-have features to protect lone workers

Making sense of NFPA 70E

Top safety technology stories of 2019

Technology best practices: EHS technology innovators recognized

Your Thanksgiving travel may be dicey

Wearable health monitoring

Connected technology is a game-changer

Embattled Johnson & Johnson recalls some of its baby powder after the FDA finds asbestos

eCompliance unveils concept app: eC Edge

Hearing Protection Fit Testing: How NIOSH revolutionized practices

Globe and Mail highlights Blackline Safety’s G7 wearable as a winning product, propelling Canada’s top growing companies

Delegating safety to employees

Top products of the week

Mobile app identifies safety, work at height, weather exposure risks

Getting there first: Location tags enable fast, urgent response

Big Pharma company takes on the “new view”

In-ear exposure monitoring gives real-time hearing protection data

First responders get life-saving sensor readings, video surveillance

VelocityEHS strengthens industrial hygiene product suite with Spiramid acquisition

A developing story: wearable technology for heat stress monitoring & illness prevention