Insurance is a part of an environmental contractor’s and consultant’s daily work life. Are you over extending your insurance policy? Are you opening yourself up to multiple lawsuits? Do you have the correct coverage? Find out in this whitepaper.

A recent OSHA Info sheet details the adverse side effects caused by contaminated water from improperly maintained emergency eyewash stations. When this safety equipment isn’t properly maintained, the stagnant water that collects has a greater likelihood of harboring potentially harmful organisms, including Acanthamoeba, Pseudomonas and Legionella that are known to cause infections when they come into contact with the eyes and skin or if they are inhaled. Download this free paper today to learn more!

When it comes to emergency shower and eyewash equipment, a ten-degree difference could make all the difference. The right water temperature is critical to ensuring medically suitable results for an injured person. Current ANSI Standards (American National Standards Institute) are referenced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) when evaluating facilities and mandate a temperature range defined as “tepid.” This is clarified as a 40-degree temperature range for flushing fluids spanning from 60°F to 100°F [16°C to 38°C].

When a worker uses an eyewash station that is not maintained, organisms in the water may come into contact with the eye, skin, or may be inhaled. Workers using eyewash stations after exposure to a hazardous chemical or material may have eye injuries that make the eye more susceptible to infection. Also, workers with skin damage or compromised immune systems (e.g., transplant recovery, cancer, lupus) are at increased risk for developing illnesses from contaminated water. Download this free paper today to learn more!

The slap of cold water on an unsuspecting victim has been standard comedy fare for years, and it can make for an amusing scenario, assuming you’re not the one being doused. In an emergency situation however, non-tempered water is anything but funny. Exposure to domestic water temperatures in many parts of the country while using an emergency shower or eyewash has it’s risk- hypothermia and/or scalding. The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) revised the Z358.1 standard to include a water delivery temperature range of 60° to 100°F. The heart of the tempered water delivery system is the mixing valve, which ensures that the safety equipment safely receives water at the required temperature.

Federal safety regulations set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) make the importance of safety equipment in potentially dangerous working environments clear. The stringent guidelines for emergency showers and eyewashes, however, don’t extend to the inclusion of mandatory alarm and electronic monitoring systems on this equipment. Implementing best practices with the addition of both alarm and wireless monitoring systems is the best way for workplaces to exceed normal expectations by creating superior emergency response procedures. From initiating an emergency response as soon as safety equipment is engaged to maintaining detailed records of when stations are used, tested, and maintained, these wireless systems can create safer, more responsive working environments. Not only will this help ensure employee safety, it can make it easier for facilities to stay in compliance with OSHA and ANSI standards.

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), 29 CFR 1910.151, requires that “Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.” Proper emergency equipment selection is a function of knowing your risks, the characteristics of the materials you work with, and logical consideration of the variety of products and design configurations available. Download this white paper to help determine whether a portable or plumbed emergency eyewash/shower product is appropriate for your facility.

Exposure to potentially hazardous chemicals isn’t limited to industries like oil and natural gas. With routine contact to various cleaning chemicals and other hazards, employees in the hospitality/resort industry are equally at risk to injury. In fact, studies show that hotel workers have an injury rate 25% higher than all service workers, with housekeepers experiencing the most injuries. These numbers are due to exposure to corrosive chemicals in certain cleaning products that have the potential to not only irritate skin, but to also cause severe burns if splashed on skin or into eyes. It’s a risk for all workers in this industry, including the staff at Extended Stay America, the largest and most popular extended-stay hotel chain in North America.

Do you have eyewashes at your workplace? You’ll want to read this. One second, or one motion? In this free download, Haws clears up the eyewash activation confusion surrounding ANSI Z358.1 Standard, which describes a unit going from “off” to “on.” In this free download, Haws clears up the eyewash activation confusion surrounding ANSI Z358.1 Standard, which requires a unit to go from “off” to “on” in 1 second or less.

Where does risk management rank in your supply chain management plan? Are you taking the right steps to hire safe contractors, implement world-class safety training, and avoid lawsuits? In today’s litigious society, taking preventative measures to ensure that your workforce is safe, compliant with regulations, and using good common sense is essential to efficient supply chain risk management. It’s no wonder why so many executives identify risk mitigation as a top initiative for their supply chains. In this quick-read paper, you’ll learn how proven risk management enables your company to avoid lawsuits, implement safety training that works, dramatically reduce supply chain risk, and more.

Is sustainability a team effort in your workplace? In many larger organizations, it is very much a multilevel effort that draws expertise from many different departments. But, what does combined environment, health, and safety (EHS) and sustainability management look like in a smaller organization? Is it worth it to put together a whole team of people to work on issues like supply chain transparency or reducing the company’s carbon footprint when the company’s personnel footprint falls within Small Business Administration eligibility guidelines? Absolutely! Even in small businesses, your sustainability efforts make a material contribution to the long-term survival of your organization. Here are some tips on building an EHS and sustainability (EHS&S) team that works for your small business.

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Once you've determined that an emergency station is needed, you need to define whether a portable or plumbed station is most appropriate. Proper emergency equipment selection is a function of knowing your risks. Fill out the form to read this white paper on choosing between portable and plumbed eyewashes.

When a victim is in need of an eyewash or shower, a facility must already be prepared with a complete safety response environment. ANSI eyewash and shower compliance are standard measures to abide by, but is it enough for your employees? There are several best practices that can and should be implemented to exceed the standard expectations and guarantee a reliable safety response. This area that must exceed expectations by factoring for ease of use and victim comfort before, during, and after safety equipment usage.

Laboratories of AgroFresh, a subsidiary of DOW AgroSciences and DOW Chemical, produces and applies organic compound products designed to control and lengthen the storage life of fruit, vegetables, flowers and plants. Exposure to potentially hazardous chemicals and gasses is an everyday part of the job. When the AgroFresh laboratory in Yakima, Washington, was in need of a new emergency eyewash, lab manager Robert A. Wolff began searching for a product that was economical in size, efficient and innovative – a leading product in safety with science driving its design. The faucet-mounted AXION® eyePOD® quickly stood out for its compact size, unobtrusive installation and science behind its outward-flushing technology.

This Forrester research looks at how 7 full-stack public cloud development platform providers perform against a 31-criteria evaluation. The most important vendors — Alibaba, AWS, CenturyLink, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle — were researched, assessed, and scored. Download the complete report and find out how each provider measures up and helps application development and delivery professionals make the right choices.

If you’re not one of those retailers, you’re likely busy playing catch-up to them – and that’s not a position in which anyone wants to be. Since eCommerce began, a small handful of leaders have set the pace. They’ve innovated quickly and delivered incredibly valuable and convenient shopping experiences. And in doing so, they shaped consumer expectations. Take Amazon. Over a decade ago, the online giant seemingly rewrote the natural laws of retail by managing to deliver more, better, faster – all with unmatched accuracy and ease. Now, consumers expect an Amazon-like experience everywhere they shop, and anything else feels subpar.

Times are changing. Consumer’s attitudes towards gardening have changed dramatically in recent years. The garden and landscape industries are still powerful draws, but competition for consumers’ attention is fierce-successful garden retail centers must adjust to these changing times. In this whitepaper, written by retail garden and hardware industry expert Ian Baldwin, explains the importance of customer loyalty by understanding and adapting to the new ways customers shop by matching the in-store experience to today’s buyers’ needs. View this whitepaper written by industry expert to learn how to create the best shopping experience for your lawn and garden customers.

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You wouldn’t hold a critical investor call, customer event or shareholder’s meeting in your office bullpen. So why would you host an important virtual event on a platform intended to support small-group collaboration and teamwork? Frost & Sullivan research shows that two-thirds of companies use web conferencing on a regular basis for project collaboration. We also know that more and more of them are turning to the same solutions to host webinars for critical internal and external events. While web conferencing solutions can be used to support large-group or strategically important meetings, webinar technology is designed specifically for that purpose and will almost always deliver a better experience and a higher return on investment. Webinar tools deliver a wealth of features to help companies gain better insights into attendee sentiment for better investor relations, employee and customer experience, and lead generation and qualification: • Integrated video draws higher levels of int

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Countless studies and analyst recommendations suggest the value of improving security during the software development life cycle rather than trying to address vulnerabilities in software discovered after widespread adoption and deployment. The justification is clear.For software vendors, costs are incurred both directly and indirectly from security flaws found in their products. Reassigning development resources to create and distribute patches can often cost software vendors millions of dollars, while successful exploits of a single vulnerability have in some cases caused billions of dollars in losses to businesses worldwide. Vendors blamed for vulnerabilities in their product's source code face losses in credibility, brand image, and competitive advantage.

A forward-looking CMDB does more than keep an organization's IT operations running. It draws clear connections between IT components and business services, which is the core of Business Service Management (BSM). But even more critical than the CMDB's ability to support business as it is now, is the question of how well it will drive business innovation in the future.

Today’s organisations are tasked with analysing multiple data types, coming from a wide variety of sources. Faced with massive volumes and heterogeneous types of data, organisations are finding that in order to deliver analytic insights in a timely manner, they need a data storage and analytics solution that offers more agility and flexibility than traditional data management systems. A data lake is an architectural approach that allows you to store enormous amounts of data in a central location, so it’s readily available to be categorised, processed, analysed, and consumed by diverse groups within an organisation? Since data—structured and unstructured—can be stored as-is, there’s no need to convert it to a predefined schema and you no longer need to know what questions you want to ask of your data beforehand.