Survey finds whistleblowers need more protection
- May 3, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
No CommentsThe next time you hear about the comprehensive whistleblower policies of a leading company or not-for-profit organisation consider this anecdote. A financial controller was employed as a change agent at an organisation with outdated financial systems. Unfortunately, the person did not know that they were hired by a chief financial officer who was a bully
Hearing and eye protection product
- March 27, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
ReadyMax SoundShield is a product solution that integrates hearing and eye protection, ensuring compliance by combining comfort and convenience in one product. The design of the ReadyMax system encourages employees to take care of their system. The plugs are tethered and will not detach or get lost, which results in a significant cost savings quantified
Hearing protection headset
- March 27, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
The smartPlug R radio-powered headset provides some new features and benefits to improve safety, reliability and efficiency. With a larger, more ergonomic PTT module designed for accurate button pushes and a detachable ear piece assembly, the smartPlug R is the ideal compliment to your two-way radio. For hazardous locations that need to adhere to strict
Trends in … hearing protection
- March 26, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Approximately 22 million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise on the job every year, according to OSHA. Damaging noise can result in noise-induced hearing loss – something that OSHA notes “limits your ability to hear high-frequency sounds and understand speech, which seriously impairs your ability to communicate.” But it doesn’t have to be that
What's Your Opinion? Some members of Congress want to make OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs a permanent entity. Do you believe VPP is “sound policy”?
- March 20, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
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The use of chains in fall protection
- February 18, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Responding is Daniel Huntington, North American training manager, Kee Safety Inc., Buffalo, NY. Answer: The simple answer is no. You cannot use a chain to protect a ladder because a chain can’t close itself. I have walked through numerous facilities with chains dangling lifeless to the side of an opening as workers pass through, unaware