Nuisance Alarms or True Warnings? In many cases, setting action points and alarm set points on gas detectors based on instantaneous readings at low levels causes unwanted, nuisance alarms. Sometimes ...

The cabin design can have a big impact on the noise levels during flight. The objective is to be able to predict the acoustic characteristics of a specific cabin design during the conceptual phase so ...

These scenarios play out again and again. A company sets a safety goal, achieves it, holds a drawing or raffle and selects a winner. When one person wins, everyone else loses. It’s true that prize ...

MORE than 30 million workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels in the workplace. It is estimated that costs just for work-related hearing disability exceed $242 million annually! The National ...

As the demand for these stone and engineered stone countertop products has risen, so has the need for more workers and more production. Moreover, not only does natural granite contain silica, but ...

Class 1 SLMs measure sound over a wider frequency range and meet the requirements of IEC 61672-1:2002 or its equivalent. Typically, they are used for environmental, building acoustics or road vehicle ...

A fire can ravage a business, as one startling statistic makes clear: more than 75 percent of businesses that suffer a serious fire go out of business within three years of reopening. Businesses that ...

The key to making new software rollouts successful is good training. Coaxing and coaching employees toward new tech tools is about more than just using the software well; it’s also about change ...

To support this wide range of applications, CEN (the European Standards body) has developed a corresponding series of standards. Use of these standards assists glove manufacturers and suppliers in ...

Looking at OSHA regulations around energized work, standard number 1910.333 speaks to de-energized parts. Section 1910.333 (a) (1) states, in part, “Live parts to which an employee may be exposed ...

Outreach efforts by the Mexican Consulate to local Hispanic media outlets have helped OSHA deliver important safety messages to more than 750,000 Mexican nationals, Hispanic workers and employers in ...

The photo is a time capsule, a snapshot of the past and a reminder of how work used to be done without safety in mind. As you can imagine, back in 1932, there was no Occupational Safety and Health ...