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...
Gas detection is an important safety precaution in the utilities industry. However, when it comes to using gas detectors for utility work, it’s often hard to know how you should configure it for your specific application. Case in point: working in...
One thing common to almost every segment of the food and beverage industry is cold storage. Whether it is flash freezing in spiral or walk in freezers or simply sustained cold storage for finished products, cold storage units are used throughout t...
Lately, I have been asked a number of questions regarding whether it is necessary to “zero” a portable gas monitor each time it is turned on for use. It’s actually a great question, so what's all this zeroing stuff about anyhow? As a best practice...
Safety professionals have the weight of the world on their shoulders these days. On top of traditional safety challenges, major changes to operations thanks to COVID-19 mean traffic patterns across your site are different. With some employees work...
To help workers stay safe on the job, employers are relying more and more on connected safety devices. Workers benefit from this connectivity by knowing they can get help if needed, while employers can reduce risk and collect valuable safety data ...
Visibility has always been a challenge for safety professionals. With so many workers, regulations, and different aspects of safety to cover in so little time, it’s hard to keep your finger on the pulse of your site. Thankfully, Industrial Interne...
When you need gas detectors, and need them quickly, renting is the most efficient and effective route. When speed is critical, gas detectors can be readied and delivered the very next day—or even the same day—in some cases. Whether the driving fac...