By the time you finish reading this sentence, a person will have been hurt at work. By the time you sit down for dinner with your family, more than 14 people will have died on the job, leaving families and coworkers in mourning. As a professional ...
Time is money. It’s an old saying that we have heard a thousand times, but why is it so memorable? Perhaps because it’s true. The problem with this is that to save time, people often lose sight of safety. But when you lose sight of safety, it can ...
"I write this while sitting in a bed in the ER because it's that urgent. We need to get 14 more of the O2 GasBadge Pro monitors… ASAP." This rush order was a request from an EHS leader at a world-renowned medical center. The order came on the heel...
A lot can happen in four minutes, especially when those four minutes are spent in a confined space. Confined spaces are prone to oxygen displacement, and after just four minutes without oxygen, you can experience brain damage or even die. It shoul...
Managing a gas detection program can sometimes feel like rolling a boulder uphill: you need to keep gas detectors working with daily and monthly maintenance, make sure people are using the gas detectors properly, investigate high alarm events, and...
To quote the famous British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” So how does...
Turnarounds are among the highest stakes periods your business will ever experience. Not only are critical process units offline for weeks or even months—but also your employees could be taking on unfamiliar tasks. Add new contractors who don’t kn...
You don’t drive a vehicle without putting on your seat belt. You don’t go to bed at night without locking your doors. You don't leave home without checking that your cell phone is charged in case of an emergency. These good habits make our lives e...
Area monitors are a great tool that you can use to see whether gas hazards on your site could threaten workers – without sending them into harm’s way with a personal gas monitor. Instead, using area monitors allows you to create a safe buffer zone...
For years, gas detectors have left users scratching their heads. Why are there negative readings? How do I know if a sensor is poisoned? Can I keep working through an alarm? Is this thing working? Today, gas detectors are designed to make it easie...
You use data to make decisions every day – whether you realize it or not. If you’re like me, one of the first things you do every morning is check the weather to decide what to wear. Pulling up the weather app on your phone gives you access to mil...
Dropping temperatures outside mean furnaces and wood burners are heating up inside, putting homeowners and first responders at a higher risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide isn’t a naturally occurring gas, but it’s one people are th...