worker safety Articles
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Streamline your Business and Improve Worker Safety by using Contractor Management Software
Managing everything on your own, including projects, teams, and clients may be a nightmare. Contractor Management Software allows you to stay on track with your business so you don't waste time and can focus on the important tasks at hand. With Contractor Management Software, you can run your business without worrying about paperwork, scheduling, or administrative headaches. Assign Jobs to ...
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Technology Spotlight: BIONOxSOLVER NOx: An Eco-Friendly Scubbing Solution
NOx scrubber installations employing Bionomic Industries' BIONOxSOLVER have proven to be simpler, safer and considerably more cost effective than systems using sodium sulfide or hydrosulfide scrubbing reagents. Sodium sulfide and hydrosulfide are DOT libeled hazardous compounds that require dealing with major worker safety issues. They are extremely corrosive, causing difficulties in safe ...
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E-fact 78 - Involving young workers in occupational safety and health
Involving young workers in occupational safety and health (OSH) is a powerful tool to help strengthen workplace safety culture and performance. Getting young people to buy in to the safety culture of a workplace involves engaging them in OSH; empowering them; and giving them a voice that is heard. This E-fact advises how. ...
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RealWear Adds Noise Capture Capabilities in HMT Release 10.2
Diagnose And Fix Problems Faster With Noise Capture Functionality On RealWear Headsets If you want to improve worker safety and productivity, you need to free your hands. This has been our focus since we released the voice-operated HMT-1® headset. HMT-1 responds to voice commands with 98% accuracy even when ambient noise reaches 95 dB. This level of sensitivity ensures that workers can ...
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Protecting Staff in Asphalt Production against benzene
Asphalt production and benzene exposure: Protecting staff with a safety-first approach and PID technology. Benzene is ever-present in the production of asphalt, and as a classified carcinogenic, managing exposure and minimising risk is critical for worker safety. ION Science, as a leading global OEM for gas instrumentation, has developed the only fixed detector on the market to specifically ...
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C&A tool increases profitability, maintains clean facility with chip processing system
Challenge A machining supplier needs an automated chip and fluid processing system to process metal turning and chips, while simultaneously capturing expensive cutting fluids for reuse. Customer C&A Tool Engineering, Inc. Industry Machining Products Vertical Axis Crusher Diagonal-Shaft Wringer Steel Belt Conveyor Screw Conveyor Tramp Metal Separator Business Benefits Realized Recovery ...
By PRAB, Inc
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Indoor Cats Improve Quality of Exhaust Emissions
For over two decades, the automotive industry has struggled to keep up with emission standards by installing emission control systems that are increasingly more sophisticated and expensive. In the meantime, emission control for materials handling equipment has not been a major concern. Without having to meet stringent tailpipe emission standards and faced with pressures to contain costs, OEMs of ...
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MSHA: What’s the Real Impact of Fines on Mine Safety?
Late in 2014, MSHA made headlines when an investigation revealed that nearly $70 million in health and safety penalties had yet to be paid by mining company owners. The joint investigation by news agency NPR and Mine Safety and Health News found that most of these unpaid penalties were between two and 10 years overdue. In response to the pressure that followed this report, a federal ...
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Proactive Leak Detection of Oil & Gas Assets Can Improve Worker Safety
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, there have only been 4 new refineries built in the last 20 years on US soil. Those 4 refineries have a combined capacity of These complex, engineering amusement parks must be properly maintained if they want to continue to not only be operable but also profitable. One aspect of proper maintenance and environmental stewardship is proactive ...
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Ensuring Workers’ safety by dust monitoring in the Red Sea Airport - Case study
Our Client The Red Sea Project is one of the most ambitious, exquisite and luxurious tourism destination projects in the world. It is a group of more than 90 islands (over 28,000 sq. km. surface area in total) with funding of over $3.4 Billion to build a unique, culturally indulgent, and adventurous hotspot for vacations. The Red Sea airport is expected to be completed in 2022, aiming ...
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Ergonomics: A Winning Formula For Improved Quality, Safety And Production
International Products Corporation (IPC) recently upgraded their manufacturing facility with the installation of a 20-liter liquid filling line that not only provides for a quicker, more efficient manufacturing process but also provides ergonomic benefits for workers. The new station was engineered, manufactured and installed by Inline Filling Systems. The new equipment has designated product ...
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Odour treatment in WWTPs . SIMTEJO case (Portugal) - Case Study
Controlling odor problems in sewage collectors and wastewater treatment plants is currently one of the main objectives to reduce and prevent potential problems related to worker safety and minimize the negative social perception that odor problems can generate. The main sources of odor generation in WWTPs are the phases in anaerobic conditions, where the lack of oxygen favors the development of ...
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Evaluation of long-term effects of low doses of ionising radiation (the role of the regional medicodosimetric register of SGCE personnel and population of Seversk)
The purpose of the research: to develop the optimal model of the creation of a medicodosimetric register, to carry out research on the dynamics of morbidity and mortality rate indices in personnel of the Siberian Group of Chemical Enterprises (SGCE) and to evaluate the long term effects of low doses of ionising radiation (IR). Materials and methods: the database of the Regional Medicodosimetric ...
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Case study - Worker safety and regulatory compliance goals met with Gibson’s msdsBinders site
Introduction Gibson Energy Inc. has been providing essential midstream services to the energy industry for 60 years. The Company is engaged in the transportation, storage, blending, processing, marketing and distribution of crude oil, condensate, NGLs and refined products. Situation Gibson’s was interested in moving their management of MSDSs outside to a 3rd party vendor. They initiated ...
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Worker Safety and Health: OSHA Targets Poultry Processing Due to High Injury and Illness Rates
OSHA Initiates Program Targeting Chicken Processing Facilities OSHA has initiated an emphasis program on chicken processing facilities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas because workers are twice likely to incur serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick than other workers. The program began on October 26, 2015, with a combination of ...
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Wal-Mart agrees to upgrade safety policies at 2,900 stores to settle OSHA charges
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to improve worker safety and health conditions in nearly 2,900 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, resolving two Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement actions over alleged violations at a store in New York state, the agency announced Aug. 7. The corporate-wide settlement includes provisions for Wal-Mart to improve safety and health policies and ...
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5 Best EHS Software Companies for Your Business
Picking the best EHS software solution for your company is a massive task. As a result, the journey from selection to implementation can span months. It’s no wonder, though. So many vendors promise the ultimate (and safest) solution. However, with little differentiation between systems, it can feel like you’re wading through the EHS marketplace. In fact, independent analyst firm ...
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How Crescent Point Energy keeps workers connected and safe Case Study
Crescent Point Energy is one of Canada’s largest light and medium oil producers, with resources in the Williston Basin, Southwest Saskatchewan and the Uinta Basin in Utah. In 2016 alone, the company grew its drilling inventory by approximately 1,000 net locations. Managing such an operation requires hundreds of people who often work alone. Before meeting Aware360, health and safety ...
By Aware360 Ltd
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The role of management and safety climate in preventing risk-taking at work
Safety climate is a leading performance indicator that can provide insight into safety performance before accidents have occurred. Managerial variables have emerged as a primary determinant of safety climate in empirical research. In order to investigate the mechanisms of that influence a theoretical model was developed to test the relationship between management commitment and worker ...
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H&S Operational Efficiency: Fugitive emissions
During normal operations, leaks can occur from pumps, valves, flanges, storage tanks or during loading and unloading. According to the US EPA3, valves and connectors account for more than 90% of emissions from leaking equipment and there are hundreds of pieces of equipment as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3: Typical equipment counts (EPA) Source: “Cost and Emission Reductions for ...
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