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Making Space for Smart Wearables -- Occupational Health & Safety

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Make space for smart wearables The smarter way to social distancing. By Tim Turney May 01, 2021 Employees and companies have never been more aware of the need for a positive work hygiene culture as they were as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenge for business owners in reopening the workplace is balancing worker health, worker concerns, and legal and regulatory responsibility for operating a “COVID-19 Safe” workplace. An important means of protecting people from exposure in workplaces and around the world has been to provide social distancing - a 2m or 1m distance with additional precautions.1 Research has shown areas in the US where none exist Social distancing guidelines face 35 times more coronavirus cases While staying safe by holding space can be a challenge for workplaces where floor plans are designed for effici

Making work safer, healthier one data point at a time

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Gabriel P. Glynn Using data to predict risk, prevent injury, and prevent death is not a new concept. Meteorologists have been collecting and analyzing weather data for centuries and can now predict the increase in the risk of severe weather with a relatively high degree of accuracy. It is not just a factor like wind or heat, but a confluence of various factors that, when present, increase the likelihood of bad weather. Early warning systems and weather radios have saved countless lives, and all of this has been made possible by the vast amount of data that began a long time ago. Today's construction sites are extremely complex. Large construction sites and gigantic manufacturing companies are full of moving devices, machines and, above all, people. Every day these people show up at the construction site and have an experience throughout their shift that is completely unique to them. The environmental conditions to which they are exposed are unique. The energy the

Making work safer, healthier one data point at a time

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Gabriel P. Glynn Using data to predict risk, prevent injury, and prevent death is not a new concept. Meteorologists have been collecting and analyzing weather data for centuries and can now predict the increase in the risk of severe weather with a relatively high degree of accuracy. It is not just a factor like wind or heat, but a confluence of various factors that, when present, increase the likelihood of bad weather. Early warning systems and weather radios have saved countless lives, and all of this has been made possible by the vast amount of data that began a long time ago. Today's construction sites are extremely complex. Large construction sites and gigantic manufacturing companies are full of moving devices, machines and, above all, people. Every day these people show up at the construction site and have an experience throughout their shift that is completely unique to them. The environmental conditions to which they are exposed are unique. The energy the