health and safety monitoring Articles

Health & Safety: Social Distancing and Working Remotely

In most countries around the globe, social distancing has become a government requirement. This is to prevent physical contact with people who may have the COVID-19 virus. As tradesmen and essential services continue to work, they need to practice health and safety measures to keep themselves and their customers safe. We have gathered a few tips for those who are still working in the field, to ...

May 26, 2020

By Eworks Manager

Delft, The Netherlands, 05 Jun 2020 Coping with flood disasters: new lessons from COVID-19?

Has COVID-19 compounded the risk to the people affected by floods? Flooding (fluvial, pluvial, tidal and storm surge) affects the lives, livelihoods and socio-economic activities of millions of people every year and displaces them from their homesteads, communities and socio-cultural setting. During extreme events, people are forced to move to shelters where they have to share space and ...

Jun. 5, 2020

By IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Rapid assessment of occupational health and safety measures for personnel handling healthcare waste in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Proper healthcare waste (HCW) management practices and precautions are crucial to avoid occupational and environmental health problems amongst healthcare workers. This study aims to assess the occupational health and safety of healthcare workers involved in medical waste handling in two hospitals in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. This study was cross–sectional in design, and a simple random sampling ...

Feb. 9, 2015

By Inderscience Publishers

Refinery provides workers with total safety from decontamination - Case Study

Background: A top international oil and gas refinery on France’s western coast recently initiated a €400 million facility upgrade at their refinery to capture profitable new markets in low-sulfur fuels that meet evolving European Union specifications. This substantial investment will significantly improve the refinery’s profitability and secure its long-term future. Producing ...

Nov. 23, 2017

By Hughes Safety Showers - A Justrite Group Company

Mosborough Health Centre Increases Safety Measures for Patients and Visitors in Response to the Global Pandemic

Patients and staff at Mosborough Health Centre are benefiting from an extra level of virus protection, thanks to the installation of AMETEK Land’s VIRALERT 3, a new temperature measurement system. An elevated temperature is one of the main symptoms of the COVID-19 virus. By screening temperatures of everyone entering the facility using the device, the risk of those infected entering the ...

Nov. 18, 2020

By AMETEK Land

The Role of EHS Software

Environmental, health and safety (EHS) software plays a key role in most industries today. In short, it is the goal of putting a strong safety program in place within the company. This offers a number of benefits for the organization including minimizing risks associated with environmental regulations, reducing the company's environmental impact, and improving workplace safety for employees. ...

Jul. 23, 2015

By EHS Insight

ACO Water management systems play key SUDS role at new brick works

Mansfield Brick's new £10 million manufacturing facility in Nottinghamshire has used a wide range of ACO Water Management products to complete a self-contained SUDS system that imposes no additional load on the main sewer network. Designed to withstand heavy plant and vehicle traffic as well as potentially high levels of debris carried in the surface water run-off, the system provides ...

May 17, 2012

By ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG

Pulsar Instruments Short-Listed for Made In Yorkshire Awards

Pulsar Instruments was shortlisted for the 2018 Made In Yorkshire Awards in the category of 'Biggest Change' This category was a very open category and invited nominations from an individual or company who had developed, innovated or changed over the year. And the judging panel felt that 2018 had indeed been a year of change for Pulsar Instruments. "We have seen several fundamental changes to ...

Nov. 29, 2018

By Pulsar Instruments Plc

Cyclops meltmaster delivers return on investment for Indian foundry - Case study

INTRODUCTION P5G Foundries required an effective solution for accurately measuring the temperature of liquid metals at its foundry. The business purchased over 10,000 DIP thermocouple consumables each year and was looking for a solution that was both safer and more cost effective. Its aim was to optimise the quality of the molten metal, whilst achieving significant annual savings on consumables. ...

Apr. 10, 2019

By AMETEK Land

Formaldehyde – Protecting Hospital Workers

Formaldehyde health and safety is vital since the chemical has many uses in the healthcare industry, not just preserving bodies in the morgue. Formaldehyde is used as a disinfectant as well as a tissue preservative. As a tissue preservative, it can be found in histology labs where tissues are sectioned and prepared for microscopic analysis. Of course, autopsies can also subject the examiner and ...

Apr. 1, 2019

By Atlantic Environmental, Inc.

Controlling Exposure to Noise at Work with Personal Noise Dosimeters

Which method is best to monitor noise: sound level meter or noise dosimeter? Controlling exposure to noise at work with noise dosimeters Our work environment has been transformed since the 1970’s with the introduction of new machinery and technical equipment designed to improve and increase general productivity. This has revolutionalised the way we operate during a typical working day ...

Jun. 2, 2014

By Pulsar Instruments Plc

US Chemical Accident and Brazilian Spill Updates

On this week’s edition of EHS This Week we’ve got the week’s top stories in environment, health and safety news: Large Chemical Explosion in Massachusetts Brazilian Tailing Ponds Measurement Errors Remember to write us with your suggestions, questions and comments. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you. ...

Jan. 15, 2016

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

A&WMA Forms Intercommittee Task Force on Nanoscale Science and Engineering

The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) recently announced the formation of an Intercommittee Task Force (ITF) on Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The ITF will span a wide array of subjects, including environmental policy, measurement, health effects, monitoring, management, and safety issues associated with the development and use of nanomaterials, nanotechnologies, and ...

Oct. 2, 2013

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Health & Safety: How a Job Management Software can help keep your workers safe

Only now are we slowly starting to come out of our homes and getting back to our jobs. Health and safety protocols have become a must, but what other measures can be taken to ensure the safety of our staff? How does a business plan for limited staff and social distancing while continuing to service their clients a safe and sanitary way? Implementing a job management software which caters for the ...

Jun. 8, 2020

By Eworks Manager

Investing in Workplace Safety - Before It`s Too Late

Whether we’re talking about safety violations in retail store like Dollar Tree or an unsafe lab environment at an educational institution like UCLA, health and safety violations in the workplace can have disastrous results for any organization. Steep fines, legal fees, and damage to your company’s good reputation are the “best” possible outcomes. These pale in comparison ...

Oct. 28, 2014

By WasteStrategies

OSHwiki article in the spotlight – health and safety issues in the waterborne sector

Working at sea is one of the most physically demanding and dangerous work environments. This is exacerbated by the fact that ships can be both workplace and homes, meaning seafarers are exposed to hazards at work as well as in their living environment. A new OSHwiki article on the subject looks into the most common problems in the sector including the safety of seafarers, boatmen and ...

Aug. 5, 2015

By European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Structural health monitoring using adaptive LMS filters

A structure's level of damage is determined using a non-linear model-based method utilising a Bouc-Wen hysteretic model. It employs adaptive Least Mean Squares (LMS) filtering theory in real time to identify changes in stiffness due to modelling error damage, as well as plastic and permanent displacements, which are critical to determining ongoing safety and use. The Structural Health Monitoring ...

Aug. 19, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Metso Minerals - Case Study

Metso Minerals a is leading global supplier of equipment, service and process solutions to industries including quarrying and aggregates production, mining and minerals processing, construction and civil engineering, and recycling and waste management. In 2008, Metso chose the Intelex Safety Management System to manage all of their corporate health & safety efforts world-wide. The global ...

Feb. 17, 2014

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

The 10 Pillars of a Health and Safety Program

The challenges inherent in managing health and safety within an organization are numerous, but an effective EH&S program will reduce injuries, incidents and can improve the quality of products that are shipped. For a health and safety program to be effective, it needs to address the challenges that threaten failure. It should be planned, include goals and be based on the on-going measurement ...

Aug. 4, 2016

By Rivo, a Sphera Company

ICMM releases 2015 mining safety report

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) today reported its 23 member companies which employ over 900,000 people recorded 60 fatalities across the globe in 2015 with five members recording zero fatalities for the year. ICMM CEO Tom Butler said, “Nothing is more important to us than people’s health and safety and ICMM’s ambition is to have no fatalities in the ...

Jul. 21, 2016

By International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)