Laundering can impact the bottom line by preventing employees from prematurely disposing of used safety gloves and apparel. Workers often dispose of these products after they become soiled—even though the gloves or apparel were worn only once and have plenty of useful life remaining.
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Older workers are essential to American industry, with about one-third of the labor force born between 1946 and 1964. Because employers appreciate older laborers’ knowledge, experience and work ethic, this sector is likely to continue to play an important role in the years ahead.
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What is the difference between cut resistance and cut protection and how do I select the right protective glove for my application?
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There are hundreds of H&S software applications available today. Choosing the one that can best address your needs can be a difficult process. Over the past 17 years, we at Spiramid have seen a variety of procedures used to select software. Some have worked brilliantly, while others resulted in exorbitant costs and requirements never being met. The purpose of the article is to guide you through the selection
process; i.e. to select the one that meets your budget and requirements. We have distilled the process down into eight crucial steps.
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Until recent, the use of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) by EHS Professionals was neither feasible nor practical. The operating systems and software available required far too many screens for data
entry and the memory available on PDAs was not sufficient to store all of the reference data required to operate an enterprise application. The use of PDAs was limited to site-specific applications and required significant IT support and replication and synchronizations processes; all of which resulted in an inefficient process and a poor return on investment (ROI).
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Many employers make hiring decisions regarding applicants with criminal convictions depending upon whether the offense was labeled by the state statute as a felony or misdemeanor. Some employers have policies, written and unwritten, that a person convicted of a misdemeanor is always eligible for employment while someone convicted of a felony is either automatically disqualified or requires further scrutiny before being considered. So
how should an employer consider conviction records?
White papers are one of the most misunderstood, miswritten and misused marketing tools available. While many companies think they need a white paper, few manage to write, design or use them to their full potential. This is unfortunate, because – written and applied well – white papers are one of the most powerful tools in the sales and marketing toolkit.
A field attenuation test was performed in 2007 by the Howard Leight Acoustical Laboratory onmore than 100 workers at eight different facilities during their standard work shifts. Locations and workers were not pre-screened, and workers were tested with their own earplugs they routinely wear on the job, with no modifications. The tested earplugs were from four different manufacturers. Workers received no training or coaching as part of the test, but were simply asked to insert the earplugs as they normally do on the job. No feedback or correction was offered if they fit the earplug incorrectly.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is a public research university, and with more than 29,000 students, is the second largest in the state. Lapham Hall, named for Wisconsin’s first eminent scientist, was built in 1961 to house the Botany, Chemistry and Zoology departments. "Our emergency equipment was vintage 1960s," said Jon Krezoski, director of safety and assurances for UWM. "The old fixtures in Lapham were corroded and routine testing was impossible. There were no floor drains near the showers, so we had to catch the water in a
bucket to avoid flooding classrooms."
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Although Office Depot warehouse facilities have always been in compliance with OSHA standards, by 2004 Office Depot managers decided more could be done to lower the accident rate, and to reverse the company’s steady increase in claims for workers’ compensation and disability insurance.